# Aanachandam > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Aanachandam > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Aanachandam.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aanachandam > Source revision: 1341557743 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) 2006 Indian film Aanachandam Directed by Jayaraj Written by Satheesh-John Starring Jayaram Remya Nambeesan Sai Kumar Innocent Cochin Haneefa Salim Kumar Jagathy Sreekumar Music by Jaison J. Nair Release date 25 August 2006 (2006-08-25) Country India Language Malayalam ***Aanachandam*** is a 2006 Indian [Malayalam language](/source/Malayalam_language) film directed by [Jayaraj](/source/Jayaraj) and starring [Jayaram](/source/Jayaram), [Remya Nambeesan](/source/Remya_Nambeesan) (in her lead role debut), [Sai Kumar](/source/Sai_Kumar_(Malayalam_actor)), [Innocent](/source/Innocent_(actor)), [Cochin Haneefa](/source/Cochin_Haneefa), [Salim Kumar](/source/Salim_Kumar) and [Jagathy Sreekumar](/source/Jagathy_Sreekumar). It was released in 2006. The film was a commercial success and critically acclaimed. It ran for about 100 days in the central [Kerala](/source/Kerala) regions of [Thrissur](/source/Thrissur), [Thripunithura](/source/Thripunithura) and [Ottappalam](/source/Ottappalam). It was released along with the movie [*Classmates*](/source/Classmates_(2006_film)) during [Onam](/source/Onam) holidays that year.[1][2][3] ## Plot *Aanachandam* is about Krishna Prasad who is crazy about elephants. When he was a ten-year-old, his father had taken him to the village temple to attend a festival. An elephant which ran amok during the festival knocked the boy over, placed its front foot on the lad's chest, but then spared him. His love for elephants started on that day. He started studying about elephants and their habits. Due to his preoccupation with learning about elephants, his regular education suffers, upsetting his family. He failed in several jobs in which elephants had a role to play. Debts began to mount. It is at this juncture that Gowri and her mother come to stay with him. He gives them shelter. Anirudhan is the very opposite of what Krishna Prasad is. An owner of seven elephants, he has hardly any love for the animals and uses them only as a means to earn income. ## Cast - [Jayaram](/source/Jayaram) as Krishna Prasad - [Remya Nambeesan](/source/Remya_Nambeesan) as Gouri - [Sai Kumar](/source/Sai_Kumar_(Malayalam_actor)) as Anirudan - [Innocent](/source/Innocent_(actor)) as Kochuraman - [Jagathy Sreekumar](/source/Jagathy_Sreekumar) as Inspector Minnal Babu Shahith - [Cochin Haneefa](/source/Cochin_Haneefa) as Pulikkathara - [Salim Kumar](/source/Salim_Kumar) as [Aana Paappan](/source/Mahout) Manikandan - [Jagadeesh](/source/Jagadeesh) as Santhosh, Krishna Prasad's brother in law - [KPAC Lalitha](/source/KPAC_Lalitha) as Unniyamma - [Machan Varghese](/source/Machan_Varghese) as Blade Vasu - [Ramu](/source/Ramu_(actor)) as Bharathan - [Balachandran Chullikadu](/source/Balachandran_Chullikadu) as Vishwanathan, Krishnaprasad's elder brother - [Madampu Kunjukuttan](/source/Madampu_Kunjukuttan) as Nattu Vaidhyan Chandanakkadan - Nedumbram Gopi as Chandrappan - Poornima Anand - Vijayan Peringode as Nadeshan Muthalalli - [Mangalamkunnu Ganapathy](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mangalamkunnu_Ganapathy&action=edit&redlink=1) as Mambully Arjunan / Vadakkepaattu Arjunan (Krishna Prasad's [elephant](/source/Indian_elephant)) - Mangalamkunnu Ayyappan as Vadakkethala Balaraman (Anirudhan's [elephant](/source/Indian_elephant)) ## Soundtrack The film's soundtrack contains 8 songs, all composed by Jaison J. Nair. Lyrics by Kanesh Punoor and P. C. Aravindan. # Title Singer(s) 1 "Arikil Varoo" Rakesh Brahmanandan, Nasnin 2 "Dhikidu Dhikidu" S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Jayakrishnan 3 "Ganeshaarchana" Bhavya Lakshmi 4 "Guruvayoor Unnikkannanu" Madhu Balakrishnan 5 "Shyaamavaaniletho Kanikkonna [F]" Akhila Anand 6 "Shyaamavaaniletho Kanikkonna [M]" G. Venugopal 7 "Thakida Thakida" M. G. Sreekumar 8 "Venalvanikayiln" V. Devanand ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Aanachandam review. Aanachandam Malayalam movie review, story, rating"](https://www.indiaglitz.com/aanachandam-malayalam-movie-8693). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Kerala's first digital movie to release in 80 theatres"](https://www.indiantelevision.com/headlines/y2k6/june/june212.htm). 15 June 2006. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["From Kumki to 777 Charlie: Six moving films that explore the human-animal bond"](https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/kumki-777-charlie-six-moving-films-explore-human-animal-bond-155531). 20 September 2021. ## External links - [*Aanachandam*](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1102158/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier)) This article about a Malayalam film of the 2000s is a stub. 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