Uppukandam Brothers: Back in Action

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Uppukandam Brothers Back in Action
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Film poster
Directed by T. S. Suresh Babu
Written byReji Mathew
Produced byThankachan Vismaya
Starring Srikanth
Babu Antony
Catherine Tresa
Baiju
Vani Viswanath
Honey Rose
Cinematography U. K. Senthil Kumar
Edited byKapil Gopalakrishnan (Kapil Krishna)
Music by Alphons Joseph
Production
company
Vismaya studios
Release date
  • 17 June 2011 (2011-06-17)
CountryIndia
LanguageMalayalam

Uppukandam Brothers Back in Action is a 2011 Malayalam film, it stars Srikanth (in his debut of Malayalam film), Honey Rose and Babu Antony in main role. It is a sequel to the 1993 film Uppukandam Brothers . [1] The film received negative reviews. [2] [1] It was later dubbed and released in Tamil as Chatriya Vamsam.

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Plot

This is the story of the Uppukandam family consisting of brothers Sevichan, Josekutty, Bennychan, Kunjannamma, Kochammini, and Bobby. Their rivalry with Srambikkal Sathyaneshan over a previous episode intensifies after Ettuveetil Ganeshan, the son of deceased Etuveettil Ananthan Nambiar from the previous film joins forces with him.

Cast

Differences From Uppukandam Brothers

This film does not truly fit into the same universe as Uppukandam Brothers since the identity of many characters contradict the latter. In Uppukandam Brothers, there are five Uppukandam Brothers, namely Kariachan, Paulachan, Sevichan, Josekutty, Bennichan, and a sister Alice, while Kariachan is married to Elamma. In the present film, however, there is Kunjannamma and Kochammini instead of Alice. Their relation is also handled inconsistently as, at various instances in the film, both Kunjannamma and Kochammini are addressed as their sister by the brothers, while Kochammini calls Kunjannamma her mother. Given their ages, there is no scope for their existence within the previous film. It is also mentioned that Sathyaneshan's younger brother whom Kochammini loved was killed by Ettuveettil Ananthan Pillai, who however, dies onscreen at the end of the previous film, which necessitates Kochammini's existence, adulthood, and proximity within the scope of that film.

While Kariachan is mentioned as deceased, no mention is made of Paulachan. Bobby and Seban are new brothers introduced in the film, with no precedence in the previous film. Their being born after the events of the previous film necessitates something like Alice/Kunjannamma marrying a second time, which is however not at all touched upon.

While Josekutty is a law graduate in the previous film, he is a career police officer here. And no mention is made of Josekutty's and Bennichan's wives Leena and ANnie whom they married at the end of the previous film. The actress who played Chandy's wife Annamma in the previous film plays Sathyaneshan's wife Savithri here, while the actress who played Ettuveettil Vasu's daughter-in-law plays a ward member romantically involved with Kunjeesho here.

Music

  1. "Ishtam Ninnishtam" - Manjari, Karthik
  2. "Saronin Geetham" - Madhu Balakrishnan, Afsal, Elizabeth Raju
  3. "Thilakkam Vacha" - Shankar Mahadevan
  4. "Thilakkkam Vacha (Remix)" - Shankar Mahadevan
  5. "Ventheerathu" - Rashmi Vijayan

Reception

A critic from Sify rated the film two out of five stars and called it one of the worst films in Malayalam. [1] A critic from Rediff.com rated the film one out of five stars and opined that the film has nothing new. [2] A critic from Nowrunning rated the film one out of five stars and wrote that "Back in Inaction would have been a better tagline for the sequel to Uppukandam Brothers . Which is why, I would stick with a single star for this one." [3] A critic from Indiaglitz rated the film one out of five and wrote that "All in all-this Uppukandam brothers: back in action is surely not your film, even for a time pass." [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Movie Review : Uppukandam Brothers: Back in Action". Sify . Archived from the original on 25 September 2013. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
  2. 1 2 "Review: Uppukandam Brothers offers nothing new".
  3. ↑ "Uppukandam Brothers Back in Action Review | Uppukandam Brothers Back in Action Malayalam Movie Review by Veeyen". NOWRUNNING. 21 June 2011. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
  4. ↑ "Uppukandam Brothers review. Uppukandam Brothers Malayalam movie review, story, rating". IndiaGlitz.com. Retrieved 14 August 2024.


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