| Summer in Bethlehem | |
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| Directed by | Sibi Malayil |
| Written by | Ranjith |
| Produced by | Siyad Koker (Kokers Films) |
| Starring | Suresh Gopi Jayaram Mohanlal Manju Warrier Kalabhavan Mani |
| Cinematography | Sanjeev Shankar |
| Edited by | L. Bhoominathan |
| Music by | Vidyasagar |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Anupama Release |
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Running time | 160 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Malayalam |
Summer in Bethlehem is a 1998 Indian Malayalam-language romantic comedy film directed by Sibi Malayil and written by Ranjith. It was produced by Siyad Koker under the company Kokers Films. The film stars Suresh Gopi, Jayaram, Manju Warrier, and Kalabhavan Mani while Mohanlal makes a cameo appearance. The music was composed by Vidyasagar. It tells the story of Ravishankar (Jayaram), the bumbling friend of a successful landowner, Dennis (Suresh Gopi), and the vacation visit by Ravishankar's relatives in Dennis' estate known as Bethlehem Estates in a fictional town of Chandragiri in the Nilgiris.
The film was released on 4 September 1998. It was partially remade in Tamil as Lesa Lesa (2003), directed by Priyadarshan[1] who opined that the movie was inspired by the two American movies - Fiddler on the Roof and Come September.[2]
- ^ "Trisha's Lesa Lesa is a remake of a Malayalam film". The Times of India. 17 August 2015. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
- ^ "Priyadarshan's films banned".