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| Directed by | Guinness Pakru
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| Produced by | Ansar Vasco |
| Starring | Guinness Pakru Munna Adithya Ayota Sanusha Vijaya Raghavan Ponnama Babu |
| Cinematography | A. Vinod Bharathi
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| Music by | Shaan Rahman
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| Country | India |
| Language | Malayalam
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Kutteem Kolum (also written as Kuttiyum Kolum[1][2]) is a 2013 Malayalam comedy film directed by Guinness Pakru, who made his directorial debut with this film.[3] Starring Guinness Pakru, Munna, Adithya and Sanusha in the lead roles, the film was produced by Ansar Vasco under the banner United Films.[4] The script was written by Suresh Satheesh,[5] 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.[6] Cinematography was handled by A.Vinod Bharathi, and the stills by Vibin Velayudhan. The film released on 30 March 2013.[7]
Cast
- Guinness Pakru as Ezhimala Vinayakan
- Aditya as Saktivel
- Sanusha as Indu
- Sreelaya
- Vijayaraghavan as Madhava Menon, Indu's father
- Saiju Kurup as Sree Hari
- Suraj Venjaramoodu as Chandran
- Munna as Babu
- Siddique
- Nirmal
- Devi Chandana
- Sona Nair
- Babu Namboothiri as Kaimal
- Ponnamma Babu
- Sankar
- Menaka as Subadra
- Bijukuttan
- Tini Tom as Advocate
- Nelson Sooranad as Sasi
- Abu Salim as Shah
Soundtrack
Music was composed by Shaan Rahman and the lyrics were penned by Vayalar Sarath Chandra Varma and Vinayak.[8] The audio was launched in late March 2013.[9]
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".[10] 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".[11] The film was subsequently dubbed and released in Tamil as Sakthi Vinayagam after the lead characters.
References
- ↑ Guinness Pakru directs Kuttiyum Kolum. Sify.
- ↑ Sanusha, Adithya team up for Guinness Pakru's film. CNN IBN(2012-10-26).
- ↑ Guinness Pakru set to don director's hat, News, Express. The New Indian Express(2012-11-06).
- ↑ Dreaming BIG(2013-03-28).
- ↑ Munna's tryst with comedy. The Times of India(2012-11-24).
- ↑ Entering the big league(2013-03-29).
- ↑ Kutteem Kolum on Mar 30. Sify(2013-03-29).
- ↑ Shaan Rahman to croon his first duet in Malayalam(2012-12-07).
- ↑ A memorable soiree. The Times of India(2013-03-28).
- ↑ Kuttim Kolum movie review: Wallpaper, Story, Trailer at Times of India.
- ↑ Kuttiyum Kolum Review. Nowrunning.com(2013-03-31).