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Wikipedia article
'Kochi Rajavu' ('translated as King of Kochi') is a 2005 Indian Malayalam-language action thriller film directed by Johny Antony. It stars Dileep in the lead role with Kavya Madhavan, Rambha, Harisree Ashokan, Murali, Jagathy Sreekumar and Vijayaraghavan in supporting roles.
The film marks the second collaboration between Dileep, Johny Antony, and the writing duo UdaykrishnaSibi K. Thomas after 'C.I.D. Moosa' (2003).
Plot
The film starts with Suryanarayana Varma a.k.a. Unni (Dileep), 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 enroll him in a law college in Chennai. There he meets Meenakshi (Rambha) and gets into conflicts her brother Siva (Riyaz Khan), and Siva's enemy Muthu (Sudheer Sukumaran). Meenakshi eventually falls in love with Unni. Once Meenaskshi's family finds out about her love for Unni they visit his house for a marriage request. But Unni has a past he can't escape, which he narrates in a flashback.
He tells how he met and fell in love with a woman named Aswathy (Kavya Madhavan). Aswathy's parents are dead, and she lives with her uncles, the eldest of whom (Vijayaraghavan) wants to gain her inheritance by arranging a marriage between his son and Aswathy. Aswathy accidentally gets into the autorickshaw of Unni when she is going to meet her future husband. During the ride, Unni falls in love with her and delays bringing Aswathy to her destination.
She becomes fed up with him and decides to tell her uncle. She and her uncle plan to make fun of him and calls Unni to her house. Unni learns that Aswathy's uncle is the auto company owner and they beat him badly. She falls for him when she sees him being injured. They decide to get married and in the drama that follows Unni kills Aswathy's future husband. For this, he is jailed for 5 years.
In the present day, Unni's father makes him believe Aswathy has been married off, 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.
Cast
* Dileep as Suryanarayana Varma a.k.a. Unni
* Kavya Madhavan as Aswathy a.k.a. Achu
* Rambha as Meenakshi
* Harisree Ashokan as Komalan
* Murali as Chandrashekhara Menon
* Jagathy Sreekumar as Maharaja Moolam Thirunal Easwara Varma
* Riyaz Khan as Shiva
* Vijayaraghavan as Karimbarakkal Prabhakaran
* Santhosh as Karimbarakkal Divakaran
* Sadiq as Karimbarakkal Sudhakaran
* Irshad as Prakashan, Prabhakaran's eldest son
* Kavi Raj as Aravindan, Prabhakaran's youngest son
* Kalaranjini as Lakshmi Varma
* Machan Varghese as Brithyan, Kalari Shishyan
* Vijayan as Parthasarathy
* Mohan Jose as Ambbattur Singam
* Sudheer Sukumaran as 'Maari' Muthu
* Indrans as Kannan, Worker of canteen
* Thara as Radhika, Unni's Sister
* Venniradai Moorthy as P. R Ananthamurthy, College Principal
* Geetha Salam as Hamsa ikka, an Auto driver
* Nandhu Pothuval as Ananthan, 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 Jyothy
* Deepika Mohan as Jyothy's mother
* Abraham Koshy as Minister, Meenakshi's uncle
Release
The film was released on 14 April 2005 coinciding with Vishu. The film received positive response on its release
Box office
The film was blockbuster at the box office. The film collected 2.804 crore from three days at the box office.Music
Music : Vidyasagar. Vidyasagar later adapted the song "Munthiri Padam" in Tamil as "Aruviyoda" for the film 'Pasa Kiligal'.
References
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