Kutteem Kolum

Kutteem Kolum
Directed by	Guinness Pakru
Screenplay by	Suresh–Sathish
Story by	Guinness Pakru
Produced by	Ansar Vasco
Starring	Guinness Pakru Munna Adithya Ayota Sanusha
Cinematography	A. Vinod Bharathi
Music by	Shaan Rahman
Production company	United Films
Distributed by	Kalasangham Films
Release date	30 March 2013 (2013-03-30)
Country	India
Language	Malayalam

Kutteem Kolum (transl. Kid and stick) is a 2013 Indian Malayalam-language comedy film directed by Guinness Pakru (in his directorial debut) and written by Suresh–Satheesh from a story by Pakru.[1] It stars Pakru, Munna, Adithya Ayota, and Sanusha.[2][3] The story revolves around the bonding between friends living in Kumarapuram village bordering Tamil Nadu.[4]

Kutteem Kolum was released on 30 March 2013.[5]

Plot

Cast

• Guinness Pakru as Ezhimala Vinayakan
• Aditya as Sakthivel
• Sanusha as Indu
• Menaka as Subadra, Vinayakan's mother
• Vijayaraghavan as Madhava Menon, Indu's father
• Saiju Kurup as Sree Hari
• Suraj Venjaramoodu as Chandran
• Munna as Babu
• Siddique as Vinayakan's father
• Nirmal Palazhi as Abutty
• Devi Chandana
• Sreelaya
• Sona Nair as Kausalya, Indu's mother
• Babu Namboothiri as Kaimal
• Ponnamma Babu
• Sankar
• Bijukuttan
• Tini Tom as Advocate
• Nelson Sooranad as Sasi
• Abu Salim as Shah

Production

The film marks the directorial debut of actor Guinness Pakru, who also star in the lead role.[6][7]

Soundtrack

Music was composed by Shaan Rahman and the lyrics were penned by Vayalar Sarath Chandra Varma and Vinayak.[8] The audio was launched in late March 2013.[9]

Reception

Aswin J Kumar of The Times of India gave 2 out of 5 and wrote "Pakru has nothing new to offer in Kutiyum Kolum except that it is his debut directorial venture".[10] Veeyen of nowrunning.com gave 1.5 out of 5 and wrote "Toying with an idea that has long been thrashed, Pakru does the unthinkable by deciding to craft it into a two-hour long film".[11] The film was subsequently dubbed and released in Tamil as Sakthi Vinayagam after the lead characters.

References

1. "Guinness Pakru set to don director's hat". The New Indian Express. 6 November 2012. Archived from the original on 8 November 2012. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
2. Vijay George (28 March 2013). "Dreaming BIG". The Hindu. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
3. Ammu Zachariah (24 November 2012). "Munna's tryst with comedy". The Times of India. TNN. Archived from the original on 29 June 2013. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
4. A Correspondent (29 March 2013). "Entering the big league". The Hindu. Retrieved 22 April 2013. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)
5. "Kutteem Kolum on Mar 30". Sify. 29 March 2013. Archived from the original on 2 April 2013. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
6. "Guinness Pakru directs Kuttiyum Kolum". Sify. Archived from the original on 8 December 2012. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
7. "Sanusha, Adithya team up for Guinness Pakru's film". CNN IBN. 26 October 2012. Archived from the original on 4 September 2014. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
8. "Shaan Rahman to croon his first duet in Malayalam". The Times of India. 7 December 2012. Archived from the original on 1 February 2014. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
9. "A memorable soiree". The Times of India. TNN. 28 March 2013. Archived from the original on 29 June 2013. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
10. "Kuttim Kolum movie review: Wallpaper, Story, Trailer at Times of India". The Times of India (in German). Retrieved 22 April 2013.
11. Veeyen (31 March 2013). "Kuttiyum Kolum Review". Nowrunning.com. Retrieved 22 April 2013.