Kilichundan Mampazham

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Kilichundan Mampazham
Kilichundan Mampazham.jpg
Directed by Priyadarshan
Written byPriyadarshan
Story by Sreenivasan
Produced by Antony Perumbavoor
Starring Mohanlal
Soundarya
Sreenivasan
Cochin Haneefa
Salim Kumar
Cinematography Ravi Varman [1]
Edited byN. Gopalakrishnan
Music by Vidyasagar
Production
company
Distributed byJohny Sagariga
Release date
  • 11 April 2003 (2003-04-11)
Running time
148 minutes
Country India
Language Malayalam

Kilichundan Mampazham (Malayalam: Bird-beaked Mango) is a 2003 Indian Malayalam-language romantic comedy film written and directed by Priyadarshan from a story by Sreenivasan. It was produced by Antony Perumbavoor under the company Aashirvad Cinemas. The film stars Mohanlal, Soundarya (in her final Malayalam film), Sreenivasan and Salim Kumar. [2] [3] Vineeth Sreenivasan debuted as a singer in the film. [4] [5]

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Plot

Moidukutty Haji returns to his village after marrying for third time. His new wife Aamina is young and beautiful. His other two wives Fathima and Maimuna are really unhappy to see this, but they have no other choice other than to accept it. Aamina was in love in with Abdu. Abdu and Usman enters the village and comes to Moidukutty Haji's house to sell bangles.

Abdu sees Aamina and tries various tricks in order to get into Moidukutty Haji's house, but Moidukutty Haji drives them away. When Abdu was in Gulf, Aamina's wicked father secretly stole all letters sent by Abdu by bribing the postman. Aamina's marriage took place without her acceptance. Abdu with some help from his friends makes secret moves to get Aamina back. The events that are going to happen from here makes the plot of the story.

Cast

Release

The film was released on 11 April 2003.

Box office

Movie was a critical and commercial failure. . [6]

Soundtrack

All the music is composed by Vidyasagar and the lyrics are written by B.R Prasad

No.TitleArtist(s)Length
1."Onnamkilli Ponnankili" (Mohanam) M. G. Sreekumar, Sujatha Mohan  
2."Onnanam Kunnin Mele"M. G. Sreekumar, Sujatha Mohan 
3."Parayuka Nee Kadha" (Sindhu Bhairavi (raga)) Kailash Kher  
4."Vilakkukoluthi Varum"M. G. Sreekumar, Sujatha Mohan 
5."Kasavinte Thattamittu"Sujatha Mohan, Vineeth Sreenivasan  

Critical reception

Sify gave a positive review, calling it a "sparkling entertainer" and praised the performances of Mohanlal and Sreenivasan. Also adding, technically it is one of the best films in recent times, praising the cinematography, art direction, songs, lyrics, but criticized the plot in the second half. [7]

Chithram wrote that "A fun-filled film with Mohanlal and Sreenivasan trying to recreate their old magic with Jagathy Sreekumar, Salim Kumar, Cochin Haneefa and K. B. Ganesh Kumar". [8]

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