| Kadal Kadannu Oru Maathukutty | |
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| File:Kadal Kadannu Oru Maathukutty.jpg | |
| Directed by | Ranjith |
| Produced by | Shaji Nadesan Santhosh Sivan Prithviraj Sukumaran |
| Written by | Ranjith |
| Starring | Mammootty |
| Music by | Shahabaz Aman Background score: Thej Mervin |
| Cinematography | Madhu Neelakandan |
| Edited by | Sandeep Nandakumar |
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[edit | edit source]
- 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[edit | edit source]
- 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[edit | edit source]
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[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "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