Thanneer Mathan Dinangal

Thanneer Mathan Dinangal (English: Watermelon Days) is a 2019 Indian Malayalam-language coming-of-age film co-written and directed by Girish A. D., and jointly produced by Jomon T. John, Shebin Backer, and Shameer Muhammed.[2] The film stars Vineeth Sreenivasan, Mathew Thomas, and Anaswara Rajan.[3] The music was composed by Justin Varghese. This movie shows the affection in teenagers during their school days.

Thanneer Mathan Dinangal
Theatrical release poster
Malayalamതണ്ണീർമത്തൻ ദിനങ്ങൾ
LiterallyWatermelon Days
Directed byGirish A. D.
Produced byJomon T. John
Shebin Backer
Shameer Muhammed[1]
Written byGirish A. D.
Dinoy Poulose
StarringVineeth Sreenivasan
Mathew Thomas
Anaswara Rajan
Music byJustin Varghese
CinematographyVinod Illampilly
Jomon T. John
Edited byShameer Muhammed
Production
company
Plan J Studios
Shebin Backer Productions
Distributed byCentral Pictures
Release date
  • 26 July 2019 (2019-07-26)
Running time
137 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageMalayalam
Budget₹ 2 Crore
Box office₹ 54-57 Crore

The film released on 26 July 2019 met with positive critical response and performed well at the box office too, becoming one of the highest-grossing Malayalam films in 2019.[4]

Plot

The film follows the life of a cynical yet honest eleventh-grade student Jaison. He changes to the science batch from humanities as he is very ambitious and aims to be the best in his class. However, after failing ridiculously in a class test, it becomes clear to him that ambition alone was not enough. He maintains a social circle around him through being a regular at a juice and snack shop with his batch-mates. Meanwhile, he starts to have a crush on his classmate Keerthy, who does not reciprocate his feelings. This makes him extremely aggravated and annoyed.

A new Malayalam teacher, Ravi Padmanabhan joins the school. During their first class, Jaison rubs him up the wrong way. This does not sit very well with Ravi who is both a narcissist and someone who loves attention. Hence, Ravi often snubs Jaison. Ravi's influence on everyone irritates Jaison and he openly complains about Ravi being a fraud. They enter the twelfth grade. To forget Keerthy he woos Stephy a new eleventh-grade student. He calls her frequently but realizes that it is not working. He later breaks up with Stephy and realizes that Keerthy is his love. This meanwhile had enraged Basil another student at the school who wanted to woo Stephy as well, therefore, getting into a fight with Jaison for her. Jaison in his own way finally woos Keerthy and she reciprocates his feelings. Ravi finds out their relationship and calls in Jaison. Ravi says that he knows that Jaison does not like him and is speaking ill of him. Hence, he would make Jaison's life harder at school. Ravi is then suddenly called into Principal's office. He is revealed to be a fake teacher with fake qualifications and is later found out to be a thief too. Ravi is chased around the school grounds by the police and finally caught. Jaison does not wait in celebrating his victory over Ravi.

Meanwhile, Keerthy is caught by her mother talking to Jaison. She is mercilessly grounded by her parents. She manages to call Jaison and tells that she is going to Chennai for her studies and asks him to meet her the next day after the exam. After disconnecting the call Jaison is threatened by Basil. This provokes Jaison so he and his friends beat him up. The next day he fails to meet Keerthy as he is called by the principal for the problem he had created. But he does manage to catch Keerthy's bus, he then grabs her and they run away. Jaison urges Keerthy to elope but she says that's not possible as it's not the realistic way of dealing with the problem and promises that she will never leave him. Keerthy goes to Chennai. A few months later, Jaison and his friends are at the temple. It is revealed that Keerthy is set to return from Chennai. Jaison wonders who may have stolen Keerthy's power bank, which went missing during a class trip. It is then revealed that it was Ravi who stole it, and he is seen teaching in a Kannada school in a new makeover and with more prowess than he displayed at Jaison's school.

Cast
  • Mathew Thomas as Jaison
  • Anaswara Rajan as Keerthy, Jaison's love interest
  • Vineeth Sreenivasan as Ravi Padmanabhan, a Malayalam teacher also a psycho [5]
  • Shabareesh Varma as Siju
  • Naslen as Melvin
  • Vaishakh Vijayan as Dennis
  • Franco Francis as Lintappan
  • Giriprasad Damodar as Joyson, Jaison's 2nd elder brother
  • Dinoy Paulose as Nelson, Jaison's 1st elder brother
  • Irshad as School Principal
  • Nisha Sarang as Keerthy's mother
  • Gopika Ramesh as Stephy
  • Sree Renjini as Aswathy, English Teacher
  • Binny Rinky Benjamin as Bindu, Physics Teacher
  • Rama Devi as Jaison's mother
  • Nandhakumar Koratty as Jaison's father
  • Kichu Tellus as Antony, Bus Driver
  • Vineeth Vishwam as Jaison's Brother in Law
  • Baby as Melvin's Mother
  • Adv. M. K. Roy as Keerthy's father
  • Midhun Gopinath as Basil
  • Reneesh N R as Sandeep
  • George Wincent as Justin
  • Anagha Ajithan as Maneesha
  • Anagha Biju as Rekha
  • Aiswarya Laiby as Aiswarya
  • Vishnu Raj as Rahul
  • Akash unnikrishnan as Sarath
  • Sajin cherukayil as Satheesh sir
  • Arshad Ali as Vigil Sir
  • Vishnu Mukundan as George
  • Vineeth Vasudevan as Tour Guide
  • Arun Antony as Vinu Chettan

Soundtrack
Thanneer Mathan Dinangal
Soundtrack album by
Justin Varghese
Released2019
GenreFeature film soundtrack
Length12:38
Singles from Thanneer Mathan Dinangal
  1. "Shyamavarna Roopini
    (sung by Pradeep Palluruthy)"
  2. "Panthu Thiriyanu (Cricket Song)
    (sung by Vineeth Sreenivasan)"
  3. "Deivame
    (sung by Vidyadharan Master)"

The film's music was composed by Justin Varghese and the lyrics were penned by Suhail Koya.[6] The song Jaathikkathottam sung by Soumya Ramakrishnan and Devadutt Bijibal, garnered popular acclaim upon release.[7][8] The song Shyamavarna Roopini released on 24 July was inspired from a traditional song of the same title.[9]

No.TitleSinger(s)Length
1."Jaathikkathottam"Soumya Ramakrishnan
Devadutt Bijibal		4:02
2."Shyamavarna Roopini"Pradeep Palluruthy3:21
3."Panthu Thiriyanu (Cricket Song)"Vineeth Sreenivasan1:59
4."Deivame"Vidyadharan Master3:06
Total length:12:38

Release

Being a low budget film the film had a limited release. It had its initial release in Kerala and few other centers outside the state on 26 July.[10] The film was released in Qatar, Oman, Kuwait, Bahrain, UAE, and New Zealand on 8 August 2019. A day later, the film got its theatrical release in United Kingdom, Australia and Ireland. The film was released in United States on 14 July 2019.[11][12]

Reception

Box office

The film grossed $832,344 from 42 screens in the opening weekend (8 – 11 August) in the United Arab Emirates—best opening of that weekend—and a total of $1,086,048 in five weeks.[13] It collected US$15,327 in two weeks from New Zealand and US$2,612 in the opening weekend in the United Kingdom.[14] The amount from Australia in the opening weekend was US$1204.[15]

Critical reception

Deepa Soman of The Times of India rated the film with three stars out of five. She praised the performances of Mathew Thomas and Anaswara Rajan while applauding Vineeth Sreenivasan for his portrayal of a different avatar he hasn't tried so far. According to Soman, "Tales that take one back in time, especially to the formative years of school days, can almost always be a winner. But, to make it a movie-long memorable affair, it takes enough of clever, relatable fun elements and smart storytelling. Thanneermathan is a story that succeeded in presenting them all, for most parts."[16]

Sajin Srijith of The New Indian Express called the film a High-school drama done right. He said: "Not many of us still have vivid memories of our school days, which surely had both pleasant and embarrassing moments that shaped our formative years. However that doesn't seem to be the case with writer-director Girish A. D. who, in his directional debut, manages to evoke with perfect clarity, a lot of situations that look strikingly familiar even if some of them may not have actually happened to you." [17]

S. R. Praveen of The Hindu praised the film calling it a school story which actually shows what kids do at school, which is not something that can be said about many other school films. He said that the film is School, as it is. [18]

References
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  8. "Jaathikkathottam song garners two million views". The Times of India. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
  9. "A popular College Song only for Keralites". 13 March 2009. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
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