Kilichundan Mampazham

2003

Kilichundan Mampazham (Malayalam: Bird-beaked Mango) is a 2003 Indian Malayalam-language romantic comedy film written and directed by Priyadarshan from a story by Sreenivasan. It was produced by Antony Perumbavoor under the company Aashirvad Cinemas. The film stars Mohanlal, Soundarya (in her second and final Malayalam film), Sreenivasan and Salim Kumar.[2][3] Vineeth Sreenivasan debuted as a singer in the film.[4][5]

Moidukutty Haji returns to his village after marrying a third time. His new wife Amina is young and beautiful. His other two wives Fathima and Maimuna are really unhappy to see this, but they have no other choice other than to accept it. Amina was in love in with Abdu. Abdu and Usman come to the village and they come to Moidukutty Haji's house to sell bangles.

Abdu sees Amina and tries various tricks in order to get into Moidukutty Haji's house, but Moidukutty Haji drives them away. When Abdu was in Gulf, Amina's wicked father secretly stole all letters sent by Abdu by bribing the postman. Amina's marriage took place without her acceptance. Abdu with some help from his friends makes secret moves to get Amina back. The events that are going to happen from here makes the plot of the story.

The film was released on 11 April 2003.

The story of a man who wants his now-married lover back was not taken well by audiences. It also touched upon issues like polygamy and talaq. Hence film received mixed reviews from the critics, and ended as average grosser.[6]

All the music is composed by Vidyasagar and the lyrics are written by B.R Prasad

Sify gave a positive review, calling it a "sparkling entertainer" and praised the performances of Mohanlal and Sreenivasan. Also adding, technically it is one of the best films in recent times, praising the cinematography, art direction, songs, lyrics, but criticized the plot in the second half.[7] Chithram wrote that "A fun-filled film with Mohanlal and Sreenivasan trying to recreate their old magic with Jagathy, Salim Kumar, Kochin Haneef and Ganesh Kumar".[8]

Quelle: Wikipedia(englisch)