Melvilasom

Melvilasom (2011)

മേൽവിലാസം

The Address

Ramachandra, a soldier, accepts his crime of killing Captain Verma but refuses to disclose his motive. When Captain Vikas tries to unearth the truth, several details shock the court.

Date of release
2011-04-29
TMDB
6.4 / 10 (5)
Runtime
1h 39m
Genres
Thriller, Drama
Director
Madhav Ramadasan

Casting

Interesting facts

Melvilasom is a 2011 Indian courtroom drama film directed by Madhav Ramadasan and written by Soorya Krishna Moorthy. It stars Suresh Gopi and Parthiban in the lead roles, and features Ashokan, Thalaivasal Vijay, Nizhalgal Ravi, Krishnakumar and Sanjay in other pivotal roles. An adaptation of Moorthy's stage play of the same name, which itself was based on the Hindi play Court Martial (1991) by Swadesh Deepak and in turn the 1989 American play A Few Good Men, the film reached theatres on 29 April 2011. It received wide critical acclaim upon release and got a dubbed release in Tamil as Ulvilaasam.

Production

The film is based on the play of the same name that marked the theatre debut of Soorya Krishna Moorthy. It was staged for the first time at Gorky Bhavan in 2005. It became a major success, and has been staged at more than 400 stages around the world. The play was based on the Hindi play Court Martial (1991) by Swadesh Deepak.

Swadesh Deepak's Court Martial (1991) was an adaptation of the 1989 play A Few Good Men by Aaron Sorkin, about US Marine David Cox, which served as the basis of the 1992 film of the same name. Deepak's play had earlier been made into the 2008 Hindi film Shaurya.

The film was shot in a single room at the University Men's Hostel in Thiruvananthapuram over ten days.

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