''The Guard'' is a 2001 Indian Malayalam-language film directed and written by
Hakim Rawther.
Kalabhavan Mani
Kunnisseri Veettil Raman Mani (1 January 1971 – 6 March 2016), better known by his stage name Kalabhavan Mani, was an Indian actor and singer. Mani started his career as a Impersonator, mimicry artist with the Kalabhavan comedy troupe. He had ...
plays all of the characters.
''
Yaadein'' predated ''The Guard'' as "the first ‘one-man film’".
The film features cinematography by Saloo George, editing by Venugopal and artwork by Nathan Mannoor. The background score has been provided by Biju and songs featured in the film are composed by Shyam Sharman and Rajesh with lyrics written by Arumughan Vengidang. All the songs are sung by Kalabhavan Mani himself.
Cast
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Kalabhavan Mani
Kunnisseri Veettil Raman Mani (1 January 1971 – 6 March 2016), better known by his stage name Kalabhavan Mani, was an Indian actor and singer. Mani started his career as a Impersonator, mimicry artist with the Kalabhavan comedy troupe. He had ...
as Appukkuttan Nair and Thomachan
Soundtrack
The film features 7 songs composed by Shyam Dharman and Rajesh with lyrics penned by Arumughan Vengidang. All the songs are based on
folk music
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and are sung by
Kalabhavan Mani
Kunnisseri Veettil Raman Mani (1 January 1971 – 6 March 2016), better known by his stage name Kalabhavan Mani, was an Indian actor and singer. Mani started his career as a Impersonator, mimicry artist with the Kalabhavan comedy troupe. He had ...
himself.
Reception
A critic from ''
Screen
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'' wrote that "Kalabhavan Mani, who is the only actor on screen, does his part as Appukuttan very well. Director Hakkim, who has done the script based on story by Sathitha Jayaraj, has taken care to give a new dimension to the seemingly simple story of Appukuttan".
A critic from ''
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'' wrote that "The director Hakim has given it an interesting treatment not seen in regular films". A critic from ''Cinesouth'' wrote that "Good one to watch. Especially if you're a passionate fighter for animal rights".
References
External links
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Thekkan Malaakhayirangi song
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2000s Malayalam-language films
One-character films