Camel Safari

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{{Use Indian English|date=October 2013}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Camel Safari
| image = Camel Safari Poster.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Poster
| director = [[Jayaraj]]
| producer = Rejimon Kappaparambil
| screenplay = Thomas Thoppilkkudi
| story = Jayaraj
| starring = {{unbulleted list|Arun Shankar| [[Pankaja Menon]] | [[Sekhar Menon]] | [[Adarsh]] | [[Kamal Gaur]]}}
| music = [[Deepankuran]]
| cinematography = Suresh Rajan
| editing = Mejo
| studio =
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2013|09|26}}
| runtime =
| country = India
| language = [[Malayalam]]
| budget =
| gross =
}}

'''''Camel Safari''''' is a 2013 Indian [[Malayalam]]-language [[romance film]] directed by [[Jayaraj]] which narrates a love story set in [[Rajasthan]]. The movie features Arun Shankar and [[Pankaja Menon]] in the lead roles. [[Sekhar Menon]], [[Tini Tom]], [[Sabitha Jayaraj]], [[Binu Adimaly]], [[Neha Ramesh]], [[Hashim Hussain]], [[Vishnu Mohan]] and [[Anjali Ajayan]] plays supporting roles; [[Kamal Gaur]], the villain of ''[[Johnnie Walker (film)|Johnnie Walker]]'', made a comeback.<ref name="New Indian Express" >{{cite web|title=Love in the sands of Pushkar|url=http://newindianexpress.com/entertainment/malayalam/Love-in-the-sands-of-Pushkar/2013/05/30/article1611903.ece|newspaper=[[The New Indian Express]]}}</ref> The filming of ''Camel Safari'' begun on 22 November 2012 at the [[Pushkar Fair]] in Rajasthan.<ref>{{cite web|title=Camel Safari - A Love Story in Desert|url=http://entertainment.oneindia.in/malayalam/news/2013/camel-safari-a-love-story-in-desert-117029.html|publisher=[[One India]]}}</ref> It was completed in three schedules with the maximum being shot in Rajasthan ([[Jodhpur]], [[Jaisalmer]], [[Bikaner]] and Camel safari in Pushkar) and the rest in [[Cochin]], [[Kerala]]. The song rights of the film were sold to [[Manorama Music]]. The film ''Camel Safari'' was released on 26 September 2013.

==Plot==
Dia heroine of the movie is a management student in [[Mangalore]]. She and four of her friends (Catherine, Hashim, Yamini and Chinna Gounder) visit Rajasthan for 15 days to attend a marriage. There she meets a Rajput boy Pavan and falls in love with him. What happens to her there after that in that unknown land makes the content of the film.<ref name="New Indian Express" />

==Cast==
* [[Arun Shankar]] as Pavan
* [[Pankaja Menon]] as Diya
* [[Kamal Gaur]] as Vikram Singh
* [[Sekhar Menon]] as JK<ref>{{cite web|title=Sekhar Menon in Jayaraj's Camel Safari|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-05-28/news-and-interviews/39578959_1_jayaraj-mammootty-ranjith|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130702100840/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-05-28/news-and-interviews/39578959_1_jayaraj-mammootty-ranjith|url-status=dead|work=[[The Times of India]]|archive-date=2013-07-02}}</ref>
* [[Tini Tom]] as College professor
* [[Sabitha Jayaraj]] as Suparna Deedi
* [[Binu Adimali]] as Dhushyandhan
* [[Neha Ramesh]] as Yamini
* [[Anjali Ajayan]] as Catherine
* [[Hashim Hussain]] as Hashim
* [[Vishnu Mohan]] as Chinna Gounter

==Reception==
''Camel Safari'' was released on 26 September 2013.<ref>{{cite web|title=Camel Safari Review|url=http://www.nowrunning.com/movie/12743/malayalam/camel-safari/4426/review.htm|publisher=NowRunning}}</ref>

==Soundtrack==
Music: Deepankuran, Lyrics: [[Kaithapram Damodaran Namboothiri]]. The song "Kannum kannum" was copied from "[[Mere_Mehboob#Music|Mere Mehboob]]", sung by [[Mohammed Rafi]].

* "Aaraaro" - Aswathy Vijayan
* "Suruma" - [[Shakthisree Gopalan]]
* "Afreen" - Deepankuran
* "Halwa" - [[Anna Katharina Valayil]]
* "Kannum Kannum" - Cicily, Sinov Raj
* "Sayyan" - Aswathy Vijayan

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Official website|http://www.camelsafarimovie.com/}}
* {{IMDb title|id=tt3118910|name=Camel Safari}}

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[[Category:2013 films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:2010s Malayalam-language films]]
[[Category:Films set in Rajasthan]]
[[Category:Films set in Karnataka]]

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