Utopiayile Rajavu

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Utopiayile Rajavu
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Directed by Kamal
Screenplay by PS Rafeeque
Produced byHaseeb Haneef
Noushad Alathur
Starring Mammootty
Jewel Mary
S.P.Sreekumar
Sunil Sukhada
Indrans
Jayaprakash Kulur
KPAC Lalitha
CinematographyNeil D Cunha
Edited byRajagopal
Music by
Production
company
Grande Film Corporation
Distributed byPlay House Release
Release date
  • 27 August 2015 (2015-08-27)
CountryIndia
LanguageMalayalam
Box officeest.₹1.5crore [1]

Utopiayile Rajavu (English: The King Of Utopia) [2] is a 2015 Malayalam satirical comedy film [3] directed by Kamal and penned by PS Rafeeque. [4] It stars Mammootty, Sethulakshmi, Jewel Mary, KPAC Lalitha, Janardhanan, TG Ravi, Joy Mathew, Sudheer Karamana, Nandu and Indrans. Ouseppachan composed the soundtrack. [5] The film released on 27 August 2015. [6]

Contents

Plot

The film follows the life of CP Swathanthryan, son of freedom fighter Chembakassery Parameswaran Pillai. His uncle, Soman Thampi, is a crook who envies CP's wealth and is a constant troublemaker for him. He is determined to win the legal suit filed by CP. Losing it would result in reinstating the wealth he forcibly obtained. CP wants to be famous at any cost, which triggers hilarious events. After many incidents, he realizes that one should not chase fame; fame should chase us based on our deeds. The rest of the story deals with how he brings justice to people to whom it was denied and delayed.

Cast

Production

Kamal directed. [7] PS Rafeeque approached Mammootty with the script on the set of Bhaskar The Rascal . The actor immediately accepted and suggested Kamal as director. Kamal, too, committed to the project. [8] Kamal said, "Animals, birds and even statues will voice their opinion in Utopiayile Rajavu,". [9] Mammootty also recommended Jewel Mary for the heroine. [10]

The film launched in Kochi on 18 May 2015 during which sewing machines were donated to women from tribal communities. [11] The shoot started at Thodupuzha, Kerala, in May 2015. [12] The film was shot in Trivandrum. [13]

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Ouseppachan and lyrics were written by P. S. Rafeeque. The audio launch was held at Ernakulam on 2 August 2015. [14] The first song released was "Uppinu Pona Vazhiyethu". [15] [16]

No.TitleSinger
1"Chantham Thelinju" (Duet)Rahul R. Nath, Mridula Warrier
2"Laavettom"Resmi Satheesh, Sunil, Sudheer Alathur
3"Uppinu Pona" Vaikom Vijayalakshmi, Jassie Gift, Rahul R. Nath
4"Chantham Thelinju" (Solo) P. Jayachandran

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