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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Gandharvam<br />
| image = Gandharvam poster.jpg<br />
| alt = <br />
| caption = <br />
| director = [[Sangeeth Sivan]]<br />
| producer = [[Suresh Balaje]]<br />
| screenplay = [[Dennis Joseph]]<br />
| story = [[Alex I. Kadavil]]<br/>[[Sangeeth Sivan]]<br />
| starring = [[Mohanlal]]<br/>[[Kanchan (actress)|Kanchan]]<br />
| narrator = <br />
| music = [[S. P. Venkitesh]]<br />
| cinematography = [[Santosh Sivan]]<br />
| editing = [[A. Sreekar Prasad]]<br />
| studio = Sithara Combines<br />
| distributor = Pranamam Pictures<br />
| released = 15 August 1993<br />
| runtime = 158 minutes<br />
| country = India<br />
| language = Malayalam<br />
| budget = <br />
| gross = <br />
}}<br />
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'''''Gandharvam''''' is a 1993 Indian [[Malayalam]]-language [[romantic comedy]] film directed by [[Sangeeth Sivan]] and written by [[Dennis Joseph]] from a story by [[Alex I. Kadavil]] and [[Sangeeth Sivan]]. It was produced by [[Suresh Balaje]] and stars [[Mohanlal]] and [[Kanchan (actress)|Kanchan]] (in her only Malayalam film), while [[Jagathi Sreekumar]], [[Devan (actor)|Devan]], [[Vijayakumar (Tamil actor)|Vijayakumar]], [[Prem Kumar (Malayalam actor)|Prem Kumar]] and [[Kaviyoor Ponnamma]] appears in supporting roles. The music was composed by [[S. P. Venkitesh]].<br />
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==Plot==<br />
{{More plot|date=July 2019}}<br />
Sam Alexander, a fun-loving automobile workshop owner is keener in scripting and directing theatrical plays than running his business. A theater addict, Sam, along with his friends, Pappu Mesthiri, Mammoonju, and Preman, is now working on ''[[Shakuntala (play)|Shakunthalam]]'', the famous play by Kalidasa. Gracy Kutty, his mother, is worried about his easy-going and careless attitude towards life.<br />
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The main actress Komalam who was supposed to play the role of Shakunthala elopes with Krishnan Kutty, a fellow artist. Sam is busy searching for a new face to enact Shakunthala. Accidentally, he meets up with Sreedevi Menon, with whom he falls in love. He attempts all methods to woo her and finally, she falls in. But Sam on the other hand acts like he hates Sreedevi for a dirty game she used to make Sam look bad in front of his family. To comfort Sam, Sreedevi takes the role of Shakunthala without the knowledge of Sam and her family.<br />
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Sreedevi, daughter of Meledath Vishwanatha Menon, the rich businessman in the city, thus acts in the drama. On the way home, Sam and Sreedevi are caught red-handed by Vishnu Menon, her brother. Ravindran Nair, the I.G. of police and friend of Menon, had plans of getting his son Rajkumar married to Sreedevi, so that he could own up a huge part of the business empire. With the help of Ravindran Nair, Sam is beaten up by police.<br />
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Sam and Sreedevi elope and spend a few days away from the worries. In the meantime, the duo is again caught by Vishnu Menon. Sam is arrested for kidnapping Sreedevi and is jailed for 10 months. At the jail, he learns that Sreedevi is pregnant with his child but has no way to save the kid. Upon knowing that Sreedevi is pregnant, she is transferred to a distant place. Once she gives birth to a baby boy, the attitude of Menon and Vishnu changes, and they started looking upon him as their heir.<br />
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Sensing danger, Ravindran Nair sends Rajkumar to kidnap and kill the boy. Vishnu realizes the plan of Rajkumar and tries to save his sister and the baby. In the meantime, Sam escapes from jail and reaches the house where Sreedevi stays. She attempts to commit suicide to escape from Rajkumar but is saved miraculously by Sam, who makes a dramatic entry. He defeats Rajkumar and saves the child. Menon and Vishnu happily unite Sam and Sreedevi. Sam happily goes back to jail after seeing Sreedevi and his child one more time.<br />
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==Cast==<br />
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* [[Mohanlal]] as Samuel "Sam" Alexander<br />
* [[Kanchan (actress)|Kanchan]] as Sreedevi Menon<br />
* [[Devan (actor)|Devan]] as Meleveetil Vishnu Menon<br />
* [[Kaviyoor Ponnamma]] as Gracy Kutty<br />
* [[Shanthi Krishna]] as Lakshmi<br />
* [[Vijayakumar (Tamil actor)|Vijayakumar]] as IG Ravindran Nair<br />
* [[Jagathi Sreekumar]] as Pappu Mesthiri<br />
* [[Kalpana (Malayalam actress)|Kalpana]] as Kottarakara Komalam<br />
* [[Kunchan (actor)|Kunchan]] as Mammunju<br />
* [[Prem Kumar (Malayalam actor)|Prem Kumar]] as Preman<br />
* [[Shankar (actor)|Shankar]] as Chandran<br />
* [[Mukesh Rishi]] as Rangan<br />
* [[Subair]] as Police Inspector Soman<br />
* [[Paravoor Bharathan]] as <br />
* [[Sukumari]] as <br />
* [[Geetha Vijayan]] as Sony<br />
* Nishal Chandra as<br />
* [[Hari (actor)|Hari]] as Advocate<br />
* Aboobacker as Abdul Salim<br />
* [[Mohan Jose]] as prisoner<br />
* [[Nandhu]] as<br />
* [[Krishnankutty Nair (actor)|Krishnankutty Nair]] as K. K. Kottarakara<br />
* [[Kazan Khan]] as Rajkumar<br />
* [[Antony Perumbavoor]] as Bike racer<br />
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==Trivia==<br />
*''Gandharvam'' was produced by Suresh Balaji, the brother-in-law of Mohanlal.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.screenindia.com/old/fullstory.php?content_id=6300|title=Memory galore|date=10 October 2003 |work=[[The Indian Express]] (Screen India)|access-date=2009-07-25}}</ref><br />
*Several heroines were considered such as [[Divya Bharti|Divya Bharati]], [[Ramya Krishnan]], [[Meena (actress)|Meena]], and [[Nagma]]. But later [[Kanchan (actress)|Kanchan]] was finalized. This is the only Malayalam film in her career.<br />
*Popular Tamil actor [[Vijayakumar (Tamil actor)|Vijayakumar]] also made his debut in Malayalam with ''Gandharvam''.<br />
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==Soundtrack== <br />
The film features original soundtrack composed by [[S. P. Venkatesh]] for the lyrics by [[Kaithapram Damodaran]]. Released by [[T-Series (company)]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Gandharvam (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) - EP by S.P. Venkatesh |url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/gandharvam-original-motion-picture-soundtrack-ep/1362476894 |publisher=[[iTunes]] |access-date=27 July 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.devaragam.com/vbscript/MusicNew.aspx?MovieId=1461 |title=Gandharvam (1993) |publisher=Devaragam.com |access-date=2009-07-25 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100209112630/http://www.devaragam.com/vbscript/MusicNew.aspx?MovieId=1461 |archive-date=9 February 2010 |df=dmy }}</ref><br />
{{Track listing<br />
| headline = <br />
| extra_column = Singer(s)<br />
| all_lyrics =<br />
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| title1 = Nenjil Kanjabaanam<br />
| extra1 = [[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]]<br />
| length1 = 4:40<br />
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| title2 = Oomale Nin Mugham<br />
| extra2 = [[K. J. Yesudas]]<br />
| length2 = 3:58<br />
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| title3 = Pranayatharangam<br />
| extra3 = K. J. Yesudas, [[K. S. Chithra]]<br />
| length3 = 4:18<br />
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| title4 = Aathire Nin Mugham<br />
| extra4 = K. S. Chithra<br />
| length4 = 3:57<br />
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| title5 = Maliniyude Theerangal<br />
| extra5 = [[M. G. Sreekumar]], [[Sujatha Mohan]]<br />
| length5 = 4:22<br />
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| title6 = Abalathvamalla<br />
| extra6 = [[Mohanlal]]<br />
| length6 = 4:49<br />
}}<br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{IMDb title|0291930}}<br />
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{{Dennis Joseph}}<br />
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[[Category:1993 films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian films]]<br />
[[Category:1990s Malayalam-language films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian romantic comedy films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian romantic thriller films]]<br />
[[Category:Films directed by Sangeeth Sivan]]<br />
[[Category:1993 romantic comedy films]]<br />
[[Category:1990s romantic thriller films]]</div>UpdateBot