Oru Mexican Aparatha
| Oru Mexican Aparatha | |
|---|---|
 Poster | |
| Directed by | Tom Emmatty |
| Written by | Tom Emmatty |
| Produced by | Anoop Kannan |
| Starring | Tovino Thomas Roopesh Peethambaran Neeraj Madhav Gayathri Suresh |
| Narrated by | Ranjith |
| Cinematography | Prakash Velayudhan |
| Edited by | Shameer Muhammed |
| Music by | Manikandan Ayyappa Background music by Gopi Sundar |
Production company | Anoop Kannan Stories |
| Distributed by | Anoop Kannan Stories Release |
Release date | 3 March 2017 |
| Country | India |
| Language | Malayalam |
| Box office | 22 cr[1] |
Oru Mexican Aparatha (English: A Mexican enormity) is a 2017 Indian Malayalam-language political drama film directed by Tom Emmatty. The film stars Tovino Thomas, Roopesh Peethambaran, Neeraj Madhav. It was released on 3 March 2017 in India.[2][3] This movie narrates how the students established the political party SFY.
Plot
Sakhavu Kochaniyan (Tovino Thomas) is a strong leftist who during The Emergency period, conducted a successful protest and established the SFY (SFI) party in the famous Maharaja's College, Ernakulam. However, he soon is betrayed by a comrade and killed by the police, shouting the phrase 'Inquilab Zindabad!' to his last breath.
Now, set in mid 2000s, the college is now under the leadership of the KSQ (KSU) activist Roopesh (Roopesh Peethambaran), Shiyaz (Kalabhavan Shajon) and their fellow activists. Paul (Tovino Thomas) is a student from Thrissur who has come to the college to study. He is a typical student and becomes friends with Subhash (Neeraj Madhav), Joby (Vishnu Govindan) and Krishnan (Manu), and soon starts to fall in love Anu (Gayathri Suresh). Subhash has long hated the KSQ's leadership and their abuse of power in the college, and plans to re-introduce the SFY party in the college before the next election. Subhash is shown as a clever, left-wing ideologist, and tries to bring his friends, including Paul, into the party. Krishnan, who came from Irinjalakuda, is also seen as a strong figure, but not completely absorbed in the leftist ideology. There is eventually a skirmish between Subhash's gang and a bunch of people lead by KSU activist Kanjan (Jinu John), but it's stopped safely.
Meanwhile, Paul tells Anu that he loves her, and she tells him, as a joke, that she loves him back. Paul falls under the illusion that it's real love and not friendship. In a local Kalolsavam, Roopesh and his party select the students who are taking part, but they reject a girl who wants to take part in 4 activities. Seeing this, Subhash decides to sign the girl up for the kalotsavam without the others knowing.
Cast
- Tovino Thomas as Paul & Kochaniyan
- Neeraj Madhav as Subhash
- Roopesh Peethambaran as Roopesh
- Gayathri Suresh as Anu
- Sudheer Karamana
- Sudhi Koppa as Lonappan
- Subish Sudhi as Rajeshettan.
- Kalabhavan Shajon as Shiyaz
- Jino John as Kanjan
- Anjali P Nair
- Megha Mathew as Ardra
- Vishnu Govindan as Jomey
- Sarath Chandran as Rohit
- Akhil Nambolan
- Sobin Mazhaveedu
- vimal kumar as Ullaass
Filming
The film was shot mainly in Maharaja's College, Ernakulam and FACT in Kochi.
Soundtrack
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Singer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Emanmare Emanmare" | Renjith Chittade | Renjith Chittade | Shebin Mathew | 2:06 |
| 2. | "Aakaasha Kuda" | Rafeeq Ahammed | Manikandan Ayyappa | Nithin Raj & Sulfiq.L | |
| 3. | "Ivalaaro" | Rafeeq Ahammed | Manikandan Ayyappa | Vijay Yesudas | |
| 4. | "Munneraan Samayamayi" | Anil Panachooran | Manikandan Ayyappa | Franko | |
| 5. | "Kalippu Katta Kalippu" | Tom Emmatty | Manikandan Ayyappa | Arunraja Kamaraj Manikandan Ayyappan |
Reception
The film grossed ₹2.07 crore in the opening day at Kerala box office with a distributor's share of ₹98 lakh.[5] The film ran over 100 days in theatres.[6][7]
References
- ^ http://www.mathrubhumi.com/gulf/uae/news/dubai-1.1811737
- ^ oru-mexican-aparatha-box-office-collection-first-day-collection
- ^ review-oru-mexican-aparatha-malayalam-movie-audience-responses
- ^ "ഒരു മെക്സിക്കൻ അപാരതയിലെ ഗാനങ്ങൾ റിലീസ് ചെയ്തു". kerala online news. 10 February 2017. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
- ^ Onmanorama Staff (4 March 2017). "Box office cheers Tovino-starrer 'Oru Mexican Aparatha'". Malayala Manorama. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
- ^ "Daddy's little girl: Tovino's daughter was the star at 'OMA' 100-day celebrations". "Malayala Manorama". 16 September 2017.
- ^ "Tovino Thomas' daughter Izza steals the show again; photoshoot video goes viral". "The International Business Times". 29 September 2017.