''Dreams'' is a 2000 Indian

Malayalam film Malayalam cinema, also referred to as Mollywood, is a segment of Indian cinema dedicated to producing films in the Malayalam language, primarily spoken in Kerala and the Lakshadweep islands. It encompasses both the mainstream film industry ...

directed by

Shajoon Karyal Shajoon Kariyal is an Indian film director and producer working in Malayalam cinema. Life Shajoon started his film career in 1984, at the age of 21, as an assistant director to I. V. Sasi. He worked as the assistant or associate director to ...

. The film stars

Suresh Gopi Suresh Gopi (born 26 June 1958) is an Indian actor, playback singer, television presenter and politician who is currently serving as the Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas and the Minister of Tourism since June 2024. He was ele ...

Meena Meena () is a tribe from northern and western India which is sometimes considered a sub-group of the Bhil community. It used to be claimed they speak Mina language, a Spurious languages, spurious language. Its name is also transliterated as ' ...

, Rahman and

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. The movie is directed by

Shajoon Kariyal Shajoon Kariyal is an Indian film director and producer working in Malayalam cinema. Life Shajoon started his film career in 1984, at the age of 21, as an assistant director to I. V. Sasi. He worked as the assistant or associate director to ...

and produced by Kerala Pictures. The music is composed by Vidyasagar.

Plot

Nirmala Mathan seeks vengeance for the mysterious death of her lover Shiva. Meena suspect Dr. Roy, who wanted to marry her.

Cast

as Dr. Roy P John *

as Nirmala Mathen / Anna Anthony Nediyarakala *

as Shiva * Rahman as SP Peter IPS *

Srividya Srividya (24 July 1953 – 19 October 2006), was an Indian actress best known for her work predominantly in Malayalam and Tamil films, along with few Telugu, Kannada and Hindi films. In a career spanning for 40 years, she had acted in more t ...

as Thankam * Janardhanan as Thottathil Mathen, Nirmala's father *

Jagathy Sreekumar Sreekumar Achary (born 5 January 1951), better known by his stage name Jagathy Sreekumar or simply Jagathy, is an Indian actor, director and playback singer, who has appeared in over 1500 Malayalam films in a career spanning almost four deca ...

as Dr. Sugunan * Jagadeesh as Pachathullan *

Sadiq Sadiq may refer to: Places * Sadiq (town), Faridkot district, Punjab, India Punjab () is a States and union territories of India, state in northwestern India. Forming part of the larger Punjab, Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent, the ...

as SI Mohammed Basheer *

Subair Subair (25 May 1962 – 18 August 2010) was an Indian actor in Malayalam cinema industry. He was part of Malayalam films for nearly two decades and acted in around 200 films. Personal life Subair was born in the village of Chokli, Thalasserry ...

as Pappachan (Brother-in-law of Roy) * Reshmi Soman as Shyama Narayanan * Reena as Reetha * Sindhu as Anupama P John *

Jose Pellissery Jose Pellissery (1950 – 5 December 2004) was an Indian film and theatre actor. Biography As an actor in Malayalam cinema, he played supporting roles in about 100 films. His 15-year film career included roles in such movies as '' Aadhaaram' ...

Kazan Khan Kazan Khan (22 June 1972 – 12 June 2023) was an Indian actor who predominantly appeared in Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Telugu films. He was best known for his villain roles. Career Kazan made his acting debut in the year 1992 with Tamil f ...

Reception

The film was not a box office success. Despite being technically well-made, Karyal stated that he felt forced to compromise on the climax of the film.

Soundtrack

Music: Vidyasagar, Lyrics:

Gireesh Puthenchery Girish Puthenchery was a noted Malayalam lyricist, poet, scriptwriter and screenwriter, esteemed for his pivotal role as a lyricist in Malayalam cinema. He was often hailed as the aristocratic lyricist of Malayalam and was admired for his uniqu ...

References

External links

''Dreams''
at the Malayalam Movie Database *

2000s Malayalam-language films 2000 crime thriller films 2000 films Films shot in Kochi Films scored by Vidyasagar (composer) Films directed by Shajoon Kariyal 2000 musical films {{crime-thriller-film-stub