Up & Down: Mukalil Oralundu

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Up & Down: Mukalil Oralundu
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Directed by T. K. Rajeev Kumar
Produced by V. Balachandran
R. Karunamoorthy
Latha Kurien Rajeev
Screenplay by Sunny Joseph
Manuel George
Indugopan
Story by T. K. Rajeev Kumar
Starring Indrajith
Meghana Raj
Prathap Pothen
Remya Nambeesan
Music by Prashanth Murali (background score)
M. Jayachandran
Cinematography Jomon T. Thomas
Edited by B. Ajith Kumar
Production
company
Blue Mermaid Picture Company
Release dates
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  • 24 May 2013 (2013-05-24)
Country India
Language Malayalam

Up & Down: Mukalil Oralundu is a 2013 Malayalam psychological thriller film directed by T. K. Rajeev Kumar. It is based on the 2011 Hollywood film Elevator. The story unfolds in a lift where nine people get stuck.[1] Indrajith, Prathap Pothen, K. B. Ganesh Kumar, Rejith Menon, Baiju, Nandhu, Remya Nambeesan, Sruthi Menon, and master Devaraman play the nine characters who got trapped inside the lift.[2] Meghana Raj, Vijayakumar, Jaikrishnan, Kochu Preman are the other important cast. The film is produced by V. Balachandran, R. Karunamurthi and Latha Kurien Rajeev under the banner of Blue Mermaid Picture Company. The script is penned by Sunny Joseph and Manuel George and camera is cranked by Jomon Thomas.[3]

Almost the entire narrative takes place inside the limited space that is the lift and the entire storyline is set over a period of a few hours on a particular day.

Plot

The film unfolds after eight people and a child get stuck in the lift.They include the lift operator (Indrajith), a police commissioner (Ganesh Kumar), the apartment's builder and his dancer-wife (Baiju and Remya Nambeesan, respectively), an alcoholic writer (Prathap Pothen), an IT professional and his girlfriend (Rejith Menon and Sruti Menon, respectively), an American-returnee (Nandhu) and a young boy (Master Devaraman), who intermittently keeps enquiring about his mother (Meghana Raj). They are on their way up to the top floor to take part in the building society's anniversary celebrations. Suddenly, the space becomes a sort of an altered reality. It becomes a place where the real becomes unreal; where emotions are raw and extra sensitive. It even prompts the very nature of the characters to change and secrets to be revealed.[4]

Cast

Production

The script and dialogues are written by Sunny Joseph, Manual George and Indugopan. The three had discussed well about each and every scene in the movie.[5] Rajeev Kumar says there was a consensus among the script writers and him as a director.[5]

Major portion of the film was shot from Chithranjali Studios in Thiruvananthapuram where the lift was constructed using plywood, the insides covered with embossed metal sheets.[1] Mohandas was the art director for the film.[1]

When the script was developed, scenarists and the director felt that the scope of songs were less in it. Also they were apprehensive that the songs would affect the pace of the movie. So there are no songs in the film except a promo song.[5] Prasanth Murali has done the background score with Quarter tones.[5]

Soundtrack

Up And Down Mukalil Oraalundu
Soundtrack album
Released April 2013 (2013-04)
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Label Manorama Music

The music of the film was composed by M. Jayachandran collaborating with T.K. Rajeev Kumar after Rathinirvedam. Ramya Nambeesan sung the theme song. Background Score was composed by the debutante, Prashanth Murali.

No. Title Lyrics Singer(s) Length
1. "Vaanam Chuttum Megham"   Rafeeq Ahmed Vijay Yesudas & Mridula Warrier 03:42
2. "Up And Down Theme"   Rafeeq Ahmed Ramya Nambeesan 03:38
3. "Here We Go Again"   Jeremaniah John Jeremaniah John 04:28
Total length:
 11:49

Release

Up & Down: Mukalil Oralundu was set to release on 17 May 2013. The date was postponed by a week even after giving the mandatory advertisements announcing the release of the film on 17 May in the popular dailies. The film released on 24 May.[6] The film was a hit at the box office.

References

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  6. ↑ "It is not up, today". IndiaGlitz. 17 May 2013. Retrieved 23 May 2013.
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