Akkarakazhchakal: The Movie

This article is about film. For the Television series with similar name, see Akkara Kazhchakal.

Akkarakzhchakal: The Movie
Teaser Poster
Directed by	Abi Varghese Ajayan Venugopalan
Produced by	Bom TV
Written by	Ajayan Venugopalan
Starring	Josekutty Valiyakallumkal Sajini Sachariah Jacob Gregory Paulose Palatty Hari Dev Sanjeev Nair Alvin George Reshma Kuttappassery Geo Thomas
Music by	Kedar Kumar Shyam Vai
Cinematography	Hyder Bilgrami
Edited by	Hyder Bilgrami
Production company	BOM TV production
Release dates	29 April 2011 (2011-04-29) (USA) ^[1]
Country	United States
Language	Malayalam

Akkarakazhchakal: The Movie is a 2011 American Malayalam film based upon the popular TV series Akkara Kazhchakal.^[2]

Plot

The Thekkinmuttil family decides to send Appachan and Ammachi to an old-age home in Kerala. To take a break out of their regular lives they decide to make the long-pending trip to Niagara Falls.

Cast

Josekutty Valiyakallumkal as George Thekkinmootil (Chettai), a government employee as well as struggling insurance agent
Sajini Sachariah as Rincy, George's wife and a nurse by profession
Jacob Gregory as Gregory (Girigiri), George's assistant insurance agent
Paulose Palatty as Appachan, George's father, temporarily visiting from India
Hari Dev as Mahi, a Malayalee nurse, obsessed with women
Sanjeev Nair as Babykuttan, a Malayalee nurse who is trying to find a wife
Alvin George as Matt (Mathaikunju), George's son
Reshma Kuttappassery as Chakkimol, George's daughter
Geo Thomas as Baiju, a software engineer
Jayan Mathew as Krishankutty (Krish), a software engineer
Shine Roy as Shiny, Rincy's friend who loves to show off her wealth
Saji Sebastin as Jacob Embranthiri, a wine-loving scientist and Shiny's husband

Production

The TV series which was aired on Kairali TV and later became popular through YouTube was conceptualized, written and directed by New Jersey-based Ajayan Venugopal and Abi Verghese. The series ended after 50 episodes and the team put together a stage show based on the series. Based on the positive feedback from the show, they decided to make a film based on the series. The film is produced by Bom TV, a US-based Internet TV provider.^[2] The screenplay is written by Ajayan Venugopal. Ajayan Venugopal and Abi Verghese are handling the direction. Hyder Bilgrami is the director of cinematography. Kedar Kumar has composed the music. Nibu Eapen is the film editor.^[3] The pooja of the film was held on 3 September 2010 at Orangeburg, New York.^[4] Filming commenced on the same date. A teaser trailer appeared on the official Akkara Kazhchakal YouTube page on 22 September 2010.^[5] It was announced on the official facebook page on 10 November 2010 that filming has been completed and the post-production works have begun. The film released in the United States on 29 April 2011.

References

↑ "Akkarakazhchakal - The Movie, Malayalam Comedy, BoMTV". Akthemovie.com. Retrieved 2012-01-30.
1 2 Nita Sathyendran (2010-10-14). "Arts / Cinema : Far-sighted humour". The Hindu. Retrieved 2012-01-30.
↑ "Akkarakazhchakal - The Movie, Malayalam Comedy, BoMTV". Akthemovie.com. Retrieved 2012-01-30.
↑ "Akkarakazhchakal - The Movie". Facebook. Retrieved 2012-01-30.
↑ "Ak Movie Promo". YouTube. 2010-09-22. Retrieved 2012-01-30.

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