Namukku Parkkan Munthiri Thoppukal

Namukku Parkkan Munthiri Thoppukal
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Directed by	P. Padmarajan
Produced by	Mani Malliath
Written by	P. Padmarajan
Story by	K. K. Sudhakaran
Starring	Mohanlal Shari Thilakan, Vineeth Kaviyoor Ponnamma
Music by	Johnson
Cinematography	Venu
Edited by	B. Lenin
Distributed by	Century Release
Release dates	12 November 1986 (1986-11-12)
Running time	140 minutes
Country	India
Language	Malayalam

Namukku Parkkan Munthiri Thoppukal (Malayalam: നമുക്കു പാർക്കാൻ മുന്തിരിത്തോപ്പുകൾ, namukku pāṟkkāṉ muntirittōppukaḻ ^?; translation: Vineyards for Us to Dwell In) is a 1986 Malayalam-language Indian feature film directed by Padmarajan.

The film is noted for its rich and detailed screenplay, expressive cinematography and flowing musical narration. The film is considered as one of the seminal works of the golden age of Malayalam films that lasted from the mid 1980s until the early 1990s.

Plot

Namukku Parkkan Munthiri Thoppukal is a warm and lyrical motion picture centered around a Malayalee Syrian Christian-Nasrani ("Nazarene") family. It was based on the Malayalam novel Nammukku Graamangalil Chennu Raappaarkkaam (Let us go and dwell in the villages) by K. K. Sudhakaran (1986). The title of the film and novel is based upon a passage from Biblical book of The Song of Solomon or Song of Songs, Chapter 7:12: "Let us get up early to the vineyards." The protagonist quotes this passage at one point during the film. It stars Mohanlal, Shari, Thilakan, Vineeth, and Kaviyoor Ponnamma. The film is especially noted for the brilliant performance of Thilakan and also for the flowing and warm thematic music by Johnson. Mohanlal's portrayal of Solomon has brought out one of the most matured romantic characters in Malayalam Cinema.

Biblical Allusions

From the right beginning itself it is evident that the film has many allusions to the Bible. If not for many other characters, the character of Solomon played by Mohan Lal has the greatest amount of allusions to the Bible. The name Solomon itself is derived from the Bible where Solomon is one of the kings who ruled the United Israel. And Bible gives sufficient information that the king was very wealthy just like the character in the film. In the Bible it is stated that Solomon had many relationships with women those resulted in having 700 wives and 300 concubines. In the movie we see the character of Solomon is in possession of vast acres of vineyards which he look after and prosper. Same way in the Bible we see Solomon is building a large Temple for God. There are hints that Solomon has had respect and appreciation of the queen of Sheba. In many other legends it is stated that Solomon had an affair with the queen of Sheba and she bore him a son though the Bible does not accommodate such ideas. In the Bible we see the kingdom of Solomon's is destroyed because of the sins he committed. According to 1 Kings 11:4 Solomon's "wives turned his heart after other gods", their own national deities, to whom Solomon built temples, thus incurring divine anger and retribution in the form of the division of the kingdom after Solomon's death (1 Kings 11:9–13). In the movie we see Solomon is taking away Sofia to the vineyards who caused him much trouble. It might be a suggestion that there is a possible unholy turn of events await the character Solomon of the film to where he takes her to just like that is in the case of the Biblical character of King Solomon.

Cast

• Mohanlal as Solomon
• Shari as Sofia
• Thilakan as Paul Pailokkaran(Sofia's Stepfather)
• Vineeth as Antony joseph (Solomon's Cousin)
• Kaviyoor Ponnamma as Reetha (Solomon's Mother)

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Johnson and lyrics was written by ONV Kurup.

No.	Song	Singers	Lyrics	Length (m:ss)
1	Aakaashamaake	K. J. Yesudas	ONV Kurup
2	Pavizhampol	K. J. Yesudas	ONV Kurup

External links

• Namukku Parkkan Munthiri Thoppukal at IMDb
• Article about the film in Deepika