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'Kilichundan Mampazham' (Malayalam: 'Bird-beaked Mango') is a 2003 Indian Malayalam-language romantic comedy film written and directed by Priyadarshan from a story by Sreenivasan. It was produced by Antony Perumbavoor under the company Aashirvad Cinemas. The film stars Mohanlal, Soundarya (in her second and final Malayalam film to date), Sreenivasan, and Salim Kumar. Vineeth Sreenivasan debuted as a singer in the film.

Synopsis



Moidukutty Haji returns to his village after marrying a third time. His new wife Amina is young and beautiful. His other two wives are really unhappy to see this, but they have no other choice other than to accept it. Amina was in love in with Abdu. Abdu and Usman come to the village and they come to Moidukutty Haji's house to sell bangles.

Abdu sees Amina and tries various tricks in order to get into Moidukutty Haji's house, but Moidukutty Haji drives them away. When Abdu was in Gulf, Amina's wicked father secretly stole all letters sent by Abdu by bribing the postman. Amina's marriage took place without her acceptance. Abdu with some help from his friends makes secret moves to get Amina back. The events that are going to happen from here makes the plot of the story.

Cast



* Mohanlal as Abdul Khader (Abdu)

* Soundarya as Aamina

* Sreenivasan as Moidhootty Haji

* Vindhya as Fathima (Moidhootty Haji's First Wife)

* Geetha Vijayan as Maimuna (Moidhootty Haji's Second Wife)

* Sukumari as Beeyathu (Moidhootty Haji's Mother)

* Cochin Haneefa as Kalanthan Haji

* Salim Kumar as Usman

* Jagathy Sreekumar as Irunthalakadan Nampoothiri

* T. Damodaran as Hajiyar with Kalandhan Haji

* Thilakan as Chekkutty (Amina's Father)

* Kozhikode Narayanan Nair as Musaliyar

* Baiju as Kunjahammed, Amina's youngest Paternal Uncle

* Baburaj as Hamsa(Amina's Paternal Uncle)

* Ganesh Kumar as Ummer (Amina's brother)

* Seema as Subaida (Abdu's sister)

* Abu Salim as Sulaiman, Amina's Maternal Uncle

* V K Sreeraman as Alavikkutty (Amina's Eldest Paternal Uncle)

* Poojappura Ravi as Chappuni Nair

* Santha Devi as Amina's mother

* Manka Mahesh as Wife of Chappuni Nair

* Ajayan Adoor as Salim (Moidhootty Haji's Right hand)

* Vijayan Peringode as Advocate Swami

* Nandhu as Postman Rafeeq

* Poojappura Radhakrishnan as Irundalakkadan's Helper

* C V Dev as Azees

Release



The film was released on 11 April 2003.

Box office

The story of a man who wants his now-married lover back was not taken well by audiences. It also touched upon issues like polygamy and talaaq. Hence film received mixed reviews from the critics, but it was a huge box office success.

Soundtrack



all the music is composed by Vidyasagar and the lyrics are penned by B.R Prasad

Critical reception



Sify gave a positive review, calling it a "sparkling entertainer" and praised the performances of Mohanlal and Sreenivasan. Also adding, technically it is one of the best films in recent times, praising the cinematography, art direction, songs, lyrics, but criticized the plot in the second half.

References




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