Swapaanam

Swapaanam
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Directed by	Shaji N. Karun
Produced by	M. Rajan
Screenplay by	Hari Krishanan Sajeev Pazhoor
Story by	Shaji N. Karun
Starring	Jayaram Kadambari Siddique Vineeth Lakshmi Gopalaswamy Ashwini Ranga
Music by	Sreevalsan J Menon
Cinematography	Saji Nair
Edited by	A. Sreekar Prasad
Production company	Prasad Studios
Distributed by	Horizon Entertainment
Release date	27 February 2014 (2014-02-27)
Country	India
Language	Malayalam

Swapaanam (Malayalam: സ്വപാനം) (English translation: The Voiding Soul) is a 2014 Malayalam film directed by Shaji N. Karun and produced by M. Rajan for Horizon Entertainments. The film features Jayaram and Kadambari in the lead roles, alongside Siddique, Vineeth, Lakshmi Gopalaswamy in supporting roles. The music was composed by Sreevalsan J Menon, while the script was written by Harikrishnan and Sajeev Pazhoor, based on Shaji’s own story. The film was screened in the Dubai International Film Festival.

The film released with Auro 3D sound in selected theatres, becoming the first Malayalam movie and fourth Indian film to employ the technology after Maryan (Tamil), Vishwaroopam(Tamil) and 1- Nenokkadine (Telugu).

The rhythm of life, even for a master drummer, is at the same moment disrupted and harmonized by the love, passion, jealousy, hate and spite of those around. Unequaled in the art of playing the Chenda, Unni (Jayaram), and Nalini (Kadambari), peerless in Mohiniyattam, are drawn to each other by an affection that transcends the devotion to their arts and the love for each other. The pulse of their passion cannot hold up against the tumults of Unni’s life. A brother and a father figure, whose love sours to jealousy and hate, a wife who despises his drumming and a mother from whom the truth about his birth is not forthcoming all hasten the tempo of a mental imbalance rooted in Unni’s childhood to an inevitable dark end.

(Swathi Thirunal Padam)