Crocodile Love Story

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{{Infobox film
| name = Crocodile Love Story
| image = New Look Poster.jpg
| caption = First Look Poster
| director = Anoop Ramesh
| studio = Anurag Motion Pictures
| writer = Sabari Sankar
| starring =[[Praveen Prem]] [[Avanthika mohan|Avanthika Mohan]] [[Prem Kumar (Malayalam actor)|Prem Kumar]] [[Manikuttan]] [[Ashokan (actor)|Ashokan]] [[Kalabhavan Mani]]
| music = Arun Sidharrth
| cinematography = Praveen Panicker
| editing = K. Sreenivas
| distributor = Anurag Motion Pictures
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2013|07|19}}
| country = India
| language = Malayalam
}}
'''''Crocodile Love Story ''''' is a 2013 Indian [[Malayalam]]-language [[romantic comedy]] film directed by [[Anoop Ramesh]] and produced by Anurag Motion Pictures. It features [[Praveen Prem]] and [[Avanthika mohan|Avanthika Mohan]] in the lead roles. The music and background score is composed by Arun Sidharrth. The movie, which used the technique of [[Animatronics]] for the first time in Malayalam cinema released on 19 July 2013.<ref>http://entertainment.oneindia.in/malayalam/movies/crocodile-love-story.html</ref>

==Plot==
Kiran (Praveen Prem), son of retired Government staff Parameswaran (R. K. Thayyil) is working in a hardware firm after completing his [[B.Tech]] course, with no responsibilities and aims in his life. Nithya ([[Avanthika mohan|Avanthika Mohan]]), only daughter of bank manager Narayanan Namboothiri ([[Ashokan (actor)|Ashokan]]) and Gayathri (Maya Viswanath) is working in a private IT firm after completing her [[M.Tech]]. These two childhood friends meet each other and eventually fall in love. But the parents of both their families are against the love between them, being very conventional. They elope to a distant remote place near to a forest. There a [[crocodile]] enters between them, and thus crocodile love story begins. The interesting incidents and unexpected twists happening after crocodile's entry forms the rest of the story.<ref>http://www.nowrunning.com/movie/12005/malayalam/crocodile-love-story/index.htm</ref>

==Cast==
* [[Praveen Prem]] as Kiran
* [[Avanthika mohan|Avanthika Mohan]] as Nithya Namboothiri
* [[Kalabhavan Mani]] as S.I Suresh
* [[Prem Kumar (Malayalam actor)|Prem Kumar]] as S.I.Vishwambharan
* [[Manikuttan]] as Sreeraj
* [[Ashokan (actor)|Ashokan]] as Narayanan Nampoothiri
* R. K. Thayyil as Parameswaran
* [[Dinesh Panicker]] as S.P Anthony
* Maya Viswanath as Gayathri, Nithya's mother
* Vijayan Karanthoor as Sreeraj's uncle
* Praseetha Menon as Sreeraj's mother
* Santhosh Kurup as Sreeraj's father

==Production==
The pooja of the film was held in [[Thiruvananthapuram]] on 2 January 2013, which was attended by many special guests such as director Shyamaprasad, director Shaji Kailas, producer Suresh Babu of Revathi Kalamandir, his wife and old Malayalam actress Menaka, Thiruvananthapuram Corporation mayor Adv. J. Chandrika and also by most of the cast and crew of the film. The first schedule which also included the shooting of one song started on 9 January 2013 at Thiruvananthapuram with Corporation Mayor Adv. J. Chandrika, mother of director Anoop Ramesh switching on the camera and completed in various places of Thiruvananthapuram within 24 days. The second schedule shooting was done at Malampuzha dams in Palakkad in March with a duration of around 18 days, mainly shooting the scenes of crocodile. The editing and dubbing works have been completed in Thiruvananthapuram and Chennai.

==Soundtrack==
The music and background score for the movie is composed by Arun Sidharrth, while Sreeprasad C penned the lyrics. Audio and video of the song has been released on 5 July 2013.

{{tracklist
| headline = Track listing
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| title1 = Aaro Aaro Ennariyathe
| extra1 = Sreejith P. Pillai, [[Shweta Mohan]]
| length1 = 4:32
}}

==Critical reception==
Crocodile Love story getting mixed reviews from critics.

tikkview.com gives 2.8/5 for this movie. They have given good ratings for visual graphics, music and cinematography.<ref>http://www.tikkview.com/movies/4523-crocodile-love-story</ref>

== References ==
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* [https://archive.today/20130411050616/http://www.istream.com/news/watch/252023/Film-pooja-of-Crocodile-Love-Story Film pooja of 'Crocodile Love Story']. Istream. Retrieved on 1 April 2013.
* [http://www.indiglamour.com/gallery/Malayalam/Movie/Crocodile-Love-Story/247361.html Crocodile Love Story image gallery]. Indiglamour. Retrieved on 1 April 2013.
* [https://archive.today/20130410170039/http://www.chennaipatrika.com/post/2013/01/02/Animatronic-crocodile-in-a-Mollywood-film.aspx Animatronic crocodile in a mollywood film]. Chennaipatrika. Retrieved on 1 April 2013.
* [http://www.nowrunning.com/bollywood/crocodile-love-story-started-rolling/63620/story.htm Crocodile Love Story started rolling]. Nowrunning. Retrieved on 1 April 2013.
* [http://www.indianterminal.com/forum/first-cut-first-show-196/crocodile-love-story-praveen-avantika-203739/#post1157947 Crocodile Love Story Praveen-Avanthika]. Indianterminal. Retrieved on 1 April 2013.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20130325162923/http://www.chennaipatrika.com/post/2013/01/16/Prem-to-play-the-lead-in-a-rom-com.aspx Praveen Prem to play the lead in a romantic comedy]. Chennaipatrika. Retrieved on 1 April 2013.
* [http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Repository/ml.asp?Ref=VE9JS1JLTy8yMDEzLzAxLzE3I0FyMDIwMDQ%3D Praveen Prem to play the lead in a rom-com]. Times of India. Retrieved on 1 April 2013.
* [http://news.entecity.com/crocodile-love-story-first-malayalam-film-to-use-animatronics-technology/ Crocodile Love Story - First malayalam film to use animatronics technology]. Entecity. Retrieved on 1 April 2013.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20130115002316/http://keralaboxoffice.com/crocodile-love-story-malayalam-movie-pooja-photos Crocodile Love Story - Pooja]. KeralaBoxOffice. Retrieved on 1 April 2013.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20130117170757/http://www.metromatinee.com/News/Mayor%20Chandrika's%20son%20Anoop%20Ramesh's%20'Crocodile%20Love%20Story'%20in%20the%20making.-4908-1 Mayor Chandrika's son Anoop Ramesh's Crocodile Love Story in the making]. MetroMatinee. Retrieved on 1 April 2013.
* [http://theaterbalcony.com/2013/01/09/a-crocodile-love-story/ A Crocodile Love Story]. TheaterBalcony. Retrieved on 1 April 2013.
* [http://filmiparadise.com/movies/malayalam/crocodile-love-story.html Crocodile Love Story]. FilmiParadise. Retrieved on 1 April 2013.
* [http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/smitten-by-love/article4274514.ece Smitten by love]. The Hindu. Retrieved on 1 April 2013.
* [https://archive.today/20130411045101/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-01-04/parties/36131294_1_upbeat-mood-anoop-exciting-affair An upbeat launch]. Times of India. Retrieved on 1 April 2013.

== External links ==
* {{Facebook|crocodilelovestory}}
*{{IMDb title|3266842}}

[[Category:Malayalam-language films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:2013 films]]
[[Category:Indian romantic comedy films]]
[[Category:2010s Malayalam-language films]]
[[Category:2013 romantic comedy films]]
[[Category:Films about crocodilians]]

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