Three Kings (2011 film)

Three Kings
Three Kings
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	V. K. Prakash
Written by	Y. V. Rajesh
Produced by	Abdul Nazar alias Jeevan
Starring	Jayasurya ; Kunchacko Boban ; Indrajith Sukumaran ; Samvrutha Sunil ; Sandhya ; Ann Augustine
Cinematography	Venu
Edited by	Mahesh Narayanan
Music by	Ousepachan
Production; companies	KNM Films; Trends Adfilm Makers; Innostorm Entertainment;
Distributed by	PlayHouse Release
Release date	2 July 2011;
Country	India
Language	Malayalam

Last updated June 17, 2024

Three Kings is a 2011 Indian Malayalam-language slapstick comedy caper film directed by V. K. Prakash and starring Jayasurya, Kunchacko Boban, and Indrajith Sukumaran in lead roles alongside Samvrutha Sunil, Sandhya, Ann Augustine, Jagathy Sreekumar, Ashokan, Suraj Venjaramoodu, and Salim Kumar in supporting roles.^[1] In the film, three estranged brothers, who are also princes in a royal family, set out on a journey in search of a treasure. However, a mysterious revelation sorts out all the conflict between them.

Plot

Shankar (Shankhu), Ram, and Bhaskar are three cousins from a royal family who always fought with each other since childhood. None of them allows others to prosper and creates trouble for each other in whatever they do. Their parents have taken money from a money lender called Dinakaran who has given the money on the lease of the palace. When the debts increase, the three realise that they cannot repay the money and get back to the palace. So they try to steal the papers from Dinakaran's house with the help of his daughters who are their girlfriends. But Dinakaran catches them and hands them over to the police.

In the police lockup, they happen to hear from a blind man that there is a treasure hidden somewhere in the Mysore forest which belonged to their family. He says that this was hidden by Tipu Sultan centuries back. He can help them if they promise to give him a portion of it. But that night, his illness becomes worse and he dies on his way to the hospital, but he hands the three a map of the treasure before he leaves the cell.

The three kings leave for Mysore to find the treasure. Each of them takes a different route and tries to be there first and make the treasure their own, but ultimately they have to join hands because each of them has only one portion of the map which they split while having a fight in the police lockup. Finally, they find the treasure but it turns out that everything was a forged play and they were part of a reality show which a popular channel organized. They all end up humiliated because cameras were following them every moment and caught all their fights on camera and broadcast them.

But during one of the fights they had inside the cave, it turns out that the three kings misplaced the gold idol kept by the channel and took the real golden idol itself. This makes them all rich and they take back the palace from the money lender. The three kings get married to their girlfriends and they have three kids. In the final scene, it is shown that their three kids are also fighting with each other the same way their fathers did when they were kids showing us that the legacy continues.

Cast

Jayasurya as Shankaran Unni Raja, (Shanku), an aspiring film and television serial actor who wants to be famous to make loads of money
Kunchacko Boban as Raman Unni Raja (Ram), who is trying to make a fast buck by taking part in various reality shows on television
- Ramzan as Young Ram
Indrajith Sukumaran as Bhaskaran Unni Raja (Bhasi), who is trying to make a mark on the cricket field
Samvrutha Sunil as Anjana (Anju), Shankar's girlfriend ^[3]
Sandhya as Manju, Bhasi's girlfriend ^[3]
Ann Augustine as Ranju, Ram's girlfriend ^[3]
Jagathy Sreekumar as Dinakaran, Anju's, Manju's and Ranju's father
Ashokan as Ashok Varma, cousin of the 3 "kings" and planner of the treasure hunt
Suraj Venjaramoodu as Achuvetteil Achankunju
Salim Kumar as K. S. Prashanthan
Vijay Babu as Channel Head
Sasi Kalinga as Sabu, one of the actors in Ashok Varma's plan of the treasure hunt
Kunchan as himself
Sreejith Ravi as Murugappan / Ramachandran Nair
Balachandran Chullikadu as Shankaran Unni Raja's father
Ambika Mohan as Shanku's mother
Gita Nair as Ram's mother
Omana Ouseph as Bhasi's mother
Gayathri as Baby girl's Mother
Ramesh Valiyashala as Sub-inspector
Majeed as an advocate

Soundtrack

The soundtrack of the film, was composed by Ouseppachan, features 4 comic-genre songs.

S. No.	Song	Performer(s)
1	"Bilsila Hai Bilsila"	Jayasurya
2	"Chakkara Maavin Pothilirikkum"	Anoop Sankar, Swetha Mohan
3	"Pachukkuthirumburukkee"	Anoop Sankar, Franco
4	"Paara Paara" (Theme song)	Anoop Sankar, Jerry John

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References

↑ Vijay George. The story is also similar to the Bollywood blockbuster film, Dhamaal (13 May 2011). "Exploring genres". The Hindu. Retrieved 2 July 2011.
↑ "Review: 3 Kings fails".
1 2 3 Vijay George (7 January 2011). "To make a fast buck". The Hindu . Archived from the original on 10 January 2011. Retrieved 21 January 2011.

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[interview-1] Vijay George. The story is also similar to the Bollywood blockbuster film, Dhamaal (13 May 2011). "Exploring genres". The Hindu. Retrieved 2 July 2011.

[2] "Review: 3 Kings fails".

[The_Hindu-3] 1 2 3 Vijay George (7 January 2011). "To make a fast buck". The Hindu . Archived from the original on 10 January 2011. Retrieved 21 January 2011.

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