Camel Safari
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| Directed by | Jayaraj |
| Produced by | Rejimon Kappaparambil |
| Screenplay by | Thomas Thoppilkkudi |
| Story by | Jayaraj |
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| Music by | Deepankuran |
| Cinematography | Suresh Rajan |
| Edited by | Mejo |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Malayalam |
| Budget | Rs 125 crores |
Camel Safari is a 2013 Malayalam film directed by Jayaraj which narrates a love story on the background of Rajasthan. The movie features Arun Shankar and Pankaja Menon in the lead roles. Sekhar Menon, Tini Tom, Sabitha Jayaraj, Binu Adimaly, Neha Ramesh, Hashim Hussain, Vishnu Mohan and Anjali Ajayan comes in a Supporting role.[1] Kamal Gaur the villain of Johnnie Walker (film) is making a come back through this movie. The filming of Camel Safari had begun on 22 November 2012 from the Pushkar Fair in Rajasthan.[2] It was completed in three schedules with the maximum being shot in Rajasthan( Jodhpur, Jaisalmer, Bikhaneer and Pushker) and the rest in Cochin, Kerala. The song rights of the film have been sold to Manorama Music. The film Camel Safari was released on 26 September 2013.
Plot
Dia(Pankaja Menon) heroine of the movie is a management student in Mangalore. She and four of her friends(Catherine, Hashim, Yamini and Chinna Gounder) visits Rajasthan for 15 days to attend a marriage. There she meets a Rajput boy Pavan(Arun Shankar) and falls in love with him. What happens to her there after that in that unknown land makes the content of the film.[3]
Cast
- Arun Shankar as Pavan
- Pankaja Menon as Diya
- Kamal Gaur as Vikram Singh
- Sekhar Menon as JK [4]
- Tini Tom as College Principal
- Sabitha Jayaraj as Suparna Deedi
- Binu Adimali as Dhushyandhan
- Neha Ramesh as Yamini
- Anjali Ajayan as Catherine
- Hashim Hussain as Hashim
- Vishnu Mohan as Chinna Gounter
Reception
One of the reason was not enough publicity, irrespective that movie is very colorful, then other reason was, irrespective of amazing cinematography covering the beauty and splendorous of desert of Rajasthan, its forts and landscape, colorful cloths and music, legendary Pushkar fare, many songs with great music and picturization, the story of movie has no depth, and Kerala audience being demanding about seriousness in every story of movie they see, rejected the film because they wanted a serious plot in the story.[5]
References
- ↑ "Love in the sands of Pushkar". The New Indian Express.
- ↑ "Camel Safari - A Love Story In Desert". One India.
- ↑ "Love in the sands of Pushkar". New Indian Express.
- ↑ "Sekhar Menon in Jayaraj's Camel Safari". Times Of India.
- ↑ "Camel Safari Review". NowRunning.