Pachakuthira
| Pachakuthira | |
|---|---|
 Pachakuthira Audio CD cover | |
| Directed by | Kamal |
| Produced by | babu shahir |
| Written by | T.A. Shahid |
| Starring |
Dileep Gopika Salim Kumar Siddique |
| Music by | Ilaiyaraaja |
| Cinematography | P. Sukumar |
| Distributed by | Varnachithra & PJ Entertainments |
Release dates |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Malayalam |
Pachakuthira (translation: Grasshopper) is a 2006 Malayalam comedy-drama film directed by Kamal and starring Dileep and Gopika. The film was panned by the critics and was a box office success as well. Several critics consider the film to be one of the worst films from director Kamal.[1] The film is a remake of the 1988 drama film Rain Man.
Plot
A junior artist in movies, Anandakkuttan, meets his long-lost German brother, Akash Menon. However, his brother is mentally unstable and he causes trouble to everyone including the neighbors. Initially Anandakkuttan hates Akash Menon, but finally he develops a bond between his brother and himself. This film has similarity to the English movie Rain Man.
Cast
- Dileep as Anandakkuttan / Akash Menon
- Gopika as Nimmy
- Suhasini
- Rosshan Andrrews as Himself
- Idavela Babu
- Kalasala Babu
- Fazil as Himself
- Salim Kumar as Chandran
- Rekha as Akash's foster mother
- Siddique as Akash's foster father
- Viji Thampi
- Vijeesh
- Nimisha Suresh
Reception
It released in more than 50 theatres and had a good collection of 1.5 crore in first 6 days.the credit is to the dual role of Dileep as both as a young man and as an autistic patient. Through the total run of 100 days it got a good collection of 11crore
References
- ↑ "Gadhamas on celluloid". Bangalore Mirror. 2011-03-27. Retrieved 2011-04-17.
not 100 days,200 days