Kadal Kadannu Oru Maathukutty

Kadal Kadannu Oru Maathukutty
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
  • 8 August 2013
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

Cameos

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 INR5.75 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

  1. "KADAL KADANNU ORU MAATHUKUTTY (PG)". Kerala Partnership. British Board of Film Classification. 20 August 2013. Retrieved 20 August 2013.
  2. Kadal Kadannu Oru Maathukutty - Official Facebook Page
  3. kadal kadannu oru mathukkutty - Review
  4. Kadal Kadannoru Mathukkutty - News
  5. Mohanlal-Mammootty in Ranjith's "Kadal Kadannoru Mathukutty"
  6. Sea of Dreams
  7. Kadal Kadannoru Mathukkutty Earned More Than Budget.Box office
  8. Asianet secured the Satellite Rights
  9. Kadal Kadannu Oru Maathukutty - Official Teaser 1 on YouTube
  10. Kadal Kadannu Oru Maathukutty - Official Teaser 2 on YouTube
  11. Kadal Kadannu Oru Maathukutty - Official Trailer on YouTube
  12. Indiaglitz Review