''Female Unnikrishnan'' is a 2015 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 comedy film directed by K. B. Madhu. The film stars
Suraj Venjaramoodu
Suraj Vasudevan (born 30 June 1976), professionally credited as Suraj Venjaramoodu, is an Indian actor, comedian, impressionist, and television presenter, who appears in Malayalam films, television and stage plays. He has acted in more than ...
,
Anoop Menon
Anoop Menon (born 3 August 1976) is an Indian actor, director, screenwriter and lyricist. He worked in television before acting in Malayalam films and has acted in more than 75 films.
Menon won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Supporting ...
and
Mahalakshmi
Lakshmi (; , , sometimes spelled Laxmi, ), also known as Shri (, , ), is one of the principal goddesses in Hinduism, revered as the goddess of wealth, fortune, prosperity, beauty, fertility, sovereignty, and abundance. She along with Parvat ...
in the lead roles along with
Jagadish
P. V. Jagadish Kumar, Born On (12 June 1955) mononymously as Jagadish, is an Indian actor, screenwriter, and television presenter. He has starred in over 400 Malayalam films and two Hindi films. He is best known for his comic and character rol ...
,
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 ...
,
Devan and
Bijukuttan
Biju Kuttan (born 13 May 1976) is an Indian actor and comedian who appears in Malayalam films. As of June 2021, he has acted in more than 70 Malayalam films.
Biju Kuttan is born in North Paravur, Ernakulam. He completed most of his schooling ...
. The film is directed by K B Madhu, while the music is composed by Shaji Sukumaran. The screenplay is based on a story written by Sudheesh John.
Plot
The film is about the story of a man named Unnikrishnan who has a female voice. He is insulted by the whole village because of his deformity. He tries many ways to overcome his problem but all goes in vain. Therefore, he is not able to move forward in society and achieve his ambitions. The film revolves around his self realisation. Later, his friend Dravyan, a marriage broker gets him married to a rich woman named Gowri, who is speech impaired. But Soon, he finds that she had been rendered speechless after an incident that also involved her cousin Hari. This makes a lot of changes in his life. This is portrayed in a very comical way in this film.
Cast
Production
The film was shot in Munnar,
Thodupuzha
Thodupuzha () is a municipality and taluk in the Idukki district of Kerala, India. It is located west of the district headquarters in Painavu and about north of the state capital Thiruvananthapuram. As per the 2011 Indian census, Thodupu ...
and
Vagamon
Vagamon () is an Indian hill station and a revenue village located in Peerumedu Taluk of Idukki district, and also Meenachil taluk and Kanjirappally taluk of Kottayam district in the state of Kerala, India. Located in the Western Ghats ...
. In 2010.
Soundtrack
The film's music is composed by Shaji Sukumaran.
* "Ayalathe" – Rajalakshmi,
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 of ...
* "Gopimurali" –
K S Chitra
Krishnan Nair Shantakumari Chithra (born 27 July 1963) is an Indian playback singer and Carnatic musician. In a career spanning around five decades, she has recorded over 25,000 Songs in various Indian languages languages such as Tamil, Kann ...
* "Gopimurali" – Josesagar
* "Kaathoram" – Jeethu Ramachandran
* "Konjathe" –
Jassie Gift
Jassie Gift is an Indian cinematic music composer and playback singer. He composes songs and sings for Malayalam, Kannada, Tamil and Telugu films. He became famous after the release of the song "Lajjavathiye" from the film '' 4 The People''.
...
Reception
Veeyen of ''Nowrunning'' rated the film 1 out of 5 and wrote that "''Female Unnikrishnan'' goes on a steady downward spiral, in spite of its characters trying real hard all along to make the plot work! A pretty flimsy film that hardly qualifies as substantial entertainment, ''Female Unnikrishnan'' is nothing more than a tough slog.
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References
External links
*{{IMDb title, 7102224
2015 films
2010s Malayalam-language films
Indian comedy films