''Achanuragantha Veedu'' () is a 2006 Indian

Malayalam Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian languages, Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry (union territory), Puducherry (Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of ...

-language

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ...

directed by

Lal Jose Lal Jose is an Indian director, actor, producer, and distributor who works in the Malayalam film industry. He started his career as an Assistant director in the Malayalam cinema. His directorial debut was with the 1998 film '' Oru Maravat ...

and written by

Babu Janardhanan Babu Janardhanan is an Indian screenwriter and director, known for Malayalam films. Biography Personal life He was born at Changanassery, Kerala, as the son of Mr. Janardanan and Mrs. Pankajakshi. Babu Janardhanan did his schooling at Madappa ...

. It stars

Salim Kumar Salim Kumar (born 10 October 1969) is an Indian actor, comedian, director and writer in Malayalam cinema. Mostly known for his comic and comedy roles, Salim Kumar is considered one of the best and most prominent comedians in the history of Mala ...

, Muktha,

Samvrutha Sunil Samvritha Sunil (born 31 October 1986) is an Indian former actress who appeared mainly in Malayalam films. She made her debut in 2004 through the film '' Rasikan'' directed by Lal Jose. She has acted in over 47 movies. Her best known films i ...

Prithviraj Sukumaran Prithviraj Sukumaran (Help:IPA/Malayalam, /pr̩t̪ʰʋiɾaːd͡ʒ/; born 16 October 1982) is an Indian actor, producer, director, and playback singer who primarily works in Malayalam cinema, in addition to Tamil cinema, Tamil, Bollywood, Hin ...

and

Indrajith Sukumaran Indrajith Sukumaran (born 17 December 1979) is an Indian actor and playback singer. He predominantly works in Malayalam cinema. Indrajith was born to the actors Sukumaran and Mallika Sukumaran and is the elder brother of actor Prithviraj Sukum ...

. The film was released on 28 January 2006. For his performance, Salim Kumar won the

Kerala State Film Award for Second Best Actor The Kerala State Film Award for Second Best Actor was an award presented annually from 1969 to 2014 at the Kerala State Film Awards of India. The Kerala State Film Awards is managed by the Kerala State Chalachitra Academy, an autonomous non-prof ...

Plot

Samuel after his wife's death faces hardship raising his three daughters. The story takes a mysterious route when his youngest daughter disappears.

Cast

as Samuel / Prabhakaran * Muktha as Lisamma Samuel *

as Sherly Samuel * Suja Karthika as Tressa Samuel * Usha as Lillykutty *

as Harikrishnan *

as Police sub-inspector *

Murali Murali may refer to: People Mononyms *Murali (Malayalam actor) (1954–2009), name of Malayalam film actor Muraleedharan Pillai, who appeared in ''Neythukaran'' and ''Aadhaaram'' *Murali (Tamil actor) (1964–2010), Tamil actor who appeared ...

as Shekharan Nair *

Sadiq Sadiq may refer to: Places * Sadiq (town), Faridkot district, Punjab, India Punjab () is a States and union territories of India, state in northwestern India. Forming part of the larger Punjab, Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent, the ...

as M.L.A Kuruvila *T.S Raju as S.P Thomas Mathew *

Madhu Warrier Madhu Warrier (born 5 July 1976), professionally credited as Madhu Wariar, is an Indian actor, director and producer known for his roles in Malayalam films. He produced the films '' Swantham Lekhakan'' (2009) and ''Mayamohini'' (2012). He is t ...

as Gopy *

Manikandan Pattambi Manikandan Pattambi is an Indian television, stage, and film actor. He's best known for his roles in Malayalam television. He became famous for his character ''Sathyasheelan'' in the sitcom '' Marimayam'', a social satire in Mazhavil Manorama ...

as Maniyappan *

Dinesh Prabhakar Dinesh Prabhakar, also known by his birth name Dinesh Nair, is an Indian actor who predominantly appears in Malayalam films. Early life Dinesh was born as the second child of Prabhakaran Nair and Sarojini Amma at Pulluvazhi, Perumbavoor, Erna ...

as Rajeev * Prasanth as Tommy *

Harisree Ashokan Harisree Ashokan (born 6 April 1964) is an Indian actor and director who is known for his comedy roles in Malayalam films. Ashokan has acted in more than 200 Malayalam films. He started his career as a mimicry artist in the troupe Harisree and ...

as Johnykutty * Baby Nayanthara as Nayana John * Manka Mahesh as Saramma *

Ambika Mohan Ambika Mohan is an Indian actress known for her work in Malayalam cinema Malayalam cinema, also referred to as Mollywood, is a segment of Cinema of India, Indian cinema dedicated to producing films in the Malayalam, Malayalam language ...

as Harikrishnan's mother * Bindu Ramakrishnan as School principal * Cherthala Lalitha as Devaki * Radhika as Harikrishnan's Wife

Production

The story came to Janardhanan's mind after he watched the Suryanelli rape case proceedings. The film portrayed

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denomination quite extensively. It was shot in

Peermade Peermade, also spelt Peerumedu is a village, Grama Panchayat and hill station in the state of Kerala, in southwestern India. It lies above sea level in the Western Ghats (Sahyadri) about east of Kottayam on the way to Kumily. Etymology The n ...

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Reception

The film received positive critical reception, particularly noted for Salim Kumar's transformation from a comedian to serious roles.

Sequel

A sequel titled ''

Lisammayude Veedu ''Lisammayude Veedu'' (English: ''Lisamma's House'') is a 2013 Indian Malayalam-language drama film written and directed by Babu Janardhanan. The film stars Meera Jasmine, Rahul Madhav, and Salim Kumar. It is a sequel to the 2006 film '' Ac ...

'' was later produced in 2013. It was written and directed by Babu Janardhanan.

References

External links

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''Achanurangaatha Veedu''
at the Malayalam Movie Database 2006 films Indian family films 2000s Malayalam-language films

Veedu ''Veedu'' () is a 1988 Indian Tamil language, Tamil-language film directed by Balu Mahendra. Starring Archana (actress), Archana as the central character, it depicts the difficulties faced by a middle-class family in building a house. Apart from ...

Films shot in Peermade Films directed by Lal Jose {{2000s-Malayalam-film-stub