Arike
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| Directed by | Shyamaprasad |
| Produced by | N. B. Vindhyan |
| Screenplay by | Shyamaprasad |
| Story by | Sunil Gangopadhyay |
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Dileep Samvrutha Sunil Mamta Mohandas |
| Music by | Ouseppachan |
| Cinematography | Alagappan N |
| Edited by | Vinod Sukumaran |
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Picture Perfect
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| Country | India |
| Language | Malayalam |
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| Released | 11 June 2012 | |||
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack | |||
| Length | 56:32 (inc. Karaoke) | |||
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Arike (English: So Close) is a 2012 Malayalam romantic drama film by Shyamaprasad, starring Dileep, Samvrutha Sunil and Mamta Mohandas. The film, based on a Bengali short story by Sunil Gangopadhyay, was produced under the banner of Picture Perfect and has a script by Shyamaprasad himself, cinematography by Alagappan, editing by Vinod Sukumaran and music by Ouseppachan.
The film, a romantic comedy, is about the shades of love that vary in a relationship woven around three individuals.
The film tells the story of Shantanu (Dileep), a researcher in linguistics, and his two friends, Kalpana (Samvritha) and Anuradha (Mamta). Anuradha is the sensitive type who has gone through certain bitter experiences in her teenage years, when her cousin approached her with love, which she later realised was just his lust for her. Kalpana is slightly capricious and loves being in love. Anuradha wants to play Cupid and bring Shantanu and Kalpana together; she knows that they care a lot for each other, but for some reason or other are hesitant to take the next step.
Kalpana's parents are against her marrying Santanu and they try to bring proposals from their own (Brahmin) community. At one point Kalpana's aunt tricks her into meeting a guy, Sanjay, whom they hope Kalpana will like and get married to. While they travel with Sanjay in his car, they meet with an accident, which causes some scars on Kalpana's face and gave her a disfigured toe. After the accident Kalpana backs out from the relationship with Santanu and gives in to her parents' wishes to marry Sanjay. Anuradha feels very bad for Santanu and tries to console him. It is then that Santhanu realizes that Kalpana had actually not loved him at all. Though his actual love was near him, so close, he failed to recognise it.
Shyamaprasad has adapted several classics on celluloid so far. Arike is the latest in that list and is based on a Bengali short story by Sunil Gangopadhyay, whose novel was also the base for the director's Ore Kadal. Says the director, "I don’t think adapting stories from other languages is an issue at all, because human emotions are universal and can be told without linguistic barriers. I am fond of adapting literature, since writing a story is not my forte and I do not believe in concocting a story for the sake of filmmaking." He also adds that Basu Chatterjee, noted Bollywood director who portrayed the middle-class in many films, proved to be his guiding force while making Arike.
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