Vellimoonga
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJibu Jacob
Written byJoji Thomas
Produced byShashidharan Ullattil
Ex-Producer Sonu Singh
StarringBiju Menon
Narrated byLal Jose
CinematographyVishnu Narayanan
Edited bySooraj E. S.
Music byBijibal
Production
companies
Ullattil Visual Media Release and Indian movies uk & Tricolor Entertainments
Distributed byManorama Music Entertainment
Release date
  • 25 September 2014 (2014-09-25)
(India)
Running time
130 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageMalayalam
Budget₹2.8 crore[1]
Box office₹20 crore[2]

Vellimoonga (transl. Barn Owl) is a 2014 Indian Malayalam-language political satire film directed by Jibu Jacob and written by Joji Thomas. It stars Biju Menon in the lead role with Aju Varghese, Nikki Galrani, Tini Tom, K. P. A. C. Lalitha, Sasi Kalinga, Saju Navodaya, Kalabhavan Shajon, Veena Nair, and Siddique in supporting roles. Asif Ali appears in a cameo role. The music was composed by Bijibal.

The film was released on 25 September 2014 in 60 centres across Kerala. The film became one of the highest-grossing Malayalam films of 2014, with ticket sales estimated at ₹20 crore (US$2.5 million).[3] The movie was remade in Tamil in 2016 as Muthina Kathirika.

Plot

Mamachan is an unmarried politician who is in his forties. Mamachan works in a relatively unknown party based in North India that barely has any presence in Kerala. He is subject to taunts and retorts due to this though he is the national leader of the party he belongs to.

Well known for his cunning and slimy tactics Mamachan has his share of haters in the village Karthikapuram. Mamachan eventually decides to get married and visits a prospective bride, only to be chased away by the bride's father as Mamachan and the bride’s mother were classmates and friends while in their teens.

Mamachan in an attempt to get serious in life decides to progress in his political career after he is taunted for being a good-for-nothing lazing around in a party without any scope or future. Mamachan visits Delhi and is given instructions to stand in elections with the understanding that if he loses his election deposit in Kerala he will be elevated to a role in the center which is viewed with jealousy by his colleague Gopi.

Gopi decides it’s better to let Mamachan win in Erikkur constituency, and stay as a legislator rather than losing and moving to Delhi for a better role. Gopi subsequently rallies all of Mamachan’s rivals together to work for Mamachan's victory so that they can prevent him from going to Delhi resulting in Mamachan's victory in polls. Only after elections, it’s revealed everything was Mamachan's plans to win elections as a legislator making others work for his victory and there was nothing for him in Delhi.

Mamachans prospective bride’s alliance is fixed with a guy from Mumbai named Charlie, who disappears on the day of the wedding. To save the bride and her family’s honor Mamachan is requested by the village elders and priest to marry her. After the marriage, Charlie appears and reveals he was Mamachans friend and his disappearance was a part of a plan by Mamachan to marry her. Both are shown to be happily married and moving on after that.

The story is based on some real life observations which written by Joji Thomas who is a native to karthikapuram.

Cast

Reception

Vellimoonga received positive reviews upon release.[4] Nowrunning.com gave 4.5/5 and called it a "surprise winner".[5]

Sify reported that Vellimoonga had a good opening and called the film an "instant hit".[6] The film became one of the highest grossing Malayalam film of the year, with a box office collection estimated at ₹20 crore (US$2.5 million).[2] It also earned ₹4.5 crore (US$560,000) from satellite rights.[7]

The film won the Kerala Film Critics Association Award for Best Popular Film in 2014.[8] Tini Tom won the Asianet Film Award for Best Supporting Actor for this film in 2014.

The film was remade in Tamil as Muthina Kathirika by Sundar C.

Soundtrack

Vellimoonga
Soundtrack album by
Bijibal
Released21 September 2014 (2014-09-21)
Recorded2014
GenreFilm soundtrack
LanguageMalayalam
LabelManorama Music
ProducerBijibal
TrackSong TitleLyricistSinger(s)
1"Vellimoonga"Santhosh VarmaLola, Daya, Thamanna, Swathi, Dev
2"Punchiri Kannulla"Rajeev NairGanesh Sundaram
3"Mavelikku Shesham"Santhosh VarmaNajim Arshad
4"Punchiri Kannulla"Rajeev NairVijay Yesudas

References

  1. ↑ "Satellite booming for hit films". IndiaGlitz. 10 November 2014. Archived from the original on 11 November 2014. Retrieved 11 November 2014.
  2. 1 2 "2014: When little gems outclassed big guns in southern cinema". Hindustan Times. 19 December 2014. Archived from the original on 19 December 2014. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
  3. ↑ Onmanorama desk (26 June 2015). "Mohanlal's next with 'Vellimoonga' director Jibu Jacob". Malayala Manorama. Archived from the original on 27 June 2015. Retrieved 26 June 2015.
  4. ↑ Nicy V. P. (25 September 2014). "'Vellimoonga' Review Roundup: Gets a Clean Entertainer Tag from Critics". IB Times. Archived from the original on 3 December 2014. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
  5. ↑ "Vellimoonga review". Veeyen. Nowrunning.com. 28 September 2014. Archived from the original on 12 October 2014. Retrieved 11 October 2014.
  6. ↑ "Kerala Box-Office – September". Sify. 8 October 2014. Archived from the original on 9 October 2014.
  7. ↑ G. Krishnakumar. (20 December 2014). "Another year of box-office turkeys passes by". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 12 January 2015. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
  8. ↑ "Critics award for Ottaal, Iyyobinte Pusthakam". The Hindu. 6 April 2015. Archived from the original on 28 January 2023. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
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