''Mohabbath'' () is a 2011 Indian

Malayalam Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian languages, Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry (union territory), Puducherry (Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of ...

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romance film Romance films involve romantic love stories recorded in visual media for broadcast in theatres or on television that focus on passion (emotion), passion, emotion, and the affectionate romantic involvement of the main characters. Typically their ...

directed and produced by

East Coast Vijayan East Coast Vijayan is an Indian film producer, director and lyricist who works in Malayalam film industry. Being a lyricist, Vijayan wrote the music album ''Ninakkai'', which was released in 1998. The music was given by Balabhaskar and the so ...

. It was written by Siddique Shameer based on his novel ''Kalippavakal''. The film stars

Meera Jasmine Jasmine Mary Joseph,
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, Munna and Anand Michael. The film features music by S. Balakrishnan, who makes his comeback through this film. Renowned singer Hariharan appears as himself in a song sequence while

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does a cameo role. The film concerns a love triangle between characters played by Meera Jasmine, Anand Michael and Munna. It reached theatres on 28 April.

Cast

Meera Jasmine Jasmine Mary Joseph,
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as Sajna * Anand Michael as Anwar * Munna as Ameer *

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as Rasheed Haji *

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 Beerankutty *

Salim Kumar Salim Kumar (born 10 October 1969) is an Indian actor, comedian, director and writer in Malayalam cinema. Mostly known for his comic and comedy roles, Salim Kumar is considered one of the best and most prominent comedians in the history of Mala ...

* Ashokan * Suresh Krishna as Subair * Devan as Kabeer *

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as Salim * Beyon * Shari *

Urmila Unni Urmila Unni (born 14 June 1962) is an Indian classical dancer and actress who predominantly works in Malayalam cinema. Her daughter Utthara Unni is also an actress. Personal life Unni was born on 14 June 1962, into a royal family as the daug ...

Lakshmi Priya Lakshmi Priya (née Sabeena Abdul Latheef; born 11 March 1985) is an Indian actress who appears in Malayalam films. She is also known for participating in Bigg Boss Malayalam Season 4. Early life She was born on 11 March 1985 to Kabir, who wa ...

* Niranjan * Nobi * Arun * Ajith * Thejas * Master Jeevan * Sadhana *

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* Gayathri

Production

The pooja of the film was held at East Coast Studio,

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, on 12 November 2010. The song recording was completed on 22 November 2010. The shooting of the film began at Vazhakala,

Ernakulam Ernakulam () is the central business district of the city of Kochi, Kerala, India. It is the namesake of Ernakulam district. The eastern part of Kochi city is mainly known as Ernakulam, while the western part of it after the Venduruthy Bridge ...

, on 10 December 2010. Singer K. G. Jayan performed the camera switch-on ceremony. The production was completed in February 2011."Mohabbath's successful completion of 50 days"
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Soundtrack

Music: S. Balakrishnan, K. A. Latheef; Lyrics:

Vayalar Sarath Chandra Varma Vayalar Sarath Chandra Varma (born 12 February 1960) is a Malayalam lyricist and poet. He is the son of Malayalam poet and lyricist late Vayalar Ramavarma. He made his debut in the Malayalam film industry through the 1990 Malayalam movie Ente ...

#"Atharu Peyyana" — Hariharan & Manjari #"Ente Padachavane" —

Shankar Mahadevan Shankar Mahadevan (born 3 March 1967) is an Indian singer and composer who is part of the Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy trio that writes music for Indian films. In 2023, he was awarded an honorary doctorate (''honoris causa'' degree) by Birmingham Ci ...

& Afsal #"Thennalin Kaikal" — Hariharan & Manjari #"Chantham Thikanjoru" — Jyotsna #"Kanakalipiyil" —

Unni Menon Nambalatt Narayanankutty Menon (born 2 December 1955), known better by his stage name Unni Menon is an Indian film playback singer. He has recorded over 4000 songs in many Indian languages including Malayalam, Tamil language, Tamil, Telugu lang ...

#"Thayimani Mulle" — Sujatha #"Atharu Peyyana" — Manjari & M. G. Sreekumar #"Chantham Thikanjoru" — Afsal #"Atharu Peyyana" (Remix) — Hariharan & Manjari

References

External links

* {{Official website, http://www.mohabbaththemovie.com/
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). Retrieved 2011-02-27. * http://www.manoramaonline.com/cgi-bin/MMOnline.dll/portal/ep/malayalamContentView.do?contentId=8635995&programId=1073752866&BV_ID=@@@ 2010s Malayalam-language films Indian romance films