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Ordinary (film)

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{{Infobox film
| name = Ordinary
| image = Ordinary_film.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| image_size = 250px
| alt =
| director = [[Sugeeth]]
| producer = [[Rajeev Nair]]
| story = Sugeeth Sangeeth Kollam
| screenplay = Nishad K. Koya Manu Prasad
| starring = [[Kunchacko Boban]] [[Biju Menon]] [[Asif Ali (actor)|Asif Ali]] [[Jishnu (actor)|Jishnu Raghavan]] [[Ann Augustine]] [[Shritha Sivadas]] Niyas Backer
| music = [[Vidyasagar (music director)|Vidyasagar]]
| cinematography = Faisal Ali
| editing = V. Saajan Sangeeth Kollam
| studio = Magic Moon Productions
| distributor = [[Kalasangham Films]], Kas & Right
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2012|3|17|[[Kerala]]|ref1=<ref>http://popcorn.oneindia.in/title/9434/ordinary.html</ref>}}
| runtime = 146 minutes
| country = India
| language = [[Malayalam]]
| budget = ₹3.3 crore<ref name="BOB"/><ref name="The Times of India">{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/Mollywoods-small-budget-films-that-did-big-wonders-at-the-box-office/photostory/53020290.cms|title=Mollywood's small-budget films that did big wonders at the box office|work=[[The Times of India]]|date=2 July 2016}}</ref>
| gross = {{INRConvert|20|c}}<ref name="BOB">{{cite news|url=http://zeenews.india.com/entertainment/regional/year-of-small-films-at-southern-box-office_125047.html|title=Year of small films at southern box-office|date=25 December 2012|newspaper=[[Zee News]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Meet the top five show stealers of 2012|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/news/Meet-the-top-five-show-stealers-of-2012/articleshow/17598509.cms|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|agency=Times News Network|date=14 December 2012}}</ref><ref name="The Times of India">{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/Mollywoods-small-budget-films-that-did-big-wonders-at-the-box-office/photostory/53020290.cms|title=Mollywood's small-budget films that did big wonders at the box office|work=[[The Times of India]]|date=2 July 2016}}</ref>
}}
'''''Ordinary''''' is a 2012 Indian [[Malayalam]] [[comedy film|comedy]] [[Thriller (genre)|thriller film]] directed by Sugeeth and written by Nishad K. Koya and Manu Prasad. The film stars [[Kunchacko Boban]], [[Biju Menon]], [[Asif Ali (actor)|Asif Ali]], [[Jishnu (actor)|Jishnu Raghavan]], [[Ann Augustine]], and [[Shritha Sivadas]]. The music was composed by [[Vidyasagar (music director)|Vidyasagar]].<ref>http://www.thehindu.com/arts/cinema/article3007180.ece</ref> The film follows the life of a driver and conductor of a [[Kerala State Road Transport Corporation|K. S. R. T. C.]] bus that travels from [[Pathanamthitta]] to the village of [[Gavi, Kerala|Gavi]] via [[Angamoozhy]].

The film was released in India on 17 March 2012, and received positive response from audience. The film was a blockbuster at the box office. The film was remade in [[Tamil cinema|Tamil]] as ''[[Jannal Oram]]'' by [[Karu Pazhaniappan]] and in Telugu as ''[[Right Right]]''.<ref name="articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com"/><ref>http://www.ibtimes.co.in/photos/sumanth-ashwins-right-right-first-look-poster-4788-slide-33608</ref>

==Plot==
Iravi Kuttan Pillai ([[Kunchacko Boban]]),from [[Thrissur]], is appointed in [[Kerala State Road Transport Corporation|KSRTC]] as a bus conductor and is assigned [[Pathanamthitta]] – [[Gavi, Kerala|Gavi]] route for his first posting. Gavi is a picturesque small village inside the hilly reserve forest with a small local population, many of whom travels daily to Pathanamthitta for work. Situated near the reservoir of a dam, the village with its tranquillity of life, innocence of people and the beauty of the place charms him and he quickly adapts to his new life. He befriends the locals and falls in love with a native of the village, Kalyani ([[Shritha Sivadas]]).

Everything goes well for him, until one fateful day, the bus breaks down en route to Gavi. The passengers are provided with alternative transport and servicemen are called in for the repairs. The bus driver Suku ([[Biju Menon]]),from [[Palakkad]], gets drunk with a friend during the repairs, making him unable to drive. Iravi has to replace him to take the bus back to Gavi, although unauthorized to do so. Dim lighting of the evening, fog and distractions from his conversations with Suku makes him late to see a person standing on road. The brakes are applied too late and the bus presumably hits him. In the panic of the situation and unable to think straight, they send the bleeding victim in a pickup truck that arrived soon after. They lie about the accident and pretends it to be a hit-and-run, while the driver of the truck assures to take him to hospital. One of the bags of the victim gets misplaced and they take it with them.

Guilt-ridden, Iravi along with Suku, search the victim's bag and recognize him to be Devan ([[Hemanth Menon]])– the son of Venu master (a retired well-respected school headmaster and Gavi panchayat member ) and the fiancé of Anna, his childhood friend. He works in [[Surat]], [[Gujarat]] and is to be married during his current visit. They search for him the next day in the hospitals, but is staggered to know that he is not admitted anywhere. Two days later, the police find his corpse at the bottom of hill, seemingly jumped off of the cliff. Without any other leads, the police believe it to be a suicide, but the two know otherwise. Iravi wishes to confess his part, but is prevented by Suku, as his sister's marriage is near. He assures to do so, immediately after the marriage.

They search for the truck driver, but to no avail. Meanwhile, Anna ([[Ann Augustine]]) finds Devan's bag with Iravi through Kalyani, who mistakes the bag to be his. Iravi's grief leads him to confess, taking the blame entirely to himself. He is arrested and the police does not take into consideration the story of the truck driver. Suku is left free of charge as Iravi confessed even to his part. Suku continues with the search and tracks him down. Iravi gets bail and both of them capture him. They learn that the crime was committed by Bhadran ([[Asif Ali (actor)|Asif Ali]]) – Devan's best friend since childhood.

Bhadran is the local handyman of the village and the shutter operator of the dam's reservoir. During his childhood, his father had committed suicide in the dam, for the grief of his wife eloping with someone. Bhadran had an eccentric odd character – aimless, unrelenting to act as per his wishes, lonely in his ways, but friendly with the village people. The villagers know him as a good fellow with a peculiar attitude. He had loved Anna since childhood, known to none – even to his best friend. He secretly admired her, even when she was engaged to Devan. On his visit, Devan called Bhadran, who came with the truck driver, to take him home. In a fit of rage, Bhadran turned violent to kill Devan, attacking him. But the sight of the bus foiled his plans. The bus, while not hitting him, could not save him as Devan was taken by the truck driver who is unknown to both of them. Bhadran along with the driver kill him, faking it as a suicide. Later, he pretends to be shocked by Devan's death and then turning violent at Iravi while he made his confession.

Being a small village, the news quickly spreads. Bhadran tries to capture Anna and escape with her, but is cornered on top of the dam. He then holds Anna hostage to try to escape. With no way out and rejection from Anna (on learning about the facts), he jumps off the dam and commits suicide. In due course of time, Iravi is shown married to Kalyani, Anna got over Devan and is now married to Jose master ([[Jishnu Raghavan]]). Suku and Iravi are now in different places. The end-credits shows them assigned together on a new common route.

==Cast==
{{colbegin}}
* [[Kunchacko Boban]] as Iravi Kuttan Pillai, the K.S.R.T.C. [[Conductor (transportation)|conductor]] from [[Thrissur]]
* [[Biju Menon]] as Suku, the K.S.R.T.C. driver from [[Palakkad]]
* [[Asif Ali (actor)|Asif Ali]] as Bhadran, a native of [[Gavi, Kerala|Gavi]]
* [[Jishnu (actor)|Jishnu Raghavan]] as Jose Mash, a native of Gavi
* [[Ann Augustine]] as Anna, a native of Gavi
* [[Shritha Sivadas]] as Kalyani, Iravi's love interest
* [[Baburaj (actor)|Baburaj]] as Vakkachan, a frequent passenger of the Gavi-visiting K.S.R.T.C.
* Vaiga as Latha
* [[Salim Kumar]] as Ashan, a drunken bus mechanic
* [[Dharmajan Bolgatty]] as Anttappan, a friend of Iravi
* [[Lalu Alex]] as Venu Mash, a native of Gavi
* [[Chemban Vinod Jose]] as [[Inspector]] Habeeb Rahman, voice-over by Shobi Thilakan
* [[Hemanth Menon]] as Devan, son of Venu Mash
* [[Kochu Preman]] as Peethambaran, ex-[[Gram panchayat|panchayat]] president
* [[Narayanankutty]] as KSRTC staff
* [[Joju George]] as Sebastian
* [[Raghavan (actor)|Raghavan]] as Priest
* [[T. P. Madhavan]] as Bhargavan
* Niyas Backer as E.R. Chandran
* [[Ambika Mohan]] as Sharada
* Bindu Murali as Kalyani's mother
* Archana Menon as SexWorker, Shanthi
* [[Nimisha Suresh]] as Bus conductress (Guest appearance)
* Sreedevi Unni as Iravi's mother
* [[Kalamandalam Radhika]] as Jose's mother
* Baby Sandra
* [[Sreenivasan]] as Narrator(Voice-only)
* [[Prasanth Alexander]] as Pickup driver
{{colend}}

==Soundtrack==
{{Infobox album
| name = Ordinary
| type = Soundtrack
| artist = [[Vidyasagar (composer)|Vidyasagar]]
| cover =
| alt =
| released = 4 March 2012
| recorded = [[Varsha Vallaki Studios]]
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = [[Film soundtrack|Feature film soundtrack]]
| length = 25:04
| language = [[Malayalam language|Malayalam]]
| label = [[Satyam Audios]]
| producer = [[Vidyasagar (composer)|Vidyasagar]]
| prev_title = '''[[Spanish Masala]]'''
| prev_year = 2012
| next_title = '''[[Diamond Necklace (film)|Diamond Necklace]]'''
| next_year = 2012
}}
The soundtrack of the film was composed by [[Vidyasagar (music director)|Vidyasagar]], with all the lyrics written by producer [[Rajeev Nair]]. The soundtrack album was released on 4 March 2012 at [[Gold Souk Grande, Kochi|Gold Souk Mall]] in [[Kochi]], India.

{{Track listing
| extra_column = Singers(s)
| all_lyrics =
| all_music =
| total_length = 25:04
| title1 = Enthinee Mizhi
| extra1 = [[Karthik (singer)|Karthik]], [[Shreya Ghoshal]]
| length1 = 4:50
| title2 = Sun Sun Sundari
| extra2 = Karthik, [[Madhu Balakrishnan]]
| length2 = 4:21
| title3 = Suryasalabham
| extra3 = [[K. J. Yesudas]]
| length3 = 4:58
| title4 = Karutha Munthiri
| extra4 = Vidyadharan
| length4 = 1:54
| title5 = Chenthamara
| extra5 = Anusri, Vinayak Sunder, Vaishali Unnikrishnan, Geo Jomin Shaji, George, Maria Jemi Shaji, Rosella, Kingini, Blassy, Ardra, Divya Sabu
| length5 = 2:56
| title6 = Thechippoo mantharam
| extra6 = [[Tippu (singer)|Tippu]], [[Biju Narayanan]], [[Sujatha Mohan|Sujatha]], Sannidanandan
| length6 = 5:20
| title7 = Kanju Poyenteyee
| extra7 = Vidyadharan
| length7 = 1:35
| all_writing =
| title8 =
| length8 =
| title9 =
| length9 =
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| length10 =
}}

==Reception==

===Critical reception===
''IndiaGlitz'' rated the film 3.25 out of 5 and said "All in all, 'Ordinary' is definitely a watchable flick for the families and the youth, for its freshness and simplicity in storytelling and treatment."<ref>http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/malayalam/review/12966.html</ref>

The Times of India stated that the film had become an " extraordinary hit".<ref name="articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com">[https://web.archive.org/web/20131012050611/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-11-24/news-interviews/35333225_1_malayalam-sugeeth-kunchacko-boban ]</ref>

===Home videos===
In July 2012 the [[DVD]] of the movie was released by Movie channel Home Entertainment followed by the [[Blu-ray]] release. The satellite rights of the movie was acquired by [[Surya TV]].

===Box office===
The film was commercial success.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://amp.khaleejtimes.com/citytimes/going-with-the-flow|title=Going with the flow|work=[[Khaleej Times]]|date=14 October 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://m.timesofindia.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/news/comedy-brought-me-closer-to-the-audience-biju-menon/articleshow/43987786.cms|title=Comedy brought me closer to the audience: Biju Menon|work=[[The Times of India]]|date=2 October 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ibtimes.co.in/keerthy-suresh-joins-kunchacko-boban-biju-menon-sugeeths-untitled-movie-613531|title=Keerthy Suresh Joins Kunchacko Boban and Biju Menon for Sugeeth's Untitled Movie|work=[[International Business Times]]|date=10 November 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sify.com/movies/kunchacko-boban-and-biju-menon-team-up-again-imagegallery-malayalam-ogzl3ejechgcc.html|title=Kunchacko Boban and Biju Menon team up again|work=[[Sify]]|date=2 September 2014}}</ref> The film ran for over 150 days in theatres and grossed a total of ₹20 crore from the box office.<ref name="The Times of India">{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/Mollywoods-small-budget-films-that-did-big-wonders-at-the-box-office/photostory/53020290.cms|title=Mollywood's small-budget films that did big wonders at the box office|work=[[The Times of India]]|date=2 July 2016}}</ref>

==Debut==
[[Shritha Sivadas]] made her movie debut in this film.

==References==
{{reflist|2}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|id=2355765|title=Ordinary}}

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Seniors (film)

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{{Infobox film
| name = Seniors
| image = Seniors_film.jpg
| image_size = 235px
| alt = 
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = [[Vysakh]]
| producer = Vaishakh Rajan
| writer = [[Sachi-Sethu]]
| starring = {{ubl|[[Jayaram]]|[[Kunchacko Boban]]|[[Biju Menon]]|[[Manoj K. Jayan]]}}
| music = '''Score:''' [[Gopi Sundar]] '''Songs:''' [[Alphons Joseph|Alphonse]] [[Jassie Gift]] [[Alex Paul]]
| cinematography = Shaji
| editing = [[Mahesh Narayanan|Mahesh Narayan]]
| studio = Vaishaka Cynymas
| distributor = Vaishaka Release
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2011|5|7|[[India]]}}
| runtime = 150 minutes
| country = [[India]]
| language = [[Malayalam]]
| budget = {{INR}}5 crore<ref>{{cite web|url=http://m.sify.com/movies/boxoffice.php?id=14971482|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180320194845/http://m.sify.com/movies/boxoffice.php?id=14971482|url-status=dead|archive-date=20 March 2018|title=Kerala has a sunny summer box office!|work=[[Sify]]|date=31 December 2011}}</ref>
| gross = 
}}

'''''Seniors''''' is a 2011 Indian [[Malayalam]]-language [[comedy]] [[thriller film]] directed by [[Vysakh]] and written by [[Sachi-Sethu]]. The plot follows four friends who return to their alma mater as students. It stars [[Jayaram]], [[Kunchacko Boban]], [[Biju Menon]], and [[Manoj K. Jayan]]. The film features a score by [[Gopi Sundar]] and songs by [[Alphons Joseph]], [[Jassie Gift]], and [[Alex Paul]]. The film was released in India and the United Kingdom on 7 May 2011. The film was a blockbuster at the box office.<ref>http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/malayalam/article/66519.html</ref>

==Plot==
The film starts with two scenes, one in 1981, in which a husband is waiting for his flirtatious wife to come home and take care of their son and baby daughter, the wife comes with her boyfriend and after a fight decides to leave the husband and child.

Again in flashback, in 1996, its college day festival and after a dance performance, Indu ([[Padmapriya Janakiraman|Padmapriya]]) comes to enquire about her sister Lakshmi ([[Meera Nandan]]) who is with her four friends and one of them says he would drop her home. The friends are having a good time enjoying the college day festival. In sudden turn of events, there is a loud scream and all the students rush out to see what happened, only to find Lakshmi dead.
Present Day, out of the four friends Rex Immanuel ([[Kunchacko Boban]]), Philip Idikkula ([[Biju Menon]]), and Rashid Munna ([[Manoj K. Jayan]]), 3 of them are excited to know about the return of Pappu alias Padmanabhan ([[Jayaram]]) who was accused and spent time in jail for the murder of Lakshmi. Due to Pappu's stubbornness friends decide to get back to their studies, after a gap of 12 years. Now back from Jail, Pappu wants to start everything from where they have missed it and the other three support him, taking a break from their jobs and joining the college for M.A Philosophy. Following certain hilarious sequences of the foursome in college, there are some interesting twists and turns to the plot, but the main aim of Pappu is to find the deep mystery behind the tragedy that happened 12 years ago and to find the killer which is among his friends. At the end of the college festival programme he identifies the killer of Lakshmi is none other than his friend Rex. He reveals that he was in love with Lakshmi and on her birthday when he came to wish her he saw Lakshmi in bed with another person which made him angry to know that two women in his life:- his mother and Lakshmi are cheaters which made him kill Lakshmi. After saying this, he targets Jenny but Pappu stops him. He becomes the convict to save Rex. In the end Pappu is back to college and everything is back to normal.

==Cast==
* [[Jayaram]] as Padmanabhan (Pappu)
* [[Kunchacko Boban]] as Rex Immanuel
* [[Biju Menon]] as Philip Idikkula
* [[Manoj K. Jayan]] as Rashid Munna
* [[Siddique (actor)|Siddique]] as Unnithan, college professor
* [[Suraj Venjaramoodu]] Thavala Thampi, the Lab Attender
* [[Ananya (actress)|Ananya]] as Jeni, a college student (voice-over by [[Sreeja Ravi|Sreeja]])
* [[Padmapriya Janakiraman|Padmapriya]] as Indu, a college lecturer and Pappu's love interest (voice-over by [[Devi S.]])
* [[Meera Nandan]] as Lakshmi
* [[Radha Varma]] as Fathima, Munna's wife
* [[Jyothirmayi]] as Elsamma, Idikkula's wife
* [[Jagathy Sreekumar]] as Adiyodi, college professor
* [[Vijayaraghavan (actor)|Vijaya Raghavan]] as Alavudheen Ravuthar, college principal
* [[Lalu Alex]] as Idikkula's father-in-law
* [[Sreejith Ravi]] as Police Officer
* [[Shammi Thilakan]] as C.I. Thomas George
* [[Ragasya]] as Vaduthala Valsala, a call-girl
* Sumit Naval as Immanuel
* [[Sajitha Betti]] as Rex's mother
* [[Thesni Khan]] as call girl with Alavudheen Ravuthar
* Laskhmipriya as Damayanthi
* Anjali Aneesh Upasana as Rex's sister

==Box office==
The film was commercial success.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://amp.khaleejtimes.com/citytimes/going-with-the-flow|title=Going with the flow|work=[[Khaleej Times]]|date=14 October 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://m.timesofindia.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/news/comedy-brought-me-closer-to-the-audience-biju-menon/articleshow/43987786.cms|title=Comedy brought me closer to the audience: Biju Menon|work=[[The Times of India]]|date=2 October 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sify.com/movies/kunchacko-boban-and-biju-menon-team-up-again-imagegallery-malayalam-ogzl3ejechgcc.html|title=Kunchacko Boban and Biju Menon team up again|work=[[Sify]]|date=2 September 2014}}</ref> This movie was a blockbuster and ran over 125 days and grossed a total of ₹16 crore.

== Soundtrack ==

{{Track listing

| extra_column = Artist(s)

| title1 = Aaramam Niranje
| lyrics1 = [[Anil Panachooran]]
| music1 = [[Alphons Joseph]]
| extra1 = [[Benny Dayal]], Lakshmi

| title2 = Ithiri Chakkara Nulli
| lyrics2 = Santhosh Varma
| music2 = [[Jassie Gift]]
| extra2 = Jassie Gift, Imran, [[Anuradha Sriram]]

| title3 = Neram Thettippoyalum
| lyrics3 = Santhosh Varma
| music3 = [[Alex Paul]]
| extra3 = [[Ramesh Babu]], Pradeep Babu, Vipin Xavier, Shyam Prasad, Nithin

| title4 = Rhythm of Death
| note4 = Instrumental
| music4 = Alphons Joseph

}}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* [http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/malayalam/article/57551.html Indiaglitz article]

{{Vysakh}}

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