Kuberan (2002)

Kuberan is a 2002 Indian Malayalam-language comedy drama film directed by Sundar Das and produced by Menaka under the production company Revathy Kalamandhir. It stars Dileep, Samyuktha Varma, and Kalabhavan Mani, along with a supporting cast of Uma Shankari, Harisree Ashokan, Keerthy Suresh, Indrans, and Jagathy Sreekumar. The film was released during Vishu 2002.

Plot

Siddharthan, an exhibitionist, is the guardian of three children from his village. He rents a house posing as a rich man and is visited by his old friend, Ramanujan, who creates chaos. The young heiress, Pooja, is the daughter of the owner of a palace and has a haunted past. Her husband was a sadist, and she ran away to her native village. Her mother finds out where she is and also comes to the village. Pooja does not want to go with her mother. Hence, she acts like an amnesia patient and says that their neighbour, Siddharthan, is her husband and his adopted children are their children. Thus, her mother allows Pooja to stay in the village. Pooja's husband finds her and comes to get her back. Pooja tells Siddharthan that she does not want to go with her husband. Siddharthan fights Pooja's husband, and in the end, Gouri's father shoots Pooja's husband and goes to prison. Pooja leaves the house, and Siddharthan joins his girlfriend, Gauri.

Cast

Dileep as Siddharthan

Samyuktha Varma as Pooja

Kalabhavan Mani as Ramanujan, Siddharthan's Friend

Uma Shankari as Gauri, Siddharthan's Lover

Jagathy Sreekumar as S.I. Thimmayya

Harisree Ashokan as Theyyunni

Indrans as "Arana" Abdu

Janardhanan as Dr. Vasan

Suresh Krishna as Sanjay, Pooja's Husband

Mohan Sharma as Goppannan, Gouri's Father

Baburaj as Giri

Rizabawa as Thampuran, Pooja's Father

Manka Mahesh as Pooja's Mother

Bindu Ramakrishnan as Pooja's Grandmother

Master Vignesh as Siddharth's adopted child

Keerthy Suresh as Siddharth's adopted child

Geetha Salam

Soundtrack

The film's soundtrack contains six songs, all composed by music director Mohan Sithara, Background score by Sharreth, and with lyrics written by Gireesh Puthenchery.

Reception

A critic from Sify wrote that "Kuberan is old wine in a new bottle". A critic from Screen India praised the performances of the cast, the music and the scriptwriting.

Box office

The film was a commercial success.

Accolades

Kerala Film Critics Association Awards

Best Make-up Artist – Jayachandran

Best Costume Design - Indrans Jayan

References

External links

Kuberan at IMDb