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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Bicycle Thieves<br />
| image = Bicycle-Thieves-2013.jpg<br />
| director = [[Jis Joy]]<br />
| producer = Dr. S. Sajikumar<br>Krishnan Sethukumar <br />
| story = Ajith Pillai <br />
| screenplay = [[Jis Joy]]<br />
| starring = [[Asif Ali (actor)|Asif Ali]]<br />[[Aparna Gopinath]]<br />[[Salim Kumar]]<br />[[Vijay Babu (actor, born 1976)|Vijay Babu]]<br />[[Siddique (actor)|Siddique]]<br />[[Saiju Kurup]]<br />[[Aju Varghese]]<br />
| music = [[Deepak Dev]]<br>[[Jerry Amaldev]]<br />
| cinematography = Binendra Menon<br />
| editing = Ratheesh Raj<br />
| released = {{film date|2013|11|29|df=yes}}<br />
| distributor = [[UTV Motion Pictures]]<br />
| studio = Dharmik films<br />
| country = India<br />
| language = Malayalam<br />
| budget = <br />
| gross = <br />
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'''''Bicycle Thieves''''' is a 2013 [[Malayalam]] [[comedy thriller]] film written and directed by [[Jis Joy]]. It stars [[Asif Ali (actor)|Asif Ali]] in the lead role alongside [[Aparna Gopinath]] with [[Salim Kumar]], [[Saiju Kurup]], [[Vijay Babu (actor, born 1976)|Vijay Babu]], [[Aju Varghese]], [[Siddique (actor)|Siddique]], [[Sai Kumar (Malayalam actor)|Sai Kumar]], and [[Devan (actor)|Devan]] in other pivotal roles. It received mixed to positive reviews from critics.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movie-reviews/bicycle-thieves/movie-review/26678800.cms|title=BICYCLE THIEVES MOVIE REVIEW|first=Aswin J.|last=Kumar|date=|work=The Times of India}}</ref><br />
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==Summary==<br />
Chacko lost his parents in his childhood and he lives with uncle's family who tortures him and considers him a slave. Unable to face the struggle, he leaves in a bicycle and joins a cycle workshop owner Bose and his workers, Rameshan and Rahim who steals bicycles for a living. Their fate changes when they try to aim for more. A heist goes wrong, and the gang gets split. Chacko moves to another place where he continues with his tricks, on a bigger scale. During one of those endeavors, he meets Meera, a bank employee, and they fall in love.<br />
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The first half of the film is used to introduce each character, without divulging much details. The viewers are left to guess as they all could have a possible role in the suspense later on.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sify.com/movies/bicycle-thieves-review-malayalam-pcmbfJgjefhah.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150523235850/http://www.sify.com/movies/bicycle-thieves-review-malayalam-pcmbfJgjefhah.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=23 May 2015|title=Review : Bicycle Thieves|work=Sify}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nowrunning.com/movie/14242/malayalam/bicycle-thieves/4486/review.htm|title=Bicycle Thieves Review|date=1 December 2013|work=Nowrunning|access-date=7 April 2015|archive-date=7 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150407120356/http://www.nowrunning.com/movie/14242/malayalam/bicycle-thieves/4486/review.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref><br />
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==Cast==<br />
{{cast listing|<br />
* [[Asif Ali (actor)|Asif Ali]] as Kunchacko (Chacko)<br />
** Dhananjay as Young Chacko <br />
* [[Aparna Gopinath]] as Meera Mathews<br />
* [[Salim Kumar]] as Bose Prakash alias Bossettan<br />
* [[Vijay Babu (actor, born 1976)|Vijay Babu]] as Adv. Kashinathan <br />
* [[Saiju Kurup]] as Rameshan<br />
* [[Siddique (actor)|Siddique]] as CI<br />
* [[Sunil Sukhada]] as Fa.Idayil Chodiyan<br />
* [[Kishor Satya]] as Sleeve Varghese<br />
* [[Jaffar Idukki]] as Sajeer Bhayi<br />
* [[K. P. A. C. Lalitha]] as Meera's Landlady <br />
* Bineesh Kodiyeri as Rahim<br />
* [[Sai Kumar (Malayalam actor)|Sai Kumar]] as Pattara Swami<br />
* [[Devan (actor)|Devan]] as Mathews<br />
* [[Aju Varghese]] as Shajan (cameo)<br />
* [[Balu Varghese]] as Iqbal (cameo)<br />
* [[Sekhar Menon]] as himself (cameo)<br />
* Naveen Arakkal<br />
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== Soundtrack ==<br />
{{Infobox album<br />
| name = Bicycle Thieves<br />
| type = Soundtrack<br />
| artist = [[Deepak Dev]]<br />
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All tracks are composed by [[Deepak Dev]] and [[Jerry Amaldev]] and written by [[Bichu Thirumala]], [[Kaithapram]], and Jis Joy.<br />
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{{Track listing<br />
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|title1 = Aayiram Kannumaay (bit)<br />
|note1 = <br />
|extra1 = [[Asif Ali (actor)|Asif Ali]]<br />
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|title2 = Mele Vaanile<br />
|note2 = <br />
|extra2 = [[Ramya Nambeesan]], [[Naveen]]<br />
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|title3 = Punchiri Thanchum<br />
|note3 = <br />
|extra3 = [[Shankar Mahadevan]]<br />
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|title4 = Theme Song<br />
|note4 = <br />
|extra4 = [[Naveen]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* {{IMDb title|3683214}}<br />
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[[Category:2013 films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian comedy thriller films]]<br />
[[Category:2010s comedy thriller films]]<br />
[[Category:2013 Malayalam-language films]]<br />
[[Category:2013 comedy films]]<br />
[[Category:Films directed by Jis Joy]]<br />
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