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Mallu Singh
Theatrical poster
Directed byVyshakh
Written bySethu
Produced byNeeta Anto
StarringKunchacko Boban
Unni Mukundan
Samvrutha Sunil
Biju Menon
Manoj K. Jayan
Meera Nandan
Rupa Manjari
Aparna Nair
CinematographyShajikumar
Edited byMahesh Narayanan
Music byM Jayachandran
Production
company
Ann Mega Media
Distributed byAnn Mega Media Release
Release date
  • May 4, 2012 (2012-05-04)
CountryIndia
LanguageMalayalam
Budget₹7.5 crore (US$900,000)
Box office₹15.6 crore (US$1.9 million)[1]

Mallu Singh (Template:Lang-ml) is a 2012 Malayalam film directed by Vyshakh and written by Sethu. The film stars Kunchacko Boban, Unni Mukundan, Samvrutha Sunil, and Rupa Manjari in the main roles, while Biju Menon, Manoj K. Jayan, and Suraj Venjaramood come in other pivotal roles.

Plot

Ani (Kunchacko Boban) wanted to find Hari (Unni Mukundan) has been missing for seven years . Hari was Ani's friend from childhood; besides Ani's younger sister Ashwathi's (Samvrutha Sunil) wedding was almost finalized with Hari, her cousin. He found his grandmother in tears most of the time and watching her, he decided that he must reach Hari somehow. For many years Ani has been searching for Hari. So when Ani recognizes Hari in a TV program featuring Punjab, he sets forth to Punjab with great expectations of finding Hari.

In Punjab, he arrives in Mallu Street and to his wonder, he locates Hari. But Hari's name is Harinder Singh, he courts a beard and turban and his attire is purely Punjabi. Even in his behavior, Harinder Singh alias Mallu Singh looks a typical Punjabi. Ani wanted to make sure about Hari's identity and so decides to stay put for a longer period. While contemplating the hurdles he has to overcome in a strange land to learn the truth, help arrives in the form of Karthi (Biju Menon) and Pappan (Manoj K. Jayan) . Together, the three go in search of proof to make sure that Mallu Singh is Hari. Somewhere along the line, Suseelan (Suraj Venjaramoodu) joins the threesome making the situation worse. Suseelan came to Punjab to start a hair cutting saloon but on finding that no one in Punjab cuts his hair, took up cycle repair as his occupation for survival.

Ani tries all his luck to make Hari reveal the truth. He even brings his sister to Punjab. Even after Harinder Singh's marriage gets fixed with Ashwathi, Hari refuses to admit that he is Hari. Disheartened, Ani says that he is not ready for the marriage and they plans to go back to Kerala. Hari comes to their room and tells them that the real Harinder singh (Asif Ali) got killed in an accident because Hari slept while driving his truck. Since he took Harinder Singh's role in their family, he cannot live as Hari anymore. Harinder singh's father hears this and says that Hari can live with them as their son but he has to go back to Kerala and settle his family problems.

Hari, Ani, Karthi and Pappan comes to Kerala and beats up Hari's cousins who were trying to take their property from them. Once things get settled, they all move back to Punjab for the life ahead.

Cast

Production

The movie is directed by Vysakh who has done Seniors previously. The film is made under the banner of Ann Mega Media and the cast includes Unni Mukundan, Kunchako Boban, Biju Menon, Manoj K Jayan and Samvritha Sunil. Suraj Venjaramoodu , Saikumar, Siddique, Sreejith Ravi, Suresh Krishna, Jojo, Meera Nandan, Rupa Manjari, Radhavarma, Geetha, Aparna Nair, Shalin and Lakshmi Krishnamoorthy are the other artists.

Story, screenplay and dialogues are by Sethu while photography is by Shaji. Lyrics of Rajeev Alungal and Murugan Kattakata are tuned by M.Jayachandran. Arts director is Joseph Nellikkal and Production controller is Dixon Poduthas. Stills by Sinat Savier and promotional designs by Jissen Paul. This is Kunchako Boban's 50th Movie. The film started production in February first week and was shot at locations in thirvananthapuram]] and Punjab. Prithviraj was initially contracted to play the main hero role along with Kunchako Boban being the second hero, but he was changed by the director due to a date clash and was replaced by Unni Mukundan.

Filming was carried out primarily at three locations: Southern Kerala, Punjab, Tamil Nadu.

Critical reception

The film opened to mixed reviews from critics.

  • "Malayalam Net":- gave a rating of 2.25/5 and said that "Mallu Singh" is an average entertainer with very good direction which makes it watchable once.[2]
  • Times of India giving it a two stars out of five.
  • Sify.com gave it an average rating and stated it had a weak script, with a failed attempt from Kunchacko Boban to portray his role and the scriptwriter for his unrealistic story.[3]
  • Rediff.com gave a rating of 3/5, and stated that Mallu Singh is entertaing.[4]
  • Nowrunning.com gave a rating of 1.8/5, 'Mallu Singh' disappoints you on multiple levels; regarding the story, the script and above everything else in its failure to proffer its talented lead actor a challenging role that could have made a whole lot of a difference.[5]

Box office

The movie became a Super hit. This movie gave a hat-trick of hits to Vyshakh who had earlier directed Pokkiri Raja and Seniors. The movie also gave a big break for Unni Mukundan in the Malayalam film industry. It is the 6th highest grossing movie of the year behind Mayamohini, Ordinary, Run Baby Run, Thattathin Marayathu and Ustad Hotel.

==Soundtrack==[6]

Untitled

The soundtrack of the film was composed by M. Jayachandran with lyrics penned by Murukan Kattakada and Rajeev Alunkal.

# Song Singers
1 "Cham Cham" K. J. Yesudas, Shreya Ghoshal
2 "Kinginikattu" Haricharan, Navraj Hans
3 "Rab Rab Rab" Shankar Mahadevan, Sithara, Suchismitha
4 "Kakka Malayile" Alex, Jayachandran, Nikhil Raj
5 "Punjabi Prayer" Shreya Ghoshal

References

  1. ^ "Top 10 Malayalam Movies 2012". malludeals.com. 2012-12-24. Retrieved 2013-01-04.
  2. ^ Category: Latest reviews (2012-04-24). "Mallu Singh Malayalam Movie - Review - MALAYALAM NET". Malayalamnet.in. Retrieved 2012-08-04.
  3. ^ "Movie Review:Mallu Singh". Sify.com. Retrieved 2012-08-04.
  4. ^ "Review: Nothing original about Mallu Singh - Rediff.com Movies". Rediff.com. 2012-05-07. Retrieved 2012-08-04.
  5. ^ "Mallu Singh Review - Malayalam Movie Review by Veeyen". Nowrunning.com. 2012-05-07. Retrieved 2012-08-04.
  6. ^ "Mallu Singh Discography".
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