''King Liar'' is a 2016 Indian

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-language romantic comedy film with a story by Siddique, screenplay by Siddique-Lal and directed by

Lal Lal ( fa, لعل, hi, लाल, bn, লাল, ur, لال, ps, Lāl) is an Indo-Iranian surname and given name, which means "darling", "precious", or "beloved", from the Sanskrit ''lala'' ("cajoling").''Dictionary of American Family Names''F ...

. The stars

Dileep Gopalakrishnan Padmanabhan Pillai, better known by his stage name Dileep, is an Indian actor, producer, and businessman who predominantly works in the Malayalam film industry. He has acted in more than 150 films and has won several awards, inc ...

, Asha Sharath and

Madonna Sebastian Madonna Sebastian is an Indian actress and playback singer who primarily works in Tamil and Malayalam films. She made her acting debut with 2015 Malayalam film ''Premam,'' and Tamil with '' Kadhalum Kadandhu Pogum'' (2016), and in Telugu with ' ...

in the lead roles. It was produced by Ousepachan Valakuzhy under his production Ousepachan Movie House. The soundtrack and score were composed by

Alex Paul Alex Paul is an Indian music director who works in Malayalam cinema. Personal life Alex is the son of A. M. Paul, a music artist who formed the first orchestra (in Malayalam: 'ganamela') troupe in Kochi & Philomina. He is the younger brother ...

and

Deepak Dev Deepak Devraj Komath (born 30 April 1978), better known as Deepak Dev, is an Indian music composer, best known for his compositions in Malayalam cinema. He started his career in the Film Industry through the movie '' Chronic Bachelor'' (2003) di ...

. The film was released on 2 April 2016. The movie is about a manipulative liar, Sathyanarayan. The movie brought the writer-director duo Siddique-Lal together after 22 years.

Plot

Sathyanarayan (

) is a manipulative liar, who lies to his love interest Anjali that he is the managing director of a big firm, while instead he makes duplicate certificates with his roommate and friend Antappan. Into their lives comes Anand Varma (

), a

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- based rich fashion tycoon, who is on the verge of divorce with his wife Devika Varma (

Asha Sarath Asha Sharath (born 19 July 1974) is an Indian actress and classical dancer, who predominantly works in Malayalam films and television shows and also has a few Tamil, Kannada and Telugu film credits. Personal life Asha is married to Sharath ...

). Meanwhile, Sathyanarayan realizes that Anjali is his childhood friend. Anand does not want to lose Devika, so he hires Sathyanarayan to persuade Devika to step back from the divorce. Sathyan and Antappan fly to Dubai to join the company which is now owned by Devika. The first time, Devika kicks Sathyan out of the company, but later had to let him join. Amazed by Sathyan's business tricks, Devika later promotes him as the Assistant Manager. As Devika was planning to appoint someone representing Devika in the Asian Beauty Contest, Sathyan persuades Anand to pick Anjali as his model. Devika finally finds Natasha as her representative, but Sathyan persuades Natasha to reunite Anand and Devika. In the end, Anjali wins the competition after explaining the consequences of being divorced in the Intelligence round, and Anand and Devika reunite. Anjali, after the competition, visits Sathyan who says his real name is Sathyan to Anjali. Sathyan confesses that Anjali is his childhood friend, and they both reunite.

Cast

as P. Sathyanarayanan / Naran *

as Anjali, Sathyanarayan's childhood friend/love interest later wife *

as Anand Varma, Owner of Varma Designs *

as Devika Varma, wife of Anand Varma *

Joy Mathew Joy Mathew (born 20 September 1961) is an Indian film and theatre actor.He is also a film director, playwright and screenwriter.He predominantly works in Malayalam cinema. Career Joy Mathew is best known for playing the lead role in John Abr ...

as Pothuval Sir, father of Anjali *

Natasha Suri Natasha Suri is an Indian Actress, Supermodel and Former Miss World India. In 2006, she won the Femina Miss World India title and placed in the Top 17 at the Miss World contest. She is also a popular TV Host. Career Suri debuted as an actor ...

as Natasha *

Hareesh Perumanna Hareesh Perumanna , known by his stage name Hareesh Kanaran, is an Indian comedian and film actor who appears in Malayalam films. He is best known for his stock character Jaliyan Kanaran which first appeared in ''Comedy Festival'', a comedy rea ...

as Pushpa Kumar/Pushpu *

Balu Varghese Balu Varghese is an Indian actor and singer who predominantly works in the Malayalam film industry. He began his acting career as a child actor in Chanthupottu (2005). Early life and Career Balu Varghese was born in Kochi . He is the son of E. ...

as Antappan *

Chali Pala Chalil Baby better known as Chali Pala is an Indian actor who appears in Malayalam movies. He handles character roles and supporting roles in Malayalam films. Biography He is born at Thiruvananthapuram on 28 Sep 1957. He debuted in Iyer the Gr ...

as Kalidasan * Moideen Koya as Prasad * Balachandran Chullikkad as Paraparambil Narayanan Nair *

Shivaji Guruvayoor Shivaji Guruvayoor (born 28 May 1961) is an Indian actor who works in Malayalam cinema. He started his film career with the film ''Arabikkatha''.He is known for his negative roles and character roles. Personal life He is married to Lilly and ...

as Gopi Sir * Ansar Kalabhavan as Omega Consultancy Manager * Punnapara Prashanth as Shanthan, Village Drunkard * K.T.S. Padannayil as Aarsha Bharatha Samskaram Editor (Cameo) *

Bipin Chandran Bipin Chandran is an Indian writer and screenwriter from Kerala. He predominantly works in Malayalam cinema and his debut film was '' Daddy Cool''. Biography Bipin Chandran was born in Ponkunnam, Kerala, India. He Joined St. Berchmans College, C ...

as Announcer * Samarth Ambujakshan as Magician John * Aileena Catherine Amon as Model * Binu Adimali as Sudheesh, Police Officer * Nebish Benson as Young Sathyan *

Vijay Menon Vijay Menon is an Indian actor, editor, director and dubbing artist in Malayalam cinema. He has acted in more than 100 films in South Indian languages. He mainly handles in character roles and supporting roles. He has won Kerala State Film Aw ...

as Thomas Chennikkadan *

Amith Chakalakkal Amith Chakalakkal Saju, known as Amith Chakalakkal, is an Indian film actor in Malayalam Cinema. He lives in Kochi, Kerala. He is known for his roles in the movie Honey Bee and Vaarikkuzhiyile Kolapathakam Early life and education Chakalakka ...

as Host *Rithu Manthra as Model

Music

#"Annadyamaay" #"Dinamithu Kaathirunnere (Anjali)", singer:

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#"Hello Hello Check Hello", singer:

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#"Perum Nunappuzha", singer: Manjari,

Vijay Yesudas Vijay Yesudas (born 23 March 1979) is an Indian playback singer and actor. He has sung over 1000 film songs. Vijay works predominantly in the South Indian film industry, mostly in Malayalam, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, and Hindi. He is the son o ...

#"Title Song"

Production

Principal photography Principal photography is the phase of producing a film or television show in which the bulk of shooting takes place, as distinct from the phases of pre-production and post-production. Personnel Besides the main film personnel, such as ...

commenced at

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on 21 October 2015. The film was shot in

Kuttanad Kuttanad ( ml, കുട്ടനാട്‌) is a region covering the Alappuzha, Kottayam and Pathanamthitta Districts, in the state of Kerala, India, well known for its vast paddy fields and geographical peculiarities. The region has the lo ...

and

Release

''King Liar'' released on 2 April 2016 in 127 screens in

Kerala Kerala ( ; ) is a state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, by combining Malayalam-speaking regions of the erstwhile regions of Cochin, Malabar, South Ca ...

Reception

Box office

The film collected on its opening day and 5.32 crore within its first four days at the

box office. Making a share of 2.35 crore in 4 days. It collected 96

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in the fifth day, making it 6.28 crore and 8.56 crore gross collection in 8 days, thus making a share amount of 4.05 crore. The film grossed 12.73 crore after 15 days and continued in 80 screens in its third week. The film collected in a month from the Kerala box office. The film collected within 41 days from the Kerala box office alone. The film collected from Kerala box office in 58 days.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:King Liar 2016 films 2016 comedy films 2010s Malayalam-language films Indian comedy films Films shot in Alappuzha Films shot in Kochi Films shot in Dubai Films scored by Alex Paul Films scored by Suresh Peters Films scored by Deepak Dev Films directed by Lal