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{{Infobox film
| name = Up & Down: Mukalil Oralundu
| image = Up-and-Down-Mukalil-Oralundu.jpg
| alt = 
| caption =
| director = [[T. K. Rajeev Kumar]]
| producer = V. Balachandran R. Karunamoorthy [[Latha Kurien Rajeev]]
| story = T. K. Rajeev Kumar
| screenplay = Sunny Joseph Manuel George [[G. R. Indugopan]]
| starring = [[Indrajith Sukumaran]] [[Meghana Raj]] [[Prathap Pothen]] [[Remya Nambeesan]]
| music = Prashanth Techno (background score) [[M. Jayachandran]]
| cinematography = Jomon T. Thomas
| editing = [[B. Ajithkumar]]
| studio = Blue Mermaid Picture Company
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2013|05|24}}
| runtime =
| country = India
| language = Malayalam
| budget =
| gross =
}}

'''''Up & Down: Mukalil Oralundu''''' is a 2013 [[Malayalam film|Malayalam]] [[psychological thriller film]] directed by [[T. K. Rajeev Kumar]]. It is very loosely based on the 2011 [[Hollywood film]] ''[[Elevator (2011 film)|Elevator]]''. The story unfolds in a lift where nine people are stuck.<ref name=TheHindu>{{cite news|author=Nita Sathyendran |url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/unlimited-journeys/article4009153.ece |title=Unlimited journeys |newspaper=The Hindu |date=18 October 2012 |access-date=15 May 2013}}</ref> [[Indrajith Sukumaran]], [[Prathap Pothen]], [[K. B. Ganesh Kumar]], [[Rejith Menon]], [[Baiju Santhosh]], [[Nandu (Malayalam actor)|Nandu]], [[Remya Nambeesan]], [[Shruthy Menon]] and Master Devaraman plays the nine characters who got trapped inside the lift.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nowrunning.com/news/malayalam/lift-as-a-main-character-in-up-and-down/58930/story.htm |title=Lift as a main character in 'Up and Down' |publisher=Nowrunning.com |date=29 October 2012 |access-date=15 May 2013 |archive-date=4 July 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130704053524/http://www.nowrunning.com/news/malayalam/lift-as-a-main-character-in-up-and-down/58930/story.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Meghana Raj]], Vijayakumar, Jaikrishnan, Kochu Preman are the other important cast. [[Basil Joseph]] debuted as an actor through this film. The film is produced by V. Balachandran, R. Karunamurthi and [[Latha Kurien Rajeev]] under the banner of Blue Mermaid Picture Company. The script is penned by [[Sunny Joseph]] and Manuel George and camera is cranked by Jomon Thomas.<ref>{{cite news |author=Aswathy K |url=http://newindianexpress.com/entertainment/malayalam/article1516949.ece |title=On an up and down ride |newspaper=The New Indian Express |date=26 March 2013 |access-date=15 May 2013 |archive-date=23 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130523093956/http://newindianexpress.com/entertainment/malayalam/article1516949.ece |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Almost the entire narrative takes place inside the limited space that is the lift and the entire storyline is set over a period of a few hours on a particular day.

==Plot==
The film unfolds after nine people get stuck in the lift. They include Thampuran, an ex-military officer turned lift operator, the police commissioner, Sam Christy, the apartment's builder, his wife Prasanna, a dancer, Edathil Govindan Nair, an alcoholic writer, Sooraj, an IT professional and his girlfriend Mithra, an American-returnee and a child Shanku, who intermittently keeps enquiring about his mother. They are on their way up to the top floor to take part in the building society's anniversary celebrations. Suddenly, the space becomes a sort of an altered reality. It becomes a place where the real becomes unreal; where emotions are raw and extra sensitive. It even prompts the very nature of the characters to change and secrets to be revealed. The entire plot revolves around a murder. Shanku's mother Deepa gets murdered and her dead body is found on the top of the elevator. The commissioner who is entrapped in the lift investigate the murder case. He interrogates all those people who are entrapped with him in the lift.

She introduced herself as professional escort to Christy and willfully had sex with him. When this 'bang - bang' went on for a while she became a trusted ally of Christy. When Deepa understood that Christy had indeed killed her husband she decided to kill him. The day on which she was murdered, she called Christy to come to writer's flat to have sex. But, Christy told her that he wanted her to satisfy a prestigious guest of him, not him, when she lustfully insisted that he should come to the flat for a while to 'bang' her, he agreed. She prepared herself to kill that person who ruined her life. She informed Christy's wife about all the wrong things he had done to her and plotted with her. Deepa invites Christy to writer's flat to have sex with her. When Christy arrived she took all her dress off and laid naked on the bed and invitingly extended her hand to him to join her. He took her hand and laid on the top of naked Deepa and started enjoying her. While having sex, she messages Prasanna to come to that flat. Prasanna arrives and see her husband in compromising position with Deepa. Christy was lying on the top of Deepa when she tried to hit him with a stand. At the same time, Deepa takes a dagger to stab him from behind while they are entangled in an intimate hug. But, unfortunately Prasanna misses her target and accidentally kills her with the stand. Deepa's intention was to avenge Christy for the murder of her husband. Christy cheated on Deepa's husband who was Christy's co-partner. When Deepa enquired Christy about her missing husband he intimidated her by telling her about the debts of her husband. He tried to assure her that he would relieve her off from those debts if she slept with him. When she disagreed he forced himself upon her. He raped her. She somehow fled the city and came back as a prostitute after four years to take revenge. She befriended the writer to get close to Christy. Prasanna confessed truth to Commissioner that she killed Deepa. Then it is revealed that Commissioner already know who is the real culprit. Movie end with the death of commissioner and Christy. Thampuran who had a soft corner for Deepa killed them while they were in the lift. Prasanna takes care of Deepa's child. Thampuran is arrested for the murder of Commissioner and Christy.<ref>{{cite news |author=Nita Sathyendran |url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/the-space-within/article4720668.ece |title=The space within |newspaper=The Hindu |location=[[Chennai, India]] |date=16 May 2013 |access-date=23 May 2013 |archive-date=27 November 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141127133511/http://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/the-space-within/article4720668.ece |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Cast==
{{colbegin}}
* [[Indrajith Sukumaran]] as Shivan (Thampuran), an ex-army officer-turned-lift operator
* [[Meghana Raj]] as Vedikettu Deepa, a sex worker
* [[Prathap Pothen]] as Edathil Govindan Nair, a writer
* [[Baiju Santhosh|Baiju]] as Sam Christy, a wealthy builder
* [[K. B. Ganesh Kumar]] as [[Deputy inspector general of police|Commissioner]] Salim Khan [[Indian Police Service|IPS]]
* [[Rejith Menon]] as Sooraj, a techie
* [[Shruthy Menon]] as Mithra
* [[Remya Nambeesan]] as Kalamandalam Prasanna, Christy's wife
* Master Devaraman as Shanku
* [[Nandu (Malayalam actor)|Nandu]] as Cheriyan
* [[Meghna Nair]]
* [[Kochu Preman]] as Chandrappan, the lift mechanic
* [[Basil Joseph]] as Assistant Lift Mechanic
* [[Vijayakumar (Malayalam actor)|Vijayakumar]]
* [[Jayakrishnan]] as Surendran
* Lakshmi Sanal
{{colend}}

==Production==
The script and dialogues are written by Sunny Joseph, Manual George and Indugopan. The three had discussed well about each and every scene in the movie.<ref name="Novel treatment">{{cite news|author=Jisha G. Nair|url=http://english.manoramaonline.com/cgi-bin/MMOnline.dll/portal/ep/contentView.do?contentId=14134155&tabId=1&programId=11565555&channelId=-1073865026|title=A novel treatment by Rajeev Kumar|newspaper=Malayala Manorama|location=[[Kottayam|Kottayam, India]]|publisher=Manoramaonline.com|date=24 May 2013|access-date=25 May 2013}}</ref> Rajeev Kumar says there was a consensus among the script writers and him as a director.<ref name="Novel treatment"/>

Major portion of the film was shot from [[Chithranjali Studio]]s in [[Thiruvananthapuram]] where the lift was constructed using [[plywood]], the insides covered with embossed metal sheets.<ref name=TheHindu/> Mohandas was the art director for the film.<ref name=TheHindu/>

When the script was developed, scenarists and the director felt that the scope of songs were less in it. Also they were apprehensive that the songs would affect the pace of the movie. So there are no songs in the film except a promo song.<ref name="Novel treatment"/> Prashanth Techno has done the background score with Quartet tones.<ref name="Novel treatment"/>

==Soundtrack==

{{Infobox album
| name = Up And Down Mukalil Oraalundu
| type = soundtrack
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| released = {{Start date|df=yes|2013|4}}
| recorded =
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| genre = [[Film soundtrack|Feature film soundtrack]]
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| label = Manorama Music
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The music of the film was composed by [[M. Jayachandran]] collaborating with [[T.K. Rajeev Kumar]] after [[Rathinirvedam (2011 film)|Rathinirvedam]]. [[Ramya Nambeesan]] sung the theme song. Background Score was composed by the debutante, Prashanth Techno.
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{{Track listing
| total_length =11:49
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| title1 = Vaanam Chuttum Megham
| lyrics1 = [[Rafeeq Ahmed]]
| extra1 = [[Vijay Yesudas]] & [[Mridula Warrier]]
| length1 = 03:42
| title2 = Up And Down Theme
| lyrics2 = [[Rafeeq Ahmed]]
| extra2 = [[Ramya Nambeesan]]
| length2 = 03:38
| title3 = Here We Go Again
| lyrics3 = [[Jeremaniah John]]
| extra3 = [[Jeremaniah John]]
| length3 = 04:28
}}

==Release==
''Up & Down: Mukalil Oralundu'' was set to release on 17 May 2013. The date was postponed by a week even after giving the mandatory advertisements announcing the release of the film on 17 May in the popular dailies. The film released on 24 May.<ref>[https://archive.today/20130629120504/http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/93727.html "It is not up, today"]. IndiaGlitz. 17 May 2013. Retrieved 23 May 2013.</ref> A critic wrote that "''"Up and Down'' comes across as a good-watch despite minor, negligible doubts it leaves behind".<ref>{{Cite news |title=Up and Down: Mukalil Oralundu Movie Review |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movie-reviews/up-and-down-mukalil-oralundu/movie-review/20270209.cms |access-date=2023-07-31 |issn=0971-8257 |archive-date=1 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230301021837/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movie-reviews/up-and-down-mukalil-oralundu/movie-review/20270209.cms |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Palicha |first=Paresh C. |title=Review: Up & Down: Mukalil Oralundu fails to deliver |url=https://www.rediff.com/movies/report/south-review-up-and-down-mukalil-oralundu-fails-to-deliver/20130527.htm |access-date=2023-07-31 |website=Rediff |language=en |archive-date=1 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230301021839/https://www.rediff.com/movies/report/south-review-up-and-down-mukalil-oralundu-fails-to-deliver/20130527.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:2013 Malayalam-language films]]
[[Category:2013 psychological thriller films]]
[[Category:2013 films]]
[[Category:Indian psychological thriller films]]
[[Category:Films shot in Thiruvananthapuram]]
[[Category:Films directed by T. K. Rajeev Kumar]]
[[Category:Films scored by M. Jayachandran]]

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