Kutteem Kolum

Kutteem Kolum (also written as Kuttiyum Kolum^[1][2]) is a 2013 Malayalam comedy film directed by Guinness Pakru, who made his directorial debut with this film.^[3] Starring Guinness Pakru, Munna, Adithya and Sanusha in the lead roles, the film was produced by Ansar Vasco under the banner United Films.^[4] The script was written by Suresh Satheesh,^[5] while the story was written by Pakru himself which revolves around the bonding between friends living in an imaginary village named Kumarapuram bordering Tamil Nadu.^[6] Cinematography was handled by Vinod Bharathi, and the stills by Vibin Velayudhan. The film released on 30 March 2013.^[7]

Cast

• Guinness Pakru as Ezhimala Vinayakan
• Aditya as Saktivel
• Sanusha as Indu
• Vijayaraghavan as Madhava Menon, Indu's father
• Saiju Kurup as Sree Hari
• Suraj Venjaramoodu as Chandran
• Munna as Babu
• Siddique
• Nirmal
• Devi Chandana
• Sona Nair
• Babu Namboothiri as Kaimal
• Ponnamma Babu
• Sankar
• Menaka as Subadra
• Bijukuttan
• Tini Tom as Advocate
• Nelson Sooranad as Sasi
• Abu Salim as Shah

Soundtrack

Music was composed by Shaan Rahman and the lyrics were penned by Vayalar Sarath Chandra Varma and Vinayak.^[8] The audio was launched in late March 2013.^[9]

Reception

Aswin J Kumar of The Times of India gave 2 out of 5 and wrote "Pakru has nothing new to offer in Kutiyum Kolum except that it is his debut directorial venture".^[10] Veeyen of nowrunning.com gave 1.5 out of 5 and wrote "Toying with an idea that has long been thrashed, Pakru does the unthinkable by deciding to craft it into a two-hour long film".^[11] The film was subsequently dubbed and released in Tamil as Sakthi Vinayagam after the lead characters.

References

1. ↑ "Guinness Pakru directs Kuttiyum Kolum". Sify. Retrieved 2013-04-22. 
2. ↑ "Sanusha, Adithya team up for Guinness Pakru's film". CNN IBN. 2012-10-26. Retrieved 2013-04-22. 
3. ↑ News, Express (2012-11-06). "Guinness Pakru set to don director's hat". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 2013-04-22. 
4. ↑ Vijay George (2013-03-28). "Dreaming BIG". The Hindu. Retrieved 2013-04-22. 
5. ↑ Ammu Zachariah (2012-11-24). "Munna's tryst with comedy". The Times of India. TNN. Retrieved 2013-04-22. 
6. ↑ A Correspondent (2013-03-29). "Entering the big league". The Hindu. Retrieved 2013-04-22. 
7. ↑ "Kutteem Kolum on Mar 30". Sify. 2013-03-29. Retrieved 2013-04-22. 
8. ↑ "Shaan Rahman to croon his first duet in Malayalam". The Times of India. 2012-12-07. Retrieved 2013-04-22. 
9. ↑ "A memorable soiree". The Times of India. TNN. 2013-03-28. Retrieved 2013-04-22. 
10. ↑ "Kuttim Kolum movie review: Wallpaper, Story, Trailer at Times of India" (in German). The Times of India. Retrieved 2013-04-22. 
11. ↑ Veeyen (2013-03-31). "Kuttiyum Kolum Review". Nowrunning.com. Retrieved 2013-04-22.