Janani (1999 film)

Janani
Directed byRajeevnath
Screenplay byZachariah
Rajeevnath
Story byRenji Panicker
StarringSiddique
CinematographySuresh P Nair
Edited byBeena Paul
Music byOuseppachan
Production
company
Chitranjali
Release date
  • 1999 (1999)
CountryIndia
LanguageMalayalam

Janani is a 1999 Indian Malayalam film, directed by Rajeevnath, starring Siddique in the lead role. Rajeevnath won the National Film Award for Best Direction.[1][2][3]

Synopsis

The film is about seven nuns who take care of an orphaned baby.[4]

Cast

  • Siddique as Father
  • Kavitha Ladnier as Sister Mary Ann
  • Latheef as Doctor
  • Rosline as Sr. Victoria
  • Santhakumari as Servant Eliyamma
  • Rukhmini

Reception

Reviewing the film at the Palm Springs Film Festival in 2000, Robert Koehler of Variety opined that "What appears to be a drama about how an elderly nun will fit into convent culture dissolves into random sequences of various innocuous relationships".[5]

References

  1. ^ Tharakan, Tony (8 August 2007). ""Casablanca" to be remade on Indian shores". Reuters.
  2. ^ Shobha Warrier (12 June 2006). "Paris Hilton is no Mother Teresa". Rediff.com.
  3. ^ "B.R. Chopra gets Phalke award". The Tribune.
  4. ^ "Is Paris Hilton The Next Mother Teresa?". The New York Times. 4 April 2006.
  5. ^ Koehler, Koehler (22 January 2000). "Janani". Variety.


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