Honey Bee (film)

Honey Bee!
Directed by Lal Jr.
Produced by Sibi Thottupuram
Jobi Mandamattom
Written by Lal Jr.
Starring Asif Ali
Bhavana
Baburaj
Sreenath Bhasi
Balu Varghese
Archana Kavi
Lal
Assim Jamal
Music by Deepak Dev
Cinematography Alby
Edited by Ratheesh Raj
Production
company
Distributed by PJ Entertainments Europe
Release dates
  • 7 June 2013 (2013-06-07)
Running time
 138 minutes
Country India
Language Malayalam
Budget 3.20 cr[1]
Box office 12.32cr[1]

Honey Bee (Malayalam: ഹണി ബീ) is a 2013 Malayalam gangster comedy thriller film, written and directed by Lal Junior (Jean Paul Lal), son of actor-director Lal (Paul Michael) and produced by Sibi Thottupuram and Joby Mandamattom.[2] The film stars Asif Ali, Bhavana, Baburaj, Sreenath Bhasi, Archana Kavi, Balu Varghese and Lal in lead roles.[3][4]

The movie revolves around two friends (Sebastian and Angel) who suddenly discover their love for each other. They elope on the eve of the girl's marriage, much to the chagrin of her brothers. The film essays the lovers' struggle for survival.[5] The shooting of the film started on 15 May and was released on 6 June 2013.[6]

This movie declared as "Monsoon hit" at the box-office.[7]

Plot

Sebastian (a.k.a. Seban) (Asif Ali), Abu(Sreenath Bhasi), Ambrose Perera(Balu), Fernandez de Silva (a.k.a. Ferno)(Baburaj), Angel(Bhavana) and Sara(Archana Kavi) are close friends and members of a music band based in Fort Kochi. Angel's brothers HC Michael(Lal), Martin(Amith Chackalakal), Father Collin(Suresh Krishna) and Antony(Assim Jamal) nicknamed "Punyalanmar" by people, are dangerous businessmen. Angel's family brings in a proposal for her from the city SI George. On the night before her marriage,a drunk Sebastian (Seban) breaks into Angel's house with his friends and proposes his love to her. He elopes with her that night with his friends' help. Ambrose, drunk and senseless writes a letter and leaves it in Angel's room to inform the Punyalanmar, that they helped Seban and Angel to elope. The next day Sebastian wakes up to see Angel with him. He is shocked to see her since he doesn't remember the previous night's events.Punyalanmar go in search of them, and they are on the run. Punyalanmar destroys Sebastian's house and burns Ferno's house. Seban and Angel decide to escape through the harbor. Abu, Ambrose and Ferno planned to confront and surrender to buy Seban and Angel time to escape. Punyalanmar captures Abu but Ferno and Ambrose threaten to kill their wives. Ferno calls Seban(who is on a boat) and says they're going to sacrifice themselves, and Ferno is stabbed by Michael's goon. seeing Angels brothers coming after them they decide to suicide. Seban and angel kiss each other passionately. then it is revealed in the flashback that her brothers did not kill seban's friends and that they were also there with her brothers in the boat they were coming after. But without knowing this Seban and Angel jump into the sea after kissing each other. Seban's friends jump into the sea to save them. The film has a happy ending in which all are praying together at Punyalanmar's father's tomb. and then heading for Seban's and Angels wedding.

Cast

Critical reception

The movie gained mixed to positive reviews from critics.[8][9][10][11][12] South Cine Arena rated the movie a 3.5/5 and commented, "If you are expecting to chill out for 2 hrs, Honey Bee is a perfect choice. There are ample number of situations to make you laugh, thrilled and fall in love. Enjoy this tripping outing.[13] Oneindia.in said, "Jean Paul Lal has chosen a good script, which is interesting. The director has tried to keep you engaged and glued to screen throughout the movie. The suspense in the climax is also very interesting and sure to impress youth."[14] Veeyen of Nowrunning.com rated the film 2.5/5 and said, "Honey Bee is a film to be savored like those quickie bites that you grab from a fast food restaurant. Its damn fun while it lasts in your mouth and you swallow it without much of a thought, knowing all the while that it never had plans to offer you something to chew on."[15]

Some critics have opined that the story line of this film is an adaption from ‘The Hangover’ which is a 2009 American comedy film.

The Films was a Super Hit at the box Office and ran over 100 days in theaters.

Sound Track

The film's soundtrack contains 3 songs, all composed by Deepak Dev. Lyrics by Kaithapram, Lal, Anu Elizabeth Jose.

# Title Singer(s)
1 "Machane Machane Machu" Deepak Dev, Sreecharan, Vinod Varma
2 "Ennalakale" Lal, Job Kurien
3 "Neeyo Neeyo" Vinod Varma, Rajalakshmi Abhiram

References

  1. 1 2 http://www.cineshore.com/boxoffice/year-end-report-malayalam-films-2013/
  2. ↑ http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/movie-review/20498130.cms
  3. ↑ "Asif, Bhavana in Honeybee". Sify. Retrieved 7 March 2013.
  4. ↑ "Honey Bee Synopsis |". nowrunning. Retrieved March 2013.
  5. ↑ "Archana Kavi’s an Anglo-Indian in her next". Times of India. Retrieved 7 March 2013.
  6. ↑ "'Honey Bee' to start rolling from February 15". Nowrunning. Retrieved 7 March 2013.
  7. ↑ Deepa Gauri. The best of Malayalam cinema in 2013 26 December 2013 Khaleej Times
  8. ↑ "Movie Review: Amen" Sify. 23 March 2013. Retrieved 25 March 2013. Masala Entertainer
  9. ↑
  10. ↑ "Movie Review: Amen" cine shore. 23 March 2013. Retrieved 25 March 2013. Brilliant
  11. ↑ "Honey Bee is a mass entertainer" Rediff. 25 March 2013. Retrieved 25 March 2013.
  12. ↑ "Amen movie review" The Times of India. 28 March 2013. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
  13. ↑ http://scamovies.in/index.php/honey-bee-malayalam-movie-review/
  14. ↑ http://www.oneindia.in/entertainment/malayalam/reviews/2013/honey-bee-movie-review-111489.html
  15. ↑ http://www.nowrunning.com/movie/11583/malayalam/honey-bee/4272/review.htm

17. Honey Bee 2 fan Page [unofficial] https://facebook.com/HoneyBee2

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