Manoharam is a 2019 Indian Malayalam-language film directed by Anvar Sadik and produced by Jose Chakkalakal and A.K. Sunil. The film stars Vineeth Sreenivasan, Aparna Das, Indrans and Basil Joseph. The music was composed by Sanjeev T and background score was done by Samuel Aby. This movie is about Manoharan who is struggling to prove as an artist and gaining respect for his profession. With changes to new world of digital print technology, he tries hard to get into the real world, by trying hard to learn the technology and showcasing his skill as poster artist. The film released on 27 September 2019 met with positive response from critics and performed well at the box office. It becomes one of the bestMalayalam films in 2019.
Plot
The story is about Manoharan, who is a talented and unusually creative artist hailing from beautiful village of Chittilamchery, Palakkad district. Nobody in his village admires his skill and assumes that Manu is not relevant to the time. His fiance escapes on the day before their wedding as she thinks Manu does not have any financial security and there is no future prospects. Manu later finds out that his ex-fiance had eloped with Vijay, who is the cousin of his childhood rival, Rahul. When he gets to know that Rahul is planning to start a printing unit in their village, Manu decides to get back his own. With the support of his mother and friends Prabhu and Varghese ettan, Manu sets out to master designing software and open the first flex printing shop in his village. At the computer institute, Manu meets Sreeja. How Manu tries to make a success of his professional and personal life forms the rest of the story.
The film's music was composed by Sanjeev T and the lyrics were penned by Joe Paul. Background score was done by Samuel Aby.
Release
Being a low budget, film had a limited release. It had its initial release in Kerala and few other centers outside the state on 27 September 2019.
Reception
Box office
The film grossed 5.62 Crores across screens in Kerala
Critical reception
Anjana George of The Times of India rated the film with 3.5 stars out of five. She praised the movie being Manoharam as its title while applauding Vineeth Sreenivasan for his portrayal. Navamy of The Hindu praised the film calling it "inherently good just like its hero".
