Kilichundan Mampazham
Kilichundan Mampazham | |
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Directed by | Priyadarshan |
Written by | Priyadarshan |
Story by | Sreenivasan |
Produced by | Antony Perumbavoor |
Starring | Mohanlal Soundarya Sreenivasan Cochin Haneefa Salim Kumar |
Cinematography | Ravi Varman[1] |
Edited by | N. Gopalakrishnan |
Music by | Vidyasagar |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Johny Sagariga |
Release date |
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Running time | 148 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Malayalam |
Kilichundan Mampazham is a 2003 Indian Malayalam-language romantic comedy film written and directed by Priyadarshan from a story by Sreenivasan. It was produced by Antony Perumbavoor under the company Aashirvad Cinemas. The film stars Mohanlal, Soundarya, Sreenivasan, and Salim Kumar.[2] Vineeth Sreenivasan debuted as a singer in the film.[3][4]
Plot[]
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Moidukutty Haji returns to his village after marrying a third time. His new wife Amina is young and beautiful. His other two wives are really unhappy to see this, but they have no other choice other than to accept it. Amina was in love in with Abdu. Abdu and Usman come to the village and they come to Moidukutty Haji's house to sell bangles.
Abdu sees Amina and tries various tricks in order to get into Moidukutty Haji's house, but Moidukutty Haji drives them away. When Abdu was in Gulf, Amina's wicked father secretly stole all letters sent by Abdu by bribing the postman. Amina's marriage took place without her acceptance. Abdu with some help from his friends makes secret moves to get Amina back. The events that are going to happen from here makes the plot of the story.
Cast[]
- Mohanlal as Abdul Khader (Abdu)
- Soundarya as Amina
- Sreenivasan as Moidhootty Haji
- Vindhya as Fathima (Moidhootty Haji's First Wife)
- Geetha Vijayan as Maimuna (Moidhootty Haji's Second Wife)
- Sukumari as Beeyathu (Moidhootty Haji's Mother)
- Cochin Haneefa as Kalanthan Haji
- Salim Kumar as Usman
- Jagathy Sreekumar as Irunthalakadan Nampoothiri
- T. Damodaran as Hajiyar with Kalandhan Haji
- Thilakan as Chekkutty (Amina's Father)
- Kozhikode Narayanan Nair as Musaliyar
- Baiju as Amina's youngest Paternal Uncle
- Baburaj as Hamsa(Amina's Paternal Uncle)
- Ganesh Kumar as Ummer (Amina's brother)
- Seema as Subaida (Abdu's sister)
- Abu Salim as Amina's Maternal Uncle
- V K Sreeraman as Alavikkutty (Amina's Eldest Paternal Uncle)
- Poojappura Ravi as Chappuni Nair
- Santha Devi as Amina's mother
- Manka Mahesh as Wife of Chappuni Nair
- Ajayan Adoor as Salim (Moidhootty Haji's Right hand)
- Vijayan Peringode as Advocate Sami
- Nandu as Postman
- Poojappura Radhakrishnan as Irundalakkadan's Helper
- C V Dev as Azees
Release[]
The film was released on 11 April 2003.
Box office[]
The story of a man who wants his now-married lover back was not taken well by audiences. It also touched upon issues like polygamy and talaaq. Hence film received mixed reviews from the critics, but it was a huge box office success.[5]
Soundtrack[]
all the music is composed by Vidyasagar and the lyrics are penned by B.R Prasad
No. | Title | Artist(s) | Length |
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1. | "Onnamkilli Ponnankili" (Mohanam) | M. G. Sreekumar, Sujatha Mohan | |
2. | "Onnanam Kunnin Mele" | M. G. Sreekumar, Sujatha Mohan | |
3. | "Parayuka Nee Kadha" (Sindhu Bhairavi (raga)) | Kailash Kher | |
4. | "Vilakkukoluthi Varum" | M. G. Sreekumar, Sujatha Mohan | |
5. | "Kasavinte Thattamittu" | Sujatha Mohan, Vineeth Sreenivasan |
Critical reception[]
Sify gave a positive review, calling it a "sparkling entertainer" and praised the performances of Mohanlal and Sreenivasan. Also adding, technically it is one of the best films in recent times, praising the cinematography, art direction, songs, lyrics, but criticized the plot in the second half.[6]
References[]
- ^ Pillai, Sreedhar (3 September 2019). "Ravi K Varman on how he become a cinematographer, and why Mani Ratnam is his favourite director". Firstpost.
- ^ Menon, Akhila (17 September 2016). "WOW! Mohanlal-Priyadarshan-Sreenivasan Trio To Team Up Again?". FilmiBeat.
- ^ "Happy Birthday, Vineeth Sreenivasan: Here's why the Mollywood star is an all-rounder". The Times of India. 1 October 2019.
- ^ Kumar R., Manoj (13 February 2018). "I wanted Vineeth Sreenivasan's voice to be the highlight of Manikya Malaraya Poovi: Oru Adaar Love composer Shaan". The Indian Express. Bangalore.
- ^ "Dileep's stroke of luck". Rediff.com. 1 November 2003.
- ^ Moviebuzz (17 April 2003). "Review : Kilichundan Mambazham (2003)". Sify. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
External links[]
- 2003 films
- Malayalam-language films
- Indian films
- 2003 romantic comedy films
- 2000s Malayalam-language films
- Films with screenplays by Sreenivasan
- Films scored by Vidyasagar
- Films about infidelity
- Indian romantic comedy films
- Aashirvad Cinemas films
- 2000s Malayalam-language film stubs