Kochi Rajavu (transl. King of Kochi) is a 2005 Indian Malayalam-language action film directed by Johny Antony and written by the Udayakrishna-Siby K. Thomas duo.[5][6][7] It stars Dileep[8] in the lead role with Kavya Madhavan,[9] Rambha, Harisree Ashokan, Murali and Jagathy Sreekumar in supporting roles.
| Kochi Rajavu | |
|---|---|
 Movie Poster | |
| Directed by | Johny Antony[1] |
| Written by | Udayakrishna Siby K. Thomas[2][3][4] |
| Produced by | R. Mohan |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Saloo George |
| Edited by | Ranjan Abraham |
| Music by | Vidhyasagar |
Production company | Amith Productions |
Release date |
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Running time | 160 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Malayalam |
The film marks the second collaboration between Dileep, Johny Antony, and the writing duo Udaykrishna–Sibi K. Thomas after C.I.D. Moosa (2003).[10]
Plot
editThe film starts with Suryanarayana Varma alias Unni, who hails from a royal family, returning from prison. He had killed the son of a large family who are now searching for him. Unni's parents enrolls him in a law college in Chennai. There he meets Meenakshi and gets into conflicts with her brother Siva and his enemy Muthu. Meenakshi eventually falls in love with Unni. Once Meenakshi's family finds out about her love for Unni and they visit his house for a marriage request. But Unni has a past he can't escape, which he narrates his flashback to Meenakshi.
He fell in love with a medical student named Aswathy, who hails from the Karimparakal family. Aswathy's parents are dead, and she lives with her uncles Prabhakaran, Sudhakaran and Divakaran and their family. Prabhakaran wants to gain her inheritance by arranging a marriage between his eldest son Prakashan and Aswathy. Unni sees Aswathy in a temple and falls in love with her. Aswathy accidentally gets into the autorickshaw of Unni when she is going to meet Prakashan. During the ride, Unni realizes she is going to meet her fiancee and delays bringing Aswathy to her destination.He profess his love to her many times which she rejects.
She becomes fed up with him and decides to tell her uncles. She and her uncles plan to make fun of him and calls Unni to her house. Unni gets shocked to see Aswathy's uncles, and realises that he had hit them before. They beat him very badly and throw him out. Aswathy falls for him after he recovers. They decide to get married, but her uncles object and during a fight between Unni, Prakashan and their henchmen, Unni kills Prakashan in a fit of rage and in self-defence. He gets arrested for killing Prakashan and gets imprisonment for 5 years.
Back to present, Unni's father makes him believe Aswathy has been married off to an NRI settled in Gulf, so he gets engaged to Meenakshi. Meanwhile, Aswathy calls Unni, telling him that she is still waiting for him. He goes to Kerala to find her, and tries to escape with her in a truck. Chased by Aswathy's family and Meenakshi's family they are saved finally by the autorickshaw drivers and get married.[11]
Cast
edit- Dileep as Suryanarayana Varma (Unni)
- Kavya Madhavan as Aswathy (Achu)
- Rambha as Meenakshi Parthasarathy
- Harisree Ashokan as Komalan, Unni's childhood friend
- Jagathy Sreekumar as Maharaja Sree Moolam Thirunal Easwara Varma Thampuran, Unni's grandfather
- Murali as Chandrashekhara Menon, Unni's father
- Kalaranjini as Lakshmi, Unni's mother
- Riyaz Khan as Shiva Parthasarathy
- Vijayaraghavan as Karimbarakkal Prabhakaran
- Santhosh as Karimbarakkal Divakaran
- Sadiq as Karimbarakkal Sudhakaran
- Irshad as Prakashan, Prabhakaran's eldest son
- Kavi Raj as Anand, Prabhakaran's youngest son
- Machan Varghese as Brithyan, Kalari Shishyan
- Vijayan as Parthasarathy, Meenakshi's father
- Mohan Jose as Ambbattur Singam
- Sudheer Sukumaran as 'Maari' Muthu
- Indrans as Mona, Worker of canteen
- Thara as Radhika, Unni's Sister
- Vennira Aadai Moorthy as P. R Ananthamurthy, College Principal
- Geetha Salam as Hamsa, an Auto driver
- Nandhu Pothuval as Velayudhan, Auto driver
- Kalabhavan Haneef as Ayyappan, Auto driver
- Kalabhavan Shajon as Arumugam, Meenakshi's driver
- Ambika Mohan as Bhavani
- Ponnamma Babu as Kunjanamma
- Kavitha Nair as Meenakshi's friend
- Indulekha as Jyothi
- Deepika Mohan as Jyothi's mother
- Abraham Koshy as Meenakshi's uncle who is a minister
- Vaiyapuri as Vaiyapuri, Shiva's friend
Release
editThe film was released on 14 April 2005 coinciding with Vishu.[12][13] It was released alongside and faced competition from the Prithviraj-starrer Athbhutha Dweepu, the Mohanlal-starrer Chandrolsavam and the Jayaram-starrer Alice in Wonderland.[14] Made on a budget of ₹2.5 crores, Kochi Rajavu was a commercial success.[15][16][17] It grossed ₹2.804 crore from three days and ₹4.01 crore in 21 days from 44 screens with a distributor's share of ₹1.73 Crore.[18] It ended its commercial performance with the verdict blockbuster" and thus emerged the year's Vishu winner.[18]
Music
edit| Kochirajavu | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soundtrack album by | ||||
| Released | 2005 | |||
| Genre | World Music | |||
| Producer | Vidyasagar | |||
| Vidyasagar chronology | ||||
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The soundtrack of Kochi Rajavu was composed by Vidyasagar. He later adapted the song "Munthiri Padam" in Tamil as "Aruviyoda" for the film Pasa Kiligal.
| Song Title | Singers |
|---|---|
| "Thanga Kutta Singakutta" | Sujatha Mohan, Annop Shankar |
| "Munthiri Padam" | Udit Narayan, Sujatha Mohan |
| "Moonu Chakra Vandi" | M. G. Sreekumar |
| "Kinavin Kiligale" | Karthik, Manjari |
| "Sooryan Neeyanda" | K. J. Yesudas, Kalyani Nair. Notes: (Raga:Dharmavati) |
Lyrics : Thunchath Ramanujan Ezhuthachan
References
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- ^ Daily, Keralakaumudi. "Did three films with Dileep, but can't go near him now, says Johny Antony". Keralakaumudi Daily. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
- ^ "ഓട്ടോറിക്ഷയിൽ പല ജില്ലകൾ താണ്ടി ദിലീപിന്റെ യാത്ര; ഒടുവിൽ ചാർജ് കേട്ട് ഞെട്ടി". News18 Malayalam. 11 April 2020. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
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External links
edit- Kochi Rajavu at IMDb