Veendum Lisa

Veendum Lisa
Veendum Lisa
Directed by	Baby
Written by	Baby; Pappanamkodu Lakshmanan (dialogues);
Produced by	Baby; London Mohan;
Starring	Nizhalgal Ravi; Shari; Innocent; Babu Antony; Manorama;
Narrated by	Baby
Cinematography	P. S. Nivas
Edited by	G. Murali
Music by	Raghu Kumar
Production; company	Asha Creations
Distributed by	Asha Creations
Release date	4 September 1987;
Country	India
Language	Malayalam

Veendum Lisa (transl. Lisa again) is a 1987 Indian Malayalam-language horror film. It is a sequel to the 1978 film Lisa.^[1] The film was dubbed in Tamil as My Dear Lisa with a few scenes reshot.^[2]^[3]

Plot

The story starts with Gomathi and her daughter visiting a temple. Here they meet Saraswathi, the daughter of late Shankara Iyer of the Shreehari Madom family. Knowing about their past relationship with the Shreehari Madom family, Gomathi arranges for Saraswathi's marriage with her son Kalyan, a doctor. After the wedding, they decide to go to Ooty for their honeymoon.

One day, Saraswathi happens to come across a picture of a girl in Kalyan's personal briefcase. On enquiry, he confesses that during his stay in London for his studies, he had met and fallen in love with a girl named Lisa. They had agreed to get married soon after his studies. But after he left London, he never saw her again. His parents disregard the idea of their marriage because Lisa is an orphan and also a Christian. Kalyan says that since he is now with Saraswathi, he will never look at any other girl and will remove Lisa from his mind.

Soon, there are drastic changes in Saraswathi's character. She starts behaving like a modern city girl and doesn't respect her elders. Shocked at this, Gomathi believes that Saraswathi may be possessed by an evil spirit. She hires an exorcist to perform an exorcism. It fails and Saraswathi starts behaving strangely again. During this time, three people are killed by an unknown force; they are Kalyan's best friend, Dr. Sharath, John Fernandes and his old mute servant, Parameshwaran. Kalyan is now completely frustrated and beats his wife in order to remove the evil lurking within her. To his horror, he finds out that the spirit is none other than Lisa herself.

Through Saraswathi, Lisa explains that she had arrived to India after Kalyan had left London. Eventually, she arrived at Ooty but did not find him. She met Sharath and John, who decided to give her temporary shelter until Kalyan came back. She was brutally raped and murdered by them along with Parameshwaran. Then they burn her dead body to ashes. Since then, she has been roaming in search of her killers. Through Saraswathi, she gained power and killed her killers one by one. She possessed Saraswathi because she wanted to be with her lover forever. Kalyan convinces Lisa that if she loved him dearly, then she would have to leave Saraswathi's body and go to heaven. Lisa leaves Saraswathi without any hesitation and bids him a tearful goodbye before she leaves for her heavenly abode.

The movie ends with the couple entering a cemetery and placing a bouquet of flowers at Lisa's grave.

Cast

Jayarekha as Saraswathi
Nizhalgal Ravi as Kalyan
Manorama as Gomathi
Shari as Lisa
Innocent as Kalyan's father
Babu Antony as John Fernandes
Kamala Kamesh as Lakshmi
Jagadish

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Raghu Kumar and the lyrics were written by Poovachal Khader.^[4]

Song	Singers
"Ente Premam Oru"	K. J. Yesudas, Sujatha Mohan
"Manjin Poomazhayil"	K. J. Yesudas
"Thushaaramurukum"	K. J. Yesudas

References

^ "'Lisa' is back to evoke fear, this time in 3D". The Times of India. 23 May 2018. Archived from the original on 7 October 2021. Retrieved 28 August 2023.
^ Shankar, Ananya (16 July 2021). "Not Scared to Scare: The Resurgence of Horror in Tamil Cinema". Silverscreen India. Archived from the original on 7 October 2022. Retrieved 28 August 2023.
^ "மைடியர் லிசா". Anna (in Tamil). p. 4. Retrieved 22 June 2024 – via Endangered Archives Programme.
^ "വീണ്ടും ലിസ (1987)". malayalasangeetham.info (in Malayalam). Archived from the original on 14 August 2022. Retrieved 28 August 2023.

External links

Veendum Lisa at IMDb

[1] "'Lisa' is back to evoke fear, this time in 3D". The Times of India. 23 May 2018. Archived from the original on 7 October 2021. Retrieved 28 August 2023.

[2] Shankar, Ananya (16 July 2021). "Not Scared to Scare: The Resurgence of Horror in Tamil Cinema". Silverscreen India. Archived from the original on 7 October 2022. Retrieved 28 August 2023.

[3] "மைடியர் லிசா". Anna (in Tamil). p. 4. Retrieved 22 June 2024 – via Endangered Archives Programme.

[4] "വീണ്ടും ലിസ (1987)". malayalasangeetham.info (in Malayalam). Archived from the original on 14 August 2022. Retrieved 28 August 2023.

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