Big B (film)

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Big B
File:Big B film poster.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed byAmal Neerad
Written by
Produced by
Starring
CinematographySameer Thahir
Edited byVivek Harshan
Music by
Production
company
Marikar Films
Distributed byAnto Joseph Film Company
Release date
  • 13 April 2007 (2007-04-13) (India)
Running time
130 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageMalayalam

Big B (short form of Big Brother) is a 2007 Indian Malayalam-language neo-noir action thriller film co-written and directed by Amal Neerad, starring Mammootty in the lead role with an ensemble cast including Manoj K. Jayan, Bala, Sumit Naval, Mamtha Mohandas, Nafisa Ali, Pasupathy, Shereveer Vakil, Innocent and Vijayaraghavan in supporting roles. The cinematography was done by Sameer Thahir, songs were composed by Alphonse Joseph and background score by Gopi Sundar.

It is heavily inspired from the 2005 Hollywood film Four Brothers. Big B is considered as a pathbreaking film in the history of Malayalam cinema, which introduced a new style of making and has later attained a huge cult following.[1][2][3][4][5] A sequel titled Bilal was announced by Amal Neerad on 17 November 2017 and is in pre-production.[6]

Plot

The plot begins with the cold-blooded murder of Mary John Kurishingal. Her adopted sons arrive for her funeral from various places: Bilal John Kurishingal- a gangster, Eddy John kurishingal- a hotel owner, Murugan John Kurishingal – an action choreographer in film industry and Bijo- a student. The brothers take it upon themselves to unearth the mystery behind Mary's murder. Murugan is in love with Rimy, the daughter of Tommy Parekkadan, a happy-go-drunkard, who is against their relationship. Bilal starts meeting his old friends and contacts in the Kochi underworld to receive information about the killers.

They piece the evidence together and find out that the murder was committed by two professional assassins from Mumbai. Balaji Shakthivel, an upright ACP, along with CI George are put in charge of Mary's murder case, who begins the investigation, 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. The unlawful operations are actually handled by Mayor and his henchman, an underworld don called Sayippu Tony.

Bilal and his brothers takes up arms to avenge the murder. Meanwhile, Bilal makes Tommy accept the relationship between Murugan and Rimy. One night, Bijo gets killed by Tony's henchmen. However, Bilal shoots one of the henchmen and learns that Tony is the brain behind the series of crimes. Later, Tony kills Shakthivel and warns the Mayor to obey his instructions. Bilal orders Eddy and Murugan to talk to Tony for knowing his demands. Pandi Asi, one of Tony's men joins Bilal and his brothers as he seeks vengeance on Tony, where they also become successful in keeping George (who was Tony's sidekick) on their side.

Bilal threatens Mayor that he will expose his corruptive plans to the whole media, which causes the Mayor to shoot and kill himself. George files this as a suicide in order to save Bilal from the case. Eddy and Murugan are called up to an island by Tony and his henchmen drops them there. Tony arrives and opens up to Eddy about his plans to kill Bilal and brothers, but Tony learns that his henchmen were bribed and are now against him. Asi reveals his grudge against Tony. Bilal arrives at the spot and kills Tony after a long fight. Tony is buried under the ditch by his men. After their mission, Eddy lives a happy and peaceful life with his family. Murugan spends time cheering with Rimy, while Bilal is seen helping the poor kids of their colony.

Cast

Release

The film was released on 13 April 2007.[8] The director announced a sequel to the film titled as Bilal in 2017. The film was dubbed in Tamil as Manik Baasha.[9]

Reception

Though the film was an average grosser at the box office, it received critical acclaim and became a trendsetter in Malayalam cinema for its cinematography and making, along with the use of few dialogues, dark color tone and extensive use of slow-motion and background score, which redefines that an age-old mass action drama can be converted with a unique and fresh style. Mammootty gained lot of appraisal for his portrayal as Bilal John Kurishingal, which remains one his most memorable characters.[10] He received the Best Actor award in the 10th Asianet Film Awards for his role in the film.[11]

Soundtrack

Big B
Soundtrack album by
Alphons Joseph
ReleasedJuly 25, 2007
Recorded2006
GenreFeature film soundtrack
Length31:05
LabelDivo TV Pvt Ltd.
ProducerAlphons Joseph

The songs were composed by Alphons Joseph, with lyrics penned by Jophy Tharakan and Santhosh Varma. The background score was composed by Gopi Sundar. Shreya Ghoshal sang her first song in Malayalam through this film.[citation needed] The song 'O January' is an unofficial cover of Shakira's Ojos Así.

Big B (Original motion picture soundtrack)
No.TitleLyricsSingersLength
1."Hip Hop"Santhosh VarmaShirdhin Thomas, Shelton Pinheiro03:23
2."Muthumazha"Jophy TharakanVineeth Sreenivasan, Jyotsna04:27
3."O January"Jophy TharakanSayanora Philip05:17
4."Oru Vakkum [M]"Jophy TharakanAlphons Joseph04:01
5."Oru Vakkum [Version 2]"Santhosh VarmaAlphons Joseph, Mridula Warrier04:03
6."Theme Song" Alphons Joseph05:06
7."Vidaparayukayano"Santhosh VarmaShreya Ghoshal04:45
Total length:31:05

References

  1. ^ Sunday, December 03, 2017 - 12:12 (3 December 2017). "Mammootty's 'Big B': Revisiting Malayalam cinema's cult action film". The News Minute.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ "Mammootty's Bilal: Here's An Exciting Update On The Star Cast Of The Project!". www.filmibeat.com. 13 February 2020.
  3. ^ Yesudas, Richy (13 April 2017). "10 years of Big B".
  4. ^ "Big-B". Sify. Archived from the original on 24 November 2017.
  5. ^ "10 Years Of Mammootty's Big B: Here Are The Film's Big Contributions To The Industry!". www.filmibeat.com. 13 April 2017.
  6. ^ "Bilal first look: Mammootty and Amal Neerad join hands for sequel of Big B named Bilal". Hindustan Times.
  7. ^ K. Pradeep. "Theatrics in cinema". The Hindu. 21 April 2007. Retrieved 21 July 2011.
  8. ^ "2007's Top Malayalam hits so far". Rediff. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
  9. ^ "Mammootty is Manik Baasha now".
  10. ^ "10 Best Mammootty Films To Watch Online". HuffPost. 21 November 2020. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  11. ^ "Asianet Film Awards". asianetfilmawards.com. Retrieved 7 October 2022.

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