Kadal Kadannu Oru Maathukutty
| Kadal Kadannu Oru Maathukutty | |
|---|---|
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| Directed by | Ranjith |
| Produced by |
Shaji Nadesan Santhosh Sivan Prithviraj Sukumaran |
| Written by | Ranjith |
| Starring |
Mammootty Alisha Mohammed Muthumani Meera Nandan Sekhar Menon Nedumudi Venu |
| Music by |
Shahabas Aman Background score: Thej Mervin |
| Cinematography | Madhu Neelakandan |
| Edited by | Sandeep Nandakumar |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | August Cinema & Tricolor Entertainments. |
Release dates |
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Running time | 132 minutes[1] |
| Country | India |
| Language | Malayalam |
Kadal Kadannu Oru Maathukutty[2] (translation: From Across the Seas, Came Along a Certain Matthew) is a 2013 Malayalam comedy film written and directed by Ranjith and starring Mammootty in the lead role of an Achayan from Kozhencherry, Central Travancore.[3][4][5] The cast includes Nedumudi Venu and Balachandra Menon, Siddique, Harisree Asokan, Suresh Krishna, P. Balachandran, Balachandran Chullikad, Prem Prakash, Meera Nandan, Muthumani, Krishna Prabha and Kaviyoor Ponnamma.[6] Madhu Neelakandan is the cinematographer and Shahabas Aman is the music director.
The film was produced by Prithviraj Sukumaran, Santhosh Sivan, and Shaji Nadesan under the banner of August Cinema, and released on 8 August 2013.
Cast
- Mammootty as Kurudanjil Mathew George (Mathukutty) and himself (dual role)
- Alisha Mohammed as Rosy
- Muthumani as Jansamma
- Meera Nandan as Kunjumol
- Sekhar Menon as Solaman
- Nedumudi Venu as Thomas
- Balachandra Menon as Fr.Kurian Vattathara
- Harisree Asokan as Rahman
- P. Balachandran as Kochunni
- Tini Tom as Vidhyadharan
- Balachandran Chullikad as Shamsu
- Narayanankutty as Ashokan
- Thesni Khan as a woman in Mathukkutty's village
- Adinadu Sasi as Sugunan
- Nandhu as Aanandhan and himself
- Siddique as Abraham & himself
- Suresh Krishna as Soman and himself
- Prem Prakash as Zachariya
- Kottayam Nazir as Kunjumon
- Kaviyoor Ponnamma as Mariyamma
- Krishna Prabha as Deepa
- Chemban Vinod Jose
Cameos
- Mohanlal as himself
- Jayaram as himself
- Dileep as himself
- Jagadheesh as himself
- Idavela Babu as himself
- Manoj K. Jayan as himself
- Lakshmi Gopalaswamy as herself
- Manju Pillai
- Bindu Pannicker
- Mythili
Production, promotion and reception
The film was shot at Ranni, Kozhikode & Kochi in India and Mettmann & Düsseldorf in Germany. The film earned more than the budget before release from the Satellite rights.[7] Asianet television is reported to have paid 
5.75 crore for the rights to air the film, which would be a record.[8]
The film's first teaser was released on 17 July 2013,[9] second teaser was released on 2 August 2013[10] and theatrical trailer was released on 3 August 2013.[11]
Indiaglitz says "Kadal Kadannu Oru Maathukutty is average" and rated it 5.75/10[12]
References
- ↑ "KADAL KADANNU ORU MAATHUKUTTY (PG)". Kerala Partnership. British Board of Film Classification. 20 August 2013. Retrieved 20 August 2013.
- ↑ Kadal Kadannu Oru Maathukutty - Official Facebook Page
- ↑ kadal kadannu oru mathukkutty - Review
- ↑ Kadal Kadannoru Mathukkutty - News
- ↑ Mohanlal-Mammootty in Ranjith's "Kadal Kadannoru Mathukutty"
- ↑ Sea of Dreams
- ↑ Kadal Kadannoru Mathukkutty Earned More Than Budget.Box office
- ↑ Asianet secured the Satellite Rights
- ↑ Kadal Kadannu Oru Maathukutty - Official Teaser 1 on YouTube
- ↑ Kadal Kadannu Oru Maathukutty - Official Teaser 2 on YouTube
- ↑ Kadal Kadannu Oru Maathukutty - Official Trailer on YouTube
- ↑ Indiaglitz Review