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{{Infobox film
| name = Idukki Gold
| image = Idukki_Gold.jpg
| alt = First look poster of Idukki Gold
| caption = First look poster of Idukki Gold
| director = [[Aashiq Abu]]
| producer = M. Renjith
| writer = [[Syam Pushkaran]] Dileesh Nair
| based_on = {{based on|''Idukki Gold''|[[Santhosh Echikkanam]]}}
| starring = [[Prathap Pothen]] [[Maniyanpilla Raju]] [[Raveendran (actor)|Raveendran]] [[Vijayaraghavan (actor)|Vijayaraghavan]] [[Babu Antony]]
| music = [[Bijibal]]
| cinematography = [[Shyju Khalid]]
| editing = V. Sajan
| studio = Rejaputhra Visual Media
| released = 11 October 2013
| country = India
| language = Malayalam
}}
'''''Idukki Gold''''' is a 2013 [[Malayalam cinema|Malayalam-language]] Indian feature film directed by [[Aashiq Abu]], starring [[Maniyanpilla Raju]], [[Pratap Pothen]], [[Raveendran (actor)|Raveendran]], [[Babu Antony]] and [[Vijayaraghavan (actor)|Vijayaraghavan]] based on [[Santhosh Echikkanam]]'s short story of the same name.<ref>{{cite web|title=Raju is the hero in Idukki Gold|url=http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/malayalam/article/84258.html|publisher=indiaglitz.com|accessdate=2012-08-01}}</ref> The film was released on 11 October 2013.<ref>{{cite news|title=Raju is the hero in Idukki Gold|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-03-19/news-and-interviews/37842790_1_idukki-gold-idukki-gold-aashiq-abu|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928194320/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-03-19/news-and-interviews/37842790_1_idukki-gold-idukki-gold-aashiq-abu|url-status=dead|archive-date=2013-09-28|work=[[The Times of India]]|accessdate=2013-03-26}}</ref><ref>[http://www.movienoon.com/2013/09/idukki-gold-movie-review-malayalam.html Idukki Gold Soon to You | Movie Review] .Movienoon.com</ref>

==Plot==
The movie starts with Michael (Prathap Pothen), who resides in Czech Republic returns
to India to meet up with his old schoolmates Madan (Maniyanpilla Raju), Antony (Babu Antony), Ravi (Raveendran) and Raman (Vijayaraghavan). He puts up an advertisement in the local newspaper. Ravi and Madan who have still contact with each other notice Michael's advertisement and decide to meet him. Upon meeting Michael, Ravi and Madan reminisce about their school days. Eventually they decide to go on a road trip to locate the rest of their friends Antony and Raman and visit their school. Throughout the movie, they have added their childhood clips and narrated what had happened in their school life.

The whole movie is divided into five parts 1. "Perilatha Gang" 2. "Neechanum mlechanum" 3. "Plastic Nirodhikanam" 4. "Cheruthoniyile Bhagath Singh" 5. "Idukki Gold". The movie focuses on their teenage and their current life. Ravi being an easygoing guy became a photographer after graduation with very few clients. Madan had a successful life becoming a planter but was forced to divorce his wife as they had no children and was very unhappy. The crew finally finds Antony living a normal quiet life as a restaurant manager. Antony decides to join the trip. They continue their journey to pick up their final member Raman who used to be a core communist. After few hardships they find Raman but in a baffled situation. Raman being a widower with a single son falls in love with one of his co workers but he learns that her marriage is already fixed. On the night of her marriage Raman and Manju elope together with the help of his son and old friends who happened to pass by to pick him up. His friends arrange the marriage and Raman joins the road trip. The flashbacks tells us how the boys used to get drunk, smoke up marijuana and "beedi" and had fun bunking classes and just chilling with their friends.

The title of the movie was obtained from the actual Marijuana known as "Idukki Gold" , which these boys had smoked up as teens. They go in search for this so prominent "Idukki Gold " and the movie takes on to a serious note when they are met with an accident and find themselves in a field of Marijuana. But they find out that they are held captive by Behnnan(Lal) whom these boys had a fight with as kids. Behnnan was a helper boy at an estate near their school. The boys were caught by the Principal for smoking and they thought Behnnan was the one who sold them out. They beat up Behnnan and leave him there half dead. There they are scared that Behnnan will shoot them for blinding him in one of his eye but the plot twists when Behnnan just smiles at them and tells them all he ever wanted to was to be friends with them. The movie ends on a cheerful note as Behnnan sets them free and Madan reunites with his wife the crew realizing that it was the friendship who bound them together not the "Idukki Gold".

==Cast==
*[[Prathap Pothen]] as Michael
*[[Maniyanpilla Raju]] as Madan Mohan
*[[Raveendran (actor)|Raveendran]] as Ravi
*[[Vijayaraghavan (actor)|Vijayaraghavan]] as Raman
*[[Babu Antony]] as Antony
*[[Lal (actor)|Lal]] as Behnnan
*[[Joy Mathew]] as John
*[[Shebin Benson]] as younger Madan Mohan
*Anil K Reji as younger Antony
*Anoop Vikraman as younger Raman
*Fabin Raveendran as younger Michael
*Indian Pallassery as younger Ravi
*Pranoy as younger Behnnan
*[[Sajitha Madathil]] as Shyamala
*Praseetha Menon as Manju
*[[Ravi Vallathol]] as Sadanandan
*[[Sasi Kalinga]] as Dead body Antony

==Soundtrack==
{{Infobox album
| name = Idukki Gold<ref>https://music.apple.com/us/album/idukki-gold-original-motion-picture-soundtrack-ep/895173879</ref>
| type = Soundtrack
| artist = [[Bijibal]]
| cover =
| alt =
| released = 2013
| recorded = 2013
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = [[Feature Film Soundtrack]]
| length = 11:22
| language = [[Malayalam]]
| label = [[Muzik 247]]
| producer = [[Bijibal]]
| prev_title = [[Daivathinte Swantham Cleetus]]
| prev_year = 2013
| next_title = [[Punyalan Agarbattis]]
| next_year = 2013
}}
The soundtrack of the film features two songs and one theme music composed by [[Bijibal]]. All the lyrics are penned by [[Rafeeq Ahammed]]. Another version of Manikyachirakulla sung by Bijibal's son Devadutt was also released after the release of the movie.

{{tracklist
| extra_column = Artist(s)
| title1 = Manikyachirakulla
| extra1 = [[Job Kurian]]
| title2 = Vattakulam
| extra2 = [[Sreenath Bhasi]]
| title3 = Manikyachirakulla (Bit)
| extra3 = Master Devan
| title4 = Theme Of Idukki Gold
| extra4 = [[Bijibal]]
}}

==Critical reception==
Pramod Thomas of ''[[The New Indian Express]]'' stated in his review, "Do not go in with great expectations, and you might savour this film, but if the big names weigh on your mind, then you are most likely to come away a tad disappointed."<ref>Pramod Thomas (13 October 2013). [http://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/malayalam/Gold-minus-the-sheen/2013/10/13/article1834279.ece "Gold, Minus the Sheen"]. ''[[The New Indian Express]]''. Retrieved 13 October 2013.</ref> Sharika C. of ''[[The Hindu]]'' commented, "Even for all its glitter - stunning visuals, soulful music and stellar performances - the film fails to strike gold." She also pointed out that "Aashiq Abu seems to have borrowed heavily from Quentin Tarantino for the titling, segmenting and visual effects, but hasn’t quite managed to get right the punch that characterises the master filmmaker’s movies."<ref>Sharika C. (13 October 2013). [http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/cinema-reviews/idukki-outing-fails-to-strike-gold/article5229495.ece "Idukki outing fails to strike gold"]. ''[[The Hindu]]''. Retrieved 13 October 2013.</ref> Veeyen of Nowrunning.com rated the film 2.5/5 and said, "'Idukki Gold' does disseminate a heavy scent that enthralls you, and yet which is never intoxicating enough to leave you blissfully smashed."<ref>Veeyen (11 October 2013). [http://www.nowrunning.com/movie/12663/malayalam/idukki-gold/4432/review.htm "Idukki Gold Review"]. Nowrunning.com. Retrieved 13 October 2013.</ref> [[Sify.com]]'s reviewer gave the verdict as "average" and wrote, "We are ready to accept a movie without a conventional or a hard-hitting storyline, if it is entertaining. But the film never really succeeds beyond a point in that way and Aashiq Abu tries his best by packaging the whole film deliciously."<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20131015154749/http://www.sify.com/movies/idukki-gold-review-malayalam-15040740.html "Movie Review: Idukki Gold"]. [[Sify.com]]. 12 October 2013. Retrieved 13 October 2013.</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb title | 3282088 | Idukki Gold }}

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[[Category:Films directed by Aashiq Abu]]

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