Angamaly Diaries

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Angamaly Diaries
Angamaly Diaries Official Poster.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed by Lijo Jose Pellissery
Written by Chemban Vinod Jose
Produced by Vijay Babu
Starring Antony Varghese
Anna Rajan
Tito Wilson
Appani Sarath
Cinematography Girish Gangadharan
Edited by Shameer Muhammed
Music by Prashant Pillai
Production
company
Distributed by
Release date
  • 3 March 2017 (2017-03-03)
Running time
130 minutes [1]
CountryIndia
LanguageMalayalam
Box officeest. ₹20 crore [2]

Angamaly Diaries is a 2017 Indian Malayalam-language crime film directed by Lijo Jose Pellissery and written by Chemban Vinod Jose. The film features 86 debutant actors with Antony Varghese, Anna Rajan, Appani Sarath, Kichu Tellus, Ullas Jose Chemban, Vineeth Vishwam, Bitto Davis, Tito Wilson and Sinoj Varghese playing the main roles. [3] It marks Vijay Babu's first sole production under Friday Film House. [4] The film features an uncut 11-minute long take in the climax featuring around 1000 artists. [5] [6]

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Angamaly Diaries was released on 3 March 2017 to critical acclaim and emerged as a commercial success at the box office. [7] [8] The film was included in The Hindu's top 25 Malayalam films of the decade. [9] Antony Varghese won the Youth Icon Award at Asianet Film Awards.

It was remade in Telugu as Falaknuma Das (2019) starring Vishwak Sen in the lead role. [10]

Plot

2001: Vincent Pepe is a resident in Angamaly, which is a medium-sized suburb of Kochi near the airport. During the middle school, Pepe and his friends put together an unofficial "team", a kind-of-pretend gang. They hero-worshipped the leading team of their area at that time, which was led by Babuji and his lieutenant Thomas. They are used to work out with them and listen to their advice on fighting and strategy. As young men, Pepe and his friends get into their first fight with outsiders, who were bothering the neighbourhood girls.

2008: Pepe also starts his first sweet romance with a local girl named Seema, whom he had known since school days. However, the innocent period ends with Babuji getting killed by two local boys Ravi and Rajan, who are sent to prison.

2013: Pepe still has the same friends and Babuji's friend Thomas has become a member of their team in a kind-of-adviser capacity. Pepe is seriously dating a nursing student from Germany and looking for a way to build a business that can support himself and his friends. They start a pork business by just buying pigs from Ravi and Rajan, who have become the leading merchants in the neighbourhood after their return from prison. Later, Pepe and his friends start their own pig farm and set up a rival wholesale business to Ravi and Rajan.

During a discussion between the two groups, Pepe and his friends and Ravi and Raman's young followers led by Ravi's brother-in-law get into a fight, where Pepe accidentally kills one of them. To resolve the court case, Pepe's team has to turn to increasingly illegal activities to raise money to pay off Ravi and Raman and their friends. They open an illegal poker hall and manage to raise funds. With the case hanging over him, Pepe feels obligated to end his relationship with the nursing student.

At this point, Lily "Lichi" David, who is Pepe's old friend's older sister, returns to the area, where she starts spending more time with Pepe despite the court cases hanging over him. The court case is settled, but Pepe is still in danger because the person he accidentally killed, has cousins who have come to Angamaly for revenge. Ravi and Rajan act as go-betweens and try to keep the situation calm, but it is still a problem and Pepe needs to leave the town. While Pepe is waiting for his Dubai visa to come through and celebrating a festival, they give the final payoff to Ravi and Rajan who pass on a portion to the cousins of the victim. However, the cousins are still angry and plans to attack Pepe after they receive all the money they can.

2014: During the evening festival celebrations, the cousins attack Ravi and Rajan as they learn that they will only receive a small proportion of the money Pepe used to pay them off. During the fight, the leader of the cousins, who is also Ravi's brother-in-law, is chased into the fireworks display and everyone watches in stunned silence as his body is blotted out by thousands of fireworks.

2016: Pepe gets married to Lichi and works as a construction worker in Dubai, where he still calls home regularly and also misses his life in Angamaly.

Cast

Production

The film introduces 86 new actors and the audition was held at different parts of Kerala, especially at Kochi. Actor Chemban Vinod Jose wrote the screenplay. The filming started on 11 October 2016 in Kochi. [3] Angamaly Diaries is Vijay Babu's first sole production after the spat with his business partner Sandra Thomas. [4] [11]

Soundtrack

Angamaly Diaries
Soundtrack album by
Prashant Pillai
ReleasedMarch 24, 2017
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Length19:48
Label Muzik247
Producer Prashant Pillai
Prashant Pillai chronology
Anuraga Karikkin Vellam
(2016)		Angamaly Diaries
(2017)		 Sakhavu
(2017)

The film's music was composed by Prashant Pillai, with lyrics by P. S. Rafeeque and Preeti Pillai. The full movie soundtrack was released on 23 February 2017 and consists of 9 songs: six original and three alternate versions. [12]

Angamaly Diaries [13]
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Angamaly"TraditionalAngamaly Pranchi (Chorus : Febin Paulose, Joy Chirakal)2:33
2."Ayalathe"P. S. RafeequeShreekumar Vakkiyil2:10
3."Theeyame"TraditionalAngamaly Pranchi, Shreekumar Vakkiyil3:00
4."Thana Dhina"TraditionalAngamaly Pranchi (Chorus : Febin Paulose, Joy Chirakal)3:51
5."Do Naina (Trailer Version)"Prashant PillaiShreekumar Vakkiyil1:16
6."Do Naina (Male Version)"Preeti PillaiShreekumar Vakkiyil1:16
7."Do Naina (Female Version)"Preeti PillaiPreeti Pillai1:16
8."La Vettam (Male Version)"P. S. RafeequeShreekumar Vakkiyil1:16
9."La Vettam (Female Version)"P. S. RafeequePreeti Pillai1:16
10."Chayakadakkara"P. S. RafeequeAngamaly Pranchi, Chorus1:16

Release

Theatrical

The film was released on 3 March 2017.

Box office

The film collected over ₹ 20 crore (US$2.5 million) in its final run in theatres. [2]

Critical reception

Angamaly Diaries received positive reviews from critics who praised its realistic making, cinematography, performances and action sequences.

Deborah Young of The Hollywood Reporter termed the film as a "rambunctious breakout" and praised the climax describing it as "dazzling, can’t-look-away finale, shot in a single 12-minute take that throws in everything plus the kitchen sink and brings the story to a shrill conclusion". Anjana George of The Times of India gave 4 out of 5 stars and praised the film as "Showcasing a mélange of beautiful visuals, thumping music and natural performances, Angamaly Diaries is one of the more fresh and terrific attempts made by a filmmaker of late in Mollywood Film." She added, "Chemban has weaved in the dialect, food, music and culture of the people in Angamaly to the plot, paying careful attention to every intricate detail, while making it an engaging movie." [14]

Anna M. M. Vetticad of Firstpost gave 4 out of 5 stars and called it as a "delightful, unexpectedly hilarious take on the squalid underbelly of Kerala’s Angamaly town.". She added, "If ever there was an example of the committed cinephile’s dictum “it is not the story but the treatment that makes a film”, you have it here. Because if you think about it, Angamaly Diaries – funny and insightful in equal measure – does not have a story in the conventional sense, yet that, among so many other reasons, is what makes it brilliant." [15] Veeyen termed the film as "Excellent" and stated that "the Angamaly that filmmaker Lijo Jose Pellissery and writer Vinod Jose scribble their diary notes on is a dusty, deafening town that smells of pork and sloshed human blood. The ceaseless squabbles for honour, money and might render it a land with almost dystopian proportions, where a terrifyingly realistic tale of subsistence unfurls." [16]

Baradwaj Rangan of Film Companion South wrote "Like last year’s Kannada blockbuster Kirik Party , Angamaly Diaries is proof that these relatively under-the-radar upstart films are making far better use of mainstream tropes – fights, songs, comedy – than your average mega-budget big-star vehicle...like Premam, Angamaly Diaries places a certain kind of small-town, short-fused masculinity under a microscope. Men are defined by their actions – and I’m not just talking about the action sequences." [17]

Impact

The film also received high praises from the film fraternity. [18] Mohanlal wrote "Happened to watch Angamaly Diaries and I'm impressed by the way the movie is made. Brilliant acting by every one and Kudos to the whole team and to Chemban Vinod Jose and Lijo Jose Pellissery". Prithviraj Sukumaran lauded it as a "stunning piece of film making" and praised its "original writing". Nivin Pauly applauded the casting, performances, story calling them "so refreshing and real". Karthik Subbaraj called the film as "Super Fantastic" and lauded it, saying "Writing, Performances & Filmmaking Crafts at its best". Anurag Kashyap called it as "an extraordinary film" and tagged Angamaly Diaries as his film of the year so far. [19]

List of Film Festivals
YearFilm Festival NameLocationPrize Won
2018Indie Meme Film FestivalAustin, TX, USA

Accolades

Award [lower-alpha 1] Date of ceremony [lower-alpha 2] CategoryRecipient(s)ResultRef.
Asianet Film Awards 20 May 2018Best New Face of the Year – Male Sarath Won [20]
Youth Icon of the Year Antony Varghese Won
CPC Cine Awards 18 February 2018Best Director Lijo Jose Pellissery Won [21]
Best Cinematographer Girish Gangadharan [lower-alpha 3] Won
Filmfare Awards South 16 June 2018 Best Film – Malayalam Angamaly Diaries – Friday Film House Nominated [22]
[23]
Best Director – Malayalam Lijo Jose Pellissery Nominated
Best Male Debut – Malayalam Antony Varghese Won
Best Supporting Actor – Malayalam Sarath Nominated
Best Supporting Actress – Malayalam Anna Rajan Nominated
Best Music Director – Malayalam Prashant Pillai Nominated
Best Male Playback Singer – Malayalam Shreekumar Vakkiyil – (for "Ayalathe penninte")Nominated
South Indian International Movie Awards 14–15 September 2018 Best Film – Malayalam Angamaly Diaries – Friday Film House Nominated [24]
[25]
Best Director – Malayalam Lijo Jose Pellissery Won
Best Male Debut – Malayalam Antony Varghese Won
Sarath Nominated
Best Actor in a Negative Role – MalayalamWon
Best Female Debut – Malayalam Anna Rajan Nominated
Best Music Director – Malayalam Prashant Pillai Nominated

Notes

  1. ↑ Awards, festivals and organizations are in alphabetical order.
  2. ↑ Date is linked to the article about the awards held that year, wherever possible.
  3. ↑ Shared with Rajeev Ravi for Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum

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