Lord Livingstone 7000 Kandi

Lord Livingstone 7000 Kandi

First Look Poster
Directed by Anil Radhakrishnan Menon
Produced by Prem Menon
Screenplay by Anil Radhakrishnan Menon
Starring Kunchako Boban
Bharath
Reenu Mathews
Nedumudi Venu
Sunny Wayne
Chemban Vinod Jose
Jacob Gregory
Sudheer Karamana
Priya Lal
Assim Jamal
Music by
Cinematography Jayesh Nair
Edited by Manoj Kannoth
Production
company
Distributed by Century Films
Release dates
  • 16 October 2015 (2015-10-16) (India)
Running time
 134 minutes
Country India
Language Malayalam

Lord Livingstone 7000 Kandi[1] is a 2015 fantasy-adventure Malayalam film written and directed by Anil Radhakrishnan Menon. It features an ensemble cast including Kunchako Boban, Sunny Wayne, Nedumudi Venu, Chemban Vinod, Reenu Mathews, Jacob Gregory, Sudheer Karamana and Bharath.[2] The film was produced by Prem Menon under Global United Media. The music was composed by Rex Vijayan, while background score by Sushin Shyam.

The film released on 16 October 2015. Satellite rights are owned by Mazhavil Manorama.

Plot

Philipose John Varkey, a Nature Enthusiast send letters to 100 people to save an unknown tribal village called '7000 Kandi'. Different people came, some of them returned because they came to know the Village is haunted. But 6 people (Shanumgan Ilangovan, Madhumita Krishnan, C. K. A. K. Menon, Beeran, Prof. N. Neelakandan, and Ananthakrishnan Iyer) came to the village with the help of Malavedan. Philipose reveals them about a treaty between a land lord and Livingston company 150 years ago. As per treaty the company has the authority to making the forest an industrial area or a plantation for next 150 years. If they fail then the forest goes to government of India. If they succeed in the mission then they can extent the validity to 350 more years. And now the company aware about some rare eart minerals belongs there and they want to explore it. So they appoint Bangalore brother to cut down the trees. Philipose convince others about the importance of saving 7000kandi village and the tribe who were mistaken as ghost by the natives. Now with the help of 6members Philipose and the tribals try to stop the bangalore brothers. They succeed in the mission and Bangalore brothers left the place intact. But later it reveals that the treaty is valid for four months too and the mission was now handover to an international firm and the tribals should fight with the company to live in their own land and the film ends with Philipose, tribals and the invited are fighting against the company.

Cast

Production

This is the third film of Anil after his much acclaimed films North 24 Kaatham (2013) and Sapthamashree Thaskaraha (2014).[3] After telling the story of seven thieves in Sapthamashree Thaskaraha, eight individuals become the key people in Lord Livingstone 7000 Kandi. The first look poster[4] was released online on Friday, 24 April 2015. The poster shows the main eight characters in never-seen looks before.[5] According to actor Bharath, who had completed 15 days of shoot, said in an interview to The Times of India, "The subject touches upon the fight against deforestation and is scripted so well. Everything is unique about the film, be it the title, the narration or the action scenes.".[6]

According to the director, the film deals with a fantasy subject - a story that may or may not happen at any period of time. The shooting commenced on 2 May 2015 at Wayanad, Kerala, the film was set and shot at Wayanad, Idukki, Pune and Chennai.[7] The official trailer of the film was released on 2 October.

Box office

The film grossed ₹1.22 crore (US$180,000) in two days from Kerala.[8]

Music

Lord Livingstone 7000 Kandi
Soundtrack album by Rex Vijayan
Genre Film Soundtrack
Language Malayalam
Label Manorama Music
Producer Rex Vijayan
Rex Vijayan chronology
Sapthamashree Thaskaraha
(2013)		 Lord Livingstone 7000 Kandi
(2014)

Rex Vijayan provides music for the film with background music by Sushin Shyam.The album consists of four songs composed by Rex Vijayan. The soundtrack album was released on 2 October at Kochi.

No. TitleSinger(s) Length
1. "Aayiram Kaalamai"  Gowri Lakshmi, Maqbool Mohammed 3:54
2. "Tharangal Padunne"  Rex Vijayan 4:14
3. "Kunni Mani"  Suchith Suresan 3:54
4. "Dheera Charitha"  Job Kurian 3:42

References

  1. ↑ Deepa Soman (9 February 2015). "Lord Livingstone 7000 Kandi". The Times of India. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
  2. ↑ NR (25 April 2015). "'Lord Livingstone 7000 Kandi' official first look poster out". Nowrunning.com. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
  3. ↑ NR (7 April 2015). "'Lord Livingstone 7000 Kandi' is a fantasy story". Nowrunning.com. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
  4. ↑ "Lord Livingstone 7000 Kandi First Look Poster". PrimeGlitz Media. 24 April 2015. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
  5. ↑ Online desk (25 April 2015). "'Lord Livingstone 7000 Kandi' first look is out". Manoramaonline.com.
  6. ↑ TNN (19 May 2015). "Bharath to speak Tamil in his next M' Town film". The Times of India. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
  7. ↑ "Kunchacko to pair up with Reenu". Kaumudi. 20 April 2015.
  8. ↑ Anu James. "Kerala box office: 'Amar Akbar Anthony', 'LL7K' make good collection; 'Pathemari' still enjoying housefull shows". International Business Times. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
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