Thuruppugulan (2006 film)
Thuruppu Gulan | |
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Directed by | Johny Antony |
Written by |
Udayakrishna Siby K. Thomas |
Starring |
Mammootty Sneha Innocent Cochin Haneefa Devan |
Music by | Alex Paul |
Distributed by | Playhouse Through PJ Entertainments UK |
Release dates |
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Country | India |
Language | Malayalam |
Thuruppu Gulan is a Malayalam comedy film released in 2006, which had Mammootty and Sneha in the lead roles. Others in the cast include Innocent, Jagathy Sreekumar, Suraj Venjaramoodu, Salim Kumar and Cochin Haneefa.
Reception
Thuruppu gulan is considered as one of the greatest commercial successes happened after 2000 in Malayalam box office, which completed 125 days in many major releasing centers, and was also the second highest grosser of the year 2006. The slapstic comedy and the other entrrtainment elements packed in the movie was highly celebrated by the fans and the family audience,and Thuruppu Gulan was the third frequent success in director Johney Antony's career.
Plot
Mr. Menon (Devan), a multi-millionaire, buys considerable real estate and entrusts it to one of his trusted lieutenants, Sreedharan Unnithan (Kalashala Babu), to construct a 5-star hotel. He also buys a small plot and gives it to Kochuthoma (Innocent), Kunjumon's (Mammootty) father. Menon leaves for Singapore and Kunjumon is packed off to Calicut by his father, as he fears that his son's life might be in danger as he badly wounded one of the local goons who picked up a fight with Menon.
After a few years, Menon decides to return to his native land and get his daughter married off in a good way. But Sreedharan Unnithan and his sons, in an effort to foil his plans, have him framed in a cooked up case and imprisoned. His daughter, Lakshmi (Sneha) reaches Kerala to find a way to help her father. She meets up with the hero Gulaan Kunjumon, the hero of the Calicut Market. With many twists and turns and a lot of misunderstandings, it becomes clear that Kunjumon aka Gulan is the son of Kochuthoma, and Kunjumon finally realizes that Lakshmi is the daughter of Menon, not Unnithan. The helping hand raised and his influence over the people around him, he solves the issue taking a really short duration.
Cast
- Mammootty as Kunjumon a.k.a. Gulan
- Innocent as Kochuthoma (Father of Gulan)
- Sneha as Lakshmi Menon
- Jagathy Sreekumar as Swamy
- Salim Kumar as Khadar and Khadar
- Harishree Ashokan as Shathru
- Kalashala Babu as Sreedharan Unnithan
- Cochin Hanifa as Raman Kartha
- Janardanan as Peethambaran (Police Constable)
- Devan as Menon (Father of Lakshmi)
- Vijayaraghavan as D.G.P
- Suresh Krishna as Unnithan's Son
- Baburaj as Unnithan's Son
- Bheeman Raghu as Tipper Vasu
- Suraj Venjaramood
- Kalabhavan Shajon
- Bindu Ramakrishnan
- Urmila Unni as DGP's wife
- Ponnamma Babu as dance teacher
- Ambika Mohan as Sreedharan Unnithan's wife
- Raj Kapoor as Sub-inspector
Soundtrack
The movie has two songs composed by Alex Paul.
Song | Singer(s) |
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"Alakadalil" | Mahadevan and Chorus |
"Madayaana" | Vineeth Sreenivasan |
External links
- Thuruppu Gulan at the Internet Movie Database
- http://www.nowrunning.com/movie/2821/malayalam/thuruppu-gulan/review.htm
- http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/malayalam/preview/8156.html