Sufi Paranja katha is a Malayalam-language film directed by Priyanandanan

Priyanandanan

Priyanandanan is a film and drama director from Kerala, India. His second movie Pulijanmam bagged the National Film Award for Best Film in 2007.-Biography:...

 based on K. P. Ramanunni

K. P. Ramanunni

K. P. Ramanunni is a Novelist and Short-story writer from Kerala, India. His first novel Sufi Paranja Katha won Kerala Sahitya Akademi award in 1995 and his latest novel Jeevithathinte Pusthakam won 2011 Vayalar Award...

's Malayalam novel with the same title. Ramanunni himself wrote the story, screenplay, and dialogs for the film. Thampi Anthony, Prakash Bare, and Sharbani Mukherjee

Sharbani Mukherjee

Sharbani Mukherji is an Indian actress working in Bollywood.-Biography:She is the daughter of Rono Mukerji. Her paternal uncles are Joy Mukerji and Deb Mukerji. Her paternal grandfather, Sashadhar Mukerji, was a filmmaker. His wife Satirani Devi was the sister of Ashok Kumar, Anoop Kumar and...

 did the main roles in this film. The film has been distributed by Central Pictures.

Plot

This film is a narrative by Sufi (Babu Antony

Babu Antony

Babu Antony is an Indian film actor, noted mainly for his negative character roles. He has also acted as a lead actor in a number of films. His life and movie roles are much debated in film industry at one time....

), a Muslim

Muslim

A Muslim, also spelled Moslem, is an adherent of Islam, a monotheistic, Abrahamic religion based on the Quran, which Muslims consider the verbatim word of God as revealed to prophet Muhammad. "Muslim" is the Arabic term for "submitter" .Muslims believe that God is one and incomparable...

 scholar.

Karthy (Sharbani Mukherjee

Sharbani Mukherjee

Sharbani Mukherji is an Indian actress working in Bollywood.-Biography:She is the daughter of Rono Mukerji. Her paternal uncles are Joy Mukerji and Deb Mukerji. Her paternal grandfather, Sashadhar Mukerji, was a filmmaker. His wife Satirani Devi was the sister of Ashok Kumar, Anoop Kumar and...

) belongs to a prestigious Hindu tharavadu. She falls in love with a Muslim trader named Maamootty (Prakash Bare) and starts living in Maamootty's house after converting to Islam. But she doesn't give up her original beliefs of her original religion Hinduism

Hinduism

Hinduism is the predominant and indigenous religious tradition of the Indian Subcontinent. Hinduism is known to its followers as , amongst many other expressions...

. To save Karthy from the need to go to the temple, Maamootty builds one inside his house. When the local Muslim people came to know about this, they create problems and this forces the couple to move apart.

Cast

• Thampi Anthony - Sanku Menon
• Prakash Bare - Maamootty
• Sharbani Mukherjee
  Sharbani Mukherjee
  Sharbani Mukherji is an Indian actress working in Bollywood.-Biography:She is the daughter of Rono Mukerji. Her paternal uncles are Joy Mukerji and Deb Mukerji. Her paternal grandfather, Sashadhar Mukerji, was a filmmaker. His wife Satirani Devi was the sister of Ashok Kumar, Anoop Kumar and...
  
   - Kaarthi, Suhara
• Jagathy Sreekumar
  Jagathy Sreekumar
  Sreekumar Achary, better known by his stage name Jagathy Sreekumar, is an Indian film actor who has performed in more than 1,000 Malayalam films. He has also directed two films and has written screenplays for two films...
  
   - Avaru Musaliar
• V. K. Sreeraman - Seythu molla
• Babu Antony
  Babu Antony
  Babu Antony is an Indian film actor, noted mainly for his negative character roles. He has also acted as a lead actor in a number of films. His life and movie roles are much debated in film industry at one time....
  
   - Sufi
• Augustine - Putthan Adhikari
• Indrans
  Indrans
  Indrans is a Malayalam film actor and costume designer. He acts mainly in comedy roles. He has acted in over 200 films.Indrans, a Tailor by profession, debuted in the film Choothattam as a costume designer. It was producer Charlie who offered him a chance to assist in costume designing...
  
   - Velayi
• Irshad - Beeran
• Vineeth Kumar - Writer
• Mullanezhi
  Mullanezhi
  Mullanezhi Neelakandan Namboothiri , popularly known as Mullanezhi, was a Malayalam poet, lyricist and actor from Thrissur in Kerala State of India. He had been awarded the Kerala Sahithya Academy award in 1995 and 2010 and also received the state award for Best Lyricist in 1981 for the film...
  
   - Vaidyar
• K. B. Venu
• Aliyaar
• Samvrutha Sunil
  Samvrutha Sunil
  Samvrutha Sunil is a South Indian actress from Kerala. She was introduced to the film industry through a Malayalam film Rasikan opposite Dileep. She had acted in several films in Tamil and Malayalam...
  
   - Young woman at Jaram
• Sona Nair - Beeyatthu
• Geetha Vijayan
  Geetha Vijayan
  Geetha Vijayan is an Indian actress. Geetha made her debut in the Malayalam comedy In Harihar Nagar which turned out to be a blockbuster. She has since acted in more than 75 Malayalam movies and in some Tamil films and Hindi films. She is also a television actress...
  
   - Meenakshi
• Vathsala Menon - Mutthassi
• Sunitha Nedungadi - Ayisha

Awards

• One of three Indian films selected for International competition section of International Film Festival (IFFK) 2010
• 4 Kerala State Film Awards (2009)

1. Kerala State Film Award for Best Cinematography - KG Jayan
2. Kerala State Film Award for Best Lyrics
   Kerala State Film Award for Best Lyrics
   The Kerala State Film Award for Best Lyrics winners:-References:**...
   
    - Rafeeq Ahammed (Thekkini Kolaaya)
3. Kerala State Film Award for Best Music Director
   Kerala State Film Award for Best Music Director
   The Kerala State Film Award for Best Music Director winners:-Trivia:* In 1994, G. Devarajan returned all the awards won by him in protest against the jury who selected Berny-Ignatious for that year's award. According to Devarajan, none of the songs composed by the duo for Thenmavin Kombath were...
   
    - Mohan Sithara
   Mohan Sithara
   Mohan Sithara, is a leading malayalam film music composer in Kerala. He is very much talented in making super hit songs. He won Kerala State Award for applying music for the songs in Priyanandan's "Sufi Paranja Kadha". Since 1986 he is an active musician in malayalam film industry...
   
    (Thekkini Kolaaya)
4. Kerala State Film Award for Best Processing - Chithranjali

Songs

The film has two songs written by Rafeeq Ahammed for which the music was given by Mohan Sithara

Mohan Sithara

Mohan Sithara, is a leading malayalam film music composer in Kerala. He is very much talented in making super hit songs. He won Kerala State Award for applying music for the songs in Priyanandan's "Sufi Paranja Kadha". Since 1986 he is an active musician in malayalam film industry...

.

1. Thekkini kolaaya chumaril: K. S. Chithra
   K. S. Chithra
   K. S. Chithra often credited as Chithra , is an Indian playback singer who has made her mark in the Indian music playback industry. Popularly known as Chinna Kuyil of South India, she has lent her voice to Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Oriya, Hindi, Assamese, Bengali, Badaga and Punjabi films...
   
   , Sunil. Mohan Sithara
   Mohan Sithara
   Mohan Sithara, is a leading malayalam film music composer in Kerala. He is very much talented in making super hit songs. He won Kerala State Award for applying music for the songs in Priyanandan's "Sufi Paranja Kadha". Since 1986 he is an active musician in malayalam film industry...
   
    won the 2009 Kerala State Film Award for Best Music Director
   Kerala State Film Award for Best Music Director
   The Kerala State Film Award for Best Music Director winners:-Trivia:* In 1994, G. Devarajan returned all the awards won by him in protest against the jury who selected Berny-Ignatious for that year's award. According to Devarajan, none of the songs composed by the duo for Thenmavin Kombath were...
   
    and Rafeeq Ahammed Kerala State Film Award for Best Lyrics
   Kerala State Film Award for Best Lyrics
   The Kerala State Film Award for Best Lyrics winners:-References:**...
   
    for this song.
2. Saayam Sandhye neerum thiri pol: Latha Krishna

External links

• Official website
• http://entertainment.oneindia.in/malayalam/reviews/2010/sufi-paranja-katha-review-230210.html
• http://www.nowrunning.com/movie/6219/malayalam/sufi-paranja-kadha/index.htm
• http://sify.com/movies/malayalam/review.php?id=14932137&ctid=5&cid=2428
• http://movies.rediff.com/report/2010/feb/22/south-movie-malayalam-review-sufi-paranja-katha.htm
• http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/malayalam/preview/10846.html
• http://www.zonkerala.com/movie/sufi-paranja-katha-15.html