Minnaminnikoottam
Minnaminnikootam is a 2008 Indian Malayalam-language film directed by Kamal. It stars Narain, Jayasurya, Indrajith Sukumaran, Meera Jasmine, Roma Asrani, Samvrutha Sunil, Radhika and Anoop Chandran in the title lead roles. The score and soundtrack is composed by Bijibal. The story of the film revolves around a group of youngsters working in an IT park.[1]
Minnaminnikoottam | |
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Directed by | Kamal |
Written by | Kamal |
Produced by | Raghuram |
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Cinematography | Manoj Pillai |
Music by | Bijibal |
Production company | Neehar films |
Distributed by | Mulakuppadam Release |
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Country | India |
Language | Malayalam |
Plot
Sidharth and his wife Mumthaz are two highly paid IT professionals who are trying to overcome the crisis of their love marriage. They have many friends. Abhilash, Charulatha, Manikunju, Rose Mary, Partha Saradhi and Kalyani. They visit Sidharthan's flat for unwinding after work and consider their home an escape from work stress. Some unusual things happen which change their lives.[2]
Abhilash and Charu argue and fight. At the end of these simple fights, they come to the home of Sidhu and Mummu to chill out. Charu was living a life that was surrounded only by her father from when she was 5 years old. A wedding meet between the families of Abhi and Charu causes Charu's father to start drinking after 15 years. This causes a major break up between Charu and Abhi. On a trip to Chennai, for Mani's and Rose's marriage and for Abhi's marriage with his father's friend's daughter, Charu runs away to Bangalore and later moves abroad.
The story returns from flashback when Charu leaves for Bangalore. The flashback started when Charu read an email from Kalyani informing about her marriage. Charu attends the marriage and there she meets the old members of her "Minnaminnikootam". However, none of them shows any friendship with her. She returns to the airport and Abhi comes and sits beside her. He asks for them to go for a drive and takes her to Sidhu's house where she is emotionally greeted by her friends and receives the message of surprise. Abhi was never going to marry anyone else. He was planning on marrying Charu even if he didn't have her permission. Finally friends unite and Abhi and Charu decide to get married.
Cast
- Narain as Abhilash
- Jayasurya as Manikunju (Achayan)
- Indrajith Sukumaran as Siddharth (Siddhu)
- Meera Jasmine as Charulatha (Chaaru)
- Roma Asrani as Rose Mary
- Samvrutha Sunil as Mumthaz (Mummu)
- Radhika as Kalyani (Kallu)
- Anoop Chandran as Parthasarathy (Pachan)
- Sai Kumar as Balan Menon, Charulatha's father
- Janardhanan as Karaparamban, Charulatha's father's friend
- Mamukkoya as Kunjikannan, Charulatha's father's friend
- T. G. Ravi as Aalikka, Charulatha's father's friend
- Balachandran Chullikkad as Appukuttan Maashu, Charulatha's father's friend
- Manikuttan as a womaniser who is a minister's son
- Deepak Menon as Minister's son's friend.[3]
- P. Sreekumar as Gopalan Menon IAS, Abhilash's Father
- Ambika Mohan as Abhilash's mother
Soundtrack
The soundtrack features songs composed by Bijibal, with lyrics by Anil Panachooran.[4]
- "We Are in Love" — Karthik, Vineeth Sreenivasan, Sayanora Philip, Soumya Ramakrishnan
- "Mizhi Tammil" — Ranjith Govind, Swetha Mohan
- "Mizhi Tammil" — Swetha Mohan
- "Taara Jaalam" — Afsal, Sujatha, Ganesh Sundaram, Cicily, Rakhi R. Nath, Raghuram;
- "Kadalolam" — Manjari
- "Minnaminnikoottam" — P. Jayachandran, Anitha (singer)
Reception
The movie did great particularly among young audience.
Awards
- Kerala State Film Award for Best Dubbing Artist won Sreeja Ravi
- Samvrutha Sunil won the Best Supporting Actress at Asianet Film Awards for this film in 2008.
References
- "Review: Minnaminnikkoottam".
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- "After Mammootty and Anoop Menon; Malayalam movie industry to get "Deepak Menon" another lawyer as Hero in an upcoming action thriller Malayalam movie named "RAKSHAPURUSHAN"". 17 March 2019.
- Minnaminnikootam (2008) - Music India OnLine Archived 22 June 2008 at the Wayback Machine