''Chathurangam'' () is a 2002 Indian

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directed by K. Madhu and written by Babu Janardhanan. It stars

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, Lalu Alex, Nagma and

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. The soundtrack was composed by M. G. Sreekumar and Shyam. The plot follows Attiprackal Jimmy, a politician who aspires to become an MLA with the support of minister Kora. The film was released on 20 December 2002 and was the most anticipated

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release.

Plot

The story is set in

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. Jimmy Jacob of the Attiprackal house is everyone's favourite. Attiprackal Jimmy is a wrestler and do-gooder at the college level. Seeing his all round abilities and popularity, minister K.C. Korah who runs the Kerala Desham party, makes him the college chairman. And later he is made the district secretary of his party. Jimmy becomes the right-hand man of Korah in his fight against minister P.P. Paulose but in the process creates new enemies like the IPS officer Nayana. But soon Paulose and Korah bury their hatchet and join hands. This makes Jimmy unhappy and he is left out. Later Kora frames Jimmy in a murder case.

Cast

as Jimmy Jacob alias Attipraickal Jimmy * Lalu Alex as Abkari Methikkalam Thommichan * Nagma as SP R.Nayana Pillai IPS * Anu Anand as Joshy Jacob * Jagadish as Mathen Chethimattom *

as Sherin Mathew, a medical student and Jimmy's girlfriend * Sai Kumar as K. C. Korah, Electricity Minister * Jagathi Sreekumar as Kochauseppu alias Thooval Ouseppu * Vijayaraghavan as P. P. Paulose, Home Minister * Radhika Menon as Liza Jacob (Jimmy's sister) * Bindu Panikkar as Annie Alex(Jimmy's sister) * Manianpilla Raju as Alex (Jimmy's brother-in-law and Annie's husband) *

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as Therutha *

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as Mathew Varghese (Sherin's father) * Kollam Thulasi as Haridas, Prosecution Advocate * Baburaj as SI Thankaraj *

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as SI Erattupetta Hakkim * Suresh Krishna as Kozhuvanal Jose *

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as Babychan, Uncle of Jimmy *

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Sajan Peter *

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as Sister Theressa *

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as Manamel Chackochan * Shobha Mohan as Alice, wife of Mathew Varghese * Hariprasad R as Lawyer

Soundtrack

The film's soundtrack contains eight songs composed by M. G. Sreekumar, with lyrics by S. Ramesan Nair, Gireesh Puthenchery, and Shibu Chakravarthy.

Release

The film's producers signed a co-branding and sponsorship agreement with Goodlass Nerolac Paints for its marketing and advertisement campaign. Such embedded marketing was novel to Malayalam cinema at that time. The film's promotional and publicity material featured branding of Nerolac Paints and was displayed in theatres and other strategic locations across

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. Commercials were also played in theatre halls. Critic from ''

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'' wrote that "''Chathurangam'' which is entertaining up to interval, but later peters out to another tedious bore. The problem is that there are far too many murders and unmitigated violence towards the climax, which you'd have seen in a dozen Mohanlal actioners. Still it is endurable just for Mohanlal".

References

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* 2002 films 2000s Malayalam-language films Indian political drama films Films shot in Kottayam Films directed by K. Madhu Films scored by M. G. Sreekumar Films scored by Shyam (composer) {{2000s-Malayalam-film-stub