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{{Infobox film
| name = Kammara Sambhavam
| image = Kammara Sambhavam film poster.jpg
| caption = Poster
| native_name =
| director = [[Rathish Ambat]]
| producer = Gokulam Gopalan
| writer = [[Murali Gopy]]
| screenplay =
| story =
| based_on =
| starring = {{unbulleted list
|[[Dileep (actor)|Dileep]]
|[[Siddharth (actor)|Siddharth]]
|[[Murali Gopy]]
|[[Namitha Pramod]]
|[[Bobby Simha]]
}}
| narrator =
| music = [[Gopi Sundar]]
| cinematography = Sunil K. S.
| editing = [[Suresh Urs]]
| studio = Sree Gokulam Movies
| distributor = {{unbulleted list
|[[Graand Production]]
|[[Kalasangham Films]]
}}
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2018|4|14|ref1=<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.filmibeat.com/malayalam/news/2018/dileep-s-kammara-sambhavam-release-date-270781.html|title = Dileep's Kammara Sambhavam to Hit the Theatres on This Date!|date = 5 January 2022}}</ref>}}
| runtime = 182 minutes
| country = India
| language = Malayalam
| budget =
| gross = ₹ 32 crore
}}
'''''Kammara Sambhavam''''' ({{translation|''The story of Kammaran ''}}) is a 2018 Indian [[Malayalam]]-language [[genre]]-bending [[satire (film and television)|satirical]]-[[thriller film]]  written by [[Murali Gopy]] and directed by [[Rathish Ambat]]. The film was produced by Gokulam Gopalan and stars [[Dileep (actor)|Dileep]], [[Siddharth (actor)|Siddharth]], [[Murali Gopy]], [[Bobby Simha]], and [[Namitha Pramod]]. The film marks the Malayalam film debut of Siddharth. Principal photography began on 18 August 2016 in [[Kochi]]. The film was released in India on 14 April 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://in.bookmyshow.com/loni/movies/kammara-sambhavam/ET00068621?fbrefresh=1|title=Kammara Sambhavam Movie (2018) {{!}} Reviews, Cast & Release Date in Loni|last=BookMyShow|website=BookMyShow|language=en|access-date=2019-05-11}}</ref> The film won the [[National Film Award for Best Production Design]].

==Plot==
A group of liquor barons, who are members of the Indian Liberation Party (ILP), want the declining party to win the upcoming [[Elections in Kerala|Kerala state election]] to benefit their business interests. To raise the ILP's image, they decide to make a [[biopic]] about Kammaran Nambiar, the party patriarch and the last veteran of the [[Indian independence movement]]. They ask director Pulikeshi to make a film based on a chapter in the book ''Unsung Heroes of India'' by Robert S. Coogan, in which Kammaran is depicted as a forgotten [[freedom fighter]].

Pulikeshi meets Kammaran, now an ailing old man living in an old house with his son Bose. Kammaran tells the young man a story: During [[World War II]], Kammaran was a cunning medical practitioner who would do anything for personal gain. To destroy his love rival, Othenan, Kammaran incites violence between the villagers, Othenan, Othenan's father and cruel landlord Kelu, and British officers. During the violence, Kammaran kills Kelu and Othenan is arrested. Later, Othenan visits Kammaran in the night, but as Kammaran tells the story he begins coughing and is unable to continue.

Pulikeshi makes the film as the ILP instructed, and when Kammaran watches it he realizes the roles have been reversed. In the film, Othenan and his friend Singh are working for the British; they are captured as traitors by Netaji ([[Subhas Chandra Bose]]) but they escape and Othenan kills the man who reported their treason. The landlord's wife Maheshwari is then shown inflicting cruelty when Kammaran arrives as the leader of the ILP, preventing the harassment of poor tenants and gaining such mass support that Maheshwari is forced to flee. Kammaran is shown doing many things for the benefit of the villagers, such as looting money from the British to distribute amongst the villagers. Kammaran marries Bhanumathi ([[Namitha Pramod]]) when Othenan returns and plots with Maheshwari and the British against Kammaran. The plot involves using Netaji's death to gain Kammaran's trust, so that they can then blame Kammaran for the planned assassination of [[Mahatma Gandhi]].

Kammaran then tells the story of how he met Netaji.{{explain|date=April 2019|Does the old man explain this to Pulikeshi or is the character representing Kammaran explaining this in the film within the film?}} During the [[Battle of Imphal]] in 1944, Kammaran saved Netaji who was injured from a grenade; Netaji found such confidence in Kammaran that he asked him to form a party for the people. As a strong symbol, Kammaran took the axe, the weapon Maheshwari's men used to murder his father, on which he swore revenge against India's landlord system. Kammaran returns to AmruthaSamudram and forms the ILP.

To foil the assassination plot, Kammaran posts his men in three places along Gandhi's procession route to a temple, while he rides on a train with Gandhi. Othenan secretly boards the train and moves against Gandhi, but an informer has warned Kammaran who stops and chases him, fighting, and Othenan is killed after a brutal struggle on top of the train. Kammaran stands to be hanged for killing a British officer. The only person who believes his story is Robert S. Coogan, who convinces [[Jawaharlal Nehru]] to free him. The film ends with Kammaran refusing his followers' request to participate in elections, but promising to be back when he is needed.

The film becomes a success and helps the ILP return to power. Elderly Kammaran is made the [[Chief Minister of Kerala]]. Pulikesi arrives and asks him what really happened to Othenan. It is then shown that years later Othenan came for Bhanumathi who was then Kammaran's wife, and Kammaran killed him brutally but doesn't reveal this to Pulikeshi. Kammaran tells Pulikeshi that the movie is now the history in everybody's mind and that the actual events no longer matter.

==Cast==
{{colbegin}}
* [[Dileep (actor)|Dileep]] as Kammaran Nambiar / himself
* [[Siddharth (actor)|Siddharth]] as Othenan Nambiar / himself
* [[Murali Gopy]] as Kelu Nambiar / himself
* [[Namitha Pramod]] as Bhanumathi / herself
* [[Bobby Simha]] as Pulikeshi
* [[Shweta Menon]] as Malayil Maheshwari / herself
* [[Manikuttan]] as Thilakan Purushothamman / himself
* [[Kenny Basumatary]] as [[Subhas Chandra Bose|Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose]]
* [[Vijayaraghavan (actor)|Vijayaraghavan]] as Francis
* [[Siddique (actor)|Siddique]] as Bose Kammaran
* [[Nedumudi Venu]] as Selvan Moopenu
* [[Indrans]] as ILP Surendran
* [[Vinay Forrt]] as Chandrabanu
* [[Sudheer Karamana]] as Rajappan
* [[Baiju (actor)|Baiju]] as Siju Dineshan
* [[Divya Prabha]] as Kamala Nambiar/ herself
* Master Ajaz as young Kammaran
* [[Santhosh Keezhattoor]] as Viswambharan Nambiar, Kammaran's and Kamala's Father
* [[Anjali Nair (actress, born 1988)|Anjali Nair]] as Kammaran's and Kamala's Mother
* Andy Von Eich as Robert Cogon
* Simarjeet Singh Nagra as Satnam Singh (Othenan's friend) / himself
* Paul Reardon as Merchiston
* Murugan as Murugeshan
*[[Babu Annur]] as Pattar
*Vanitha as Gomathi
*Kanchanamma as Grandmother
* [[Arun Cherukavil|Arun]] as Manukumar
*Prathapan as Maruthu
*Sonia as Irene
* [[Sona Nair]] as Bose's wife
*Major Kishore as Himanshu
*Surendra Rajan as Mahathma Gandhi
*Sourabh Dubey as Jawaharlal Nehru
{{colend}}

==Production==
''Kammara Sambhavam'' is the feature film directorial debut of prolific advertisement filmmaker Rathish Ambat.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/all-set-for-take-one/article6986216.ece|title=All set for take one |work=[[The Hindu]]|date=2015-03-13|accessdate=2016-08-20}}</ref> The plot follows the adventures of Kammaran, the character played by Dileep.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/news/Bobby-Simha-picks-a-dramedy-for-his-Mollywood-comeback/articleshow/54266344.cms|title=Bobby Simha picks a dramedy for his Mollywood comeback|work=[[The Times of India]]|date=2016-09-11 |accessdate=2016-09-11}}</ref> According to Ambat, "we can't limit the movie to any specific genre", it has politics, contemporary relevance, history and elements of a thriller.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Suresh|first1=Meera|title=Dileep spends five hours putting on prosthetic makeup for Kammarasambavam|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/malayalam/2018/jan/30/dileep-spends-five-hours-putting-on-prosthetic-makeup-for-kammarasambavam-1765746.html|accessdate=13 April 2018|work=[[The New Indian Express]]|date=30 January 2022}}</ref> He describes the film as "a satire that has politics, history and cinema". Murali Gopi worked on the script for nearly two years.<ref>{{cite news|last=Nagarajan|first=Saraswathy|title=Adventures of Kammaran|url=http://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/rathish-ambat-says-kammara-sambhavam-is-full-of-satire/article23502196.ece|accessdate=14 April 2018|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=11 April 2022}}</ref> He describes the film as a satire that crisscross period, pop, and [[black comedy]].<ref>{{cite AV media|title=Exclusive Talk with Murali Gopy about his new film Kammara Sambhavam {{!}} Fuze HD|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIJFgEwVomw|website=[[YouTube]]|publisher=FuzeHD|accessdate=14 April 2018|date=10 April 2022}}</ref> [[Siddharth (actor)|Sidharth]] makes his Malayalam film debut with the film. [[Namitha Pramod]] plays the female lead.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/news/Siddharth-to-join-Kammarasambhavan-in-later-this-year/articleshow/53770902.cms|title=Siddharth to join Kammaarasambhavan in later this year|work=[[The Times of India]]|date=2016-08-19 |accessdate=2016-08-20}}</ref>

Principal photography began on 18 August 2016 in [[Kochi]].<ref>{{cite news|last=James|first=Anu|title=After Siddharth, Tamil actress Tamannaah to make Malayalam debut with Dileep's 'Kammara Sambhavam'? [PHOTO]|url=http://www.ibtimes.co.in/after-siddharth-tamil-actress-tamannaah-make-malayalam-debut-dileeps-kammara-sambhavam-690421|accessdate=8 January 2018|work=[[International Business Times]]|date=19 August 2022}}</ref> The production was unexpectedly stalled while it was filming in [[Theni]], [[Tamil Nadu]], during July 2017 because of Dileep's arrest. After a break, filming resumed on 9 October 2017 in [[Vengara, Malappuram district]]; Dileep rejoined the film on 20 October in [[Malayattoor]], [[Ernakulam district]].<ref>{{cite news|author=Express Web Desk|title=Dileep to return to work soon, shooting for Kammara Sambhavam resumes|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/malayalam/dileep-to-return-to-work-soon-shooting-for-kammara-sambhavam-resumes-4881967/|accessdate=8 January 2018|work=[[The Indian Express]]|date=9 October 2022}}</ref> There was a schedule in [[Chennai]] which completed before December 2017, after which one schedule was remaining to be shot in Theni.<ref>{{cite news|title=Shoot for Dileep's 'Kammara Sambhavam' to be completed soon|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/shoot-dileeps-kammara-sambhavam-be-completed-soon-72467|accessdate=8 January 2018|work=[[The News Minute]]|date=1 December 2022}}</ref> By the time it stalled production in July, the film had already spend {{INR}}10 [[crore]] (100 million rupees) on budget.<ref>{{cite news|title=Emotional Dileep thanks 'Kammaran' crew for backing his 'rebirth' {{!}} Video|url=https://english.manoramaonline.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/2018/04/03/emotional-dileep-thanks-kammaran-crew-for-backing-his-rebirth.html|accessdate=7 May 2018|work=[[Malayala Manorama]]|date=3 April 2022}}</ref> It was completed on a total budget of {{INR}}20 crore.<ref name="cost">{{cite news|title=Dileep takes on media at Kammara Sambhavam audio launch|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/malayalam/dileep-takes-on-media-at-kammara-sambhavam-audio-launch-5121780/|accessdate=7 May 2018|work=[[The Indian Express]]|date=3 April 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Out on bail, Dileep gets back to work|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/out-bail-dileep-gets-back-work-69878|accessdate=7 May 2018|work=[[The News Minute]]|date=12 October 2022}}</ref>

==Soundtrack==
The film's original songs were composed by [[Gopi Sundar]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Kammara Sambhavam (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) - Single артиста Gopi Sundar|url=https://itunes.apple.com/ru/album/1368338218?ign-mpt=uo%3D4|website=itunes.apple.com|publisher=apple|accessdate=14 April 2018|language=ru-RU|date=4 April 2022}}</ref>
{{Track listing
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| total_length =
| title1 = Njano Ravo
| extra1 = [[Haricharan]] Sheshadri, [[Divya S. Menon]]
| lyrics1 = [[Rafeeq Ahamed]]
| length1 = 5:12
| title2 = Azhikkullil
| extra2 = Karthik, [[Divya S. Menon]]
| lyrics2 = B. K. Harinarayanan
| length2 = 4:55
| title3 = Anjandu Bharikkan
| extra3 = [[Murali Gopy]]
| lyrics3 = [[Anil Panachooran]]
| length3 = 4:11
}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|6200656}}

[[Category:2010s Malayalam-language films]]
[[Category:2018 films]]
[[Category:Films about filmmaking]]
[[Category:2010s satirical films]]
[[Category:Indian satirical films]]
[[Category:Films whose production designer won the Best Production Design National Film Award]]
[[Category:Indian war films]]
[[Category:2018 thriller films]]

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