Vinodayathra

Vinodayathra is a 2007 Indian Malayalam-language comedy drama film written and directed by Sathyan Anthikkad, and starring Dileep and Mukesh along with Meera Jasmine, Murali, Innocent, Ganapathi S Poduval, KPAC Lalitha, Nedumudi Venu, Seetha and Parvathy in supporting roles. Few scenes of the film were reported to be inspired by the 2001 Korean film My Sassy Girl. The film became a blockbuster at the box office and completed more than 175 days in theatres and it has over the years attained a cult status.

Plot
It is the story of an irresponsible but good-natured young man, Vinod, who comes to a hilly village to live with his elder sister, Vimala, brother-in-law, Shaji, and his sister, Rashmi. Shaji is an engineer in the irrigation department, and Vinod wants to learn life from him. However, he ends up creating problems for Shaji. Vinod meets many people in the village and learns life lessons from them, mainly from Anupama whom he falls in love with.

Cast

 * Dileep as Vinod Kumar
 * Mukesh as Shaji Raghavan
 * Meera Jasmine as Anupama
 * Seetha as Vimala
 * Murali as Vijayan
 * Innocent as Thankachan
 * Ganapathi S Poduval as Ganapathi
 * Nedumudi Venu as James Matthew
 * K.P.A.C. Lalitha as James Mathew's sister
 * Muthumani as School Teacher- cameo appearance
 * Parvathy as Reshmi
 * Mammukoya as Ananthan
 * Vijayaraghavan as Rajappan
 * Sreelatha Namboothiri as Soshamma
 * Babu Namboothiri as Kunnath Ramanunni, Vinod's and Vimala's father
 * Reshmi Boban as Ambili
 * Bindu Murali
 * Sabitha Anand as Anupama's mother
 * Manjusha Sajish
 * Sethulakshmi as saree selling woman
 * Sreekutty as Staff Molly Varghese
 * Vijayan Karanthoor as SI Stephen

Music
The score and soundtrack of the film were composed by Ilaiyaraaja. The songs were written by Vayalar Sarathchandra Varma. All songs became chartbusters.

Awards and nominations

 * Asianet Film Awards
 * Asianet Film Award for Best Actress - Meera Jasmine
 * Asianet Film Award for Best Child Artist - Ganapathi S Poduval
 * Kerala State Film Awards
 * Kerala State Film Award for Best Screenplay - Sathyan Anthikad
 * Kerala State Film Award for Best Choreography - Brinda