Aye Auto is a 1990 Indian Malayalam romantic-musical film directed by Venu Nagavalli and starring Mohanlal and Rekha in the lead roles. The plot follows the life of auto drivers in the city of Kozhikode in Kerala. Aye Auto was the second highest-grossing Malayalam film of 1990 at the box office, behind His Highness Abdullah.
Aye Auto | |
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VCD cover | |
Malayalam | ???? ????? |
Directed by | Venu Nagavalli |
Produced by | Maniyanpilla Raju |
Written by | Venu Nagavalli |
Starring | Mohanlal Rekha Sreenivasan Thikkurisi Sukumaran Nair K. B. Ganesh Kumar Jagadish Murali Maniyanpilla Raju |
Music by | Raveendran (Songs) Johnson (Score) |
Cinematography | S. Kumar |
Edited by | N. Gopalakrishnan |
Production company | Saraswathy Chaithanya |
Distributed by | Shirdisai Release |
Release date | 1990 |
Running time | 137 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Malayalam |
Screenplay
Sudhi (Mohanlal) is a poor auto-rickshaw driver who meets Meenakshi (Rekha), granddaughter of a well-to-do family. Sudhi and Meenakshi fall in love but face strong opposition from her family, their only support being her grandfather, Krishna Pillai (Thikkurisi Sukumaran Nair).
Actor | Role |
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Mohanlal | Sudhi |
Rekha | Meenakshi (Voice dubbed by Bhagyalakshmi) |
Sreenivasan | Police |
Thikkurisi Sukumaran Nair | Banker Krishna Pillai |
K. B. Ganesh Kumar | Suresh |
Maniyanpilla Raju | Thangu |
Jagadish | Sreekrishnan |
Kuthiravattam Pappu | Moidu |
M. G. Soman | Police Commissioner |
Mohan Jose | Dominic |
Shyama | Raji |
Murali | Bhadran |
Kunchan | Ramanan |
Kunjandi | |
Valsala Menon | College Principal |
Nandhu | Lonappan |
Adoor Pankajam | Pankachi |
Sukumari | Janaki, Rekha's grandmother |
Keerikkadan Jose | Police inspector |
Ashokan | Sunnykutty |
Santha Devi | Sunnykutty's mother |
The songs were composed by music maestro Raveendran and lyrics by Bichu Thirumala
Song | Playback | Other notes |
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"A. E. I. O. U" | Mohanlal, Sujatha | Raaga: Madhyamavati |
"Auto Auto" | Jayachandran, M. G. Sreekumar | |
"Sundari Sundari" | M. G. Sreekumar, Chorus | Raaga: Vasantha |
"Saraswathi " | M. G. Radhakrishnan | Traditional Folk |
Aye Auto widely received positive response and was the second highest-grossing Malayalam film of 1990 at the box office, behind His Highness Abdullah.