Kutteem Kolum

Kutteem Kolum
Directed by	Guinness Pakru
Produced by	Ansar Vasco
Screenplay by	Suresh and Sathish
Story by	Guinness Pakru
Starring	Guinness Pakru Munna Adithya Ayota Sanusha Vijaya Raghavan Ponnama Babu
Music by	Shaan Rahman
Cinematography	Vinod Bharathi
Release dates	30 March 2013
Country	India
Language	Malayalam

Kutteem Kolum (also written as Kuttiyum Kolum^[1][2]) is a 2013 Malayalam comedy film directed by Guinness Pakru, who made his directorial debut with this film.^[3] Starring Guinness Pakru, Munna, Adithya and Sanusha in the lead roles, the film was produced by Ansar Vasco under the banner United Films.^[4] The script was written by Suresh Satheesh,^[5] while the story was written by Pakru himself which revolves around the bonding between friends living in an imaginary village named Kumarapuram bordering Tamil Nadu.^[6] Cinematography was handled by Vinod Bharathi, and the stills by Vibin Velayudhan. The film released on 30 March 2013.^[7]

Cast

• Guinness Pakru as Ezhimala Vinayakan
• Aditya as Saktivel
• Sanusha as Indu
• Vijayaraghavan as Madhava Menon, Indu's father
• Saiju Kurup as Sree Hari
• Suraj Venjaramoodu as Chandran
• Munna as Babu
• Siddique
• Nirmal
• Devi Chandana
• Sona Nair
• Babu Namboothiri as Kaimal
• Ponnamma Babu
• Sankar
• Menaka as Subadra
• Bijukuttan
• Tini Tom as Advocate
• Nelson Sooranad as Sasi
• Abu Salim as Shah

Soundtrack

Music was composed by Shaan Rahman and the lyrics were penned by Vayalar Sarath Chandra Varma and Vinayak.^[8] The audio was launched in late March 2013.^[9]

Reception

Aswin J Kumar of The Times of India gave 2 out of 5 and wrote "Pakru has nothing new to offer in Kutiyum Kolum except that it is his debut directorial venture".^[10] Veeyen of nowrunning.com gave 1.5 out of 5 and wrote "Toying with an idea that has long been thrashed, Pakru does the unthinkable by deciding to craft it into a two-hour long film".^[11] The film was subsequently dubbed and released in Tamil as Sakthi Vinayagam after the lead characters.

References

1. "Guinness Pakru directs Kuttiyum Kolum". Sify. Retrieved 2013-04-22.
2. "Sanusha, Adithya team up for Guinness Pakru's film". CNN IBN. 2012-10-26. Retrieved 2013-04-22.
3. News, Express (2012-11-06). "Guinness Pakru set to don director's hat". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 2013-04-22.
4. Vijay George (2013-03-28). "Dreaming BIG". The Hindu. Retrieved 2013-04-22.
5. Ammu Zachariah (2012-11-24). "Munna's tryst with comedy". The Times of India. TNN. Retrieved 2013-04-22.
6. A Correspondent (2013-03-29). "Entering the big league". The Hindu. Retrieved 2013-04-22.
7. "Kutteem Kolum on Mar 30". Sify. 2013-03-29. Retrieved 2013-04-22.
8. "Shaan Rahman to croon his first duet in Malayalam". The Times of India. 2012-12-07. Retrieved 2013-04-22.
9. "A memorable soiree". The Times of India. TNN. 2013-03-28. Retrieved 2013-04-22.
10. "Kuttim Kolum movie review: Wallpaper, Story, Trailer at Times of India" (in German). The Times of India. Retrieved 2013-04-22.
11. Veeyen (2013-03-31). "Kuttiyum Kolum Review". Nowrunning.com. Retrieved 2013-04-22.