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Wikipedia article
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| name = Cobra
| image = Cobra-malayalam-movie.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = Lal
| producer = Anto Joseph
| writer = Lal
| based_on =
| starring = Mammootty
Lal
| music = Alex Paul
| cinematography = Venu
| editing = V Saajan
| studio = Emperor Cinemas
| distributor = Play House Release
| released =
| runtime =
| country = India
| language = Malayalam
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'Cobra' is a 2012 Indian Malayalam-language action black comedy film written and directed by Lal, starring Mammootty and himself in the lead roles. The songs were composed by Alex Paul, and background score by Deepak Dev.
Plot
Cobra is the short form of 'Co-brothers' (Kottayam Brothers). The film tells the story of two rich brothers: Raja and Kari. Gopalan and Balan play the roles of their security guards.
The two begin to seek brides to marry. Their marriages get fixed. But on the day of the marriages, one of the brides is late for the ceremony. Thinking that she has eloped, Raja cancels the marriage. They move to Coimbatore.
There they meet Samuel who is looking for prospective buyers for his house. He needs money for the education of his daughters, both of which are doing medical studies elsewhere. While the Cobras are negotiating the deal, they see a picture of the two girls, Sherly and Annie and they plan to marry them. Samuel wants to hide the news of selling the house from his daughters; he asks the Cobras to hide the news for another 6 months until their studies are over. The Cobras say that they will delay the registration until the 6 months have passed, and during that period they will stay at Samuel's house as tenants.
Meanwhile, Isaac and his brother Albert are trying to forcefully take Samuel's house and his hospital. Isaac tries to humiliate the Cobras on the day of the inauguration of his new physical fitness center. Samuel and Isaac get into a verbal fight and set a boxing match the next weekend with a deal that whoever wins will get the hospital. Isaac finds out that Raja has a twin brother named Shivadas who looks exactly like him. Isaac blackmails Raja saying that if he does not forfeit, he will bring his twin brother to Kari. Raja thinks that it will break Kari's heart, so he decides to back out from the fight. However, Kari and Samuel decide to carry on with the match.
Raja joins them. Even during the match Isaac tries to blackmail Raja showing him Shivadas standing near the venue. Initially, Raja does not fight back and gets badly beaten. Then Kari comes into the ring and fights with Albert and he also gets badly beaten by Isaac. Seeing Kari getting beaten up, Raja decides to fight back and defeats Isaac, thus winning the match. Meanwhile, seeing the love between Raja and Kari, Shivadas leaves the scene without anyone noticing.
Cast
*Mammootty as Raja (Rajavembala) / Sivadas Naidu (dual role)
*Lal as Kari (Karimoorkhan)
*Lalu Alex as Samuel
*Kaniha as Annie
*Padmapriya as Sherly
*Salim Kumar as Gopalan
*Babu Antony as Isaac
*Ranjith Velayudhan as Albert, Isaac's brother
*Ramu
*Maniyanpilla Raju as Balan/(Bralan)
*Jagathy Sreekumar as grandfather of Isaac
*Siddique as Alphonse John Samuel
*Vijay Menon as Referee
*Radhika as Raja's ex-fiance
*Leena Maria Paul as Kari's ex-fiance
Music
The soundtrack album of the film was composed by Alex Paul and lyrics penned by Santhosh Varma.
Production
The movie was shot at Ernakulam, Chalakudy, Trivandrum and Bangkok, Thailand.
Reception
Sify.com's Moviebuzz rated the movie "average",[https://web.archive.org/web/20150808081637/http://www.sify.com/movies/cobra-is-for-mammootty-fans-review-malayalam-14996320.html Movie Review:Cobra is for Mammootty fans] saying it is "a botched up version of the conventional recipes".
Rediff.com rated 3/5,[http://www.rediff.com/movies/report/south-review-cobra-is-recycled-fare/20120413.htm Review: Cobra is recycled fare - Rediff.com Movies] saying that "Cobra offers nothing much to the discerning viewer and just cashes in on the actors' star image".
References
Category:2012 films
Category:2010s Malayalam-language films
Category:Films set in the 1980s
Category:2012 romantic comedy films
Category:Indian romantic comedy films
Category:Films shot in Chalakudy
Category:Films shot in Kochi
Category:Films shot in Thiruvananthapuram
Category:Films shot in Thrissur
Category:Films directed by Lal
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