Crocodile Love Story is a 2013 Indian Malayalam-language romantic comedy film directed by Anoop Ramesh and produced by Anurag Motion Pictures. It features Praveen Prem and Avanthika Mohan in the lead roles. The music and background score is composed by Arun Sidharrth. The movie, which used the technique of Animatronics for the first time in Malayalam cinema released on 19 July 2013.[1]
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| Directed by | Anoop Ramesh |
| Written by | Sabari Sankar |
| Starring | Praveen Prem Avanthika Mohan Prem Kumar Manikuttan Ashokan Kalabhavan Mani |
| Cinematography | Praveen Panicker |
| Edited by | K. Sreenivas |
| Music by | Arun Sidharrth |
Production company | Anurag Motion Pictures |
| Distributed by | Anurag Motion Pictures |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Malayalam |
Plot
editKiran, son of retired Government staff Parameswaran is working in a hardware firm after completing his B.Tech course, with no responsibilities and aims in his life. Nithya, only daughter of bank manager Narayanan Namboothiri and Gayathri is working in a private IT firm after completing her M.Tech. These two childhood friends meet each other and eventually fall in love. But the parents of both their families are against the love between them, being very conventional. They elope to a distant remote place near to a forest. There a crocodile enters between them, and thus crocodile love story begins. The interesting incidents and unexpected twists happening after crocodile's entry forms the rest of the story.[2]
Cast
edit- Praveen Prem as Kiran
- Avanthika Mohan as Nithya Namboothiri
- Kalabhavan Mani as S.I Suresh
- Prem Kumar as S.I.Vishwambharan
- Manikuttan as Sreeraj
- Ashokan as Narayanan Nampoothiri
- R. K. Thayyil as Parameswaran
- Dinesh Panicker as S.P Anthony
- Maya Viswanath as Gayathri, Nithya's mother
- Vijayan Karanthoor as Sreeraj's uncle
- Praseetha Menon as Sreeraj's mother
- Santhosh Kurup as Sreeraj's father
Production
editThe pooja of the film was held in Thiruvananthapuram on 2 January 2013, which was attended by many special guests such as director Shyamaprasad, director Shaji Kailas, producer Suresh Babu of Revathi Kalamandir, his wife and old Malayalam actress Menaka, Thiruvananthapuram Corporation mayor Adv. J. Chandrika and also by most of the cast and crew of the film. The first schedule which also included the shooting of one song started on 9 January 2013 at Thiruvananthapuram with Corporation Mayor Adv. J. Chandrika, mother of director Anoop Ramesh switching on the camera and completed in various places of Thiruvananthapuram within 24 days. The second schedule shooting was done at Malampuzha dams in Palakkad in March with a duration of around 18 days, mainly shooting the scenes of crocodile. The editing and dubbing works have been completed in Thiruvananthapuram and Chennai.
Soundtrack
editThe music and background score for the movie is composed by Arun Sidharrth, while Sreeprasad C penned the lyrics. Audio and video of the song has been released on 5 July 2013.
| No. | Title | Singer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Aaro Aaro Ennariyathe" | Sreejith P. Pillai, Shweta Mohan | 4:32 |
Critical reception
editCrocodile Love story getting mixed reviews from critics.
A critic from The Times of India rated the film two out of five and wrote that "The crocodile, a decent manifestation of technical effects, is a mere symbol of a triviality that could hurl a mob into panic. The cast accomplish their tasks with comfort and look more than credulous".[3]
References
edit- ^ "Crocodile Love Story (2013) | Crocodile Love Story Movie | Crocodile Love Story Malayalam Movie Cast & Crew, Release Date, Review, Photos, Videos". Archived from the original on 9 July 2013. Retrieved 20 July 2013.
- ^ "Crocodile Love Story (2013) | Crocodile Love Story Malayalam Movie | Movie Reviews, Showtimes". Archived from the original on 25 August 2013. Retrieved 20 July 2013.
- ^ "CROCODILE LOVE STORY MOVIE REVIEW". The Times of India. 19 July 2013. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
- Praveen Prem to play the lead in a rom-com. Times of India. Retrieved on 1 April 2013.
- Smitten by love. The Hindu. Retrieved on 1 April 2013.
- An upbeat launch. Times of India. Retrieved on 1 April 2013.