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Pranayavarnangal
Poster
Directed bySibi Malayil
Written byJayaraman Kadambat, Sachidanandan Puzhankara
Produced byDinesh Panicker
StarringSuresh Gopi
Manju Warrier
Divya Unni
Biju Menon
CinematographySantosh Thundiyil
Edited byL. Bhoominathan
Music byVidyasagar
Production
company
Dream Makers
Release date
  • 23 January 1998 (1998-01-23)
Running time
133 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageMalayalam

Pranayavarnangal (transl.Colors of Love) is a Malayalam romantic film released in 1998. Directed by Sibi Malayil, the script was written by Jayaraman Kadambat and Sachidanandan Puzhankara. Suresh Gopi, Manju Warrier, Divya Unni and Biju Menon appeared in leading roles.[1]

Plot

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Arathy is a shy girl, who is silent, a daydreamer and loves poetry whereas Maya is her roommate and best friend who is naughty and plays pranks on hostel mates. Victor loves Aarathy but is afraid to express his love. At a college event, Vinayachandran who is well-known to Maya's family and deputy collector of the city comes as the guest and he praises Aarathy after listening to her poetry. Meanwhile, Maya realizes that Aarathy has a crush on Vinayan. Seeing this as an opportunity to make Aarathy come out of her shell, Maya compels her friend to write letters to Aarathy posing as Vinayan. Aarathy truly falls in love with Vinayan, whereas he doesn't have a clue about this. Meanwhile, Maya's parents arrange her marriage with Vinayan as he is in love with Maya. Maya also starts loving Vinayan. Soon Maya forces Aarathy to forget Vinayan as she feels guilty and both friends break up. With the help of Victor, Aarathy comes to meet Vinayan but realizes that he is marrying Maya. Aarathy has a mental breakdown. Victor takes care of her. Vinayan visits her and tells her the truth and both the friends reunite.

Cast

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Production

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The song "Aaro Viral" was shot at University College Thiruvananthapuram.[2]

Soundtrack

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Pranayavarnangal
Soundtrack album by
ReleasedJanuary 1998 (1998-01)
GenreFeature film soundtrack
LabelSatyam Audios
ProducerVidyasagar
Vidyasagar chronology
Gamyam
(1998)
Pranayavarnangal
(1998)
Elavamkodu Desam
(1998)

The soundtrack of the film was composed by Vidyasagar to the lyrics written by Gireesh Puthenchery and Sachidanandan Puzhankara, co-writer of the film.[3] The songs are popular among the masses. The song "Kannadi Koodum" tune was reused by Vidyasagar as "Toonega Toonega" in 2001 Telugu movie Manasantha Nuvve directed by V. N. Aditya. It was then reused in Tamil, Kannada and Bengali remakes of Manasantha Nuvve.

Track listing

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Track Title Singer(s) Lyricist Raga
1 "Aaro Viral Neetti" K. J. Yesudas Gireesh Puthenchery Ragamalika (Hamsanadam, Vrindavana Saranga)
2 "Varamanjalaadiya" Sujatha Mohan Sachidanandan Puzhankara Kapi
3 "Othiri Othiri" K. S. Chithra Gireesh Puthenchery
4 "Kannadi Koodum" K. J. Yesudas, K. S. Chithra Gireesh Puthenchery Mohanam
5 "Aalelo Pulelo" Chorus Sachidanandan Puzhankara
6 "Aaro Viral Neetti" K. S. Chithra Gireesh Puthenchery Ragamalika (Hamsanadam, Vrindavana Saranga)
7 "Orukula Poo" Suresh Gopi Sachidanandan Puzhankara Ragamalika (Abheri, Sudha Dhanyasi)
8 "Varamanjalaadiya" K. J. Yesudas Sachidanandan Puzhankara Kapi
9 "Othiri Othiri" Shabnam Gireesh Puthenchery

Awards

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References

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  1. ^ "Missing Manju". 24 November 2012.
  2. ^ "Popular film locations in Thiruvananthapuram". The Hindu. 14 December 2017. Archived from the original on 5 November 2023.
  3. ^ "Pranayavarnangal [1998] | പ്രണയ വർണ്ണങ്ങൾ [1998]".