Vartha

Vartha (transl. News) is a 1986 Indian Malayalam-language film, directed by I. V. Sasi and produced by P. V. Gangadharan. The film stars Mammootty, Seema, Mohanlal, Rahman, Venu Nagavally, K. P. A. C. Lalitha and Prathapachandran. The film has musical score by A. T. Ummer.[1][2] The film was successful at the box office.[3][4] The film was remade in Tamil as Palaivana Rojakkal (1986),[5] and in Hindi as Jai Shiv Shankar, which never released.

For the Telugu newspaper, see Vaartha.

Vartha
Poster
Malayalamവാർത്ത
Directed byI. V. Sasi
Written byT. Damodaran
Produced byP. V. Gangadharan
Starring
CinematographyJayanan Vincent
Edited byK. Narayanan
Music byA. T. Ummer
Lyrics:
Bichu Thirumala
Production
company
Grihalakshmi Productions
Release date
  • 28 February 1986 (1986-02-28)
CountryIndia
LanguageMalayalam

Cast

Release

The film was released on 12 February 1986.

Box office

The film was a commercial success.[6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13] The film was the third highest grossing Malayalam film of the year 1986.[14]

Soundtrack

The music was composed by A. T. Ummer and the lyrics were written by Bichu Thirumala.

No.SongSingersLyricsLength (m:ss)
1"Innalekal"K. J. YesudasBichu Thirumala
2"Salilam Sruthisaagaram"K. J. Yesudas, AshalathaBichu Thirumala

Awards

References
  1. "Vaartha". Malayala Chalachithram. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
  2. "Vaartha". Malayalasangeetham.info. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
  3. "Architect of blockbusters". The Hindu. 26 April 2013.
  4. "Saluting the maker of super hits". The Hindu. 13 April 2013. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
  5. "Sibiraj is all set to make it big!". Sify. 7 November 2004. Archived from the original on 2 November 2017. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
  6. "Architect of blockbusters". The Hindu. 26 April 2013.
  7. "Saluting the maker of super hits". The Hindu. 13 April 2013.
  8. "I.V. Sasi reigned at the box office, and made classics too". The Hindu. 24 October 2017.
  9. C S Venkiteswaran (8 November 2017). "Trendsetting titan". The Hindu.
  10. "IV Sasi: the hitmaker who discovered Mammootty, the actor". Malayala Manorama. 24 October 2017.
  11. "The End of an Epoch". The Hindu. 26 October 2017.
  12. "They too stirred up a hornet's nest: Pre-social media Malayalam films that sparked controversy". The New Indian Express. 18 February 2018.
  13. "ഇറങ്ങിയിട്ട് 35 വർഷം! മമ്മൂട്ടി-മോഹൻലാൽ ചിത്രത്തിന്‍റെ പരസ്യം ഇപ്പോഴും കോഴിക്കോട്ടെ ഓവർ ബ്രിഡ്ജിൽ!". CNN News18. 28 February 2021.
  14. Sreedhar Pillai (28 February 1987). "Malayalam film makers in Kerala transposes real life into reel life". India Today.
  15. https://archive.org/download/34th-filmfare-south-winners/34th%20Filmfare%20South%20winners.jpg


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