''Ormayundo Ee Mukham'' () is a 2014 Indian

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-language romantic musical film written and directed by Anvar Sadik, starring

Vineeth Sreenivasan Vineeth Sreenivasan (born 1 October 1984) is an Indian actor, director, producer, dubbing artist, screenwriter, playback singer and lyricist who predominantly works in Malayalam cinema. He is the eldest son of actor and screenwriter Sreeniva ...

and

Namitha Pramod Namitha Pramod (born 19 September 1996) is an Indian actress who appears mainly in Malayalam films. She made her acting debut in supporting role in the Malayalam film ''Traffic'' (2011) and appeared in her first lead role in ''Puthiya'' ''The ...

. The film features musical score by

Shaan Rahman Shaan Rahman (born 30 December 1979) is an Indian composer and singer, best known for his compositions in the Malayalam film industry. Shaan made his debut as a music director in the 2009 film '' Ee Pattanathil Bhootham'' directed by Johny An ...

. The film was released on 14 November 2014. It is inspired by the 2004 American film ''

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''.

Plot

The story first shows Nithya, a sand artist doing her program. When she is on her way home, she gets into an accident, which leads to memory loss that can only allow her to remember anything for just 24 hours. She keeps a diary where she jots down all her memories. Then we meet Gautham, a young businessman, who also suffers from temporary memory problems. His mother gets annoyed with him and asks him to marry a girl, Hema, whom he doesn't like. Angry with his mother, he and his grandmother make a plan. The plan is that he will say that he is in love with another girl, and the next day they are going to have a date. The next morning he goes for a walk around the city looking for a date. He then meets Nithya and watches her sand art and memory show. They fall in love. Nithya does not write her memories of Gautham in her memory book, as she thinks if they are real soul mates then this magic will happen. The next day they meet, but Nithya does not recognize Gautham. Then Gautham, his friend Apoorva, and Nithya's sister Neetu make up plans to meet Nithya again, and at last, he succeeds. He tells his mother that he loves Nithya and then brings her to his house. There they realize their love for each Other. The next day Nithya forgets him but reminds herself about him after reading her memory book. She then says that they can never stay together and hence, tears his memories from her book. They go their separate ways. Later, Gautham is traveling to the US for a meeting, and he meets Neetu at the airport. She says that Nithya is doing well and shows him the video of Nithya's program. He sees that the pictures drawn are related to him and abandons his trip to watch Nithya's show. When she sees him there, she draws his image. But when he asks her whether she remembers him, she says no. Gautham returns and then sees his mother in the auditorium. His mother asks him to turn back. When he looks at the screen he sees Nithya drawing his face. Gautham runs back to the stage and asks her "whether she really does not know him." She replies that "even without knowing who you are I used to draw your pictures." Then they understand that even though she forgets everything after 24 hours, she will never be able to forget him as she loves him. They marry and live happily ever after.

Cast

as Gautham, Young businessman *

as Nithya/Nithya Gautam, Sand animation artist *

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as Nithya's Doctor/ Uncle James Kuruvilla *

Aju Varghese Aju Kurian Varghese (born 11 January 1985), better known as Aju Varghese, is an Indian actor, producer and singer who appears in Malayalam cinema. He made his debut in 2010 in '' Malarvadi Arts Club'', directed by his collegemate Vineeth Sr ...

as Apoorva, Gautham's best pal *

Soumya Sadanandan Soumya Sadanandan is an Indian filmmaker and actor who works in Malayalam Film Industry. She was popular as the Television Host of a film based show in Kappa TV, called 'Film Lounge' (2013–2017). She was a member of the Jury and Selection Com ...

as Neethu, Nithya's Sister *

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as Vasundhara Devi, Gautham's mother *

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as Gautham's grandmother * Muktha as Hema *

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as Ashoka's, Hema's Father *

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as Latha, Hema's Mother *

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as Hari, Gautham's Father *

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* Shalini Thomas as Lakshmi, Gautham's sister

Production

Filming commenced in August 2014 in Kochi and later took place at various locations including

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and

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Soundtrack

The film's soundtrack was composed by

, Vineeth Sreenivasan's usual associate. The lyrics of these songs were penned by Manu Manjith (Chayunnuvo, Doore Doore, Payye Payye) and Vineeth Sreenivasan. The album, which was launched in late October 2014 in Kochi, features six tracks including one

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. The album was well received by critics and public alike.

Reception

Akhila Menon of filmiBeat rated the film 3.5/5 and described it as "a pleasant superficial love story." India glitz rated it 6/10. Onlookersmedia said "The newcomer Anvar had done a terrific job as a writer and director and all in all this film has become a very good entertainer for all kind of spectators."

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