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Mallu Singh
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Wikipedia article
'Mallu Singh' is a 2012 Indian Malayalam-language action comedy film written by Sethu and directed by Vysakh. The film stars Unni Mukundan, Kunchacko Boban, Biju Menon Manoj K. Jayan and Samvrutha Sunil. The film is credited as 50th film of Kunchacko Boban.
Plot
After Seven Years beginns In a district court of Palakkad, Ananthan waits for a verdict regarding the heir of an isolated land. The lawyer informs Ananthan that the verdict was postponed.
Ananthan threatens Ani and his younger sister Ashwathi as they, too, were competing for the land. Ani wants to find Hari, who was his cousin and childhood friend. Hari has been missing for seven years. He found his grandmother in tears most of the time and watching her, he decided that he must reach Hari somehow. For many years Ani has been searching for Hari. So when Ani recognizes Hari in a TV program featuring Punjab, he sets forth to Punjab with great expectations of finding Hari.
In Punjab, he arrives in Mallu Street and finds Karthikeyan and Pappan. When they both came to know that Ani had come in search of Hari, they ask about the story of Hari. Then there is a flashback.
In Kerala, Hari wins a Kabbadi match and from then on all in the village were very fond of him. One day, Valiyampattu Raghavan Nair , Ani's father and Hari's maternal uncle, was carrying on with his harvest festival. But then arrived Govindan Kutty and Ananthan who had a grudge against Raghavan Nair's family. When Ananthan kicked the plate containing the required items, Hari arrives at the spot. Govindan said that Raghavan Nair and Ani had come to seize the property of Hari. When Hari ignored, Govindan Kutty warned Hari to be aware of Raghavan Nair as one day he will be kicked out. Hari decided to organise a new business in the hope to earn some money but in vain. Ani decided to fix Hari's marriage with Aswathi in order to unite Hari and Raghavan Nair. Knowing this, Raghavan Nair slaps Ani for thinking a proposal for Aswathi with a jobless man. To get rid of burdens and humiliations, Hari decides to leave the village for peace and promised a return after a long time. On his way, he hears the screaming of Raghavan Nair. When he was about to help him, Govindan Kutty and Ananthan accused Hari for killing his own uncle for wealth. From then on Hari was never seen.
On hearing the story, Karthi and Pappan decides to help him find Hari and resolve his issues in Kerala. Still, they were sure that it might not be Hari they knew as he was an entire Sikh.
One day he finds Hari who fought the Sardar students for flirting with his sisters. Keen on seeing him, Ani enthusiastically called Hari loudly expecting for something good. But he is Harinder Singh, he spots a beard and turban and his attire is purely Punjabi. Even in his behavior, Harinder Singh looks like a typical Punjabi. Ani came to know that Hari is Mallu Singh. Ani wants to make sure about Hari's identity and so decides to stay there for a long period. However, Karthi and Pappan helped Ani. Together, the three go in search of proof to make sure that 'Mallu Singh' is Hari. Somewhere along the line, Suseelan joins the three making the situation worse. Suseelan came to Punjab to start a hair cutting salon but on finding that no one in Punjab cuts hair, took up cycle repair as his occupation for survival.
Ani tries all his luck to make Hari reveal the truth. He even brings Ashwathi to Punjab. Even after Harinder Singh's marriage gets fixed with Ashwathi, Hari refuses to admit that he is Hari. Disheartened, Ani says that he is not ready for the marriage and they plan to go back to Kerala. Hari comes to their room and reveals to them the truth. Disheartened by seeing his uncle die, Hari makes way through the road where the real Harinder Singh gives him a lift in his truck. On the way, Harinder Singh reveals that he had left his home since he was a kid and he also happily tells that he is going to meet his family after a long gap in Punjab. As fate would have it,Harinder hands over the truck to Hari and takes rest which was sleepily rode by him which creates an accident in which the real Harinder gets killed. Upon witnessing two deaths,shocked and frustrated,he reaches Punjab only to witness Harinder's family getting harassed by some goons. He rescues them and becomes their saviour . Harinder's father considers him as his own son and from then on Hari changes his identity to Mallu Singh. He also tells that he is helpless and he have to be Mallu Singh for the rest of his life. Anyway,Harinder Singh's father hears this and says that Hari can live with them as their son but he has to go back to Kerala and settle his family problems.
In Kerala, Ananthan plans the measurement of the land kept for the verdict. A day pending for signature in court regarding the land case, Ananthan confidently said his brothers that no one from the Valiyampattu family would come to take back the land as Raghavan Nair got killed and Hari and Ani had also escaped and are nowhere to be seen in the country. Then Hari, Ani, Karthi and Pappan comes to the spot and fights Ananthan and his brothers to get back their land and to avenge the death of Raghavan Nair. Once the things got settled, they move back to Punjab to get their brides married to them.
Cast
* Unni Mukundan as Hari Narayanan / Harinder Singh aka Mallu Singh (voice over by Mithun Ramesh)
* Kunchako Boban as Valiyampattu Aniyan (Ani)
* Biju Menon as Karthikeyan
* Manoj K. Jayan as Pappan
* Samvrutha Sunil as Aswathy (Achu)
* Rupa Manjari as Pooja
* Meera Nandan as Neethu
* Aparna Nair as Shwetha
* Shaalin Zoya as Nithya
* Siddique as Valiyampattu Raghavan Nair
* Sai Kumar as Govindan Kutty
* Suresh Krishna as Ananthan
* Shavinder Mahal as Harinder's father
* Geetha as Harinder's mother
* Suraj Venjaramood as Susheelan
* Ganapathi S Poduval as young Hari
* Mamukkoya as Ramankutty
* Sreejith Ravi as Chandrappan, Ananthan's younger brother
* Joju George as Bharathan, Ananthan's younger brother
* Kalasala Babu as Chellappan, Lawyer
* Lakshmi Krishna Moorthy as the grandmother
* Vysakh as a Singh in the truck (special appearance)
* Udayakrishna as a Singh in the truck (special appearance)
* Asif Ali as the original Harinder Singh (special appearance)
* Hanzil Hydar Ali as Kuttoos (special appearance)
* Esther Anil as young Nithya
Critical reception
Times of India gave it a three stars out of five. Sify.com stated "'Mallu Singh' could be appealing in parts for those viewers who are there just for fun, without much logic. For the rest, here is one movie with lots of styles but no substance at all. Decide the category to which you belong, before heading for this one". Rediff.com gave a rating of 3/5, and stated that Mallu Singh is entertaining.
Box office
The film was a commercial success and ran over 100 days.
Soundtrack
The soundtrack of the film was composed by M. Jayachandran with lyrics penned by Murukan Kattakada and Rajeev Alunkal.
The background score was composed by Gopi Sundar.
References
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