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{{Infobox film
| name = Kutteem Kolum
| image = Kutteem-Kolum-2013.jpg
| caption =
| director = [[Guinness Pakru]]
| producer = Ansar Vasco
| story = [[Guinness Pakru]]
| screenplay = Suresh and Sathish
| starring = [[Guinness Pakru]] [[Munna (actor)|Munna]] Adithya Ayota [[Sanusha]] [[Vijayaraghavan (actor)|Vijaya Raghavan]] Ponnama Babu
| cinematography = [[A. Vinod Bharathi]]
| studio = United Films
| music = [[Shaan Rahman]]
| distributor = [[Kalasangham Films]]
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2013|03|30|}}
| runtime =
| country = India
| language = Malayalam
| gross =
}}
'''''Kutteem Kolum''''' (also written as '''''Kuttiyum Kolum'''''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sify.com/movies/guinness-pakru-directs-kuttiyum-kolum-imagegallery-malayalam-mmfkqkhbhag.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121208044425/http://www.sify.com/movies/Guinness-Pakru-directs-Kuttiyum-Kolum-imagegallery-malayalam-mmfkqkhbhag.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-12-08 |title=Guinness Pakru directs Kuttiyum Kolum|publisher=Sify |date= |accessdate=2013-04-22}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/sanusha-adithya-team-up-for-guinness-pakrus-film/302361-71-210.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140904160634/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/sanusha-adithya-team-up-for-guinness-pakrus-film/302361-71-210.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2014-09-04 |title=Sanusha, Adithya team up for Guinness Pakru's film |publisher=CNN IBN |date=2012-10-26 |accessdate=2013-04-22}}</ref>) is a 2013 [[Malayalam]] comedy film directed by [[Guinness Pakru]], who made his directorial debut with this film.<ref>{{cite web|last=News |first=Express |url=http://newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/article1329126.ece |title=Guinness Pakru set to don director's hat |publisher=The New Indian Express |date=2012-11-06 |accessdate=2013-04-22}}</ref> Starring [[Guinness Pakru]], Munna, Adithya and [[Sanusha]] in the lead roles, the film was produced by Ansar Vasco under the banner United Films.<ref>{{cite web|author=Vijay George |url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/dreaming-big/article4558034.ece |title=Dreaming BIG |work=The Hindu |date=2013-03-28 |accessdate=2013-04-22}}</ref> The script was written by Suresh Satheesh,<ref>{{cite news|author=Ammu Zachariah |agency=TNN |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-11-24/news-and-interviews/35318465_1_comedy-role-kuttiyum-kolum-shortest-man |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130629123724/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-11-24/news-and-interviews/35318465_1_comedy-role-kuttiyum-kolum-shortest-man |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-06-29 |title=Munna's tryst with comedy|date=2012-11-24 |work=[[The Times of India]] |accessdate=2013-04-22}}</ref> while the story was written by Pakru himself which revolves around the bonding between friends living in an imaginary village named Kumarapuram bordering Tamil Nadu.<ref>{{cite web|author=A Correspondent |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/entering-the-big-league/article4561026.ece |title=Entering the big league |work=The Hindu |date=2013-03-29 |accessdate=2013-04-22}}</ref> Cinematography was handled by [[A. Vinod Bharathi|A.Vinod Bharathi]], and the stills by Vibin Velayudhan. The film released on 30 March 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sify.com/movies/kutteem-kolum-on-mar-30-news-malayalam-nd3qbziaica.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130402143624/http://www.sify.com/movies/kutteem-kolum-on-mar-30-news-malayalam-nd3qbziaica.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-04-02 |title=Kutteem Kolum on Mar 30|publisher=Sify |date=2013-03-29 |accessdate=2013-04-22}}</ref>

==Cast==
* [[Guinness Pakru]] as Ezhimala Vinayakan
* Aditya as Saktivel
* [[Sanusha]] as Indu
* [[Sreelaya]]
* [[Vijayaraghavan (actor)|Vijayaraghavan]] as Madhava Menon, Indu's father
* [[Saiju Kurup]] as Sree Hari
* [[Suraj Venjaramoodu]] as Chandran
* [[Munna (actor)|Munna]] as Babu
* [[Siddique (actor)|Siddique]]
* Nirmal
* Devi Chandana
* [[Sona Nair]]
* [[Babu Namboothiri]] as Kaimal
* [[Ponnamma Babu]]
* Sankar
* [[Menaka (actress)|Menaka]] as Subadra
* [[Bijukuttan]]
* [[Tini Tom]] as Advocate
* Nelson Sooranad as Sasi
* [[Abu Salim (actor)|Abu Salim]] as Shah

==Soundtrack==
Music was composed by [[Shaan Rahman]] and the lyrics were penned by [[Vayalar Sarath Chandra Varma]] and Vinayak.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-12-07/news-and-interviews/35648270_1_thattathin-marayathu-shaan-rahman-shweta-mohan |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201210720/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-12-07/news-and-interviews/35648270_1_thattathin-marayathu-shaan-rahman-shweta-mohan |url-status=dead |archive-date=2014-02-01 |title=Shaan Rahman to croon his first duet in Malayalam|date=2012-12-07 |work=[[The Times of India]] |accessdate=2013-04-22}}</ref> The audio was launched in late March 2013.<ref>{{cite news|agency=TNN |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-03-28/parties/38098929_1_guinness-pakru-audio-launch-saiju-kurup |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130629122910/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-03-28/parties/38098929_1_guinness-pakru-audio-launch-saiju-kurup |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-06-29 |title=A memorable soiree|date=2013-03-28 |work=[[The Times of India]] |accessdate=2013-04-22}}</ref>

==Reception==
Aswin J Kumar of ''[[The Times of India]]'' gave 2 out of 5 and wrote "Pakru has nothing new to offer in Kutiyum Kolum except that it is his debut directorial venture".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/regional/malayalam/movie-reviews/Kuttim-Kolum/movie-review/19302867.cms |title=Kuttim Kolum movie review: Wallpaper, Story, Trailer at Times of India |language=de |work=The Times of India|date= |accessdate=2013-04-22}}</ref> Veeyen of nowrunning.com gave 1.5 out of 5 and wrote "Toying with an idea that has long been thrashed, Pakru does the unthinkable by deciding to craft it into a two-hour long film".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nowrunning.com/movie/11253/malayalam/kuttiyum-kolum/4176/review.htm |title=Kuttiyum Kolum Review|author=Veeyen |publisher=Nowrunning.com |date=2013-03-31 |accessdate=2013-04-22}}</ref> The film was subsequently dubbed and released in Tamil as ''Sakthi Vinayagam'' after the lead characters.

==References==
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[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Malayalam-language films]]
[[Category:2013 films]]
[[Category:Indian comedy films]]
[[Category:2010s Malayalam-language films]]
[[Category:Films scored by Shaan Rahman]]
[[Category:2013 comedy films]]

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