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{{short description|2005 film directed by Johny Antony}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Kochi Rajavu
| image = Kochirajavu Poster.jpg
| caption = Movie Poster
| writer = [[Udayakrishna-Siby K. Thomas|Udayakrishna<br />Siby K. Thomas]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Dileep joins Ajay Vasudev for a comedy entertainer|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.comentertainment/malayalam/Dileep-joins-Ajay-Vasudev-for-a-comedy-entertainer/articleshow/54425707.cms|access-date=2021-01-26|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2007-10-30|title=Twenty20 to hit big screen|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-twenty20-to-hit-big-screen-1130831|access-date=2021-01-26|website=DNA India|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=V.P|first=Nicy|date=2014-08-30|title='Maryadharaman': Dileep to Star in Malayalam Remake of SS Rajamouli's 'Maryada Ramanna'|url=https://www.ibtimes.co.in/maryadharaman-dileep-star-malayalam-remake-ss-rajamoulis-maryada-ramanna-607959|access-date=2021-01-26|website=www.ibtimes.co.in|language=en}}</ref>
| starring = {{ubl|[[Dileep]]|[[Kavya Madhavan]]|[[Rambha (actress)|Rambha]]|[[Harisree Ashokan]]}}
| director = [[Johny Antony]]<ref>{{Cite web|title='Thappana' (Malayalam)|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/review/2012/aug/26/thappana-malayalam-400637.html|access-date=2021-01-26|website=The New Indian Express|date=26 August 2012 }}</ref>
| producer = Amith R. Mohan
| distributor =
| cinematography = [[Saloo George]]
| editing = [[Ranjan Abraham]]
| released = {{Film date|df=y|2005|04|14|India}}
| runtime = 160 minutes
| country = India
| language = Malayalam
| music = [[Vidyasagar (composer)|Vidhyasagar]]
| studio = Amith Productions
| budget = 
| gross = 
}}
'''''Kochi Rajavu''''' ({{Translation|King of [[Kochi]]}}) is a 2005 Indian [[Malayalam]]-language [[action comedy film]] directed by [[Johny Antony]] and written by the [[Udaykrishna–Sibi K. Thomas|Udayakrishna-Siby K. Thomas]] duo.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Dileep is all set to give you a laughter ride|url=https://newsable.asianetnews.com/entertainment/dileep-is-all-set-to-give-you-a-laughter-ride|access-date=2021-01-26|website=Asianet News Network Pvt Ltd|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-11-22|title=Movies that feature auto-rickshaw drivers as main characters|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/news/movies-that-feature-auto-rickshaw-drivers-as-main-characters/photostory/66747300.cms|access-date=2021-01-26|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Daily|first=Keralakaumudi|title=Did three films with Dileep, but can't go near him now, says Johny Antony|url=https://www.keralakaumudi.com/en/news/news.php?id=184338|access-date=2021-01-26|website=Keralakaumudi Daily|language=en}}</ref> It stars [[Dileep]]<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-04-11|title=ഓട്ടോറിക്ഷയിൽ പല ജില്ലകൾ താണ്ടി ദിലീപിന്റെ യാത്ര; ഒടുവിൽ ചാർജ് കേട്ട് ഞെട്ടി|url=https://malayalam.news18.com/photogallery/film/movies-dileep-narrates-an-incident-where-he-took-an-autorickshaw-to-reach-a-venue-mm-226705.html|access-date=2021-01-26|website=News18 Malayalam}}</ref> in the lead role with [[Kavya Madhavan]],<ref>{{Cite web|date=2012-01-28|title=Reaching new heights|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/content/222699/reaching-heights.html|access-date=2021-01-26|website=Deccan Herald|language=en}}</ref> [[Rambha (actress)|Rambha]], [[Harisree Ashokan]], [[Murali (Malayalam actor)|Murali]], [[Jagathy Sreekumar]] and [[Vijayaraghavan]] in supporting roles.

The film marks the second collaboration between Dileep, Johny Antony, Vidyasagar, and the writing duo Udaykrishna–Sibi K. Thomas after ''[[C.I.D. Moosa]]'' (2003).<ref>{{cite news| url = https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/royal-democratic-romance/article28152142.ece| title = Royal, democratic ROMANCE - KOCH - The Hindu| website = [[The Hindu]]| date = 20 February 2005}}</ref>

==Plot==
Suryanarayana Varma alias Unni, is released from prison but his past clinging to him like an unshakable shadow. Born into a royal lineage, he carried both the weight of his heritage and the burden of his past sins. The streets whispered his name in fear and reverence, and though he wished to walk a path of redemption, there were those who sought him with vengeance burning in their hearts. Among them were Prabhakaran, the formidable patriarch of the Karimparakal family, and his brothers Divakaran and Sudhakaran, relentless in their pursuit of retribution. Unni's return unsettled old wounds, but his parents, determined to sever his ties with violence, sent him to a prestigious law college in Chennai, hoping to redirect his destiny.

It was there that he met Meenakshi, a spirited young woman whose sharp intellect and fierce independence commanded attention. Their first encounters were riddled with conflict, exacerbated by the interference of her overprotective brother, Siva, and his archrival, Muthu. Yet, the friction between them soon gave way to an unspoken understanding, and despite the hostilities surrounding them, Meenakshi found herself drawn to Unni's enigmatic persona. What began as subtle curiosity soon deepened into something more profound, an emotion she could neither suppress nor deny.

When Meenakshi's family learned of her affections for Unni, they sought to formalize their union, visiting his ancestral home with a proposal of marriage. But even as fate seemed to weave their destinies together, Unni was haunted by a past he could not escape, a love story unfinished, a wound unhealed. As Meenakshi waited with bated breath, he unfolded the tale of a love lost to time and tragedy.

Once, there was another—Aswathy, a bright and compassionate medical student who had captured Unni's heart at first sight. She belonged to the formidable Karimparakal family, raised under the iron-fisted rule of her uncles, Prabhakaran, Sudhakaran, and Divakaran, men who saw her not as a beloved niece but as a means to consolidate power and wealth. With her parents deceased, her uncles sought to secure her inheritance by binding her in marriage to her cousin, Prakashan, the eldest son of Prabhakaran.

Unni first saw Aswathy at a temple, a fleeting moment that would alter the course of both their lives. Entranced by her quiet grace, he pursued her with reckless abandon, determined to make her his own. Fate played a mischievous hand when she mistakenly boarded his autorickshaw on her way to meet Prakashan. Seizing the opportunity, Unni delayed her arrival, his heart warring between love and defiance. He professed his feelings time and again, but she rejected him, weary of his persistence.

Frustrated, she resolved to put an end to his advances by revealing his folly to her uncles. With their approval, she invited him to her home under the pretense of a meeting, only for Unni to be confronted by the very men he had once crossed in battle. The moment he recognized them, he knew he had walked into a trap. They unleashed their fury upon him, a brutal onslaught that left him battered and broken. Yet, in the wake of his suffering, something shifted within Aswathy. Perhaps it was guilt, perhaps admiration for his resilience, but as he recovered from his wounds, she found herself drawn to him. Her heart, once steadfast in rejection, betrayed her, and against all odds, she surrendered to the love she had once scorned.

Their happiness, however, was short-lived. When the time came for them to claim their love, the Karimparakal family opposed them with all their might. A confrontation erupted, a whirlwind of fists and fury, with Prakashan at the center of it all. In the heat of battle, Unni, fighting not just for love but for survival, struck Prakashan down, the fatal blow delivered in an uncontrollable surge of rage and self-preservation. Blood stained his hands, and justice was swift—arrested and sentenced to five years in prison, Unni was torn from Aswathy's embrace, their love story left in ruin.

Now, standing before Meenakshi, Unni recounted his past, the weight of his choices pressing upon him. His father, wishing to mend his son's shattered heart, convinced him that Aswathy had been married off to an NRI in the Gulf, a tale woven to sever the last thread that bound him to her. In time, Unni relented, accepting his fate and agreeing to marry Meenakshi.

Yet destiny had other plans. As the wedding preparations commenced, a voice from the past shattered his resolve. Aswathy, her voice trembling yet resolute, called him, her words laced with longing—she had not moved on, she had not forgotten, she had waited. With his heart pounding in his chest, Unni rushed to Kerala, desperate to reclaim the love he had lost. Their reunion was swift, but their escape was fraught with peril. With both Aswathy's family and Meenakshi's kin in pursuit, vengeance and betrayal snapped at their heels.

Through narrow alleyways and highway roads, they fled, their only salvation lying in the hands of those who had once been silent spectators to their fate. The autorickshaw drivers, men who had witnessed their love blossom and wither, rose in defiance of their oppressors, shielding them from harm. And so, in the heart of chaos, amidst the storm of rage and retribution, Unni and Aswathy defied the chains that sought to bind them, sealing their love in marriage, an unbreakable bond forged in fire and blood.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.filmibeat.com/malayalam/movies/kochi-rajavu/story.html|title=Kochi Rajavu Story, Kochi Rajavu Movie Story, Plot, Synopsis, Review, Preview|website=FilmiBeat|language=en|access-date=2019-03-16}}</ref>

==Cast==
{{Cast listing|
* [[Dileep]] as Suryanarayana Varma (Unni)
* [[Kavya Madhavan]] as Aswathy (Achu)
* [[Rambha (actress)|Rambha]] as Meenakshi Parthasarathy
* [[Harisree Ashokan]] as Komalan, Unni's childhood friend and right hand
* [[Jagathy Sreekumar]] as Maharaja Sree Moolam Thirunal Easwara Varma Thampuran, Unni's grandfather
* [[Murali (Malayalam actor)|Murali]] as Chandrashekhara Menon, Unni's father
* [[Vijayaraghavan (actor)|Vijayaraghavan]] as Karimbarakkal Prabhakaran
* [[Santhosh (actor)|Santhosh]] as Karimbarakkal Divakaran
* [[Sadiq (Indian actor)|Sadiq]] as Karimbarakkal Sudhakaran
* [[Irshad (actor)|Irshad]] as Prakashan, Prabhakaran's eldest son
* Kavi Raj as Lalu, Prabhakaran's youngest son
* [[Machan Varghese]] as Brithyan, [[Kalarippayattu|Kalari Shishyan]]
* [[Vijayan (actor)|Vijayan]] as Parthasarathy, Meenakshi's father
* [[Riyaz Khan]] as Shiva Parthasarathy
* [[Mohan Jose]] as Ambbattur Singam
* Sudheer Sukumaran as 'Maari' Muthu
* [[Indrans]] as Mona, Worker of canteen
* [[Kalaranjini]] as Lakshmi, Unni's mother
* Thara as Radhika, Unni's Sister
* [[Vennira Aadai Moorthy]] as P. R Ananthamurthy, College Principal
* [[Geetha Salam]] as Hamsa, an Auto driver
* Nandhu Pothuval as Velayudhan, Auto driver and Unni's left hand
* [[Delhi Ganesh]] as Madhavan, Chandrasekhara Menon's friend
* [[Kalabhavan Haneef]] as Ayyappan, Auto driver
* [[Kalabhavan Shajon]] as Arumugam, Meenakshi's driver
* [[Ambika Mohan]] as Bhavani
* [[Ponnamma Babu]] as Kunjanamma
* Kavitha Nair as Meenakshi's friend
* Indulekha as Jyothi
* Deepika Mohan as Jyothi's mother
* Abraham Koshy as Meenakshi's uncle who is a minister
* [[Vaiyapuri]] as Vaiyapuri, Shiva's friend
*[[Vysakh]] as College Student
}}

==Release==
The film was released on 14 April 2005 coinciding with [[Vishu]].<ref>{{cite news| url = https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/vishu-offerings/article28164251.ece| title = Vishu offerings - PNDY - The Hindu| website = [[The Hindu]]| date = 15 April 2005}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url = https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-life/for-movie-buffs/article28683223.ece| title = For movie buffs - LIFE - The Hindu| website = [[The Hindu]]| date = 14 April 2005}}</ref> It was released alongside and faced competition from the Prithviraj-starrer ''[[Athbhutha Dweepu]],'' the Mohanlal-starrer ''[[Chandrolsavam]]'' and the Jayaram-starrer ''[[Alice in Wonderland (2005 film)|Alice in Wonderland]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sify.com/topics/Dileep/45|title=The Vishu winner!|work=[[Sify]]|date=21 April 2005}}{{dead link|date=September 2022|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> Made on a budget of ₹2.5 crores, ''Kochi Rajavu'' was a commercial success.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/news/dileep-joins-ajay-vasudev-for-a-comedy-entertainer/articleshow/54425707.cms|title=Dileep joins Ajay Vasudev for a comedy entertainer|work=[[The Times of India]]|date=21 September 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://m.rediff.com/movies/slide-show/slide-show-1-masters-ordinary-up-for-release/20120330.htm|title=Masters and Outsider up for release|work=[[Rediff.com]]|date=30 March 2012}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.sify.com/movies/kochi-rajavu-review-malayalam-pclvIIgiffiag.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161024105937/http://www.sify.com/movies/kochi-rajavu-review-malayalam-pclvIIgiffiag.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=24 October 2016 | title=Kochi Rajavu | website=[[Sify]] }}</ref> It grossed ₹2.804 crore from three days and ₹4.01 crore in 21 days from 44 screens with a distributor's share of ₹1.73 Crore.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=BizHat.com - The Vishu winner! |url=https://movies.bizhat.com/news/the_vishu_winner.php |access-date=2023-04-07 |website=movies.bizhat.com}}</ref> It ended its commercial performance with the verdict blockbuster" and thus emerged the year's [[Vishu]] winner.<ref name=":0" />

==Music==
{{Infobox album
| name = Kochirajavu
| type = soundtrack
| artist = [[Vidyasagar (composer)|Vidyasagar]]
| cover =
| alt =
| released = 2005
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = [[World Music]]
| length =
| label =
| producer = [[Vidyasagar (composer)|Vidyasagar]]
| prev_title = [[Made in USA (2005 film)|Made in USA]]
| prev_year = 2005
| next_title = [[Alice in Wonderland (2005 film)|Alice in Wonderland]]
| next_year = 2005
}}

The soundtrack of Kochi Rajavu was composed by [[Vidyasagar (composer)|Vidyasagar]]. He later adapted the song "Munthiri Padam" in Tamil as "Aruviyoda" for the film ''[[Pasa Kiligal]]''.

{|class="wikitable" width="50%"
! Song title !! Singers
|-
| "Thanga Kutta Singakutta" || [[Sujatha Mohan]], Annop Shankar
|-
| "Munthiri Padam" || [[Udit Narayan]], [[Sujatha Mohan]], [[Premgi Amaren|Premji]] <small>'''(Rap vocal)'''</small>
|-
| "Moonu Chakra Vandi" || [[M. G. Sreekumar]]
|-
| "Kinavin Kiligale" || [[Karthik (singer)|Karthik]], [[Manjari (Indian singer)|Manjari]]
|-
| "Sooryan Neeyanda" || [[K. J. Yesudas]], [[Kalyani Nair]]. Notes: (Raga:[[Dharmavati]])
|-
|}
Lyrics : Gireesh Puthencherry, R.K Damodharan

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{IMDb title | id=0448225| title=Kochi Rajavu}}

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[[Category:2005 Malayalam-language films]]
[[Category:2005 films]]
[[Category:Films scored by Vidyasagar (composer)]]
[[Category:Indian action comedy films]]
[[Category:Films shot in Kochi]]
[[Category:Films shot in Chennai]]
[[Category:Indian prison films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Johny Antony]]

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