Maheshinte Prathikaaram
| Maheshinte Prathikaaram | |
|---|---|
 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Dileesh Pothan |
| Produced by | Aashiq Abu |
| Written by | Syam Pushkaran |
| Starring |
Fahadh Faasil Anusree Soubin Shahir |
| Music by | Bijibal |
| Cinematography | Shyju Khalid |
| Edited by | Saiju Sreedharan |
Production company |
OPM |
| Distributed by | OPM Dream Mill Cinemas |
Release dates | 5 February 2016 |
Running time | 161 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Malayalam |
| Box office | ₹20 crore (US$3.0 million)[1] |
Maheshinte Prathikaaram (English: The Revenge of Mahesh) is a 2016 Indian Malayalam comedy drama film directed by Dileesh Pothan in his debut feature and produced by Aashiq Abu. The film stars Fahadh Faasil in the lead role, while Anusree, Aparna Balamurali, and Soubin Shahir portray other pivotal roles.[2][3] The film is based on a real story of Thampan from Thuravoor.[4] Screenplay is written by Syam Pushkaran and cinematography is handled by Shyju Khalid. The film released on 5 February 2016 to positive reviews and collected ₹20 crore (US$3.0 million) from box office worldwide.[1]
Plot
Mahesh Bhavana (Fahadh Faasil) runs a studio in the Prakash City in Idukki established by his father Vincent Bhavana who is semi retired. Mahesh is the official local photographer for weddings and funeral services. He lives with his father and is friends with Flex printing shop owner Baby. Chrispin, a Photoshop wizard whom Baby employs at the studio is Mahesh's close friend. Mahesh has a long time love affair with his school mate Soumya (Anusree), who is working as a nurse.
A seemingly trivial incident catapult into an argument between Baby and some youngsters. The argument turns into a fight between Mahesh Bhavana and Jimson, a welder. Mahesh gets humiliated in front of the whole village as he badly loses the fight with Jimson. Meanwhile Soumya gets a proposal from a foreign settled Saju, she opportunistically takes the chance. Mahesh takes a pledge that he will wear his Size 8 Lunar chappals/slippers only after taking revenge. Later Mahesh falls in love with Jimson's sister Jimsy. While falling in love with her Mahesh gets in touch with the art of photography. Mahesh sits on his agenda for more than a year since Jimson has gone to gulf and trains in Kungfu for the same. When Jimson returns home for vacation Mahesh challenges him and wins the fight. After the seemingly sweet revenge he buys slippers and visits Jimson at hospital and asks Jimsy's hand for marriage. The movie ends with laugh and Mahesh picking up Jimsy from a bus bay.
Cast
- Fahadh Faasil as Mahesh Bhavana, a photographer.
- Anusree as Soumya
- Soubin Shahir as Chrispin
- Alancier Lay as Baby
- Aparna Balamurali as Jimsy Augustine
- Jaffer Idukki as Kunjumon, Soumya's Father
- Dileesh Pothan as Eldho
- Sujith Shankar as Jimson
- Saiju Agustine as Saju
- Lijomol Jose as Soniya
- K L Antony as Vincent Bhavana
Crew
- Director - Dileesh Pothan
- Producer - Aashiq Abu
- Writer - Syam Pushkaran
- Director of Photography - Shyju Khalid
- Music director - Bijibal
- Editor - Saiju Sreedharan
- Lyricist - Rafeeq Ahammed
- Art director - Ajayan Chalissery
- Costume designer - Sameera Saneesh
- Makeup designer - Ronex Xavier
- Sound Mixing - Dan Jose
- Production Controller - Benny Kattappana
- Production Executive - Abid Abu
- Distribution - OPM Dream Mill Cinemas
Music
| Maheshinte Prathikaaram | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Studio album to Maheshinte Prathikaaram by Bijibal | ||||
| Released | 29 January 2016 | |||
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack | |||
| Length | 10:24 | |||
| Language | Malayalam | |||
| Label | Muzik 247 | |||
| Producer | Aashiq Abu | |||
| Bijibal chronology | ||||
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The original soundtrack and background score were composed by Bijibal, Rafeeq Ahammed penned all songs.[5] Songs got positive response in social media, especially for "Idukki" (based on Idukki district) sung by the composer Bijibal.[6] Aparna Balamurali, besides acting, sung a song with Vijay Yesudas - "Mounangal".
| Soundtrack | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
| 1. | "Idukki" | Rafeeq Ahammed | Bijibal | 3:54 |
| 2. | "Theliveyil" | Rafeeq Ahammed | Sudeep Kumar, Sangeetha Sreekanth | 2:47 |
| 3. | "Mounangal" | Rafeeq Ahammed | Vijay Yesudas, Aparna Balamurali | 3:24 |
| 4. | "Cherupunjiri" | Rafeeq Ahammed | Nikhil Mathew, Bijibal | 4:20 |
Total length: |
10:24 | |||
| Score | ||
|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Length |
| 1. | "Maheshinte Chaachan" | 00:04 |
| 2. | "Kumbilappam" | 01:43 |
| 3. | "Pookkaalam Kaiveeshi" | 03:02 |
| 4. | "Jimsone Thedi" | 02:00 |
| 5. | "Jimsy Is Beautiful" | 02:57 |
| 6. | "Kadayalla ... Studio" | 00:53 |
| 7. | "Photography" | 02:20 |
| 8. | "Chettan Sooppara" | 04:23 |
| 9. | "Snap For Manjadi" | 02:23 |
Total length: |
17:45 | |
Reception
Critical response
Veeyen of Nowrunning.com lauded the film and stated that "Anyone out there with these emotions who has been tormented by the much familiar craving to settle a score or two would immediately relate to Mahesh and his story of the discarded Size 8 Lunar Chappals. As Jimcy murmurs aloud, men folk could indeed be bizarre - an exhilarating bit of truth that make their tales exceptional as these."[7] Onlookers Media gave a score of 8.5/10 and said "Maheshinte Prathikaram is a superb entertainer with some great quality performances, direction, screenplay and above all it gives you something really fresh."[8]
Box office
After a low opening of ₹60 lakh (US$89,000), the film received positive response from audience and critics. The word-of-mouth publicity helped the film in subsequent days in the box office, with an increase in number of screens in Kerala from 68 to 88 within one week. The film released in only few cities in outside Kerala. It grossed an amount of ₹6 crore (US$890,000) from 10 days from Kerala box office.[9] After 3 weeks, the collection crossed ₹10 crore (US$1.5 million).[10] As of first week of April 2016, the film grossed ₹14 crore (US$2.1 million) from Kerala box office.[11] The film grossed ₹20 crore (US$3.0 million) worldwide, making it a commercial success.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 Akhila Menon (25 April 2016). "BOX OFFICE 2016: Blockbusters & Super Hits of Malayalam Cinema So Far". Filmibeat.com. Retrieved 25 April 2016.
- ↑ V.P., Nicy (20 August 2014). "Fahadh to Play Photographer in 'Maheshinte Prathikaram'". International Business Times. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
- ↑ Karthikeyan, Shruti (22 May 2015). "Anusree is a nurse in Maheshinte Prathikaram". The Times Of India. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
- ↑ http://english.manoramaonline.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/maheshinte-prathikaaram-real-life-story-thampan-purushan.html
- ↑ "Maheshinte Prathikaaram soundtrack review". Malayala Manorama.
- ↑ "Idukki song reviewdate=". International Business Times.
- ↑ Veeyen. "Maheshinte Prathikaaram Movie Review". Nowrunning. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
- ↑ "Maheshinte Prathikaram Review". Onlookers Media. Retrieved 6 February 2016.
- ↑ Akhila Menon (18 February 2016). "BOX OFFICE: Maheshinte Prathikaaram Crosses 6 Cr In 10 Days, In Kerala!". Filmibeat.com.
- ↑ Onmanorama Staff (24 February 2016). "'Maheshinte Prathikaaram' still rules Kerala box office". Malayala Manorama. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
- ↑ Filmibeat (4 April 2016). "Film Industry Is Smiling After The First Quarter of 2016". Filmibeat.com. Retrieved 5 April 2016.