Kunjiramayanam

Kunjiramayanam (English: The story of Kunjiraman) is a 2015 Indian Malayalam-language comedy film directed by debutant Basil Joseph and scripted by Deepu Pradeep. The film features Vineeth Sreenivasan, Dhyan Sreenivasan and Aju Varghese in the lead roles.[1] Kunjiramayanam was released on 28 August 2015.

Kunjiramayanam
Theatrical release poster
Directed byBasil Joseph
Produced bySuvin K. Varkey
Screenplay byDeepu Pradeep
StarringVineeth Sreenivasan
Dhyan Sreenivasan
Aju Varghese
Narrated byBiju Menon
Music byJustin Prabhakaran
CinematographyVishnu Sarma
Edited byAppu Bhattathiri
Production
company
Distributed byE4 Entertainment
Release date
  • 28 August 2015 (2015-08-28)
Running time
125 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageMalayalam
Budget₹ 3 Cr
Box office₹ 12 Cr

Plot

Kunjiraman (Vineeth Sreenivasan), the nephew of "Well-done" Vasu (Mamukkoya), plans to marry Vasu's daughter Thankamani (Rimi Tomy). All plans are thwarted by Kunjiraman's dim-witted cousin brother Laalu (Dhyan Sreenivasan), who places an inappropriate cassette in Kunjiraman's VCR, and later blaming it on Kunjiraman. With this incident, both families swear to have their child married first before the other.

To avenge this, Kunjiraman goes to Gulf to make money, meanwhile Laalu becomes an apprentice in Kuttan's (Aju Varghese) tailoring shop, where he looks up to Kuttan as his Role Model . On Kunjiraman's return, he plans to marry well and before Thankamani's wedding. His mother Sumathi (Seema G. Nair) fixes a marriage for him with Sajitha (Srinda Arhaan). On their engagement day, Sajitha makes Kunjiraman promise to stop all his drinking activities, to which Kunjiraman breaks a bottle of their famous local alcoholic drink "Salsa" near a local road, after which he departs back to Gulf. After several failed attempts to bring Salsa into the village, its is realized that Desam is now cursed and nobody is successful in bringing a bottle of Salsa beyond that road.

Upon Kunjiraman's return, he becomes aware of the curse and publicly accepts the challenge to bring Salsa into Desam in front of Laalu and Vasu, as a way to obtain respect in front of his village. On the night before his wedding, he sets out to bring a bottle of Salsa. He ends up drinking alcohol to gain courage in order to break the curse which makes him lose consciousness in the middle of the road. He doesn't wake up until the next day noon, and finds out that his marriage has been cancelled and his respect among the villagers has also vanished.

A grieving Kunjiraman departs back to Gulf and requests his friend Ratheesh (Hareesh Kanaran) to break a bottle of Salsa in the exact place where he had thrown a year earlier. After Ratheesh had dropped off Kunjiraman at the Airport, on his return, Vasu hitches a ride with Ratheesh and bores Ratheesh with his stories of him in the Gulf. As Vasu reaches the village and gets off the vehicle, he unknowingly takes the bottle of Salsa that Ratheesh had bought earlier, only to find the villagers rushing to him and thus Vasu obtaining the status of a Local Hero. But with this departure, another curse had befallen the land, the curse of failed marriages.

Meanwhile Laalu is convinced by Kuttan that the local policeman's sister, Reshma (Sneha Unnikrishnan), has an eye for him. This makes Laalu very dreamy. But his dreams are shattered when Kunjiraman returns after a year and his mother fixes a marriage for him with Reshma. On hearing this Laalu secretly plots against Kunjiraman with Kuttan. They plan to lock the door of Reshma's room the night before the engagement in hopes of locking her in during the auspicious time, thereby calling off the engagement. But the drunk Kuttan ends up locking the door from inside and spending the night in her room. Fearing shame from the society and the greed of the people to have a wedding, Reshma weds Kuttan, leaving both Kunjiraman and Laalu broken-hearted. Kunjiraman departs back to the Gulf, but Kuttan tries to deviate Laalu from Reshma by convincing him that Paramu's (Indrans) daughter, Mallika (Arya (actress)), has an interest in him.

Meanwhile Thankamani's wedding has been fixed and Kunjiraman's mother insists on him marrying Mallika on the same day and same temple, when he returns. Laalu upon hearing this tries to spoil the occasion the night before, once again with Kuttan, by doing the same "locking the door" plan. Upon which they discover Thankamani absconding (from her house to avoid the wedding) and they also find out that Kunjiraman never left and this was planned with Thankamani, so that they could leave and live together elsewhere. Kunjiraman with his friends unite with Laalu and Kuttan and reach a compromise: Kunjiraman gets to wed Thankamani and Laalu gets to marry Mallika. And they plan a way to prevent Thankamani's groom from reaching the temple.

On the wedding day, the group tries to block the way to prevent the groom from reaching the temple, only to discover him as a person not to be messed with, Manoharan (Biju Menon). Manoharan agrees to this compromise and agrees to attend the wedding just for the sake of it.

At the temple, Kunjiraman and Thankamani get married, without prior consent, but the occasion goes well. But Manoharan plays his own cards and does not let Laalu marry Mallika, instead he marries Mallika, claiming that he will not leave Desam empty handed, leaving Laalu broken hearted once again. It is later seen that Mallika has had several affairs and Manoharan feels as if he has received the worst curse Desam has ever received.

Cast

Production

The movie is the debut of director Basil Joseph who was earlier known for directing short films Oru Thundupadam and Priyamvadha Katharayano with his friend Robin Charls .[2] Actors Vineeth Sreenivasan Dhyan Sreenivasan are acting together for the first time.[3]

The original schedule for the shoot was 44 days in Kudallur village, near Kollengode in Palakkad. The film shooting started on 23 April 2015 and got completed in 35 days with two schedules.[4]

Reception

Critical reception

The movie was released on 28 August 2015 across Kerala in 60 theatres.

Malayala Manorama gave a rating of 3/5 and said "Kunjiramayanam is an entertaining film for sure, definitely one that belongs to the not-to-be-missed category".[5] Rejath RG of Kerala Kaumudi said, "Every character in Kunjiramayanam leaves an impression on the viewer. And that's the best thing about the movie. There are lots of scenes that offer genuine laughs. By the time the movie is over we feel like we have visited the Desham village. That signifies the success of the debutante director Basil Joseph."[6] Entertainment website Filmibeat.com rated 2.5/5 and said "Kuniramayanam is a logic less fun-filled entertainer, for a one-time watch".[7] Paresh C Palicha of Rediff.com gave a rating of 2.5/5 and said "The movie has things that keep us interested in proceedings though it tends to get repetitive once in a while. But we can confidently say that Kunjiramayanam is enjoyable".[8]

Box office

The film made at a budget of ₹3cr collected a sum of ₹6cr within 14 days of release. Asianet bought the satellite rights.[9] It collected ₹10cr from Kerala after 35 days of release.[10] Kunjiramayanam Reached 2nd Among the Onam Releases.[11]

Music
Kunjiramayanam
Soundtrack album to Kunjiramayanam by
Justin Prabhakaran
Released4 August 2015
GenreFilm soundtrack
Length15:01
LanguageMalayalam
LabelMuzik 247
ProducerJustin Prabhakaran
Justin Prabhakaran chronology
Orange Mittai
(2015)		 Kunjiramayanam
(2015)		 Oru Naal Koothu
(2016)

The soundtrack was released by Muzik247 on 4 August 2015 with songs composed by Justin Prabhakaran and lyrics written by Manu Manjith.[12][13]

No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Thumba Poove Sundari"Manu ManjithShankar Mahadevan02:30
2."Ayyayyo Ayyayyo"Manu ManjithVineeth Sreenivasan04:08
3."Paavaada"Manu ManjithDaya Bijibal03:39
4."Salsa"Manu ManjithMasala Coffee03:31
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References
  1. "'Vineeth and Dhyan to work together again'" (2015-06-04). Times of India.
  2. "'In the big league'" (2015-17-04). The Hindu.
  3. "'Vineeth, Dhyan And Aju In 'Kunjiramayanam'" (2015-06-04). Filmibeat.
  4. "EPIC Experiment". The Hindu. 27 August 2015.
  5. "'Kunjiramayanam': Sreenivasan brothers fight it out'". 28 August 2015.
  6. Rejath RG (1 September 2015). "Kunjiramayanam is enjoyable!".
  7. Akhila Menon (28 August 2015). "'Kunjiramayanam Movie Review: Logic Less Fun'".
  8. Paresh C Palicha (31 August 2015). "'Kunjiramayanam is enjoyable'".
  9. Aswini (12 September 2015). "ഓണം റിലീസ്: ബോക്‌സോഫീസ് കളക്ഷനില് മുന്നിൽ മോഹൻലാലോ മമ്മൂട്ടിയോ?". Filmibeat.com. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
  10. Anu James (8 October 2015). "Kerala box office collection: 'Ennu Ninte Moideen', 'Kunjiramayanam', 'Life of Josutty' do good business". International Business Times. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
  11. "Onam Releases 2015- An Overview". onlookersmedia. Onlookers Media. Retrieved 5 November 2015.
  12. "Songs of Vineeth Sreenivasan starrer 'Kunjiramayanam' released". 6 August 2015.
  13. "'Vineeth, Dhyan team up for 'Kunjiramayanam'" (2015-06-04). Manorama.
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