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Ranjith's Magical Touch

Films that were made with cinema as the backdrop, has always captured the hearts of Malayalee viewers. Be it in 'Udhayannu Tharam’,’Chathikkatha Chanthu', or 'Lekhayude Maranam - Oru Flashback', to name a few, every film with a backdrop of cinema invited interests due to their refreshing narratives and untold elements in the making of movies. Now after two decades in filmdom, Film director Ranjith is making a tribute to his struggling days of eighties with the new film 'Thirakkatha'. The film, produced under the banner of Varnachitra Big Screen and Capitol Theatre, has Prithviraj playing the lead role, that of a young filmmaker named Akbar Ahmed. The movie narrates the story of a young film director who is in the search for a perfect script to make a movie.

Akbar runs a cafeteria 'Casablanca', named after the classic love story, with his sweetheart Devayani. He has a group of friends, who also share his passion for Cinema. It was with them that Akbar produced and directed his first film, which has been a huge success, critically and commercially. But Akbar is also a little worried because he faced some criticisms for plagiarisms in the story lines in his debut venture and so is very keenly trying to avoid any similarities with any other films in his new venture.

Samvritha Sunil gives company to Prithviraj's Akbar Ahmed as Devayani, while this year’s national award winner Priyamani makes a comeback to Mollywood as Malavika.  Nishant Sagar plays a key role as a cinematographer named Kevin Paul. ‘Thirakkatha' also stars Khushboo, Siddharth ,Cochin Haneefa, Maniyan Pilla Raju, Nandu, Nishanth Sagar, K. B. Venu, Mallika Sukumaran, Surabhi, and Augustine.

Director Jayaraj commented that the success of Thirakkatha, a film without superstars, is an extremely encouraging sign for filmmakers like him. “It is great to know that there is still an audience for a good, meaningful film. I am now more confident about my next film, Gulmohar, which is due for release,” he said.

Director Ranjith, who is incidentally the hero of Gulmohar, said he is delighted to know Thirakkatha had been received well by the discerning Malayalee audience. “I was confident that I had made a good film and it’s heartening to know that it is doing well at the box office,” he said.