Vartha

Vartha
Directed by	IV Sasi
Produced by	PV Gangadharan
Written by	T. Damodaran
Screenplay by	T. Damodaran
Starring	Mammootty Mohanlal Venu Nagavally Prathapachandran
Music by	A. T. Ummer
Cinematography	Jayanan Vincent
Edited by	K Narayanan
Production company	Grihalakshmi Productions
Distributed by	Grihalakshmi Productions
Release dates	28 February 1986
Country	India
Language	Malayalam

Vartha (Malayalam: വാർത്ത, meaning News) is a 1986 Indian Malayalam film, directed by IV Sasi and produced by PV Gangadharan. The film stars Mammootty, Mohanlal, Venu Nagavally and Prathapachandran in lead roles. The film had musical score by A. T. Ummer.^[1][2][3] The film was remade in Tamil as Paalaivana Rojakkal with Prabhu and Sathyaraj and in Hindi as Jai Shiv Shankar with Rajesh Khanna.

Cast

• Mammootty as Madhavan Kutti
• Mohanlal as Parol Vasu
• Venu Nagavally as Devan
• Prathapachandran
• Balan K Nair
• Kundara Johny
• Kunjandi
• Kuthiravattam Pappu as Hamsa
• Nalini as Vasanthi
• Nellikode Bhaskaran
• Paravoor Bharathan
• Rahman as Unnikrishnan
• Sangita
• Seema as Radha
• TG Ravi as Manikyan Muthalali

Soundtrack

The music was composed by A. T. Ummer and lyrics was written by Bichu Thirumala.

No.	Song	Singers	Lyrics	Length (m:ss)
1	Innalekal	K. J. Yesudas	Bichu Thirumala
2	Salilam sruthisaagaram	K. J. Yesudas, Ashalatha	Bichu Thirumala

Box office

The film was successful at the box office.^[4][5][6]

References

1. "Vaartha". www.malayalachalachithram.com. Retrieved 2014-10-22.
2. "Vaartha". malayalasangeetham.info. Retrieved 2014-10-22.
3. "Vartha". spicyonion.com. Retrieved 2014-10-22.
4. "Reel life". India Today. 28 February 1987.
5. "Architect of blockbusters". The Hindu. 26 April 2013.
6. "Saluting the maker of super hits". The Hindu. 13 April 2013.

External links

• Vartha at the Internet Movie Database