John Honai

John Honai
John Honai
Directed by	T.A. Thaufeeq
Written by	Fazal
Produced by	P.T. Saleem; Madhu Thilenkery
Starring	Siddique; Mukesh; Malavika Menon; Ashokan; Jagadish; Rizabawa
Cinematography	Raja Rathnam
Edited by	Vipin Mannoor
Music by	Alex Paul; (songs); Ouseppachan; (background score)
Production; company	El Shadai Creations
Release date	11 December 2015;
Running time	121 minutes
Country	India
Language	Malayalam

John Honai is a 2015 Indian Malayalam-language comedy thriller film directed by T.A. Thufeeq, written by Fazal and produced by P.T. Saleem and Madhu Thilenkery. The film stars Siddique as John Honai in the lead role along with Malavika Menon, Jagadish and Mukesh in the major roles. The music is composed by Alex Paul and the background score was composed by Ouseppachan. The screenplay is based on a story written by Fazal. The film's name gives the impression that it is a sequel to the comedies "In Harihar Nagar", "2 Harihar Nagar" and "In Ghost House Inn", but it is completely unconnected.^[1]^[2]

Plot

The film tells the story of three men named John, Jaffer and Janardhanan. John has an accident with a rich merchant named Devanarayanan. Devanarayanan hands him a blank cheque and on the very next day he gets killed. John, Jaffer and Janardhanan receive three crore rupees through the cheque and decide to spend it in Dubai as a holiday trip. At the same time, Sreenivasan, an investigating officer, also reaches Dubai with them from Kerala. Once they reach Dubai they are allotted a tourist guide by Janardhanan's friend. There, they also have to face John Honai, the real owner of the three crore rupees who has come from Kerala to retrieve it. The difficulties faced by John, Jaffer and Janardhanan to solve the problems that they face in Dubai forms the crux of the film.^[3]^[4]^[5]

Cast

Siddique as John Honai
Mukesh as Sreenivasan
Kalabhavan Navas as Jaffer
Rizabawa as Devanarayanan
S P Sreekumar as Janardhanan
Malavika Menon as Maria
Mamukkoya as Gafoorikka
Ashokan as Koshy Valookkaran
Jagadish as Banker Vasudeva Kammath
Jaise Jose^[2]

Soundtrack

The music is composed by Alex Paul along with Afsal, Vidhu Prathap and Rimy Tomy. The background score was composed by Ouseppachan.

"Manikyam Pole" – Pradeep Babu, Ramesh Babu
"Onnu Parayille" – Rimy Tomy, Vidhu Prathap
"Thathaka Thathka" – Afsal

Critical response

The film received negative reviews from both critics and audiences alike and failed at the box office.

References

^ film pooja of John Honai held in Kochi, Actress Malavika Menon spotted. "Actress Malavika Menon spotted at the film pooja of John Honai held in Kochi". The Times of India.
^ ^a ^b HONAI, JOHN. "IMDB-JOHN HONAI 2015". IMDb.
^ Review, John Honai. "John Honai -Review". The Times of India.
^ John Honai, Review (11 December 2015). "IN THEATERS NOW John Honai Review". ONLOOKERS Media.
^ John Honai review round-up, Critics and audience give thumbs down to In Harihar Nagar team. "John Honai review round-up: Critics and audience give thumbs down to In Harihar Nagar team". INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS TIMES.

External links

John Honai at IMDb

[1] John Honai held in Kochi, Actress Malavika Menon spotted. "Actress Malavika Menon spotted at the film pooja of John Honai held in Kochi". The Times of India.

[HONAI-2] HONAI, JOHN. "IMDB-JOHN HONAI 2015". IMDb.

[3] Review, John Honai. "John Honai -Review". The Times of India.

[4] John Honai, Review (11 December 2015). "IN THEATERS NOW John Honai Review". ONLOOKERS Media.

[5] John Honai review round-up, Critics and audience give thumbs down to In Harihar Nagar team. "John Honai review round-up: Critics and audience give thumbs down to In Harihar Nagar team". INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS TIMES.

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