Kilichundan Mambazham (2003)

Name: Kilichundan Mambazham
Genre: Romance
Released: 2003-04-11
Duration: 148 min
Rating: 6.9
Cast: Mohanlal, Soundarya, Sreenivasan, Salim Kumar, Cochin Haneefa

Kilichundan Mambazham (2003), directed by Priyadarshan, starring Mohanlal and Soundarya.

04/11/2003 BR Romance 2h 28m

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Synopsis

A young man tries to rescue the woman he loves after she is forced into marrying another.

Ravi VarmanCinematography
PriyadarshanDirector, Writer
N. GopalakrishnanEditing
Antony PerumbavoorProducer

About the film

Kilichundan Mampazham (Malayalam: Bird-beaked Mango) is a 2003 Indian Malayalam-language romantic comedy film written and directed by Priyadarshan from a story by Sreenivasan. It was produced by Antony Perumbavoor under the company Aashirvad Cinemas. The film stars Mohanlal, Soundarya (in her final Malayalam film), Sreenivasan, Thilakan, Cochin Haneefa, Salim Kumar. Vineeth Sreenivasan debuted as a singer in the film.

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Plot

Moidukutty Haji returns to his village after marrying for third time. His new wife Aamina is young and beautiful. His other two wives Fathima and Maimuna are really unhappy to see this, but they have no other choice other than to accept it. Aamina was in love in with Abdu. Abdu and Usman enters the village and comes to Moidukutty Haji's house to sell bangles.

Abdu sees Aamina and tries various tricks in order to get into Moidukutty Haji's house, but Moidukutty Haji drives them away. When Abdu was in Gulf, Aamina's wicked father secretly stole all letters sent by Abdu by bribing the postman. Aamina's marriage took place without her acceptance. Abdu with some help from his friends makes secret moves to get Aamina back. The events that are going to happen from here makes the plot of the story.

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Release

The film was released on 11 April 2003.

Box office

The movie was a decent runner at the box office.

Home media

The satellite rights of the film was acquired by Surya TV and later in 2020, it was renewed by Asianet.

Soundtrack

All the music is composed by Vidyasagar and the lyrics are written by B.R Prasad

Critical reception

Sify gave a positive review, calling it a "sparkling entertainer" and praised the performances of Mohanlal and Sreenivasan. Also adding, technically it is one of the best films in recent times, praising the cinematography, art direction, songs, lyrics, but criticized the plot in the second half.

Chithram wrote that "A fun-filled film with Mohanlal and Sreenivasan trying to recreate their old magic with Jagathy Sreekumar, Salim Kumar, Cochin Haneefa and K. B. Ganesh Kumar".

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External links

Kilichundan Mampazham at IMDb

Text from Kilichundan Mampazham on Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilichundan_Mampazham

Trivia

It premiered on April 11, 2003, a Friday.
It runs 2h28 — a typical feature length.
Its original title is "കിളിച്ചുണ്ടന്‍ മാമ്പഴം".
This film's quiz has 9 questions — enough to play more than once without repeats.