Kurup (film)

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Kurup
Theatrical release poster
Directed bySrinath Rajendran
Screenplay by
  • Daniel Sayooj Nair[1]
  • K. S. Aravind[1]
Story byJithin K. Jose[1]
Produced byDulquer Salmaan
Starring
CinematographyNimish Ravi[1]
Edited byVivek Harshan
Music bySushin Shyam[1]
Production
companies
Distributed by
Release date
  • 12 November 2021 (2021-11-12) (India)[2]
Running time
155 minutes[3]
CountryIndia
LanguageMalayalam
Budgetest. ₹35 crore[4]
Box officeest. ₹81 crore[5]

Kurup is a 2021 Indian

crime thriller film[6][7] based on fugitive Sukumara Kurup. Produced by Dulquer Salmaan and directed by Srinath Rajendran, it stars Dulquer Salmaan in the title role with an ensemble cast including Indrajith Sukumaran, Shine Tom Chacko, Sunny Wayne, Sobhita Dhulipala, Bharath, Tovino Thomas, Shivajith, Vijayaraghavan, Vijaykumar Prabhakaran, Saiju Kurup and Anupama Parameswaran
.

Kurup was theatrically released on 12 November 2021, during

Indian film to have non-fungible token (NFT) collectibles.[8][9] Kurup received critical acclaim with praise for the score, production design, characterization and performances (particularly Salmaan, Sukumaran and Chacko).[10] A critical and commercial success, it grossed over ₹81 crore (US$10 million) worldwide, and is among the highest-grossing Malayalam films of all time.[11]

Plot

Krishnadas, a former

DYSP, which paved way for a still-untraced fugitive named Sudhakara Kurup
. As the officer reads through the diary, the story of Kurup unfolds on screen.

Born as Gopikrishna Kurup, Kurup is sent to the

Bombay by the Air Force. There, Peter starts liking his new life while Kurup meets and befriends Sharadamma, who is the daughter of his family's old maid and falls in love with her. Later, Peter is informed that Kurup, who was hospitalized days ago, has committed suicide. He informs the same to Sharada. However, Sharada gets the message that Kurup is still alive and meets him in a subway, wherein Kurup announces the new name he currently lives under, Sudhakara Kurup. Kurup apparently created his death to escape the tedious life in the force. He soon marries Sharada and they leave for Persia (Pahlavi Iran
at that time). However, further problems lead Kurup to leave to his hometown along with his office clerk Sabu.

In Kerala, Pillechan Bhasippilla who is Kurup's co-brother (Sharada's brother-in-law) and Ponnachan who is Kurup's personal driver in

Allepey, welcome Kurup and Sabu. Kurup discusses a plan he made with the three other men - that he has applied for life insurance under his own name and an amount of Rs 8 Lakh
can be obtained if Kurup's death was proved. Kurup decides to fake his own death.

The next day, an Ambassador car is found apparently involved in an accident and burnt badly next to a paddy field. A charred and killed person is found in the driver's seat. The police team headed by DYSP Krishnadas arrives and starts investigating. The car is identified to be that of Kurup. However, Das spots match, gloves and footsteps at the site, thereby confirming that it wasn't an accident but a murder. Das questions Pillechan which makes him suspicious of the latter. Das finds out burnt marks in Pillechan's body and takes him into custody. In custody, Pillechan admits that he had murdered Kurup.

However, Das finds that Pillai is lying. He asks his colleagues to cross-check recent man-missing cases that lead him to the house of Charlie, a film distribution company staff. Pillai is tortured in custody till he confesses that the four of them found the perfect victim in Charlie and subsequently murdered and burnt him along with Kurup's car, to fabricate Kurup's death.

Sabu and Ponnachan are also arrested. The missing Kurup is hiding at a lodge and a room boy informs the police about the same. However, the police is unable to trace him. Despite getting to know Kurup's exact route - Allepey to Ernakulam, then to his uncle at Mannar, further to his relative at Bhopal and finally to Sharada's aunt at Bombay - Das and his team miss Kurup each time. However, Das is ultimately able to find Isaac, Kurup's long-time friend with whom he was spotted by a peon, who informs the police. Isaac refuses to reveal Kurup's plan, but Das finds that Kurup is planning to migrate via a cruise ship. However, Kurup escapes on the cruise.

It is revealed that while in Bombay, Kurup was smuggling the force's arms which were pending post the war. He forms a smuggling setup with Isaac, then his close friend and Leo, a gangster. Kurup gets the need to evade capture and decides to fake his death for the first time. Kurup (then Gopikrishna) fakes his death and changes to Sudhakara Kurup with his family knowing about it. The false news is swiftly spread by Kurup's friend, a policeman.

Next, after marrying Sharada, both leaves for Persia where they lead a luxurious life. Kurup meets with Leo, who leads him to Prince Walid, son of the emperor. Walid is impressed by Kurup, and is assigned to smuggle crude oil without the knowledge of Walid's father. However, Kurup's greed resurfaces he decides to rob a high amount from Walid and then fakes his own death once again. The insurance was arranged only as a part of this big plan and Kurup with the help of his team in Kerala kills Charlie to fake Kurup's death. However, this time his plans go awry, thanks to an efficient Das.

Kurup was hiding right above the room when Das and his team arrived to arrest him at the lodge. He further hides at his aforementioned places in Bhopal and Bombay before planning to escape with the help of Leo. He even joins the police team disguised as a driver shortly before evading Das's eye and getting into the cruise, but Das is informed by Walid about Kurup's treachery. As the cruise leaves and Das find that Kurup is in it. Meanwhile, Kurup meets Leo and is assigned a new name 'Alexander' and a new passport. Once Kurup (now Alexander) walks out, he is called "Alexander" by Walid, who along with his bodyguards plans to kill Kurup. Das, confirming that Kurup will be killed, informs Charlie's family that he has avenged the person who is responsible for their condition. A few years later, Das gets conferred as an

Superintendent of Police
.

At the end of the retirement ceremony, Das leaves the office, before which the officer who was reading his diary hands it to Das and salutes him respectfully. Das, leaving his official life behind and believing that Kurup is no more, leaves the office and the moment he leaves, a cop receives fax showing a lookout notice of an international criminal who is shown to be none other than Kurup. In the epilogue, it is shown that when Alexander was stopped by Walid, he just smiles to the camera and a newspaper story showing Walid's death in a car accident follows, indirectly suggesting that Alexander had set a plan B with Leo's help to end Walid in case he spotted him in the cruise. Various news stories and channel clips of the police searching all around the world for Alexander follow. Back to the present, in a busy street in Helsinki in 2005, Alexander is spotted and photographed by a person who works for the police. Upon realizing that he is being photographed, Alexander kills the photographer.

Cast

  • Anupama Parameswaran as Cicily, Charlie's wife
  • CI
    Praveen Chandran
  • SI
    Joseph
  • Shivajith Padmanabhan
    as Sabu
  • Vijaykumar Prabhakaran as Ponnachan
  • SP Kabeer IPS
    (the old day cop)
  • Sudheesh Sudhakaran as Royichan
  • Jithu Thomas Kavalackal as Kurup's Friend
  • M. R. Gopakumar as Charlie's father (Cameo appearance)
  • Kunchan as Vijayan
  • Surabhi Lakshmi[16] as Maniyamma
  • Neeraja Rajendran as Vijayan's wife
  • Walid Riachy as Prince Walid
  • George Abraham as Anoop, Air Force Officer
  • Maya Menon as Gomathi, Kurup's mother
  • Police Constable
    Vishwambaran
  • Anand Bal as
    Constable
    Soman
  • Bibin Perumbillikunnel as Dominic
  • Shaju Sreedhar as Santhosh, Maniyamma's Husband
  • Nayana Eza as a Airhostess
  • Priya Sunny as a crew member

Production

Development

In mid-2018, Dulquer Salmaan announced the title of the film through social media, directed by Srinath Rajendran which marks their second collaboration after their debut film Second Show.[17] Rajendran stated that it took five years of research to get the film on the floors.[18] The film is about one of the most wanted criminals in Kerala, Sukumara Kurup. He murdered Chacko, a man of similar appearance, in order to falsify his own death and claim insurance money.[19]

The film, which is backed by Dulquer Salmaan's[20] home banner Wayfarer Films is jointly producing Kurup with M-Star Entertainments. The entire production process took six months with the shoot alone taking up 105 days. The locations include Kerala, Mumbai, Dubai, Mangalore, Mysuru, Gujarat and Ahmedabad.[21]

Filming

Principal photography began on 1 September 2019 with a customary

Palakkad, Kerala.[22] Indrajith Sukumaran joined set the sets on 7 September 2019.[18] Sobhita Dhulipala joined the sets on 21 September 2019.[23] The first schedule was wrapped on 23 September 2019 with completing all the shoots in Kerala.[24] The second schedule was held in Mumbai and Ahmedabad. In mid-November 2019, Dulquer Salmaan joined the shooting in Dubai.[25] The final schedule of the film shooting was held in Mangalore.[26] Filming was wrapped on 23 February 2020.[27] The ending sequence of the film was filmed on the corners of Panama Street and Featherston Street in Wellington New Zealand
.

Music

Songs

The songs were composed by Sushin Shyam, Sulaiman Kakkodan and Leo Tom,[7][28] produced and arranged by Sushin Shyam. The song Dingiri Dingale is a recreation of the same name song from the 1958 Tamil film Anbu Engey.

Kurup
Soundtrack album by
Sushin Shyam
Released2021
LanguageMalayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Hindi
LabelSaregama India Ltd.
ProducerSushin Shyam
Sushin Shyam chronology
Malik
(2021) 		Kurup
(2021) 		Minnal Murali
(2021)
External audio
audio icon Audio Jukebox (Malayalam) on
YouTube

Original version

Malayalam (Kurup)

No.TitleLyricsMusicSinger(s)Length
1."Pakaliravukal"Anwar AliSushin ShyamNeha Nair03:33
2."Dingiri Dingale"Terry BatheiSulaiman KakkodanDulquer Salmaan03:00
3."Neela Kadalin Adiyil"Alen TomLeo TomAnand Sreeraj02:16
4."Paathira Kaalam"Engandiyoor ChandrasekharanSushin ShyamTribemama Marykali03:49
5."Mele Theera"Nezer AhemedSushin ShyamAnand Sreeraj02:12
Total length:14:50

Dubbed versions

Tamil (Kurup)

No.TitleLyricsMusicSinger(s)Length
1."Uravenum Vazhiyea"R.P BalaSushin ShyamHaripriya & Sushin Shyam03:33
2."Dingiri Dingale"R.P BalaSulaiman KakkodanDeepak Blue02:28
3."Kaar Kaala Velai"R.P BalaSushin ShyamSurmukhi Raman03:48
4."Neela kadalukkadiyil"SamjiLeo TomShenbagaraj02:16
5."Vanam Thaandi"SamjiSushin ShyamShenbagaraj02:12
Total length:14:17

Telugu (Kurup)

No.TitleLyricsMusicSinger(s)Length
1."Edi Paravasamo"Bhuvana ChandraSushin ShyamHaripriya & Sushin Shyam03:33
2."Dingiri Dingale"Bhuvana ChandraSulaiman KakkodanDeepak Blue02:28
3."Anuvynakaalam"Bhuvana ChandraSushin ShyamSurmukhi Raman03:49
4."Simhapujulu Ni Patti"Bhuvana ChandraLeo TomShenbagaraj02:16
5."Dhaarelekunna"Bhuvana ChandraSushin ShyamShenbagaraj02:12
Total length:14:18

Kannada (Kurup)

No.TitleLyricsMusicSinger(s)Length
1."Arerere Ragale"Arasu AnthareSushin ShyamHaripriya & Sushin Shyam03:33
2."Dingiri Dingale"Arasu AnthareSulaiman KakkodanDeepak Blue02:27
3."Aledaata Kaata Tikkaata"Vybhav MSushin ShyamSurmukhi Raman03:48
4."Neeli Kadalina Taladi"Arasu AnthareLeo TomShenbagaraj02:16
5."Eni Beda"Vybhav MSushin ShyamShenbagaraj02:12
Total length:14:16

Hindi (Kurup)

No.TitleLyricsMusicSinger(s)Length
1."Pal Itna Mera"IshtiaqSushin ShyamHaripriya & Sushin Shyam03:33
2."Dingiri Dingale"IshtiaqSulaiman KakkodanDeepak Blue02:28
3."Mujhe Aa Bharle"IshtiaqSushin ShyamSurmukhi Raman03:49
4."Neele Se Sagar Mein"IshtiaqLeo TomShenbagaraj02:16
5."Aage Seema Unko Dhundne"IshtiaqSushin ShyamShenbagaraj02:12
Total length:14:18

Original soundtrack

The original soundtrack is composed and produced by Sushin Shyam.

Kurup
YouTube
Kurup (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [30]
No.TitleLength
1."Fugitive"04:09
2."Training Camp"01:42
3."Training Camp-2"03:14
4."Friendship"03:29
5."Love Theme"07:44
6."A Greed's Saga"02:14
7."Airport Intro"00:40
8."Looking for Body Double"03:42
9."Up Above The Bar"01:33
10."Killing Chacko"07:20
11."Burning Car"00:59
12."On The Run"04:21
13."Pieces Coming Together"03:48
14."Desert Safari"01:20
15."The Great Escape"05:50
16."Alexander Theme"03:52
Total length:55:57

Release

Theatrical

Kurup was planned to release in May 2021 but due to COVID-19 second wave lockdown this movie was postponed. The film was released in theatres on 12 November 2021.[31] The movie was released in Malayalam along with dubbed versions in Tamil, Telugu, Hindi and Kannada.[32][33]

Marketing

Kurup became the first Indian film to release a series of NFTs as part of the promotion.

merchandise was also released.[35] A pre-release event had taken place at Hyderabad on 9 November 2021.[36] Ahead of the film's screening, the visuals and the trailer shots were showcased at Burj Khalifa, Dubai on 10 November 2021, which is the first time for a Malayalam film.[37]

Reception

Critical response

The Times of India gave a rating of 3.5 on 5 while praising the score and wrote that, "The story is a tough one to tell, but the makers keep you on the edge of the seat, even when the narration goes back and forth in time to chart Kurup’s mysterious misdeeds."[2] S. R. Praveen of The Hindu commented that, "Dulquer Salman’s crime biopic takes too many liberties with a real-life story. One of the things the film gets right is the production design, especially in scenes set in the bygone era, with tastefully-done recreations of the 1970s and 80s."[38] Sify rated the movie with 3.5 on 5 and said that, "Kurup is not an easy film to make considering almost everyone knows the facts and the fables that the story is based on. Still it is to be applauded that this has been made into a gripping adventure drama."[39]

Hindustan Times wrote that, "Kurup, a compelling crime drama, attempts to narrate the story of the notorious, elusive criminal in the most realistic fashion while taking certain cinematic liberties. Spanning over three decades, Kurup manages to impress, especially in recreating the mood of the times. Dulquer Salmaan plays the elusive fugitive with swag and sincerity in this Srinath Rajendran film."[40] Sajin Srijith of The New Indian Express wrote that, "Kurup' movie is a stunningly designed, globe-trotting crime epic. Every frame in this film looks like a million bucks. Its top-notch production value is on par with anything seen in Hollywood. The real star of the film is Shine Tom Chacko as Kurup’s accomplice, Bhasi Pillai. If you thought you saw all the dimensions of the actor before, wait till you see this one.[41]

Manoj Kumar of

News18 gave a positive review from the film, praising the cast especially Shine Tom Chacko's performance in addition to narration, music, background elements and climax.[43] A reviewer from The News Minute criticised for the characterization of Kurup.[44]

Accolades

Ceremonies Categories Recipients Results Ref.
10th South Indian International Movie Awards Best Film Srinath Rajendran Nominated [45]
Best Actor Dulquer Salmaan Nominated
Best Actress Sobhita Dhulipala Nominated
Best Music Director Sushin Shyam Nominated
Best Lyricist Anwar Ali - "Pakaliravukal" Nominated
Best Playback Singer (Female) Neha Nair - "Pakaliravukal" Nominated
Best Actor in a Negative Role Shine Tom Chacko Nominated
Best Cinematography Nimish Ravi Won

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