''Akashamittayee'' is a 2017 Indian

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-language family drama film co-directed by

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and M. Padmakumar. Written by K. Gireesh Kumar. Scripted by Samuthirakani, it is a remake of his 2016

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film ''

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'' directed by

with Yuvasri Lakshmi and Nasath reprising their roles. The film stars

Jayaram Jayaram Subramaniam, (born 10 December 1965), is an Indian actor who works predominantly in Malayalam cinema, in addition to Tamil cinema, Tamil, Telugu cinema, Telugu, Kannada, Hindi, Sanskrit, and Bhojpuri language films. He is also a chenda ...

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, Iniya, and

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in the lead roles. It was released in

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on 19 October 2017 coinciding with

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. The movie captures the area around Hindustan Newsprint Limited (HNL), located at Velloor in Kottayam District in Kerala.

Plot

The story is about two fathers with different mindsets, and how that reflects on the way they raise their respective kids.

Cast

as Jayasankar *

as Peethambaran * Iniya as Radhika *

as Rekha *Yuva Lakshmi as Aparna * Nandhana Varma as Saira Bhanu *Dev Prayag Hari as young Aakash *Akash Sandhyamohan as teenage Aakash *

Anil Murali Anil Murali ( – 30 July 2020) was an Indian actor in Malayalam cinema. He acted in more than 200 films. He started out in the film industry as a villain before later taking on character roles. He died on 30 July 2020, as a result of liver ...

as Pazhani *Usha as Pazhani's wife *Nasath as Ajith Pazhani *

Seema G. Nair Seema G. Nair is an Indian actress who appears in Malayalam film, Malayalam and Tamil language, Tamil films and Television, TV series. Personal life Seema enjoys listening to Ghazal songs, cooking, traveling and cherishing 'me time'. Her favo ...

as Aparna's mother *Anthony Kochi as Radhika's father * Suresh Krishna as Dr. Mohan *

Sidhartha Siva Sidhartha Siva is an Indian film director, producer, actor, screenwriter and lyricist and who works in Malayalam cinema. Early life His hometown is Kaviyoor,Pathanamthitta in Kerala. He is the son of filmmaker Kaviyoor Sivaprasad. Film care ...

as Headmaster *Majeed as School staff *Irshad as Joseph *Arjun Raveendran *Balachandran Chullukkadu as himself *Enosh Tenson as Raja Raja Cholan *

Mohan Sharma Mohan Sharma is an Indian film and television actor, film producer, director and screenwriter, who works in Cinema of South India, South Indian films. He has produced more than 15 films in Malayalam, Telugu, Tamil and Kannada. He became noted th ...

as Swami

Soundtrack

The songs were composed by Manzoor Ahamed. The soundtrack album, which was released on 2017, features songs with lyrics penned by

Rafeeq Ahmed Rafeeq Ahamed (born 17 December 1961) is an Indian poet, lyricist and novelist. He has won the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Poetry and is a six-time winner of the Kerala State Film Award for Best Lyrics. With more than 600 songs to his cred ...

Reception

Padmakumar K of '' Onmanorama'' rated the film two-and-a-half out of five stars and wrote that "Though average in terms of artistic scale, the movie gives some worthwhile insights into the present scenario of education system. It's preachy yet watchable."

References

External links

* 2017 films 2010s Malayalam-language films Films about the education system in India Malayalam remakes of Tamil films Indian drama films Indian family films Films shot in Kottayam Films shot in Thodupuzha Films directed by P. Samuthirakani Films directed by M. Padmakumar 2017 drama films {{2010s-Malayalam-film-stub