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{{Infobox film
| name=Bachelor Party
| image = Bachelor Party - Amal Neerad.jpg
| image_size =
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| story = [[Johnnie To]] (uncredited)
| director = [[Amal Neerad]]
| screenplay = [[Santhosh Echikkanam]] [[Unni R.]]
| starring = [[Kalabhavan Mani]] [[Asif Ali (actor)|Asif Ali]] [[Rahman (actor)|Rahman]] [[Vinayakan]] [[Indrajith Sukumaran]] [[Nithya Menen]] [[John Vijay]] [[Ashish Vidyarthi]] [[Prithviraj Sukumaran]]
| producer = Amal Neerad V. Jayasurya
| cinematography = Amal Neerad
| editing = [[Vivek Harshan]]
| music = [[Rahul Raj]]
| studio = [[Amal Neerad|Amal Neerad Productions]]
| distributor = [[August Cinema]]
| released = {{film date|df=y|2012|6|15}}
| runtime = 120 minutes
| country = [[India]]
| budget =
| language = [[Malayalam language|Malayalam]]
}}

'''''Bachelor Party''''' is a [[List of Malayalam films of 2012|2012]] [[Cinema of India|Indian]] [[Malayalam cinema|Malayalam]] language [[Gangster film|gangster]] [[Thriller film|thriller]] [[film]] directed by [[Amal Neerad]]. The film stars [[Kalabhavan Mani]], [[Asif Ali (actor)|Asif Ali]], [[Rahman (actor)|Rahman]], [[Vinayakan]], [[Indrajith Sukumaran|Indrajith]] and [[Nithya Menen]] in the lead roles, while [[John Vijay]] and [[Ashish Vidyarthi]] play supporting roles. [[Prithviraj Sukumaran|Prithviraj]] makes a guest appearance, and [[Padmapriya Janakiraman]] and [[Remya Nambeesan]] appear in musical [[item number]]s. The film's screenplay is by noted authors [[Unni R.]] and [[Santhosh Echikkanam]] while the original music and background score are composed by [[Rahul Raj]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-02-18/news-and-interviews/31074663_1_mollywood-telugu-film-industry-amal-neerad-s-bachelor-party |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120709184901/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-02-18/news-and-interviews/31074663_1_mollywood-telugu-film-industry-amal-neerad-s-bachelor-party |url-status=dead |archive-date=9 July 2012 |title=First Look: After Anwar, it is Bachelor Party |work=[[The Times of India]] |date=18 February 2012 |access-date=7 April 2012}}</ref>

The film released on 15 June 2012, to mixed reviews.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/report/south-review-bachelor-party-is-unbearable/20120618.htm |title=Review: Bachelor Party is unbearable |work=Rediff.com |date=18 June 2012 |access-date=12 July 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sify.com/movies/bachelor-party-review-malayalam-15001074.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130328131717/http://www.sify.com/movies/bachelor-party-review-malayalam-15001074.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=28 March 2013 |title=Movie Review:Bachelor Party |publisher=Sify.com |access-date=12 July 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nowrunning.com/movie/9971/malayalam/bachelor-party/3765/review.htm |title=Bachelor Party Review – Malayalam Movie Review by Veeyen |publisher=Nowrunning.com |date=15 June 2012 |access-date=12 July 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Bachelor Party |url=http://movieraga.indulekha.com/2012/06/15/bachelor-party/ |title=Review: Bachelor Party | MOVIERAGA |publisher=Movieraga.indulekha.com |date=15 June 2012 |access-date=12 July 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120618055102/http://movieraga.indulekha.com/2012/06/15/bachelor-party/ |archive-date=18 June 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nalamidam.com/archives/13399 |title=ബാച്ച്ലര്‍പാര്‍ട്ടിയും പൂവന്‍കോഴികളും |publisher=Nalamidam |access-date=12 July 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120725142643/http://www.nalamidam.com/archives/13399 |archive-date=25 July 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Its plot is adapted from [[Johnnie To]]'s ''[[Exiled]]'', a 2006 Hong Kong action film.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mangalam.com/index.php?page=detail&nid=585400&lang=malayalam |title=Mangalam |publisher=Mangalam |date=1 January 1980 |access-date=12 July 2012}}</ref> Though released to mixed reviews, the film was profitable according to Neerad.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-07-13/news-and-interviews/32649679_1_amal-neerad-films-of-different-genres-negative-reviews | archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103094511/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-07-13/news-and-interviews/32649679_1_amal-neerad-films-of-different-genres-negative-reviews | url-status=dead | archive-date=3 January 2013 | work=[[The Times of India]] | title=I don't regret making Bachelor Party: Amal Neerad | date=13 July 2012}}</ref>

==Plot==
Former mobster Tony ([[Asif Ali (actor)|Asif Ali]]) leads a quiet life with his wife Neethu ([[Nithya Menen]]) and newborn child in a nondescript villa, having turned over a new leaf. Unfortunately, vengeful underworld don Prakash Kamath ([[John Vijay]]) - whom Tony and friends once tried to assassinate - has dispatched a pair of his henchmen to cut that peaceful existence short. Once arrived, gangsters Ayyappan ([[Kalabhavan Mani]]) and Fakeer ([[Vinayakan]]) find a second pair - Benny ([[Rahman (actor)|Rahman]]) and Geevarghese ([[Indrajith Sukumaran|Indrajith]]) - determined to protect Tony. After a brief showdown, the whole group comes to an uneasy truce, lays their weapons down, and bonds over dinner - after all, these men grew up together.

Reunited and searching for a way to save Tony, they visit a fixer called Chettiyar ([[Ashish Vidyarthi]]). Chettiyar gives the gang two options – the job of killing a businessman who is Kamath's rival or looting a large quantity of foreign currency being transported. The gang chooses the first option, and Tony makes them promise that if anything happens to him, his wife and son will be looked after.

As fixed, the gang meets up at a cinema where the target businessman is about to strike a deal. However, Kamath crashes in as the second party of the agreement, as Chettiyar had double-crossed the friends. Kamath, recognizing Ayyappan and others, openly chastises and humiliates Tony, culminating in Tony shooting Kamath. A gunfight erupts in the theater, with Kamath and Tony being shot. The rival businessman, cornered by Kamath's men, comes to an agreement to share territory and profits, further agreeing to kill the gang of friends. Having narrowly escaped the theater shootout, the friends decide to take a severely shot Tony to an underground clinic for medical assistance. After negotiating a price, the doctor operates, removing the bullets from Tony. However, as he is sewing up Tony's wound, there is a loud banging at the door. Having heard this, the remainder of the waiting friends hide.

The door is answered, and Kamath and his men burst in, seeking help for injuries sustained in the theater shootout. The gang of friends manages to hide the still unconscious Tony, but he wakes up and slowly gets to his feet in a trance before collapsing. The rest of the friends try to get away, but Kamath holds Tony hostage and eventually shoots him. The gang desperately tries to retrieve their critically injured friend and escape. Tony, knowing that he is near death, asks to be taken back to his wife and daughter.

Neethu, broken over her husband's death, demands to know what has happened, and in her grief, she threatens to open fire on others. Neethu buries Tony and leaves the villa with her daughter. The reduced gang, hell-bent on taking revenge on Chettiyar and securing a livelihood for Neethu, leave in search of the currency consignment. They then come across the heavily guarded convoy carrying the notes. However, they also come across another gang attacking it. They witness all the security guards being killed, bar one crack-shot ([[Prithviraj Sukumaran|Prithviraj]]). The friends decide to help the guard by dispatching the rest of the gang. The friends, appreciating the guard's fighting skills, decide to split the currency with him and drive off to a hidden dock to transport the notes to a safe haven and a new life. Meanwhile, Neethu ends up in the hands of Chettiyar and Kamath, who in turn contact the gang of friends for the money.

Ayyappan is told to meet Kamath at Chettiyar's den; otherwise, Neethu and her child will be killed. Determined to protect Neethu after Tony's death, the friends agree and leave the guard at the dock with Neethu's share of the money, telling him that they or she will return by dawn. Once at the meeting place, Kamath agrees to leave Neethu but tells them that Ayyappan must stay to face the consequences of not following orders. Ayyappan agrees to this deal, and the remainder of the friends leave with Neethu. However, as they leave, Geevarghese informs Neethu of the boat, and the guard and tells her to drive there. With Neethu safe, the greatly outnumbered friends open fire. In the resulting gunfight, all are killed. As the friends lie dying, they all smile, knowing that they have kept their promise to Tony.

As the credits roll, all dead gangsters meet up in Hell for a sing-and-dance.

==Cast==
{{colbegin}}
* [[Kalabhavan Mani]] as Ayyappan, a gangster
* [[Rahman (actor)|Rahman]] as Benny,a man who is told to protect Tony
* [[Asif Ali (actor)|Asif Ali]] as Tony, a former mobster who gets shot in a theater
* [[Vinayakan]] as Fakeer, a gangster
* [[Indrajith Sukumaran|Indrajith]] as Geevarghese, a man who is told to protect Tony
* [[Nithya Menen]] as Neethu, Tony's wife
* [[John Vijay]] as Prakash Kamath, a vengeful underworld don
* [[Ashish Vidyarthi]] as Chettiyar, a fixer who double-crosses the gang
* [[Jinu Joseph]] as Jerry Kalappurakal
* [[Vishnu Unnikrishnan]] as Young Ayyappan
* [[Prithviraj Sukumaran]] as the guard (special appearance)
* [[Lena (actress)|Lena]] as Sheela Mathews Kattuparambil (Cameo)
* [[Remya Nambeesan]] as an item number "Vijanasurabhi"
* [[Padmapriya Janakiraman|Padmapriya]] as an [[item number]] "Kappa Kappa"<ref>{{cite news|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-12-03/news-interviews/30471365_1_arivaal-chuttika-nakshatram-bachelor-party-gears |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120708102211/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-12-03/news-interviews/30471365_1_arivaal-chuttika-nakshatram-bachelor-party-gears |url-status=dead |archive-date=8 July 2012 |title=Amal Neerad gears up for Bachelor Party|date=3 December 2011|work=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=7 April 2012}}</ref>
{{colend}}

==Production==
Amal Neerad says the film was inspired particularly from ''[[Sin City]]'', a graphic novel that was turned into [[Sin City (film)|a film of the same name]].<ref name=aa>[http://www.thehindu.com/life-and-style/metroplus/article3532525.ece "It's party time"]</ref>
"The flick might have few boys-will-be-boys, raunchy scenes, but that doesn't mean it only targets the male audience. It has all elements of an entertainer and, like its title suggests, it is about a bunch of bachelors having a blast," says the director.<ref>[https://archive.today/20130103080803/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-05-17/news-and-interviews/31728739_1_arivaal-chuttika-nakshatram-flick-mammootty "Bachelor Party is not similar to The Hangover: Amal Neerad"]</ref>

==Genre==
Bachelor Party combines elements from several different film genres, most notably spy, action, thriller, comedy, and musical. Amal Neerad has said that the film "could be called an action-comedy, but it is tough to include it in a particular genre." He also added that "it is a [[Travel documentary|travelogue]] that involves the journey of some friends, but I won't call it a road movie either."<ref>[http://www.rediff.com/movies/slide-show/slide-show-1-south-interview-with-amal-neerad/20120614.htm "Amal Neerad: I believe in show business"]</ref>

==Soundtrack==
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| align = right
| width = 100%
|quote = "Director Amal Neerad is known for the stylish treatment he brings onscreen. And here I was, wanting to do something new in M'wood. Amal wanted something fresh in the music department, and I've tried my best to bring it in,".<ref name=music>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/regional/malayalam/news-and-interviews/Usthad-Hotel-and-Bachelor-Party-songs-are-a-hit/articleshow/13964444.cms?referral=PM |title=Usthad Hotel and Bachelor Party songs are a hit |work=The Times of India|date=10 June 2012|access-date=12 July 2012}}</ref>
|author = [[Rahul Raj]]
|source = ''[[The Times of India]]''
}}
{{Infobox album|
| name = Bachelor Party
| type = Soundtrack
| artist = [[Rahul Raj]]
| cover =
| alt =
| released = 20 May 2012
| recorded = 2012
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = [[Film soundtrack|Feature film soundtrack]]
| length = 17:46
| language = [[Malayalam language|Malayalam]]
| label = Mathrubhumi Music
| producer = [[Rahul Raj]]
| prev_title = [[Oh My Friend]]
| prev_year = 2011
| next_title = [[Kili Poyi]]
| next_year = 2013
}}

The music was composed, arranged and programmed by [[Rahul Raj]] while the lyrics were penned by [[Rafeeq Ahammed]]. The soundtrack was released on 20 May 2012 at a grand function at [[Kochi]]. Much before the release of the film; the soundtrack became a sensational super-hit across the state and was met with high critical acclaim.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHCa5S3hut4&feature=g-all-u |title=Music Director Rahul Raj on his movie 'Bachelor Party' |via=YouTube |date=14 June 2012 |access-date=12 July 2012}}</ref>

Rahul Raj described the film's songs as "[[Britney Spears]] meets [[Kathakali]]!". The singers for ''Bachelor Party'' include actress [[Remya Nambeesan]] and singer [[Shreya Ghoshal]] working besides "fresh voices for fresh tunes" including [[C. J. Kuttappan]], master of the Thayillam folk song group and singer [[Sunil Mathai]], whom the composer calls the "[[Kailash Kher]] of Mollywood".<ref name=music/>

{{Track listing
| extra_column = Singers
| total_length = 17:46
| title1 = Karmukilil
| extra1 = [[Shreya Ghoshal]], [[Nikhil Mathew]]
| length1 = 4:07
| title2 = Vijana Surabhi
| extra2 = [[Remya Nambeesan]], Kalamandalam Kolathapally, K. M. Udayan
| length2 = 4:01
| title3 = Bachelor Life
| extra3 = Sunil Mathai
| length3 = 3:28
| title4 = Kappa Kappa
| extra4 = C. J. Kuttappan, Sunil Mathai, Resmi Sateesh, Sricharan
| length4 = 3:06
| title5 = We Don't Give a Fcuk ("Kick" of Bachelor Party)
| extra5 = [[Rahul Raj]] ft. Majestic (Rap)
| length5 = 1:12
}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|id=2229208|title=Bachelor Party}}

{{Amal Neerad}}

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