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Evidam Swargamanu

Ividam Swargamanu
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Directed by Rosshan Andrrews
Produced by Antony Perumbavoor
Written by James Albert
Starring Mohanlal
Lakshmi Rai
Priyanka Nair
Sreenivasan
Lalu Alex
Thilakan
Shankar
Assim Jamal
Music by Gopi Sunder
Cinematography R. Diwakaran
Edited by Ranjan Abraham
Production
company
Distributed by Maxlaab Release
Release date
  • 25 December 2009 (2009-12-25)
Running time
166 minutes
Country India
Language Malayalam

Ividam Swargamanu ( It's Heaven Here) is a 2009 Malayalam drama film written by James Albert, directed by Rosshan Andrrews, and starring Mohanlal, Sreenivasan, Lalu Alex, and Lakshmi Rai in the lead roles. The film was produced by Antony Perumbavoor under Aashirvad Cinemas.

It won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Popular Film.

'Ividam Swargamanu' concerns the story of a hard-working farmer known as Mathews (Mohanlal) and his fight against a land mafia which tries to take over his farmland. Mathews and his father, Jeramias (Thilakan) are hard-working farmers, who have successfully built a farm, along with a cow shed which holds of huge number of cattle. His agricultural land is a matter of envy for many. Mathews has led a calm, silent and happy life along with his family, consisting of his father, mother Elyamma(Kaviyoor Ponnamma) and her sister Rahelamma (Sukumari).

Problems start when Aluva Chandy (Lalu Alex), a powerful land dealer, eyes the farm of Mathews, who tries to convince him to sell the land to him, which Chandy wants for flipping to resell to a Mumbai-based businessman at a high profit. But Mathews is not ready to accept the demands by Chandy and files a complaint at the police station, against Chandy for intruding into his property. The police officer, instead, acts as an agent of Chandy, which puts Mathews into a helpless situation.

Chandy's fake promises, including the setting up of a model township, allures the people around to support Chandy. They try to convince Mathews to sell off the land, and his continued opposition makes him an enemy of the rest of the villagers. Several of his friends leave the village, by selling their land, but Mathews and his father are adamant to stay. Aluva Chandy fabricates several civil cases against Mathews and his farm, prompting the court to appoint a one-man committee to visit and submit and report. Advocate Sunitha (Lakshmi Rai), who visits the farm, finds it quite satisfactory and submits a report to the court. Her senior, on instruction from Chandy, dismisses her from his team. Several government departments now start raising up legal issues against the farm of Mathews, including financial irregularities and repayment of the loan, failing to which Jermias will be arrested.


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