Bicycle Thieves (2013 film)

Bicycle Thieves
Directed by	Jis Joy
Screenplay by	Jis Joy
Story by	Ajith Pillai
Produced by	Dr. S. Sajikumar Krishnan Sethukumar
Starring	Asif Ali Aparna Gopinath Salim Kumar Vijay Babu Siddique Saiju Kurup Aju Varghese
Cinematography	Binendra Menon
Edited by	Ratheesh Raj
Music by	Deepak Dev
Production company	Dharmik films
Distributed by	UTV Motion Pictures
Release date	29 November 2013 (2013-11-29)
Country	India
Language	Malayalam

Bicycle Thieves is a 2013 Malayalam comedy thriller film written and directed by Jis Joy. It stars Asif Ali in the lead role alongside Aparna Gopinath with Salim Kumar, Saiju Kurup, Vijay Babu, Aju Varghese, Siddique, Sai Kumar, and Devan in other pivotal roles. It received mixed to positive reviews from critics. ^[1]

Summary

Chacko lost his parents in his childhood and he lives with uncle's family who tortures him and considers him a slave. Unable to face the struggle, he leaves in a bicycle and joins a cycle workshop owner Bose and his workers, Rameshan and Rahim who steals bicycles for a living. Their fate changes when they try to aim for more. A heist goes wrong, and the gang gets split. Chacko moves to another place where he continues with his tricks, on a bigger scale. During one of those endeavors, he meets Meera, a bank employee, and they fall in love.

The first half of the film is used to introduce each character, without divulging much details. The viewers are left to guess as they all could have a possible role in the suspense later on. ^{[2] [3]}

Cast

• Asif Ali as Kunchacko (Chacko)
  • Dhananjay as Young Chacko
• Aparna Gopinath as Meera Mathews
• Salim Kumar as Bose Prakash alias Bossettan
• Vijay Babu as Adv. Kashinathan
• Saiju Kurup as Rameshan
• Siddique as CI
• Sunil Sukhada as Fa.Idayil Chodiyan
• Kishor Satya as Sleeve Varghese
• Jaffar Idukki as Sajeer Bhayi
• K. P. A. C. Lalitha as Meera's Landlady
• Bineesh Kodiyeri as Rahim
• Sai Kumar as Pattara Swami
• Devan as Mathews
• Aju Varghese as Shajan (cameo)
• Balu Varghese as Iqbal (cameo)
• Sekhar Menon as himself (cameo)
• Naveen Arakkal

Soundtrack

Bicycle Thieves
Soundtrack album by Deepak Dev
Genre	Film soundtrack
Language	Malayalam
Deepak Dev chronology
Ezhamathe Varavu Bicycle Thieves 7th Day

All tracks are composed by Deepak Dev and Jerry Amaldev and written by Bichu Thirumala, Kaithapram, and Jis Joy.

No.	Title	Performer(s)	Length
1.	"Aayiram Kannumaay (bit)"	Asif Ali
2.	"Mele Vaanile"	Ramya Nambeesan, Naveen
3.	"Punchiri Thanchum"	Shankar Mahadevan
4.	"Theme Song"	Naveen

References

1. Kumar, Aswin J. "BICYCLE THIEVES MOVIE REVIEW". The Times of India.
2. "Review : Bicycle Thieves". Sify. Archived from the original on 23 May 2015.
3. "Bicycle Thieves Review". Nowrunning. 1 December 2013.