| Kadal Kadannu Oru Maathukutty | |
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| Directed by | Ranjith |
| Written by | Ranjith |
| Produced by | Shaji Nadesan Santhosh Sivan Prithviraj Sukumaran |
| Starring | Mammootty |
| Cinematography | Madhu Neelakandan |
| Edited by | Sandeep Nandakumar |
| Music by | Shahabaz Aman Background score: Thej Mervin |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | August Cinema, Tricolor Entertainment |
Release date |
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Running time | 132 minutes[1] |
| Country | India |
| Language | Malayalam |
Kadal Kadannu Oru Maathukutty[2] is a 2013 Malayalam comedy film written and directed by Ranjith and starring Mammootty in the lead role of an Achayan from Kozhencherry, Central Travancore and also in a cameo as himself.[3][4][5] The cast includes Nedumudi Venu and Balachandra Menon, Siddique, Harisree Asokan, Suresh Krishna, P. Balachandran, Balachandran Chullikad, Prem Prakash, Meera Nandan, Muthumani, Krishna Prabha and Kaviyoor Ponnamma.[6]
The film was produced by Prithviraj Sukumaran, Santhosh Sivan, and Shaji Nadesan under the banner of August Cinema, and released on 8 August 2013.
Cast
- Mammootty as Kurudanjil Mathew George (Mathukutty) and himself (dual role)
- Alisha Mohammed as Rosy
- Muthumani as Jansamma
- Meera Nandan as Kunjumol
- Sekhar Menon as Solaman
- Nedumudi Venu as Thomas
- Balachandra Menon as Fr. Kurian Vattathara
- Harisree Asokan as Rahman
- P. Balachandran as Kochunni
- Tini Tom as Vidhyadharan
- Balachandran Chullikad as Shamsu
- Narayanankutty as Ashokan
- Thesni Khan as a woman in Mathukkutty's village
- Adinadu Sasi as Sugunan
- Nandhu as Aanandhan and himself (dual role)
- Siddique as Abraham & himself (dual role)
- Suresh Krishna as Soman and himself (dual role)
- Prem Prakash as Zachariya
- Kottayam Nazir as Kunjumon
- Kaviyoor Ponnamma as Mariyamma
- Krishna Praba as Deepa
- Chemban Vinod Jose
- Soubin Shahir
- Daya Ashwathy
Cameos
- Mohanlal as Himself
- Jayaram as himself
- Dileep as himself
- Jagadish as himself
- Idavela Babu as himself
- Manoj K. Jayan as himself
- Lakshmi Gopalaswamy as herself
- Manju Pillai as herself
- Bindu Panicker as herself
- Mythili as herself
- Johny Antony as himself
Production, promotion and reception
The film was shot at Ranni, Kozhikode and Kochi in India and Mettmann and Düsseldorf in Germany. Asianet television is reported to have paid ₹5.75 crore for the rights to air the film, which would be a record.[7]
The film's first teaser was released on 17 July 2013,[8] second teaser was released on 2 August 2013[9] and theatrical trailer was released on 3 August 2013.[10]
Indiaglitz says "Kadal Kadannu Oru Maathukutty is average" and rated it 5.75/10[11]
References
- ↑ "KADAL KADANNU ORU MAATHUKUTTY (PG)". Kerala Partnership. British Board of Film Classification. 20 August 2013. Retrieved 20 August 2013.
- ↑ Kadal Kadannu Oru Maathukutty - Official Facebook Page
- ↑ kadal kadannu oru mathukkutty - Review
- ↑ "Kadal Kadannoru Mathukkutty - News". Archived from the original on 12 October 2013. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
- ↑ "Mohanlal-Mammootty in Ranjith's "Kadal Kadannoru Mathukutty"". Archived from the original on 6 April 2013. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
- ↑ Sea of Dreams
- ↑ Asianet secured the Satellite Rights
- ↑ Kadal Kadannu Oru Maathukutty - Official Teaser 1 at YouTube
- ↑ Kadal Kadannu Oru Maathukutty - Official Teaser 2 at YouTube
- ↑ Kadal Kadannu Oru Maathukutty - Official Trailer at YouTube
- ↑ Indiaglitz Review