Kuttanadan Marpappa
| Kuttanadan Marpappa | |
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| Directed by | Sreejith Vijayan |
| Written by | Sreejith Vijayan |
| Produced by | Haseeb Haneef Noushad Alathur Aji Medayil |
| Starring | Kunchacko Boban Surabhi Santosh Aditi Ravi |
| Cinematography | Arvind Krishna |
| Edited by | Sunil S. Pillai |
| Music by | Rahul Raj |
Production companies | Malayalam Movie Makers Achicha Cinemas |
| Distributed by | Raha International Sree Senthil Pictures |
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Running time | 138 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Malayalam |
Kuttanadan Marpappa is a 2018 Indian
Plot
John Paul, known to the natives as "Marpappa" is a photographer from Karuvatta, Alappuzha, living with his mother Mary, who runs a ration shop. His father had committed suicide by jumping into backwaters during John's childhood. John developed aquaphobia after seeing his father's dead body, and thus he has not learnt to swim, despite living near backwaters.
Jessy is the daughter of Panchayat president Oomachan and is a
Jessy returns to the homeland and her marriage with Peter is being arranged. In the meantime, Jessy had found out that Peter is actually an erotic photographer. She extorts money from his father in exchange for not exposing Peter. It is revealed that Peter had already known about her fake certificate and intimidate her when she tries to break up with him. Meanwhile, the bank forecloses John's home.
John later pretends that he is still in love with Jessy and finally with her help, John retains his residential documents from the bank. John finally confesses that he cannot maintain a relationship with Jessy as she changes her color as per the situations. Jessy has no other choice other than to marry Peter as Peter knows everything about Jessy, including her fake certificate, illegal immigration and illegal job claim in London.
Meanwhile, John and Jessy's younger sister Annie falls in love. John marries Annie on the same day as Jessi marries Peter.
Later in the movie, it is revealed that Fr. Innocent who performed both the marriages was betrayed by Jessi in their school days & John's mother Mrs. Mary was the mastermind behind John and Annie's marriage.
Cast
- Kunchacko Boban as John Paul a.k.a. Marpappa
- Gourav Menon as Young John Paul
- Dharmajan Bolgatty as Motta, John's friend
- Master ashish as Young Motta
- Surabhi Santosh as Annie, Jessy's sister & John's wife
- Aditi Ravi as Dr.Jessy, John's lover
- Shanthi Krishna as Mary, John's mother
- Ramesh Pisharody as Peter, Jessy's husband
- Jaya Menonas Ummachan's wife
- Mallika Sukumaran as Peter's Grandmother
- Aju Varghese as Fr. Innocent
- Innocent as Ummachan, Jessy's father
- Hareesh Perumannaas Cleetus
- Tini Tom as Thomachan
- Salim Kumar as Philipose
- Soubin Shahir as Freddy
- V. K. Prakash as Peter's father
- Sunil Sukhada as Vicar
- Aneesh Ravi as Joseph
- Suresh Thampanooras Villager
- Rajeev Rajan as Cameraman
- Sohan Seenulal as ICD Card Executive
- Sibi Thomas as Police officer
- Binu Adimali as Mathayi
- Sunil Babu as Villager
- Sasi Kalinga as Pappichen
- Nadirshah as Doctor
- Kochu Preman as Peter's relative
- Dinesh Prabhakar as Peter's friend
- Noby Marcose as Brittas
- Sajan Palluruthy as Abu
- Kollam Sudhi
- Vinod Kedamangalam as Politician
- Ullas Pandalam as Police constable
- Swasika as Jinu
- Kulappulli Leela as Motta's mother
- Manju Sunichenas Minimol
- Deepika Mohan as Janaki's mother
- Molly Kanamaly as Villager
- Sarath Thenumoola as Sayippu(Foreigner).
Production
The shoot commenced at
Release
The film was released in India on 29 March 2018.[6]
Reception
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Box office
The film grossed ₹ 8.10 crore in less than a month from Kerala box office, with a distributor's share of 3.58 crore.[9]
References
- ^ George, Anjana (23 November 2017). "Kunchacko Boban's Kuttanadan Marpappa begins at Alapuzha". The Times of India. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
- ^ "അമ്മയും മകനുമായി ശാന്തികൃഷ്ണയും ചാക്കോച്ചനും".
- ^ "Kunchacko Boban starrer Kuttanadan Marpappa's latest posters are refreshing indeed - Times of India".
- ^ "Kunchacko Boban, Aditi Ravi in Sreejith Vijayan's next - Times of India".
- ^ "Santhi Krishna plays a single mother in Kuttanadan Marpappa".
- ^ J. S., Harikumar (28 March 2018). "Kunchacko Boban plays a photographer in 'Kuttanadan Marpappa'". The Hindu. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
- ^ "Kuttanadan Marpappa is a perfect family entertainer for the holidays". Retrieved 11 May 2018.
- ^ "Kuttanadan Marpappa review: Humour built on a family pivot". Retrieved 11 May 2018.
- ^ Upadhyaya, Prakash (24 April 2018). "Kammara Sambhavam box office collection: Dileep's film fails to strike gold". International Business Times. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
External links
- Kuttanadan Marpappa at IMDb
