Adi Kapyare Kootamani

Adi Kapyare Kootamani
Theatrical release poster
Directed by John Varghese
Produced by
Written by
  • Abhilash S Nair
  • John Varghese
Starring
Music by Shaan Rahman
Cinematography Ajay David Kachappilly
DI by Liju Prabhakar
Edited by Lijo Paul
Production
companies
Distributed by Popcorn Entertainments
Release date
  • 25 December 2015 (2015-12-25)
Running time
 131 minutes[1]
Country India
Language Malayalam

Adi Kapyare Kootamani is a 2015 Malayalam comedy horror film directed by John Varghese[2] and starring Dhyan Sreenivasan, Namitha Pramod,[3] Aju Varghese, Neeraj Madhav, Vineeth Mohan, Mukesh and Bijukuttan.[2] The film is jointly produced by Sandra Thomas and Vijay Babu under the banner of Friday Film House and Carnival Motion Pictures.[4][5] Shaan Rahman has composed the soundtrack and background score for the film.[2] The film was released theatrically on 25 December 2015.[2] Asianet bagged satellite rights. Movie location - Trivandrum

Plot

The movie starts with the introduction of Father Alfred Kattuvilayil (Mukesh) who considers himself to be a very strict warden of a college boys hostel. His assistant Shaanthappan (Bijukuttan) always tries to show him the mischief of the students but always fails. Adhishta Lakshmi (Namitha Pramod) fights with her father (John Vijay) over her boyfriend and on the next day meets Bhanuprasad (Dhyan Sreenivasan) in the canteen of his college. Bhanu has lost his gold chain by lending it for his friend Harris (Bhagath Manuel). As he wanted money, Lakshmi offers the amount of rupees 20,000 for taking her to his hostel for some unknown reason on that night. That night Bhanu smuggles Lakshmi into the hostel, but by the time he tries to get her out, the way out was blocked. That night both stay in Bhanu's room. Not fully trusting Bhanu, Lakshmi ties Bhanu in his hostel room's study and sets alarm in his phone to be start at 3 AM. But both sleeps off as it is like a lullaby song and wake up only by eight, when Bhanu's friend Bruno (Aju Varghese) knocks his door. Bhanu skips college and tries to get her out. But the escape route was blocked by Father and Shanthappan. He tries to get her out through the Main entrance but to his horror, college was closed for strike as her father beaten an auto rickshaw driver because of him, dropped her in front of his hostel expecting that she (Adishta Lakshmi)escaped with his help. So the students came back to the hostel. Both stays in Bhanu's room for the whole day planning to escape from the terrace that night. When Bhanu goes to the terrace to check, he sees a number of students including his friends Bruno, Koshy (Vineeth Mohan) and Remo (Neeraj Madhav) boozing. They force him to drink and he forgets about Lakshmi locked in his room. When Shanthappan goes near Bhanu's room after sometime, he hears Lakshmi speaking in her sleep in Tamil. He thinks that it is a ghost and get the key from Bhanu's pocket and opens the door. Lakshmi kicks him and run out of the room, and Shanthappan is knocked out. Next day Bhanu wake up and Father is persuaded by Shanthappan to check Bhanu's room for the ghost. Bhanu opens the room reluctantly and is surprised not to see Lakshmi. He then finds out that his friends found out about Lakshmi and they together plans to get her out. Bhanu meets Lakshmi in Bruno's room. Lakshmi tells them the reason that she came in the hostel. She had a lover Premraj (Roshan Mathew)who was a Casanova, who was in the hostel, and after he broke up with her she wanted to take revenge. So she went to his room and slapped him. Friends while planning to get her out, is irritated by the behavior of Remo as he constantly tries to flirt with Lakshmi. That day night when they try to get her out from the terrace, Father and Shanthappan see her in white dress and both believes that there is a ghost. Then Bhanu makes a new plan: to make everyone believe that there is actually a ghost and he will summon her with Ouija board in the presence of Father. When Father do some magical rituals the Ghost (Lakshmi) will leave and that way she can get out of the hostel. They plan and does things so that other inmates believe that there is a ghost. But in reality, there was an actual ghost in the hostel who came when Bhanu used the Ouija board. But Lakshmi successfully gets out of the hostel as per the original plan, even though some super natural events occur. The ghost is shown still wandering through the hostel.

In the credits, Lakshmi is in her house and Bhanu visits her with her bag which she had forgotten in his room. She asks him to leave but hears her fathers voice and asks him to wait till three in the morning. Bhanu now understands that he is trapped in her house just like how she was trapped in the hostel.

Cast

  • Mukesh as Father Alfred Kattuvillayil
  • Dhyan Sreenivasan as Bhanu Prasad
  • Namitha Pramod as Adhishta Lakshmi
  • Aju Varghese as Bruno
  • Neeraj Madhav as Remo
  • Vineeth Mohan as Koshi
  • Bijukuttan as Shaanthappan
  • John Vijay as Gowndar, Adhista Lakshmi's father
  • Sabu as Veluchaami
  • Devi Ajith as Adhishta Lakshmi's Mother
  • Roshan Mathew as Premraj
  • Valsala Menon as Ammachi / Neighbor in deathbed
  • Krishnan as Auto Driver
  • Balaji Sarma as Electrician
  • Disney as Ammachi's son
  • Anjali Aneesh Upasana as Ammachi's daughter in-law
  • John Varghese as Junior Student
  • Thomas Pattathanam as New Admission Boy's father
  • Bhagath Manuel as Harris (cameo)
  • Pradeep Kottayam as Bhanu Prasad's relative (cameo)

Production

Filming commenced on 7 September at University Hostel Campus in Thiruvananthapuram.[6] The title of the film Adi Kapyare Kootamani was revealed on 8 September 2015,[2] Production Controller of Adi Kapyare Kootamani is handled by Shibu G Suseelan.[7]

Music

7 The music was composed by Shaan Rahman.

Original Tracklist
No.TitleSinger(s)Length
1."Ende Maavum Poothe"Vineeth Sreenivasan, Shaan Rahman, Arun Alat, Rzee(Rap) 
2."Maruda"Shaan Rahman, Arun Alat 
3."Ullasa Gayike"Vidhu Prathap, Shaan Rahman, Remya Nambeesan 

Box office

The film collected ₹2.24 crore (US$310,000) in 3 days of release,[8] and subsequently grossed ₹4.6 crore (US$640,000) in a week's time.[9]

Nominations

Abhilash S Nair and John Varghese were nominated for the Best Script of a Comedy Film category at 2nd Asianet Comedy Awards 2016 [10]

Sequel

In December 2015, producer Vijay Babu confirmed that there would be a sequel to the film, titled Adi Kapyare Kootamani 2.[11]

Adi Kapyare Kootamani 2 is to be directed by John Varghese and produced by Vijay Babu under the banner of Friday Film House and Carnival Motion Pictures.[12]

References

  1. ↑ "ADI KAPYARE KOOTAMANI (12A)". British Board of Film Classification. 7 January 2016. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Adi Kapyare Kootamani' starts rolling". Manorma Online. 8 August 2015.
  3. ↑ "Namitha to romance Dhyan in 'Adi Kapyare Kootamani'". Manorama Online. 4 August 2015.
  4. ↑ "Adi Kapyare Kootamani: First teaser of Dhyan, Aju, Neeraj, Namitha starrer released [VIDEO]". International Business Times, India Edition. Ibtimes. Retrieved 2015-12-08.
  5. ↑ "Carnival Motion Pictures Announces two Malayalam Movies". The Times of India. 21 August 2015.
  6. ↑ "'Adi Kapyare Kootamani': Dhyan Sreenivasan-Namitha Pramod Starrer Begins Shooting in Kerala". International Business Times. 8 September 2015.
  7. ↑ "Ringing in the Good Times". The Hindu. 8 October 2015.
  8. ↑ Anu James (28 December 2015). "Kerala box office collection: Dulquer's Charlie rules BO; Dileep's Two Countries, Dhyan's Adi Kapyare Kootamani running successfully". International Business Times. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
  9. ↑ Anu James (5 January 2015). "Kerala box office: Dulquer's Charlie, Dileep's Two Countries, Unni Mukundan's Style go steady in weekend". International Business Times. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
  10. ↑ "Asianet Comedy Awards - Hotstar". Hotstar. Retrieved 2016-11-29.
  11. ↑ "'Adi Kapyare Kootamani' to have a sequel..." Malayala Manorama. 28 December 2015. Retrieved 9 January 2016.
  12. ↑ "Dhyan, Aju, Neeraj in Adi Kapyare Kootamani 2! - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2016-04-09.
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