Aham (film)

Aham (transl. Self) is a 1992 Indian Malayalam-language drama film directed by Rajeevnath and written by Venu Nagavally from a story by Rajeevnath. The film stars Mohanlal, Urvasi, and Ramya Krishna. The soundtrack was composed by Raveendran and cinematography was handled by Santhosh Sivan and Venu. The film has one more brilliant performance by Mohanlal. His performance is one that makes us hate him, love him, feel sorry for him. The screenplay makes each incident humorous while expressing the seriousness of his behavior. It is a one time watch for retrospection and shows repercussions of narrow mindedness and self obsession.

Aham
Theatrical release poster
Directed byRajeevnath
Produced byP. K. R. Pillai
Screenplay byVenu Nagavally
Story byRajeevnath
StarringMohanlal
Urvasi
Ramya Krishna
Music byRaveendran
CinematographySanthosh Sivan
Venu
Edited byRavi
Production
company
Sreesankara Arts
Distributed byShirdi Sai Release
Release date
  • 1 May 1992 (1992-05-01)
Running time
119 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageMalayalam

Plot

Aham means ego or false pride. The film revolves around Sidharthan (Mohanlal), a man who has different outlook to life. He wants to be perfect in every thing that he does and even wants people around him to accept the way he thinks. He works in a bank as a manager and is very strict with his staff. He is also very narrow minded and looks at every one else's behavior with doubt and prejudice. He doubts the relationship between his wife and her friend Mahendran to the extent that he goes and beats up Mahendran and warns him from ever entering his house to meet Ranjini. His wife (Urvasi) is not able to adjust with his crazy lifestyle. She wants to become self-reliant but this creates suspicion in Siddharthan's mind. On his birthday when Urvashi out of her earnings from a part-time job (that Siddarth is unaware of) buys him a tie, he doubts her of infidelity and in a resulting argument and the subsequent struggle Ranjini falls down the stairs and goes into a coma. Siddharthan lose his mental balance. Later he ends up in a mental asylum, where he writes a diary recounting and recollecting the deeds that he has done and repents for it.

Cast

Soundtrack
Aham
Soundtrack album by
Raveendran
Released25 September 1992 (1992-09-25)
Recorded1992
GenrePopular music
Length21:00
LanguageMalayalam
LabelRanjini Cassettes
ProducerRajeevnath
Raveendran chronology
Vishnulokam
(1992)		 Aham
(1992)		 Champakulam Thachan
(1992)

Raveendran composed the film's original soundtrack, the lyrics were written by Kavalam Narayana Panicker and Konniyoor Bhas. All songs was sung by K. J. Yesudas. The soundtrack which consists of 5 songs was released by the music label Ranjini Cassettes on 25 September 1992.[1][2]

Aham (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
No.TitleArtist(s)Length
1."Aadhi Madhya"K. J. Yesudas04:29
2."Muhurtham"K. J. Yesudas04:12
3."Nanni Arodu Njan"K. J. Yesudas03:36
4."Nirangale"K. J. Yesudas04:36
5."Urangunna"K. J. Yesudas04:07
Total length:20:00

Accolades
Kerala State Film Awards[3]

References
  1. Ranjini Cassettes (25 September 1992). "Aham (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) - EP by Raveendran on Apple Music". iTunes. Retrieved 11 February 2017.
  2. "റിസൾട്ടിനേക്കാൾ സംതൃപ്തി ആഗ്രഹിച്ച ചലച്ചിത്രകാരൻ". Deepika (in Malayalam). Retrieved 17 July 2019.
  3. Kerala State Chalachitra Academy (1992). "State Film Awards - 1992". Department of Information and Public Relations. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 11 February 2017.
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