Rangam
Poster
Directed by	I. V. Sasi
Written by	M. T. Vasudevan Nair
Starring	Mohanlal Shobana Raveendran
Cinematography	N. A. Thara
Edited by	K. Narayanan
Music by	K. V. Mahadevan
Production company	VICI Films International
Distributed by	Century Release
Release date	14 July 1985 (1985-07-14)
Country	India
Language	Malayalam

Rangam (transl. Scene) is a 1985 Indian Malayalam-language psychological drama film directed by I. V. Sasi and written by M. T. Vasudevan Nair. The film stars Mohanlal as Kathakali artist Appunni, along with Shobana and Raveendran. The film features a musical score composed by K. V. Mahadevan.^[1][2]

Plot

Appunni, a Kathakali artist, is the cousin of Chandramathi who is a classical dancer and Appunni is in love with Chandramathi. Madhavan, son of Karunakarapanickker, who is the owner of Sadanam the Kathakali Kalari, returns from Russia and falls for Chandramathi and eventually they get married. Then enters Jayanthi, an artist who wants to learn Kathakali and is the daughter of a rich business man.

Cast

Soundtrack

The music was composed by K. V. Mahadevan and the lyrics were written by S. Ramesan Nair.

Responses

In a retrospect review, Neelima Menon of The News Minute wrote: "Mohanlal aces the role of the unrequited lover who carries a torch for the lady. And the actor’s transition is more internal, letting us buy into his vocation as a Kathakali dancer effortlessly".^[3] In 2020, while writing about Mohanlal in Mathrubhumi, writer M. T. Vasudevan Nair said that, although he loves every roles he enacted in his screenplays, Mohanlal's performance in Rangam and Sadayam stays close to his heart the most.^[4]