Namukku Parkkan Munthiri Thoppukal
| Namukku Parkkan Munthiri Thoppukal | |
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| Malayalam | നമുക്കു പാർക്കാൻ മുന്തിരിത്തോപ്പുകൾ |
| Directed by | P. Padmarajan |
| Produced by | Mani Malliath |
| Screenplay by | P. Padmarajan |
| Based on |
Nammukku Gramangalil Chennu Rapparkkam by K. K. Sudhakaran |
| Starring |
Mohanlal Shari Thilakan Vineeth Kaviyoor Ponnamma |
| Music by | Johnson |
| Cinematography | Venu |
| Edited by | B. Lenin |
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Ragam Movies
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| Distributed by | Century Release |
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Running time
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140 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Malayalam |
Namukku Parkkan Munthiri Thoppukal (English: Vineyards for Us to Dwell In) is a 1986 Indian Malayalam-language romance drama film written and directed by Padmarajan, based on the 1986 Malayalam novel Nammukku Gramangalil Chennu Rapparkkam by K. K. Sudhakaran. The film features Mohanlal, Shari, Thilakan, Vineeth, and Kaviyoor Ponnamma.
The film is noted for its rich and detailed screenplay, expressive cinematography and flowing musical narration. The film is considered as one of the seminal works of the golden age of Malayalam cinema that lasted from the mid 1980s until the early 1990s. Mohanlal's portrayal of Solomon has brought out one of the most matured romantic characters in Malayalam Cinema, and also noted for the performance of Thilakan, and the background score of Johnson.
The story is centered around a Malayali Syrian Christian-Nasrani ("Nazarene") family. Throughout the film, there are references to the Biblical book Song of Songs. However the film story doesn't follow the same line and differs in many ways. It also has additional meanings added to make it a different story. In Song of Songs, King Solomon tries to coax a slave girl to become his consort. But the slave girl loves a shepherd. The script goes through her dreams and also shows affection that she have to the shepherd. It also shows her attempts to free from guards for returning back to the countryside. At the end, King Solomon having failed to obtain love from the slave girl, allows her to go free and meet her goatherd
In this movie, Solomon is the hero and is shown as one who comes to home at untimely times but still having friendly chat, enquiries & sharing of gifts with family members. He is shown to have special affection to the elder child of the neighboring family. He acknowledges that she is seen doing some errand every time. He protests against the discrimination shown to her by her step father (caretaker). He is ready to make her comfortable and shows his way of life (the song, Akashamake Kanimalar). He was able to convince everyone about his marriage to this girl. He sees her not as a friend nor as someone who requested his help but as an equal partner described by saying that she would be the supervisor of the next season's harvest. But her step father strongly opposes this relationship and brings up her past. Having failed to get her in a legal way, he leaves his own home but to come back a second time. He clearly expresses that in the dialogue "Nee vicharichu njan thiruchu varikayellannu" (You thought that I wouldn't come again). In his second coming, he is ready to punish the evil doers and also take his followers with him who may or may not have a great past. He also absolves her of any issue and had expected her to come out of her house when he had called out her name. That she was reluctant because of her past was dramatically spoken as "Njan vicharichu" (I thought), meaning she concluded that she was forgotten because of her past. The movie ends in a positive note of his family members accepting the marriage
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