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{{short description|Malayalam film}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2017}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2017}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Oru Mexican Aparatha
| image = Oru Mexican Aparatha poster.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Poster
| director = [[Tom Emmatty]]
| producer = [[Anoop Kannan]]
| writer = [[Tom Emmatty]]
| based_on = 
| starring = {{ubl|[[Tovino Thomas]]|[[Neeraj Madhav]]|[[Roopesh Peethambaran]]|[[Gayathri Suresh]]|Ajith P. V.}}
| narrator = [[Ranjith (director)|Ranjith]]
| music = '''Songs:''' Manikandan Ayyappa '''Additional Song:''' Renjith Chittade '''Score:''' [[Gopi Sundar]]
| cinematography = [[Prakash Velayudhan]]
| editing = [[Shameer Muhammed]]
| studio = Anoop Kannan Stories
| distributor = Anoop Kannan Stories Release
| runtime = 
| country = [[India]]
| language = [[Malayalam]]
| budget = ₹ 2.68 crore
| gross = {{INR}} 21 crore<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mathrubhumi.com/gulf/uae/news/dubai-1.1811737|title = മെക്സിക്കന്‍ അപാരതയ്ക്ക് ഗള്‍ഫിലും വരവേല്‍പ്പ്‌}}</ref>
| released = {{Film date|2017|03|03|df=yes}}
}}

'''''Oru Mexican Aparatha''''' (English: ''A Mexican Crime'') is a [[List of Malayalam films of 2017|2017]] Indian [[Malayalam cinema|Malayalam]]-language [[political film|political]] [[drama film]] directed by [[Tom Emmatty]]. The film stars [[Tovino Thomas]], [[Neeraj Madhav]], and [[Roopesh Peethambaran]]. It was released on 3 March 2017 in India.<ref>oru-mexican-aparatha-box-office-collection-first-day-collection</ref>{{Full citation needed|date=May 2025}}<ref>review-oru-mexican-aparatha-malayalam-movie-audience-responses</ref>{{Full citation needed|date=May 2025}} The movie was a blockbuster at the box office and served as a major breakthrough for Tovino Thomas as it established him as one of the biggest leading stars in Malayalam cinema.

==Plot==
Sakhavu Kochaniyan is a strong [[leftist]] who, during [[The Emergency (India)|The Emergency]] period, conducted a successful protest and established the SFY party in the famous [[Maharaja's College, Ernakulam]]. However, he is soon betrayed by a comrade and killed by the police, shouting the phrase '[[Inquilab Zindabad]]!' to his last breath.

Now, in the mid-2000s, the college is under the leadership of the KSQ activists Roopesh, Shiyaz, and their fellow activists. Paul is a student from [[Thrissur]] who has come to the college to study. He is a typical student and becomes friends with Subhash, Joby, and Krishnan, and starts to fall in love with Anu. Subhash has long hated the KSQ's leadership and their abuse of power in the college and plans to re-introduce the SFY party in the college before the next election. Subhash is shown as a clever, [[left-wing]] ideologist, and tries to bring his friends, including Paul, into the party. Krishnan, who came from [[Irinjalakuda]], is also seen as a strong figure, but not completely absorbed in the leftist ideology. There is eventually a skirmish between Subhash's gang and a bunch of people led by KSQ activist Kanjan, but it's stopped safely.

Meanwhile, Paul tells Anu that he loves her, and she tells him, as a joke, that she loves him back. Paul falls under the illusion that it's real love and not friendship. In a local [[Kerala School Kalolsavam|Kalolsavam]], Roopesh and his party select the students who are taking part, but they reject a girl who wants to participate in four activities. Seeing this, Subhash decides to sign the girl up for the Kalotsavam without the others knowing. The girl wins but Roopesh cunningly makes the girl join his group and takes all the credit.

== Cast ==
{{Cast listing|
* [[Tovino Thomas]] in a dual role as:
** Paul Varghese
** Kochaniyan
* [[Neeraj Madhav]] as Subhash
* [[Roopesh Peethambaran]] as Roopesh
* [[Gayathri Suresh]] as Anu
* [[Sudheer Karamana]]
* [[Sudhi Koppa]] as Lonappan
* [[Hareesh Peradi]]
* [[Manesh Kumar]]
* [[Subeesh Sudhi]] as Rajeshettan
* [[Kalabhavan Shajon]] as Shiyaz
* [[Ajith P V]] as Student
* [[Jino John]] as Kanjan
* Anas Haneef
* [[Meghna Nair]]
* Anjali P Nair
* [[Megha Mathew]] as Ardra
* Vishnu Govindan as Jomey
* Sarath Chandran as Rohit
* Akhil Nambolan
* Sobin Mazhaveedu
* Vimal Kumar as Ullaass
* [[Sunil Sukhada]] as Collage Sir
}}

==Differences from history==

In real life, Jino John, a [[Kerala Students Union]] (KSU, which is shown to be KSQ in the film) representative, won against the left-aligned [[Students' Federation of India]] (SFI, depicted as SFY in the film) candidate in the Maharajas College union elections on 1 October 2010. It was after almost 30 years that a KSU leader became the chairman of Maharajas College.<ref>{{cite web|title=Jino John : The hero of Oru Mexican Aparatha's real story|url=http://onlookersmedia.in/latestnews/jino-john-hero-oru-mexican-aparathas-real-story|publisher=Onlookers Media|access-date=1 April 2019|date=5 March 2017}}</ref> Jino also acted in the movie as a KSQ activist. Indian diplomat, [[Venu Rajamony]], was the last person who was elected as the chairman from the panel of KSU during 1980–81.<ref>{{Cite web|title=KSU wins chairman's post in Maharaja's College|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/kochi/2010/oct/02/ksu-wins-chairmans-post-in-maharajas-college-191717.html|access-date=2017-04-04|website=The New Indian Express|date=16 May 2012 }}</ref> Many criticised it as a rewriting of very recent history in favour of left-wing politics using the convenience of [[Artistic license|cinematic liberty]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=മാലിക്: പറഞ്ഞതും പറയാത്തതും: OUT OF FOCUS: Malik Malayalam Movie Review|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cno2UXG0Bg8|access-date=2021-07-17|website=YouTube Channel of MediaOne| date=16 July 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title='മാലിക്ക്' മറ്റൊരു 'മെക്സിക്കൻ അപാരത'യെന്ന് ഒമർ ലുലു, മനസിലാകാത്തവർക്കായി ഒരു പത്രക്കട്ടിങ്ങും|url=https://www.samakalikamalayalam.com/chalachithram-film/2021/jul/16/director-omar-lulu-about-malik-movie-125801.html|access-date=2021-07-17|website=Samakalika Malayalam|date=16 July 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title='ചങ്ക്സ് പോലുള്ള ചിത്രം ചെയ്ത ആള്‍ക്ക് മാലിക്കിനെ വിമർശിക്കാൻ എന്ത് യോഗ്യത'; മറുപടിയുമായി ഒമർ|url=https://www.manoramaonline.com/movies/movie-news/2021/07/17/omar-lulu-criticises-malik-movie-social-media-debate.html|access-date=2021-07-17|website=Malayala Manorama Online}}</ref>

A leftist leader named Kochaniyan is shown to be studying at the same college in Ernakulam in the flashback of the film. The character he was based on was a real person by the name of R. K. Kochaniyan, who was a student of [[Sri C. Achutha Menon Government College]], [[Thrissur]], and a member of SFI Thrissur District Committee. He was also the College Union General Secretary and was killed by a KSU activists at Calicut University Art Fest in the year 1992.<ref>{{cite web|title=R. K. Kochaniyan|url=http://sficec.org/martyrs/200-r-k-kochaniyan|publisher=Students Federation of India Central Executive Committee, New Delhi|access-date=2 April 2017}}</ref>

== Filming ==
The film was shot mainly in [[Maharaja's College, Ernakulam]] and [[Fertilisers and Chemicals Travancore|FACT]] in [[Kochi]].

== Overseas ==
The overseas distribution rights of the film ''Oru Mexican Aparatha'' are handled by Josemon Simon. With his expertise and strong network, Josemon Simon played a key role in bringing the film to audiences across the globe, ensuring its message and impact resonated beyond India.

==Soundtrack==
<ref>{{cite web|title=ഒരു മെക്സിക്കൻ അപാരതയിലെ ഗാനങ്ങൾ റിലീസ് ചെയ്തു|url=http://keralaonlinenews.com/Video/Oru-Mexican-Aparatha-Audio-Songs-15873.html|publisher=kerala online news|access-date=6 March 2017|date=10 February 2017}}{{Dead link|date=September 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
{{Track listing
| headline = Track listing
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| total_length = {{Duration|m=|s=}}
| title1 = Emanmare Emanmare
| extra1 = Shebin Mathew
| music1 = Renjith Chittade
| lyrics1 = Renjith Chittade
| length1 = 2:06
| title2 = Aakaasha Kuda
| extra2 = Nithin Raj & [[Sulfiq.L]]
| music2 = Manikandan Ayyappa
| lyrics2 = [[Rafeeq Ahammed]]
| length2 =
| title3 = Ivalaaro
| extra3 = [[Vijay Yesudas]]
| music3 = Manikandan Ayyappa
| lyrics3 = [[Rafeeq Ahammed]]
| length3 =
| title4 = Munneraan Samayamayi
| extra4 = Franko
| music4 = Manikandan Ayyappa
| lyrics4 = [[Anil Panachooran]]
| length4 =
| title5 = Kalippu Katta Kalippu
| extra5 = [[Arunraja Kamaraj]] Manikandan Ayyappan
| music5 = Manikandan Ayyappa
| lyrics5 = Tom Emmatty
| length5 =
}}

==Reception==
The film grossed {{INR}}2.07 crore on the opening day at the Kerala box office with a distributor's share of {{INR}}98 lakh. Asianet bought the Satellite rights of the film for an amount of 3.25 crores. The producer Anoop Kannan earned approximately 10 crores in profit from this movie.

== References ==
{{reflist|30em}}

== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|6010630}}

[[Category:2017 films]]
[[Category:Indian political drama films]]
[[Category:Films about communism]]
[[Category:Films shot in Kochi]]
[[Category:2017 Malayalam-language films]]
[[Category:Twins in Indian films]]

Oru Mexican Aparatha - Revision history

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