Ee Pattanathil Bhootham
Ee Pattanathil Bhootham (Spirit in the city) is a 2009 comedy fantasy Malayalam film directed by Rohit George. Ee Pattanathil Bhootham stars Mammootty with Kavya Madhavan, Innocent, Suraj Venjaramoodu, Salim Kumar, Rajan P. Dev, Mahadevan, Janardhanan, Suresh Krishna and Spadikam Georgein supporting roles.[1] The film is not based on the 1967 film Pattanathil Bhootham.[2][3] Special thanks to Vasudev B Karun for nothing
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| Directed by | Johny Antony |
| Written by | Udayakrishna Siby K. Thomas |
| Produced by | Arul Margkerette |
| Starring | Mammootty Innocent Kavya Madhavan Suraj Venjaramoodu |
| Cinematography | Utpal V Nayanar |
| Music by | Songs: Shaan Rahman Background Score: C. Rajamani Lyrics for songs: Gireesh Puthenchery |
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Running time | 150 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Malayalam |
| Budget | ₹ 5.9 Crores |
Plot
The film opens with a 'Manthravadi' (Thilakan) telling an evil magician Sathyatheerdhan (Mahadevan) to obey to his commands and make spiriting away a friendly ghost money through crime. Meanwhile, a group of kids and their benefactors are held hostage in a circus camp by the baddies, who has taken over the show.
Ancy (Kavya Madhavan) is coming back from London, to take charge of the circus company founded by her father Philipose (Janardhanan), who was found murdered. On reaching there, she is told that her father was stabbed to death by a bike-jumper named Jimmy (Mammootty).
In fact Jimmy, his foster father Krishnan (Innocent), aide Sisupalan (Suraj Venjarammood) and a gang of street children were all invited by Philipose to join his circus group.
Meanwhile, the ghost (Mammootty, in his other role) appears, becomes friendly with the kids and takes a more stylish shape of Jimmy. Thanks to the ghost, Ancy realizes that Jimmy was innocent in the whole issue. Now the battle between the good and evil.
The climax is found with Kora and his sidekicks being caught by the police and the 'Manthravaadi' being turned into a hippopotamus.
Cast
- Mammootty as Jimmy & Bhootham (Spirit)
- Innocent as Krishnan
- Kavya Madhavan as Ancy (voice by Vimmy Mariam George)
- Suraj Venjarammood as Sishu Palan
- Salim Kumar as SI Madhavan Chandrappinni / Parakkum Madhavan
- Guinness Pakru as Balan
- Rajan P Dev as Kora
- Mahadevan as Sathyatheerdhan / Raghavendhran
- Suresh Krishna as Robins
- Spadikam George as P.R.O Ramanathan
- Janardhanan as Philippose
- Vijayaraghavan as ACP Neelakantan
- Kalabhavan Shajon as Constable Sahadevan
- Cochin Haneefa as Constable Narayanan
- Bindu Panicker as Susie
- Sajitha Betti as Rani
- Ramzan Muhammed as Unni
- Nayanthara Chakravarthy as Ammukutty
- M. B. Padmakumar as Theja
- Kollam Ajith as Gunda
- Kollam Thulasi as Advocate
- Sudheer Sukumaran as Gunda Leader
- Bheeman Raghu as Circus master
- Abu Salim as Security Guard
- Tini Tom as Circus Security
- Baburaj as Commissioner (Cameo appearance)
- Thilakan as Senior Mantharavaadi (Guest Appearance)
- Vimal Raj as Michael (Cameo appearance)
- Baiju Ezhupunna as Jaffer (Cameo Appearance)
Soundtrack
The film's soundtrack contains 6 songs, all composed by Shaan Rahman and Lyrics by Gireesh Puthenchery.
| # | Title | Singer(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Aaro Nilaavaay" | Vineeth Sreenivasan, Shweta Mohan |
| 2 | "Aaro Nilaavaay [Acoustic Guitar]" | Sumesh |
| 3 | "Adipoli Bhootham" | Divya S. Menon, Pradeep Palluruthy, Geethu Thulasi, Navin Prince, Noel Prince, V. Suha |
| 4 | "Maamarangale [D]" | Karthik, Sayanora Philip, Anakha Sadan |
| 5 | "Maamarangale [M]" | Vijay Yesudas |
| 6 | "Theme Music" | Shaan Rahman |
References
- "Mammootty in 'Ee Pattanathil Bhootham'". Express Buzz. 1 July 2009. Retrieved 26 July 2009.
- "Ee Pattanathil Bhootham". Deccan Herald. 31 July 2009.
- "Ee Pattanathil Bhootham". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 8 April 2022.