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{{Infobox film
| name = Proprietors: Kammath & Kammath
| image = Kammath and Kammath - Poster.jpg
| alt = 
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = Thomson K. Thomas
| producer = [[Anto Joseph]]
| writer = [[Udayakrishna-Siby K. Thomas]]
| starring = [[Mammootty]] [[Dileep]] [[Baburaj (actor)|Baburaj]] [[Karthika Nair]] [[Rima Kallingal]] [[Suraj Venjaramoodu]]
| music = '''Songs:''' [[M. Jayachandran]] '''Background Score:''' [[Gopi Sundar]]
| cinematography = Anil Nair
| editing = [[Mahesh Narayanan]]
| studio = Anto Joseph Film Company
| distributor = Ann Mega Media Release
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2013|1|25}}
| runtime = 160 minute

| country = India
| language = Malayalam
| gross = ₹13.5 crore
}}

'''''Proprietors: Kammath & Kammath''''' is a 2013 Indian [[Malayalam]]-language [[action comedy]] film, written by [[Udayakrishna-Siby K. Thomas]], directed by Thomson K. Thomas and produced by Anto Joseph. The film features [[Mammootty]] and [[Dileep]] in the title roles alongside [[Baburaj (actor)|Baburaj]], [[Karthika Nair]], [[Rima Kallingal]] and [[Suraj Venjaramoodu]] in pivotal roles with an ensemble supporting cast. It marks the debut of [[Dhanush]] in [[Malayalam cinema]], who made cameo in the film as well as the final Malayalam film role of Karthika Nair till date. The film was a commercial success at the box office.

== Plot ==
Kammath and Kammath is a film about two brothers, Raja Raja Kammath, the elder brother and Deva Raja Kammath, the younger brother who have a business endeavor that changes their lives forever. The Kammath brothers initially started making and selling dosa (savory South Indian crêpes) at a small stand to support their poor family. Eventually, their dosa received critical acclaim, and their stand grew into a restaurant, which grew into dozens of restaurants across South India. Sulaiman Sahib who is their rival, blocks the entry of Kammath Sr. He runs a non-vegetarian restaurant that is opposite a now defunct Brahmin [[vegetarian]] restaurant. He has a target of acquiring this restaurant's land.

The Kammath brothers plan to inaugurate their new restaurant in the building and land of the defunct restaurant. On opening day, the municipal secretary Mahalakshmi and ward counselor Sebastian Kuzhivelil are brought by Sulaiman Sahib to stop it from opening. They fail do it as the restaurant's name is now Kammath & Kammath and it has obtained a new license and ownership.

Sulaiman Sahib and Sebastian, with the help of a thief Pathrose throws stones and breaks Mahalakshmi's house's windows and frames Raja for the crime, resulting in him being arrested and he subsequently meets Deva in the lockup after he had been arrested for allegedly selling liquor illegally in their new restaurant. The Kammath Brothers threaten Pathrose in the police station and the truth is revealed that he has thrown stones at Mahalakshmi's house. The restaurant closed circuit security cameras reveals that people sent by Sebastian brought the liquor bottles to the restaurant to implicate Deva.

Later, both Mahalakshmi and Sulaiman Sahib are convinced by Raja that they are not problem makers and both become friends with them. The Kammath brothers opens their new restaurant in Coimbatore with the superstar Dhanush as inaugurator. One night, Sunnichan, attacks Mahalakshmi, asking about his sister, while she was coming back to Palakkad from Coimbatore. Raja saves her from Sunnichan by sending chauffeur/bodyguard Gopi to deal with him. On this journey, Raja and Mahalakshmi go to a restaurant for dinner. Raja meets his old wife with her new husband.

While continuing the journey back to home, Raja reveals that his wife had a different nature than the Kammath family had expected. One day, when their father suffers from chest pain, their mother asks her to drive him to hospital. She refuses as she had just applied [[Mehndi]] and wanted it to dry. But when their mother called a taxi and reached the hospital, their father passes away. Raja realizes that she is incompatible and divorces her. Mahalakshmi pities him after hearing the story.

The next day Raja is invited by Mahalakshmi to talk about a problem. She introduces her sister Surekha to Raja and says Surekha is scared that somebody is following her. The next day Raja sends Gopi to beat a helmeted person who comes near her. When Raja removes the helmet, he realises that the person is Deva. He becomes sad as he has beaten his own brother. In anger, he slaps Gopi for hitting Deva. Deva tells him that he loves Surekha. Raja thinks that Mahalakshmi misunderstood them, made him to hit Deva and separate them. They both fights and leave. When they all leave, another person with a helmet who was following her arrives. Raja proceeds with Deva's idea to marrying Surekha. Mahalakshmi tells them that Surekha is actually her deceased brother Suresh's wife and a Christian. Surekha's history is revealed by Mahalakshmi.

Suresh had married her years ago despite opposition from her family. On the first night of marriage, Suresh is killed by her family's henchman Vikram. The story reveals that Sunnichan is her actual brother and Vikram was another person who was following her. Even after knowing this story Deva wishes to marry her. Later at her house, the brothers realise to their shock that Surekha is speech impaired. Deva still wants to marry her and Mahalakshmi finally accepts it.

On the night before the wedding, Deva is accosted by Vikram and Surekha's brothers. He escapes to a godown where Raja awaits. A fight ensues where Raja, Deva and Gopi fights off Vikram, Surekha's brothers and their henchmen. The next day they are handed over to the police at Surekha's house and Deva marries Surekha. To everyone's surprise Mahalakshmi is married by the groom found by Suresh, who Raja selects.

== Cast ==
{{Colbegin}}
* [[Mammootty]] as Raja Raja Kammath
** Ashwin as Young Raja
* [[Dileep (actor)|Dileep]] as Deva Raja Kammath
**Master anzad as Young Deva
* [[Baburaj (actor)|Baburaj]] as Gopi
** [[Jeevan Gopal]] as Young Gopi
* [[Karthika Nair]] as Surekha, widow of Suresh, who later marries Deva
* [[Rima Kallingal]] as Mahalakshmi, Municipal Secretary, younger sister of Suresh
* [[Suraj Venjaramoodu]] as Sebastian Kuzhiveli, Municipal councillor
* [[Rajalakshmi (actress)|Rajalakshmi]] as Raja's and Deva's mother
* [[Santhosh (actor)|Santhosh]] as [[Deputy superintendent of police|DYSP]] George
* [[Rizabawa]] as Sulaiman Sahib
* [[Sukumari]] as Annamma, Surekha's grandmother
* [[Deepak Jethi]] as Vikram Chhetri
* [[Spadikam George]] as Varkeychan
* [[Shiju]] as Sunnichan
* [[Joju George]] as Tomichan
* [[Kalabhavan Shajon]] as Pathrose
* [[Janardhanan (actor)|Janardhanan]] as Vishnu Namboothiri (Thirumeni)
* [[Sadiq (Indian actor)|Sadiq]] as [[Circle Inspector|CI]] Salman
* Manoj Nair as [[Sub-inspector|SI]] Ameen
* [[Ambika Mohan]] as Maheshwari
* Bindu Ramakrishnan as Karthyayani, Thirumeni's wife
* [[Thesni Khan]] as Shantha, Mahalakshmi's Home maid
* [[Balachandran Chullikadu]] as Sathyaneshan, Raja's and Deva's father
* [[Rajeev Parameshwar]] as Mahalakshmi's bride
* [[Vishnupriya (actress)|Vishnupriya]] as Thirumeni's Daughter
* Deepika Mohan
* [[Abu Salim (actor)|Abu Salim]] as Alex
* [[Kamna Jethmalani]]
* [[Vishnu Unnikrishnan]] as young thief
* [[Malini Sivaraman]] as hostess in the Inauguration of Kammath & Kammath hotel

=== Cameo appearances ===
* [[Narain (actor)|Narain]] as Suresh, an Indian Revenue Service officer, Mahalakshmi's late brother and Surekha's late husband who gets murdered at the wedding night
* [[Vidya Pradeep]] as Radhika, Raja's ex-wife
* [[Dhanush (actor)|Dhanush]] as himself on Inauguration of Kammath & Kammath hotel in [[Coimbatore]] and on wedding eve party.
* [[Udaykrishna–Sibi K. Thomas|Udaykrishna & Sibi K. Thomas]] as themselves in "Dosa Dosa" song
{{Colend}}

== Production ==

[[Mammootty]] was chosen to play a prominent character. The character of his brother in the film was originally chosen as [[Jayaram]] but schedule conflicts led [[Dileep (actor)|Dileep]] to replace him.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.zimbio.com/Tamil+Movies/articles/WJV54pepvDG/Mammootty+Dileep+Kammath+Kammath+Exclusive |title=Mammootty And Dileep in Kammath And Kammath – Exclusive Stills | Dhanush in Malayalam – Tamil Movies |publisher=Zimbio |accessdate=10 November 2012}}</ref> [[Kunchacko Boban]] had been approached for guest role of Income tax officer, but he opted out, again due to schedule conflicts and he was replaced by [[Narain (actor)|Narain]].<ref>{{cite web|author=Sanjith Sidhardhan |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-11-08/news-and-interviews/34971853_1_|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130126041703/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-11-08/news-and-interviews/34971853_1_|url-status=dead|archive-date=26 January 2013|work=[[The Times of India]] |title=Kunchacko opts out of Kammath and Kammath |accessdate=10 November 2012}}</ref> [[Dhanush]] was chosen to play a cameo as a filmstar who comes to [[Kerala]] to inaugurate the restaurant.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/regional/malayalam/news-and-interviews/Dhanush-shoots-with-Mammootty-and-Dileep-in-Kochi/articleshow/17169630.cms |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130126035944/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-11-11/news-and-interviews/35033118_1_dileep-kammath-brothers-udayakrishna |url-status=live |archive-date=26 January 2013 |work=[[The Times of India]] |title=Dhanush shoots with Mammootty and Dileep in Kochi |access-date=10 November 2012}}</ref>
Most of the scenes from the film were shot in [[Cochin]].<ref name="TOI">{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/regional/malayalam/news-and-interviews/Dhanush-shoots-with-Mammootty-and-Dileep-in-Kochi/articleshow/17169630.cms|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130126035944/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-11-11/news-and-interviews/35033118_1_dileep-kammath-brothers-udayakrishna|url-status=live|archive-date=26 January 2013|title=Dhanush shoots with Mammootty and Dileep in Kochi|work=[[The Times of India]]|access-date=30 January 2013}}</ref>

==Music==

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Song !! Length !! Singer(s) !! Picturization
|-
| "Dosa Nalloru Dosa" || || [[Shankar Mahadevan]], [[M. Jayachandran]], Nikhil Raj ||
|-
| "Ninte Pinnale" || || [[Anwar Saadath]] ||
|-
| "Coimbatore Naatile" || || [[Madhu Balakrishnan]], [[Haricharan]], [[Vijay Yesudas]] ||
|-
| "Kattadi Kattadi" || || [[Rajesh Krishnan]], Sangeetha Sreekanth ||
|}

==Release==
===Theatrical===
The film was shown in additional theatres where ''[[Vishwaroopam]]'' had been banned from being released.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-01-28/news-interviews/36595944_1_single-screen-theatres-vishwaroopam-kamal-haasan-film|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130216063806/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-01-28/news-interviews/36595944_1_single-screen-theatres-vishwaroopam-kamal-haasan-film|url-status=dead|archive-date=16 February 2013|title='Vishwaroopam' ban can spell Rs. 30 crore loss: Experts|work=[[The Times of India]]|accessdate=7 February 2013}}</ref>

=== Satellite Rights ===
The satellite rights were sold for {{INRConvert|4.5|c}}.
<ref name="bo2">{{cite web|url=http://www.news18.com/news/india/kammath-and-kammath-continues-in-its-fifth-week-592946.html|title='Kammath and Kammath' continues in {{sic|it|'s|nolink=y|expecting=its}} fifth week|publisher=[[Network 18]]|date=25 February 2013}}</ref>

==Reception==
===Critical response===
Paresh C Palicha of [[Rediff.com]] rated the film 3.5/5 describing it as an "atrocity on the viewer."<ref>[http://www.rediff.com/movies/review/south-review-proprietors-kamath-and-kamath/20130128.htm "Review: Proprietors: Kamath and Kamath is atrocious"]</ref>
IndiaGlitz.com gave 7/10 for the movie and stated "These Kammath brothers are strictly for those who relish masala entertainers" but it gave a positive review of the songs.<ref name="indiaglitz">{{cite web|url=http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/malayalam/review/16809.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130128020119/http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/malayalam/review/16809.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=28 January 2013|title=Kammath and Kammath Malayalam Movie Review|website=IndiaGlitz|accessdate=1 March 2013}}</ref>

Sify.com gave the overall summary of the film as "tedious" and their review says that "only Baburaj manages to make the viewers laugh" and that "There is no credible storyline that is worth mentioning and the script lacks any imagination or depth."<ref name="sify">{{cite news|url=http://www.sify.com/movies/proprietors-kammath-kammath-review-malayalam-15018682.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130319165941/http://www.sify.com/movies/proprietors-kammath-kammath-review-malayalam-15018682.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=19 March 2013|title=Movie Review:Proprietors: Kammath & Kammath|work=[[Sify]]|accessdate=1 March 2013}}</ref>
''[[The Times of India]]'' gave a rating of 3/5 for the movie, stating "Mammootty and Dileep, gifted actors they are, put together their best to salvage what can be called as a sloppy narrative strewn with drab characters."<ref name="TOIreview">{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/regional/malayalam/movie-reviews/kammath-and-kammath/movie-review/18205889.cms|title=Kammath and Kammath review|last=Aswin J Kumar|date=26 January 2013|work=[[The Times of India]]|accessdate=1 March 2013}}</ref>

Dalton L of [[Deccan Chronicle]] says "Rather than preparing an action-romcom out of leftovers, the director ought to have demanded an original recipe and organic vegetables. It's very sad to see the great Mammootty unendingly swimming in stale soup."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/report/south-review-proprietors-kamath-and-kamath/20130128.htm |title=Review: Proprietors: Kamath and Kamath is atrocious |work=Rediff.com |date=2013-01-28 |accessdate=2014-07-24}}</ref>

===Box office===
The film had a good collection in the first weekend. Made on a budget of ₹7.5 crore.<ref name="bo">{{cite web | url=http://www.sify.com/movies/boxoffice.php?id=pl4rabidjjigf | title=Kerala Box-Office (January/February 2013) | website=[[Sify]] | date=7 March 2013 | accessdate=17 May 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160630065458/http://www.sify.com/movies/boxoffice.php?id=pl4rabidjjigf | archive-date=30 June 2016 | url-status=dead }}</ref> The film collected ₹10.53 lakhs from five weeks in United Kingdom box office.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/box-office-overseas/sbagr-fairly-good-in-uae-kai-po-che-super-in-usa-uae/|title=SBAGR' fairly good in UAE; 'Kai Po Che!' super in USA, UAE|website=[[Bollywood Hungama]]|date=12 March 2013}}</ref> It collected {{INRConvert|13.5|c}} worldwide.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/comedies-reaped-gold-for-southern-cinema-2013-in-retrospect-113121700305_1.html|title=Comedies reaped gold for southern cinema (2013 In Retrospect)|work=[[Business Standard]]|date=17 December 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/threes-company/article5505332.ece|title=Three's company|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=27 December 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/report/slide-show-1-the-top-malayalam-commercial-hits-of-2013-south/20140117.htm#1|title=The Top Malayalam Commercial Hits of 2013|work=[[Rediff.com]]|date=17 January 2014}}</ref><ref name="bo2"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ibtimes.co.in/mohanlals-peruchazhi-mammoottys-rajadhi-raja-lock-horns-this-onam-videos-606101|title=Mohanlal's 'Peruchazhi' and Mammootty's 'Rajadhi Raja' to Lock Horns this Onam [Videos]|work=[[International Business Times]]|date=5 August 2014}}</ref> The film got satellite right of {{INRConvert|4.5|c}}.<ref name="bo2"/>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb title|2667690|Kammath & Kammath}}

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[[Category:Films scored by M. Jayachandran]]
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[[Category:Indian action comedy films]]
[[Category:Films shot in Kochi]]
[[Category:Films shot in Palakkad]]
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[[Category:2013 comedy films]]

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