Big B (film)
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| Directed by | Amal Neerad |
| Produced by | Shahul Hameed Marikar Anto Joseph |
| Written by | Amal Neerad Unni R |
| Starring | Mammootty Manoj K Jayan Nafisa Ali Bala Sumit Naval Pasupathy Mamta Mohandas |
| Music by | Gopi Sundar Alphons Joseph |
| Cinematography | Samir Thahir |
| Editing by | Vivek Harshan |
| Distributed by | Afsar Saman |
| Release date(s) | April 13, 2007 (Kerala) |
| Country | India |
| Language | Malayalam |
Big B is a 2007 Malayalam action-thriller film co-written and directed by Amal Neerad, starring Mammootty in the title role. The cinematography was done by Samir Thahir, and the background score was composed by Gopi Sundar, with Alphons Joseph doing the songs.
Following the commercial success of the film,[1] it was dubbed into Tamil as Manik Baasha and into Hindi and Telugu as Big B. The film has its story adaptated from the American film Four Brothers; however with a fresh screenplay and original technical treatment. It also successfully emerged as a Cult classic for action movie lovers for its never before trend on cinematography and songs in Malyalam film industry.
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[edit] Plot
The story begins with the cold-blooded murder of Mary John Kurishingal (Nafisa Ali), better known as Mary 'Teacher', a social activist who runs an orpahanage in Kochi. She has four foster sons, whom she adopted from the city's orphans and gave her surname 'John Kurishingal'. They arrive for her funeral from various places. The cynosure is on Bilal alias 'Big B' (Mammootty), the eldest and the most reactive of the four 'brothers', who was an infamous troublemaker during his time at Kochi. He was forced to flee the city after he got involved in a street fight that resulted in him stabbing another ruffian. This also led to his estrangement from Mary Teacher. Eddy (Manoj K Jayan) the second of the brothers, takes care of Mary and struggles to make the ends meet for his wife (Selena) and his two girls, as his small-time restaurant business is sagging. Murugan (Bala) is the happy-go-lucky fellow of the pack, and tours the country with his assignments as a stunt director in films. Bijo (Sumit Naval), a student, is the youngest of the brothers and very sentimental as a result of a troublesome childhood before he was adopted, is often at the receiving end of the overprotective nature of Bilal. Nevertheless, he is very attached to Bilal. The four brothers take it upon themselves to unearth the mystery behind their mother's murder. Bilal start meeting his old friends and contacts in the Kochi underworld to get information on the killers. Little by little, they piece the evidence and find out that the murder was committed by two professional 'hitmen' from Mumbai. The ACP Balaji Shakthivel (Pasupati) who is an upright cop, put in charge of investigations, tries his level best but cannot fetch any evidence to prove anything related. They soon find out that the murder was one of the many meticulously planned operations, aimed to check the teacher's intrusions into unlawful exporting of children from Kochi. As the Mayor (Ramesh Varma) and his henchman, an underworld don called Saiyuppu Tony (Sherveer Vakil) are involved, the brothers decide to take up arms to avenge their mother. How they accomplish their revenge forms the rest of the story.
[edit] Cast
- Mammootty as Bilal -- Bilal John Kurishingal aka Big B
- Manoj K Jayan as Eddy John Kurishingal
- Nafisa Ali as Mary John Kurishingal
- Bala as Murugan John Kurishingal
- Sumit Naval as Bijo John Kurishingal
- Mamta Mohandas as Rimi, Murugan's love interest
- Innocent as Tommy Parekkaadan, Rimi's father
- Vijayaraghavan as George, a Circle Inspector of Police
- Manianpilla Raju as Venu, a doctor
- Pasupathy as Balaji Sakthivel, Assistant Commissioner of Police
- Shereveer Vakil as 'Sayippu' Tony, the villain
- Ramesh Varma as Mayor [2]
- Lena as Celina, Eddy's wife
- Vinayakan as Pandi Azi - 'Sayippu' Tony's henchman
- Manasa as Bijo's lover
[edit] Release and reception
The film released on 13 April 2007.And Become an Average Grosser at the Box Office [3] .[1]
[edit] Music
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| Genre | Feature film soundtrack |
The original score of the film was composed by Gopi Sundar and the songs by Alphons Joseph with lyrics penned by Jophis Nutter Tharakan and Santhosh Varma. The score was well appreciated by the critics and the songs were chartbusters. Shreya Ghoshal sang her first song in Malayalam through this film.
- Track listing
- "Hip Hop" - Shelton Pinhero, Shirdhin Thomas
- "Vida Parayukayano" - Shreya Ghosal
- "Oru vakkum Mindathe" - Alphons Joseph, Mridula
- "Oh January" - Sayanora Philip (based on Shakira's Ojos Asi)
- "Muthu Mazha" - Vineeth Sreenivasan, Jyotsna
[edit] References
- ^ a b http://www.malayalambest.com/watch_live_Bala.html
- ^ K. Pradeep. "Theatrics in cinema". The Hindu. 21 April 2007. Retrieved 21 July 2011.
- ^ "Fresh wave in Malayalam film: director". The Hindu. 31 October 2010. http://www.hindu.com/2010/10/31/stories/2010103150380200.htm. Retrieved 21 July 2011.
[edit] External links
- Big B at the Internet Movie Database
