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Payyans

2011 Indian film

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Payyans is a 2011 Indian Malayalam family-drama film written and directed by Leo Thaddeus. It stars Jayasurya, Anjali, Rohini, Lal and Lalu Alex. The film's score was composed by Rahul Raj whilst the songs were by Alphons Joseph.

01Plot

Josy is raised by his mother Padma after her husband disappears. He drops out from the college to start his own business. But he does not succeed in his venture because of the lifestyle he leads. Later he gets a job as a Radio Jockey where he meets sound engineer Seema and falls in love.

One day John gives a call to Padma to let her know that he is alive. In excitement Padma tries to pull John's bag and she slips, falls down and dies due to head injuries. Problems start when John attempts to bring Josy's life into a proper way by enforcing discipline. . But his plans does not work out the way he planned it to be. Josy starts to hate John and on one night when he was drunk, he asks his dad to walk out.

Josy later understands how much his dad loved him. He searches for him unsuccessfully. On fathers' day when Josy was anchoring a show about it, John calls to the show and tells his experience of a dad as how much he loved his kid when he was young and how much the kid dislikes him when he grew older. Josy saw that the call came from his own home and rushes home where he finds dad and reunites with him.

02Cast

03Production

The film marked the debut of Anjali in Malayalam cinema.

04Soundtrack

Payyans
Soundtrack album by Alphons Joseph
Released18 February 2011
Recorded2010
GenreFeature film soundtrack
Length22:42
LabelManorama Music
ProducerNaushad Kammu Vadakkan
Alphons Joseph chronology
Cocktail
(2010)
Payyans
(2011)
Casanovva
(2011)

The songs of the film were composed by Alphons Joseph with lyrics penned by Kaithapram Damodaran, Anil Panachooran. The background score for the film was composed by Rahul Raj.

Track listing
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Doore Vazhiyirulukayaayi"Anil PanachooranAlphonse Joseph07:12
2."Kadha Parayaan"Kaithapram DamodaranJayachandran04:58
3."Rout Mari"Anil PanachooranRashmi Vijayan04.29
4."Thennal Chirakundo"Kaithapram DamodaranKarthik, Jyotsna Radhakrishnan04:01
5."Thennal Chirakundo [Unplugged]"Kaithapram DamodaranKarthik, Jyotsna Radhakrishnan02:42
Total length:22:42
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