Pachakuthira
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| Pachakuthira | |
|---|---|
| File:Pachakuthira.jpg Pachakuthira Audio CD cover | |
| Directed by | Kamal |
| Screenplay by | T. A. Shahid |
| Story by | Dileep |
| Produced by | Babu Shahir |
| Starring | Dileep Gopika Salim Kumar Siddique |
| Cinematography | P. Sukumar |
| Music by | Ilaiyaraaja |
| Distributed by | Varnachithra |
Release date |
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Running time | 150 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Malayalam |
Pachakuthira (transl. Grasshopper) is a 2006 Indian Malayalam-language comedy drama film directed by Kamal and written by T. A. Shahid from a story by Dileep, starring Dileep in dual role and Gopika and Salim Kumar in supporting role.[1][2][3][4][5][6] The film was a box office flop, but did well according to Dileep.[7]
Plot
A junior artist in movies, Anandakkuttan, meets his long-lost German brother, Akash Menon. However, his brother is mentally unstable with autism and he causes trouble to everyone including the neighbors. Initially Anandakkuttan hates Akash, but finally he develops a bond between his brother and himself.
Cast
- Dileep as Anandakkuttan and Akash Menon
- Gopika as Nimmy a.k.a. Koirala, Anandakuttan's love interest
- Salim Kumar as Chandran
- Siddique as Samuel Issac, Akash's foster father
- Suhasini as Anandakuttan's and Akash's mother.
- Rosshan Andrrews as Himself
- Idavela Babu as Subair, a travel agent
- Indrans as Abraham Lincoln, production controller
- Kalasala Babu as Sugunan, Nimmy's father
- Fazil as Himself
- Rekha as Akash's foster mother
- Rajan P. Dev as Keshavan
- Viji Thampi as Himself
- Jayaraj as Himself
- Baburaj as Himself
- Mafia Sasi
- Machan Varghese
- Mamukkoya as Kunjikka
- Biju Kuttan
- Kalabhavan Haneef as ATM security
- Dinesh Prabhakar as Junior Artist
- Vijeesh
- Nimisha Suresh as Diya, the Butterfly Girl from Germany
- Sangeetha Shivan
- Shamna Kasim as Raji, sister of Nimmy
- Kalabhavan Shajon as Santhosh, a driver who is a friend of Anandakuttan
- Suraj Venjaramoodu as a police officer
- Saranya Mohan as the kashmiri girl in the shooting spot shown at the beginning of the movie.
- Munshi Venu[8]
- Kalabhavan Prajod
- Kalabhavan Santhosh
Soundtrack
All songs were written by Gireesh Puthenchery and composed by Ilaiyaraaja.
- "Oru Thottaavaadi" - Jyotsna Radhakrishnan, Vijay Yesudas
- "Kalikonda" - MG Sreekumar
- "Butterfly" - Bhavatharani, Karthik Gireesh Puthenchery
- "Varavelkkumo" - Madhu Balakrishnan, Jyotsna Radhakrishnan
References
- ^ "Pachakuthira: A wasted opportunity".
- ^ "Dileep again in a double role in Pachakuthira - Malayalam News". 2 March 2006.
- ^ "Pachakuthira review. Pachakuthira Malayalam movie review, story, rating".
- ^ "Pachakuthira (2006) | Pachakuthira Malayalam Movie | Movie Reviews, Showtimes". 11 February 2006.
- ^ "Pitied and desexualised: How Malayalam cinema has portrayed people with disability". 11 May 2019.
- ^ "Pachakuthira".[dead link]
- ^ Sify box office
- ^ "Malayalam actor Munshi Venu passed away - Times of India". The Times of India.
External links
- Pachakuthira at IMDb
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