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{{short description|2012 film directed by Lal}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Cobra
| image = Cobra-malayalam-movie.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = [[Lal (director)|Lal]]
| producer = [[Anto Joseph]]
| writer = Lal
| based_on =
| starring = [[Mammootty]]<br>Lal
| music = [[Alex Paul]]
| cinematography = [[Venu (cinematographer)|Venu]]
| editing = V Saajan
| studio = [[Anto Joseph|Emperor Cinemas]]
| distributor = Play House Release
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2012|4|12|[[India]]|ref1=<ref>[http://popcorn.oneindia.in/title/10972/cobra.html Cobra – Movie Reviews, Videos, Wallpapers, Photos, Cast & Crew, Story & Synopsis on popcorn.oneindia.in] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120524134252/http://popcorn.oneindia.in/title/10972/cobra.html |date=24 May 2012 }}</ref>}}
| runtime =
| country = [[India]]
| language = [[Malayalam]]
| budget = 
| gross = 
}}
'''''Cobra''''' is a 2012 Indian [[Malayalam cinema|Malayalam]]-language [[action film|action]] [[black comedy]] film written and directed by [[Lal (director)|Lal]], starring [[Mammootty]] and himself in the lead roles. The songs were composed by [[Alex Paul]], and background score by [[Deepak Dev]].

==Plot==
The film tells the story of two rich [[Non-identical twin|non-identical]] twin brothers Raja and Kari, who lives like friends. Both the brothers are a [[Delhi]]-based famous [[Boxing|boxers]] who are nicknamed as [[Cobra|Cobras]] (short form of co-brothers alias [[Kottayam]] Brothers). The two begin to seek brides to marry. Their marriages get fixed. But on the day of the marriages, one of the brides is late for the ceremony. Thinking that she has eloped, Raja cancels the marriage and they moves to [[Coimbatore]].

They meet John Samuel, another freestyle [[Boxing|Boxing champion]] who is looking for prospective buyers for his house. He needs money for the education of his daughters Sherly and Annie, who are doing their medical studies in [[Bangalore]]. While the Cobras are negotiating the deal, they see a picture of the two girls and they plan to marry them. Samuel wants to hide the news of selling the house from his daughters; he asks the Cobras to hide the news for another 6 months until their studies are over. The Cobras say that they will delay the registration until the 6 months have passed, and during that period they will stay at Samuel's house as tenants.

Meanwhile, Isaac and his brother Albert are trying to forcefully take Samuel's house and his hospital. Isaac tries to humiliate the Cobras on the day of the inauguration of his hospital. Samuel and Isaac get into a verbal fight and set a boxing match the next weekend with a deal that whoever wins will get the hospital. Isaac finds out that Raja has a twin brother named Shivadas Naidu, a [[Malaysia|Malaysian]]-based gangster. Isaac blackmails Raja saying that if he does not forfeit, he will bring Shivadas to Kari. Raja thinks that it will break Kari's heart, so he decides to back out from the fight. However, Kari and Samuel decide to carry on with the match.

Raja joins them. Even during the match Isaac tries to blackmail Raja showing him Shivadas standing near the venue. Initially, Raja does not fight back and gets badly beaten. Then Kari comes into the ring and beats Albert and he also gets badly beaten by Isaac. Seeing Kari getting beaten up, Samuel tells him to accept the defeat, but Kari refuses and tells that if he fails then Raja will also fail and he won't allow for it. On hearing this, Raja fights back and defeats Isaac, thus winning the match. Meanwhile, seeing the love between Raja and Kari, Shivadas leaves the scene without anyone noticing.

==Cast==
{{cast listing|
*[[Mammootty]] in a dual role as:
**Rajavembala (Raja) / [[King Cobra]], a professional [[Boxing|boxer]]
***Musthafa as Young Raja
**Sivadas Naidu, a [[Malaysia|Malaysian]] based gangster
*[[Lal (actor)|Lal]] as Karimoorkhan (Kari) / Black Cobra
**[[Balu Varghese]] as young Kari
*[[Lalu Alex]] as John Samuel
*[[Babu Antony]] as Isaac
*[[Jagathy Sreekumar]] as Judgepaappan, Isaac's grandfather
*[[Salim Kumar]] as Gopalan
*[[Maniyanpilla Raju]] as Bralan (Balan)
*[[Padmapriya Janakiraman|Padmapriya]] as Sherly
*[[Kanika (actress)|Kaniha]] as Annie
*Ranjith Velayudhan as Albert
*[[Ramu (actor)|Ramu]] as Raja's uncle
*[[Siddique (actor)|Siddique]] as Alphonse
*[[Vijay Menon]] as [[Referee]]
*[[Sreejith Ravi]] as Gracy's husband
*[[Kalabhavan Navas]] as Rosy's husband
*[[Radhika (Malayalam actress)|Radhika]] as Rosy
*Leena Maria Paul as Gracy
*[[Indrans]] as Tea seller
*[[Pradeep Kottayam]] as Audience member
*[[Lal Jr.]] (cameo appearance)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/malayalam/prithviraj-to-play-a-car-enthusiast-in-jean-paul-lal-driving-license-5679873/|title=Prithviraj to play a car enthusiast in Jean Paul Lal's Driving License|date=17 April 2019}}</ref>
}}

== Production ==
The movie was shot at [[Ernakulam]], [[Chalakudy]], [[Trivandrum]] and [[Bangkok]], Thailand.

==Music==
The [[soundtrack album]] of the film was composed by [[Alex Paul]] and lyrics penned by [[Santhosh Varma]].

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! Track # !! Song !! Artist(s)
|-
| 1
| "Ente Nenjinullile"
| [[Lal (actor)|Lal]], [[Kalabhavan Navas]]
|-
| 2
| "Vallathe Aashapettu"
| Shyam Prasad, Kalpana
|-
| 3
| "Ettadiveerane"
| Pradeep Babu, [[Alex Paul]]
|-
| 4
| "Pattu Pattu"
| [[Vidhu Prathap]], [[Rimy Tomy]]
|}

== Reception ==
[[Sify.com]]'s Moviebuzz rated the movie "average", saying it is "a botched up version of the conventional recipes".<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20150808081637/http://www.sify.com/movies/cobra-is-for-mammootty-fans-review-malayalam-14996320.html Movie Review:Cobra is for Mammootty fans]</ref>

[[Rediff.com]] rated the film two out of five stars,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rediff.com/movies/report/south-review-cobra-is-recycled-fare/20120413.htm|title=Review: Cobra is recycled fare|first=Paresh C.|last=Palicha|website=Rediff}}</ref> saying that "Cobra offers nothing much to the discerning viewer and just cashes in on the actors' star image".

==References==
{{reflist}}
{{Lal Films}}

[[Category:2012 films]]
[[Category:2012 Malayalam-language films]]
[[Category:Films set in the 1980s]]
[[Category:2012 romantic comedy films]]
[[Category:Indian romantic comedy films]]
[[Category:Films shot in Chalakudy]]
[[Category:Films shot in Kochi]]
[[Category:Films shot in Thiruvananthapuram]]
[[Category:Films shot in Thrissur]]
[[Category:Films directed by Lal (actor)]]
[[Category:Twins in Indian films]]

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