Thanmathra

Thanmathra
Thanmathra
Soundtrack album by Mohan Sithara
Released	25 November 2005
Studio	Revi's, Thrissur
Genre	Film
Length	28:19
Label	Manorama Music
Producer	Century Films
Mohan Sithara chronology

Thanmathra
Thanmathra
	DVD cover
Directed by	Blessy
Written by	Blessy
Based on	"Orma" by Padmarajan
Produced by	Raju Mathew
Starring	Mohanlal; Meera Vasudevan; Arjun Lal
Cinematography	Sethu Sriram
Edited by	Raja Mohammed
Music by	Mohan Sithara
Production; company	Century Films
Distributed by	Century Release
Release date	16 December 2005;
Running time	160 minutes
Country	India
Language	Malayalam

Thanmathra ( Malayalam: തന്മാത്ര, English: Molecule) is a 2005 Indian Malayalam-language drama film written and directed by Blessy, based on Padmarajan's short story "Orma".^[1]^[2] It portrays the effects of Alzheimer's disease on the life of Ramesan Nair (Mohanlal) and his family.^[3] The film collected three times its budget at the box-office and completed 150 days run.^[4] Thanmathra won five Kerala State Film Awards, which includes the Best Film, Best Actor, Best Director, Best Screenplay, and a Special Mention Award for the debutant actor Arjun Lal. It also won the Best Feature Film in Malayalam Award at the 53rd National Film Awards.^[5]

Plot

Ramesan Nair is a Kerala government secretariat official, cocooned in his own small and happy world. An honest and sincere man, Ramesan's family consists of his loving wife Lekha, son Manu who is a plus-two student, and daughter Manju, a primary school student. His biggest ambition is to see that his son gets into the IAS (Indian Administrative Service), something he himself had failed to achieve despite being a brilliant student. Manu is a very loving son and an intelligent student who shares a strong emotional bond with his father.^[6]

Ramesan starts to develop problems with his memory. What starts as commonplace omissions and absentmindedness, quickly grows into handicapping cognitive and behavioral impairments.

The first time we notice this is when Ramesan misplaces a very important office file at his home, inside the refrigerator. One day he arrives in office after buying a bag of vegetables and starts behaving as if he had reached home after his office hours. He begins acting strangely in the office, as if he has lost his sense of time and place. He is taken to the doctor by his family and close friend, Joseph.

In the hospital, Ramesan is diagnosed with Familial Alzheimer's disease, a disease which causes a gradual loss of memory and cognitive abilities. The news comes as a grave shock for the happy family and turns their world upside down. The family is devastated by the sad news, but tries to adjust to the situation with a lot of determination underscored by strong emotional bonds. How they cope up with the trauma, insecurity and uncertainty caused by Ramesan's plight, forms the gist of the movie.

Cast

Mohanlal as Ramesan Nair, a government employee suffering from Alzheimer's disease
Meera Vasudevan as Lekha
Arjun Lal as Manu Ramesh
Baby Niranjana Vijayan as Manju Ramesh
Nedumudi Venu as Ramesan's father
Jagathy Sreekumar as Joseph
Innocent as Lekha's father
Manka Mahesh as Lekha's Mother
Prathap Pothan as Doctor
Seetha as Swarnam, Ramesan Nair's childhood friend
Lakshmipriya as Ramesan Nair's co-staff
Nandhini as Rameshan's Neighbour's Daughter

Soundtrack

The music of this movie is composed by Mohan Sithara and the lyrics by Bharathiyar (Kaatru Veliyidai) and Kaithapram. Song mixing was done by Renjith Viswanathan.^[7]^[8]^[9]

Track	Song Title	Singer(s)	Other Notes
1	"Ithaloornnu"	P. Jayachandran	Raga: Kalyani
2	"Mindathedi"	M. G. Sreekumar, Sruthi
3	"Mele Vellithingal"	Karthik	Raga: Maand
4	"Ithaloornnu"	Mohanlal	Raga: Kalyani
5	"Mindathedi"	Sujatha
6	"Kaatru Veliyidai"	Vidhu Prathap, Sheela Mani, Dr. Unnikrishnan, Sunil	Raga: Valachi This is a famous poem by Bharathiyar. The classical lyrics is by Kaithapram