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	\| music = [[Bijibal]]		\| music = [[Bijibal]]
	\| cinematography = [[Shamdat]]		\| cinematography = [[Shamdat\|Shamdat Sainudeen]]
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	'''''Venicile Vyapari''''', ({{translation\|The Merchant of Venice}}) is a 2011 Indian [[Malayalam]]-language [[romantic comedy]] film directed by [[Shafi (director)\|Shafi]], starring [[Mammootty]], [[Kavya Madhavan]] and [[Poonam Bajwa]]. The film's plot unfolds in [[Alappuzha]], a town in [[Kerala]] popularly known as the [[List of places called Venice of the East\|''Venice of the East'']]. Written by [[James Albert (screenwriter)\|James Albert]], the story follows a murder mystery.
			'''''Venicile Vyapari''''', ({{translation\|''The Merchant of Venice''}}) is a [[List of Malayalam films of 2011\|2011]] Indian [[Malayalam cinema\|Malayalam]]-language [[period film\|period]] [[romantic comedy\|action-romantic comedy]] film directed by [[Shafi (director)\|Shafi]], starring [[Mammootty]], [[Kavya Madhavan]], and [[Poonam Bajwa]]. The film's plot unfolds in [[Alappuzha]], a town in [[Kerala]] popularly known as the [[List of places called Venice of the East\|''Venice of the East'']]. Written by [[James Albert (screenwriter)\|James Albert]], the story follows a murder mystery.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.sify.com/movies/ivenicile-vyaparii-an-important-film-for-mammootty-imagegallery-malayalam-lkvmmFbhbbesi.html\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220325082015/https://www.sify.com/movies/ivenicile-vyaparii-an-important-film-for-mammootty-imagegallery-malayalam-lkvmmFbhbbesi.html\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=25 March 2022\|title=Venicile Vyapari, an important film for Mammootty\|website=[[Sify]] }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.rediff.com/movies/review/south-review-venicile-vyapari-is-an-oridinary-fare/20111216.htm\|title = Review: Venicile Vyapari is an oridinary fare}}</ref>
			Though the film underperformed at the box office, it had a [[cult]] followed.

	==Plot==		==Plot==
	The story revolves around Pavithran, who lost his parents in his childhood. He enters the police force by chance, though it is not his ambition ~~to do so~~. Pavithran lands up in [[Alappuzha]] (Alappuzha incidentally is attributed to the [[sobriquet]], ''Venice of the East'') disguised as a merchant to investigate the murder of a union leader named Ajayan. Another character is Ammu, ~~who is~~ the leader of the union of coir workers ~~and~~ is in love with Pavithran.		Set in the period of 1980. The story revolves around Pavithran who lost his parents in his childhood. He enters the police force by chance, though it is not his ambition. Pavithran lands up in [[Alappuzha]] (Alappuzha incidentally is attributed to the [[sobriquet]], ''Venice of the East'') disguised as a merchant to investigate the murder of a union leader named Ajayan. Another character is Ammu, the leader of the union of coir workers, who is in love with Pavithran.

	== Cast ==		== Cast ==
	* [[Mammootty]] as Pavithran		* [[Mammootty]] as [[Constable]] Pavithran
			* [[Biju Menon]] as Sakhavu Ajayan, Ammu's brother
	* [[Kavya Madhavan]] as Ammu		* [[Kavya Madhavan]] as Ammu
	* [[Poonam Bajwa]] as ~~Lakshmi~~		* [[Poonam Bajwa]] as Mahalakshmi
	* [[Suraj ~~Venjarammoodu~~]] as Chandran Pillai/ Odiyan Chandhu		* [[Suraj Venjaramoodu]] as Chandran Pillai / Odiyan Chandhu
	* [[Jagathy Sreekumar]] as Kaladi Govindan		* [[Jagathy Sreekumar]] as "Kaladi" Govindan, Ammu's father
	* [[Salim Kumar]] as Kamalasanan / Al-Kamalasanan		* [[Salim Kumar]] as Kamalasanan / Al-Kamalasanan
	* [[~~Vijayaraghavan~~ (actor)\|Vijayaraghavan]] as Chungathara Raghavan		* [[Janardhanan (actor)\|Janardhanan]] as [[Superintendent (police)\|SP]] Raghurama Varma [[Indian Police Service\|IPS]], Mahalakshmi's father
			* [[Guinness Pakru]] as Kochukrishnan
			* [[Vijayaraghavan]] as Chungathara Raghavan
	* [[Suresh Krishna (actor)\|Suresh Krishna]] as Chungathara Aniyappan		* [[Suresh Krishna (actor)\|Suresh Krishna]] as Chungathara Aniyappan
	* [[Biju Menon]] as Ajayan
	* [[Janardhanan (actor)\|Janardhanan]] as SP Raghurama Varma
	* [[Guinness Pakru]] as Kochukrishnan
	* [[V. K. Sreeraman]] as Aali Koya		* [[V. K. Sreeraman]] as Aali Koya
	* [[Abu Salim (actor)\|Abu Salim]] as Abdu		* [[Abu Salim (actor)\|Abu Salim]] as Abdu
	* [[Kalabhavan ~~Shajon~~]] as Isthiri Lonappan		* [[Kalabhavan Shajohn]] as Panchayat President "[[Ironing\|Isthiri]]" Lonappan
	* [[Kundara Johny]] as CI ~~Nambeesan~~		* [[Kundara Johny]] as [[Circle Inspector\|CI]] K. Nambeeshan
	* [[Santhosh (actor)\|Santhosh]]		* [[Santhosh (actor)\|Santhosh]] as [[Sub-inspector\|SI]] Karikkan George
	* [[Anjali Nair]] as Ammu's friend		* [[Anjali Nair (actress, born 1988)\|Anjali Nair]] as Ammu's friend
	* [[Saju Kodiyan]] as ~~Police~~ Constable		* [[Saju Kodiyan]] as [[Constable]] Sunil
			* [[J. Pallassery]] as Shop Owner

	==Production==		==Production==
	The film was produced by Madhavan Nair under the banner of Murali Films. Mammootty stars in the film with ~~Vijaya Raghavan~~, Jagathy, Salim Kumar, Suraj, Sreeraman, ~~Kalabhhavan Shajon~~, Rajan Padoor form the supporting cast.		The film was produced by Madhavan Nair under the banner of Murali Films. [[Mammootty]] stars in the film with [[Vijayaraghavan]], [[Jagathy Sreekumar]], [[Salim Kumar]], [[Suraj Venjaramoodu]], Sreeraman, [[Kalabhavan Shajohn]], and Rajan Padoor form the supporting cast.

	~~Shooting~~ commenced in August 2011,<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/slide-show/slide-show-1-south-malayalam-news/20110816.htm\|title=Mammootty's Venice ile Vyapari begins shooting\|date=16 August 2011\|author=Meghna George\|publisher=[[Rediff]]\|access-date=6 November 2011}}</ref> and the film was mostly shot ~~from~~ [[Alappuzha]].<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/report/first-look-mammoottys-venicile-vyapari/20110906.htm\|title=First Look: Mammootty's Venicile Vyapari\|date=6 September 2011\|author=Meghna George\|publisher=[[Rediff]]\|access-date=6 November 2011}}</ref> The song "Kannum Kannum" was shot in [[Ooty]].<ref name="Kannum"/>		The shooting commenced in August 2011,<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/slide-show/slide-show-1-south-malayalam-news/20110816.htm\|title=Mammootty's Venice ile Vyapari begins shooting\|date=16 August 2011\|author=Meghna George\|publisher=[[Rediff]]\|access-date=6 November 2011}}</ref> and the film was mostly shot in [[Alappuzha]].<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/report/first-look-mammoottys-venicile-vyapari/20110906.htm\|title=First Look: Mammootty's Venicile Vyapari\|date=6 September 2011\|author=Meghna George\|publisher=[[Rediff]]\|access-date=6 November 2011}}</ref> The song "Kannum Kannum" was shot in [[Ooty]].<ref name="Kannum"/>

	The film was scheduled to release on 4 November 2011, but was postponed to 11 November 2011 since there was a delay in the post production work ~~of the film~~.<ref>{{cite magazine\|url=http://www.cityjournal.in/Newspaper/20111031/Cinema/Cinema_1.html\|title=Venicile Vyapari put off to 11/11/11\|date=1 November 2011\|magazine=City Journal\|access-date=6 November 2011}}</ref> ~~Release~~ was postponed again to 16 December 2011 due to a film strike in Kerala.		The film was scheduled to release on 4 November 2011, but was postponed to 11 November 2011 since there was a delay in the post-production work.<ref>{{cite magazine\|url=http://www.cityjournal.in/Newspaper/20111031/Cinema/Cinema_1.html\|title=Venicile Vyapari put off to 11/11/11\|date=1 November 2011\|magazine=City Journal\|access-date=6 November 2011}}</ref> The release was postponed again to 16 December 2011 due to a film strike in Kerala.

	==Reception==		==Reception==
	~~Sifyymovies~~ gave the film a rating of 2.5/5, criticising the script.{{citation needed\|date=October 2013}}		Sify movies gave the film a rating of 2.5/5, criticising the script.{{citation needed\|date=October 2013}}
			==Legacy==
			The film was a box office underperformer, but the film still have high repeat value.
			The character Al-Kamalasanan, played by [[Salim Kumar]] became a [[cult]] fan following and is popular in trolls and memes. The character still have fans across kerala. Additionally, the character Odiyan Chandhu played by [[Suraj Venjaramoodu]] became popular in social media, after the success of [[Lokah Chapter 1: Chandra]], in which [[Dulquer Salman]] portrayed Charlie, an Odiyan. It was also popularized after the release of [[Odiyan]], starring [[Mohanlal]] in the lead role.

	==Music==		==Music==
	[[Bijibal]] composed the music for the film, which has lyrics by [[Kaithapram]]. The film has a remix of the song "Kannum Kannum" from the film ''Angadi''. Mammootty stated that it was ~~the desire of the~~ director Shafi to use a hit song of the eighties in a dream scene of the film.<ref name="Kannum">{{cite news\|url=http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/malayalam/article/72043.html\|title=Mammootty steps in for a remix\|date=14 October 2011}}</ref>		[[Bijibal]] composed the music for the film which has lyrics by [[Kaithapram]]. The film has a remix of the song "Kannum Kannum" from the 1980 film ''[[Angadi (film)\|Angadi]]''. Mammootty stated that it was director Shafi's desire to use a hit song of the eighties in a dream scene of the film.<ref name="Kannum">{{cite news\|url=http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/malayalam/article/72043.html\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111016183420/http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/malayalam/article/72043.html\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=16 October 2011\|title=Mammootty steps in for a remix\|date=14 October 2011}}</ref>

	==References==		==References==
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	[[Category:~~Indian films]]~~		[[Category:2011 Malayalam-language films]]
	~~[[Category:2010s~~ Malayalam-language films]]
	[[Category:Films directed by Shafi]]		[[Category:Films directed by Shafi]]

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{{Infobox film
| name = Venicile Vyapari
| image = Venicilevyapari.jpg
| caption =
| director = [[Shafi (director)|Shafi]]
| producer = Madhavan Nair
| writer = [[James Albert (screenwriter)|James Albert]]
| based_on =
| starring = {{Unbulleted_list|[[Mammootty]]|[[Kavya Madhavan]]|[[Poonam Bajwa]]|[[Suraj Venjarammoodu]]|[[Salim Kumar]]|[[Vijayaraghavan (actor)|Vijayaraghavan]]|[[Guinness Pakru]]}}
| music = [[Bijibal]]
| cinematography = [[Shamdat]]
| editing = [[Manoj (film editor)|Manoj]]
| studio =
| distributor = {{Unbulleted_list|Murali Films|PJ Entertainments}}
| released = {{Film date|2011|12|16|df=yes}}
| runtime =
| budget =
| gross = 
| country = India
| language = Malayalam
}}
'''''Venicile Vyapari''''', ({{translation|The Merchant of Venice}}) is a 2011 Indian [[Malayalam]]-language [[romantic comedy]] film directed by [[Shafi (director)|Shafi]], starring [[Mammootty]], [[Kavya Madhavan]] and [[Poonam Bajwa]]. The film's plot unfolds in [[Alappuzha]], a town in [[Kerala]] popularly known as the [[List of places called Venice of the East|''Venice of the East'']]. Written by [[James Albert (screenwriter)|James Albert]], the story follows a murder mystery.

==Plot==
The story revolves around Pavithran, who lost his parents in his childhood. He enters the police force by chance, though it is not his ambition to do so. Pavithran lands up in [[Alappuzha]] (Alappuzha incidentally is attributed to the [[sobriquet]], ''Venice of the East'') disguised as a merchant to investigate the murder of a union leader named Ajayan. Another character is Ammu, who is the leader of the union of coir workers and is in love with Pavithran.

== Cast ==
* [[Mammootty]] as Pavithran
* [[Kavya Madhavan]] as Ammu
* [[Poonam Bajwa]] as Lakshmi
* [[Suraj Venjarammoodu]] as Chandran Pillai/ Odiyan Chandhu
* [[Jagathy Sreekumar]] as Kaladi Govindan
* [[Salim Kumar]] as Kamalasanan / Al-Kamalasanan
* [[Vijayaraghavan (actor)|Vijayaraghavan]] as Chungathara Raghavan
* [[Suresh Krishna (actor)|Suresh Krishna]] as Chungathara Aniyappan
* [[Biju Menon]] as Ajayan
* [[Janardhanan (actor)|Janardhanan]] as SP Raghurama Varma
* [[Guinness Pakru]] as Kochukrishnan
* [[V. K. Sreeraman]] as Aali Koya
* [[Abu Salim (actor)|Abu Salim]] as Abdu
* [[Kalabhavan Shajon]] as Isthiri Lonappan
* [[Kundara Johny]] as CI Nambeesan
* [[Santhosh (actor)|Santhosh]]
* [[Anjali Nair]] as Ammu's friend
* [[Saju Kodiyan]] as Police Constable

==Production==
The film was produced by Madhavan Nair under the banner of Murali Films. Mammootty stars in the film with Vijaya Raghavan, Jagathy, Salim Kumar, Suraj, Sreeraman, Kalabhhavan Shajon, Rajan Padoor form the supporting cast.

Shooting commenced in August 2011,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/slide-show/slide-show-1-south-malayalam-news/20110816.htm|title=Mammootty's Venice ile Vyapari begins shooting|date=16 August 2011|author=Meghna George|publisher=[[Rediff]]|access-date=6 November 2011}}</ref> and the film was mostly shot from [[Alappuzha]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/report/first-look-mammoottys-venicile-vyapari/20110906.htm|title=First Look: Mammootty's Venicile Vyapari|date=6 September 2011|author=Meghna George|publisher=[[Rediff]]|access-date=6 November 2011}}</ref> The song "Kannum Kannum" was shot in [[Ooty]].<ref name="Kannum"/>

The film was scheduled to release on 4 November 2011, but was postponed to 11 November 2011 since there was a delay in the post production work of the film.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.cityjournal.in/Newspaper/20111031/Cinema/Cinema_1.html|title=Venicile Vyapari put off to 11/11/11|date=1 November 2011|magazine=City Journal|access-date=6 November 2011}}</ref> Release was postponed again to 16 December 2011 due to a film strike in Kerala.

==Reception==
Sifyymovies gave the film a rating of 2.5/5, criticising the script.{{citation needed|date=October 2013}}

==Music==
[[Bijibal]] composed the music for the film, which has lyrics by [[Kaithapram]]. The film has a remix of the song "Kannum Kannum" from the film ''Angadi''. Mammootty stated that it was the desire of the director Shafi to use a hit song of the eighties in a dream scene of the film.<ref name="Kannum">{{cite news|url=http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/malayalam/article/72043.html|title=Mammootty steps in for a remix|date=14 October 2011}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}
{{Shafi}}

[[Category:2011 films]]
[[Category:2011 romantic comedy films]]
[[Category:Films shot in Alappuzha]]
[[Category:Films shot in Ooty]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:2010s Malayalam-language films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Shafi]]