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''Irupathiyonnaam Noottaandu'' () is a 2019 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 action romance film written and directed by Arun Gopy and produced by
Tomichan Mulakuppadam Thomas Antony, better known as Tomichan Mulakuppadam is an Indian businessman, film producer and film distributor who works in the Malayalam cinema, Malayalam film industry. He owns the production house Mulakuppadam Films. He is a Non-resident ...
through the company Mulakuppadam Films. The film stars
Pranav Mohanlal Pranav Mohanlal (born 13 July 1990) is an Indian actor and playback singer who works in Malayalam cinema. The son of actor Mohanlal, he made his debut as a child actor with a minor role in '' Onnaman'' (2002), followed by a leading role in '' ...
and
Rachel David Rachel David is an Indian actress, who works in Malayalam and Kannada cinema. Rachel made her acting debut in the 2019 Malayalam film '' Irupathiyonnaam Noottaandu'' alongside Pranav Mohanlal. She is best known for her portrayal in the 2022 Kan ...
.
Gokul Suresh Gokul Suresh (born 29 September 1993) is an Indian actor who appears in Malayalam cinema. He is the son of film actor and politician Suresh Gopi. Early life and career Gokul was born as the second child to actor Suresh Gopi and Radhika Nair ...
appears in a cameo role.
Gopi Sundar Gopi Sundar C. S. (born 30 May 1977) is an Indian music director, Programming (music), programmer, playback singer, songwriter, actor and performer who works in the Malayalam, Telugu language, Telugu and Tamil language, Tamil film industries. ...
composed the music and
Abinandhan Ramanujam Abinandhan Ramanujam is an Indian cinematographer who works primarily in Malayalam and Tamil films. Early life Abinandhan Ramanujam was born in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. He graduated from L.V. Prasad Film and TV Academy, where he received a gold ...
was the cinematographer.
Peter Hein Peter Hein () is an Indian action choreographer and stunt coordinator known for his work in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Hindi, and Kannada films. He is known for choreographing action sequences in films such as ''Anniyan'' (2005), '' Athadu'' ( ...
choreographed the action for the film and
Vivek Harshan Vivek Harshan (born 28 May 1981) is an Indian film editor who works predominantly in Malayalam and Tamil films. He has frequently collaborated with Amal Neerad, M. Rajesh, and Karthik Subbaraj since the beginning of their careers. '' Big B'' ( ...
was the film editor. The film's
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 the ...
took place between July and December 2018 in
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,
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,
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, and
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. ''Irupathiyonnaam Noottaandu'' was released in India and
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territories on 25 January 2019 by Mulakuppadam Release.


Plot

The story revolves around the life of Appu, a boy born and brought up in
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. The movie starts with New Year's Eve, wherein Macaroni and his girlfriend are celebrating. Much to his annoyance, Abusi and his henchmen enter and demand the money borrowed by Baba as he was the one who guaranteed payment. Macaroni flees and is eventually caught by Abusi's men, who takes him to their place. After some time, Baba appears at their house, and he is also caught by them. This leads to the entry of Appu, Baba's only son, who is an expert surfer and jet ski rider. Appu assures them payment and settles a small amount of money, and bails out Macaroni and Baba. On the eve of the Russian new year, Appu is confronted by a woman named Zaya, who was creating a scene there as she lost her phone. Appu agrees to drop her to her homestay but is eventually forced to take her to his homestay as she was drunk and couldn't remember the location of her homestay. Eventually, Appu and Zaya become good friends, and they do a variety of activities in Goa, such as visiting tourist places, jet skiing, and going to casinos. Slowly Appu starts developing feelings for Zaya. He then decides to convey his feelings to her, but when he does so, she freaks out and runs away. When he goes to her the next day, he finds out that she has gone to her hometown in Kerala. After a few days, Baba approaches him and suggests that he go to Kerala to know whether she has feelings for him. He then reaches Kerala with Macroni. When he goes to her palatial house's entrance, he finds it locked and finds out that all of them have gone for an engagement ceremony. Thinking it is Zaya's engagement, an upset Appu decides to go to the church and eventually finds out that it was Zaya's sister's engagement. He, however, is shocked to know that Zaya is a nun. This leads to the formation of various mysteries in his mind (due to her carefree nature back in Goa) and he confronts Zaya at her convent. Zaya reveals that she became a nun because on a Christmas Eve when she was young, she was sexually exploited by her uncle who worked for the police. This was not known to any of her family members as she was hesitant to tell them fearing more harm from her uncle. She became a nun when she found out that her uncle didn't show any respect towards women other than nuns. Appu understands Zaya's plight and assures her that he will always be there for her. He learns that Zaya loves him and she aspires to become a free-spirited young girl. On the eve of Zaya's sister's pre-wedding function, Appu is employed as a waiter there since the owner of the lodge in which he was staying was organizing the wedding. Since he has not paid the rent of the lodge, he decides to take up work as a waiter to clear his dues, and so that he can meet and talk to Zaya. But as he converses with Zaya, he is confronted by her uncle, who beats him up. Appu is thrown out of the function along with the other workers, and he is caught by police due to initiation by Zaya's uncle; he is freed the next day as the lodge owner bails him out. Appu then rushes to the wedding, beats up Zaya's uncle and his men and walks out holding Zaya's hand. They are chased by police, and they resort to taking up shelter for a day in a priest's convent lodging. Over there, Appu and Zaya receive the help of Francis, who assures them to take them to the railway station without being noticed by the police. They reach the station and board the train; however, they are shocked to find Zaya's uncle and his men in the train searching for them. As Appu and Zaya run away from them to a different compartment, they are surprised to find Baba, who tells Appu that if he wants to live with her, he must stop running away and face them with courage. Taking account of Baba's words, Appu fights Zaya's uncle and his men. He overpowers them but is unfortunately caught by the police from the next station and is taken for questioning, where they come to know that Zaya running away with Appu has resulted in huge media attention as it was framed as a subject of communalism in the media's language. After the intervention of a bishop, they decide that Appu should go alone without Zaya. When Appu asks whether she has any last words for him, she hugs him tightly. She is then interrupted by her father, and Zaya musters up the courage to reveal what she was subjected to as a young girl and how she had to live with it. This leads to the sudden understanding of her parents. Her uncle, wanting to defend himself, walks up to Zaya to slap her, but he is stopped by her mother who slaps him. Eventually, Zaya's uncle is given a legal punishment, and Appu happily moves to Goa with Zaya. Appu clears away the dues he had with Abusi by selling Macaroni's land in Kerala. The film ends on a happy note, saying that we must ensure healthy family relationships and must also be warned that women and young girls are subjected to rape within their very own household.


Cast

*
Pranav Mohanlal Pranav Mohanlal (born 13 July 1990) is an Indian actor and playback singer who works in Malayalam cinema. The son of actor Mohanlal, he made his debut as a child actor with a minor role in '' Onnaman'' (2002), followed by a leading role in '' ...
as Appu *
Rachel David Rachel David is an Indian actress, who works in Malayalam and Kannada cinema. Rachel made her acting debut in the 2019 Malayalam film '' Irupathiyonnaam Noottaandu'' alongside Pranav Mohanlal. She is best known for her portrayal in the 2022 Kan ...
as Zaya ** Advika as Young Zaya *
Gokul Suresh Gokul Suresh (born 29 September 1993) is an Indian actor who appears in Malayalam cinema. He is the son of film actor and politician Suresh Gopi. Early life and career Gokul was born as the second child to actor Suresh Gopi and Radhika Nair ...
as Francis (cameo appearance) *
Manoj K. Jayan Manoj Kadampoothramadam Jayan, also known as Manoj K. Jayan is an Indian actor who acts in Malayalam cinema, Malayalam films in addition to a few Tamil cinema, Tamil films. Manoj has won three Kerala State Film Award for Second Best Actor for h ...
as Baba * Abhishek Raveendran as Michael Rony / Macaroni * Shaju K. S. as Cherappayi *
Dharmajan Bolgatty Dharmajan Bolgatty (born 1976) is an Indian actor, producer, comedian, politician and entrepreneur , who works in Malayalam films, television, and stage shows. He began his career as a comedian appearing in sketch comedies on stage, later for ...
as Godwin *
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 ...
as Charlie, Godwin's friend *
Kalabhavan Shajohn Shaji John, professionally credited by his stage name Kalabhavan Shajohn is an Indian actor, director and comedian who works primarily in Malayalam cinema. He started his career as a mimicry artist in Kalabhavan, Kochi. Making his debut in 199 ...
as Abusi *
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as Bishop (Cameo Appearance) *
Harish Raj Harish Raj is an Indian actor and director based in Kannada cinema. He made his acting debut in the television serial ''Hosa Chiguru Hale Beru'' in 1996 and his debut in feature films was with ''Doni Saagali'' in 1998. After featuring in a stri ...
as DYSP Xavier, Zaya's uncle, the main antagonist * Siddique as Father *
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as Stephen * Amala Alphonsa as Ammu, Appu's sister * Nelson Sooranad as Home-stay Cook * Shaju K. S. as Cherappayi *
G. Suresh Kumar G. Suresh Kumar is an Indian film producer and actor known for Poochakkoru Mookuthi and Araam Thamburan. He produces films under the banner Revathy Kalamandhir an Indian film production company based in Thiruvananthapuram which is founded in ...
as Zaya's father *
Tini Tom Tini Tom is an Indian actor and comedian. He works in Malayalam films and television. Early life Tini Tom was born in North Paravoor, Kerala, India. His father Tomy T.D. is an engineer. He has a sister Tincy. Tom completed his high school ed ...
as ACP Majeed Ali IPS *
Sreedhanya Sreedhanya Thekkedath, known mononymously as Sreedhanya, is an Indian actress and television host who works in predominantly Malayalam-language films and television shows. Career Sreedhanya participated in a talk show on Jeevan TV before re ...
as Prabha * Parvathi T. as Mother Superior *
Antony Perumbavoor Malekudy Joseph Antony, better known as Antony Perumbavoor, is an Indian film producer, Film distributor, distributor, movie theatre, cinema exhibitor and actor, who works in Malayalam cinema, Malayalam film industry. He began his career as a c ...
as Antony Bavoor (Cameo Appearance) *
Jayakrishnan Jayakrishnan (born 11 April 1974) is an Indian film and television actor known for his work in the Malayalam industry. He was introduced as an actor by cinematographer and director Sunny Joseph with the serial ''Ninavukal Novukal'' in 1997. He ...
as Sebastian Paul * Vinod Kedamangalam as Munnar Constable * Bindu Sajeev as Maria Koshy * Megha Thomas as Elizabeth * Nimisha Anna Thomas as Sarah Koshy * Dini Daniel as Alice, Xavier's wife * Binu Manamboor as Vattavila * Rosina Shoji as Elsa Jacob * Aaron Mathew as Kevin *
Parvathy Arun Parvathy Arun also known by her stage name Nidhi Arun is an Indian actress who works on Malayalam, Tamil language, Tamil, Telugu language, Telugu and Kannada films. Career She was born at Trivandrum, Kerala to Arun and Manju. She did her schooli ...
as Merin


Production


Development

The film was announced by Arun Gopy on 3 March 2018 via social media. Announcing the film, Arun wrote the untitled film would be written and directed by himself and would be produced by Mulakuppadam Films with
Pranav Mohanlal Pranav Mohanlal (born 13 July 1990) is an Indian actor and playback singer who works in Malayalam cinema. The son of actor Mohanlal, he made his debut as a child actor with a minor role in '' Onnaman'' (2002), followed by a leading role in '' ...
in the lead role. It is his second directorial and consecutive collaboration with producer
Tomichan Mulakuppadam Thomas Antony, better known as Tomichan Mulakuppadam is an Indian businessman, film producer and film distributor who works in the Malayalam cinema, Malayalam film industry. He owns the production house Mulakuppadam Films. He is a Non-resident ...
after '' Ramaleela'' (2017), and his debut writing task. The title of the film was revealed through a poster released on 9 July 2018 and a puja ceremony for the film was held on the same day at Anchumana Devi Temple in
Edappally Edappally or Idappalli is a region in the city of Kochi, Kerala, India. It is a major commercial centre as well as a prominent residential region. Edappally junction is one of the busiest junctions in the city. History Edappally in English li ...
. The film carries the tagline: "not a don story". Arun envisioned the story during the 2015–2016 period. The plot idea was based on an anecdote during a
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n trip with his friend in 2015. He transferred his experience to an imaginary character and formed a story. Arun thought of casting a newcomer in the principal role then. After ''Ramaleela'', Tomichan Mulakuppadam was interested in producing a film with Pranav in the lead role and asked Arun about any story that can be used. Tomichan was looking for a story which can cast either
Mohanlal Mohanlal Viswanathan (; born 21 May 1960), known mononymously as Mohanlal, is an Indian actor and filmmaker who predominantly works in Malayalam cinema, Malayalam cinema besides also having sporadically appeared in Tamil cinema, Tamil, Hin ...
or Pranav in the lead role. Arun briefed the story of ''Irupathiyonnaam Noottaandu'' meant for Pranav, which he agreed to act. It was commissioned, and Arun himself developed the screenplay. The proposed Mohanlal film was scheduled in their next lineup.


Filming

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 the ...
commenced on 27 July 2018 in Kanjirappilly,
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, with
Abhinandan Ramanujam Abinandhan Ramanujam is an Indian cinematographer who works primarily in Malayalam cinema, Malayalam and Tamil cinema, Tamil films. Early life Abinandhan Ramanujam was born in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. He graduated from L.V. Prasad Film and TV Ac ...
serving as the director of photography. Filming also took place on-location in
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and
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in the following month. In September, the film was shifted to
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for the second schedule. Pranav's surfing scenes were shot at the
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island in
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in the following month. Filming also took place at
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and
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locations. In November, set photos taken from the film showed Pranav performing stunt scenes on a train, choreographed by Peter Hein. The
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and its near-by area was a location for filming held in November last week. The shooting was completed on 1 December 2018. The film was shot for two days at a set built at Varkala Beach for a late-night New Year bash scene before wrapping. Beside Hein, Supreme Sundar also worked as action choreographer in the film.
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and
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were the dance choreographers.


Soundtrack

The film features original
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and songs composed by
Gopi Sundar Gopi Sundar C. S. (born 30 May 1977) is an Indian music director, Programming (music), programmer, playback singer, songwriter, actor and performer who works in the Malayalam, Telugu language, Telugu and Tamil language, Tamil film industries. ...
and penned by B. K. Harinarayanan. The song "Aaraaro Ardhramayi", sung by
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and Kavya Ajit, was released on 12 January 2019. The songs were recorded at Sunsa Digital Workstation in
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and
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.


Release

''Irupathiyonnaam Noottaandu'' was released in India and
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territories on 25 January 2019 by Mulakuppadam Release. The full version of the film was digitally released on
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on 21 October 2019.


Promotion

The first-look poster featuring Pranav Mohanlal was released through social medias on 10 December 2018. On 13 December 2018,
Dulquer Salmaan Dulquer Salmaan (; born 28 July 1983) is an Indian actor, singer and producer who predominantly works in Malayalam cinema, Malayalam films. One of the highest paid Malayalam actors, Salmaan is a recipient of several awards including five Film ...
launched the first teaser of the film on Facebook. On 29 December 2018, a poster revealing newcomer
Rachel David Rachel David is an Indian actress, who works in Malayalam and Kannada cinema. Rachel made her acting debut in the 2019 Malayalam film '' Irupathiyonnaam Noottaandu'' alongside Pranav Mohanlal. She is best known for her portrayal in the 2022 Kan ...
was launched online introducing her as the heroine of the film. In early January 2019,
Gokul Suresh Gokul Suresh (born 29 September 1993) is an Indian actor who appears in Malayalam cinema. He is the son of film actor and politician Suresh Gopi. Early life and career Gokul was born as the second child to actor Suresh Gopi and Radhika Nair ...
officially revealed that he will be seen in a small part in the film and shared a poster on Facebook. On 22 January 2019, the official trailer of the film was launched via Twitter by
Suriya Saravanan Sivakumar (born 23 July 1975), known professionally as Suriya, is an Indian actor and film producer who primarily works in Tamil films. One of the highest-paid Tamil actors, Suriya is considered as one of the finest actors of Indian ...
.


Response


Critical reception

The film received mixed reviews upon release. Nowrunning rated 2.5 stars out of 5, saying "coupled with flawed execution, the consistent slipshod approach sullies 'Irupathiyonnam Noottandu'", adding "the visual effects in the climax are pretty far away from satisfying the sensibilities", but praised the "powerful and rich visuals" of Abinandhan Ramanujam. Regarding the lead, "Pranav moves along comfortably in the adventurous sequences than lending a confident touch to the character". Sify rated 2 stars out of 5, saying the movie "suffers from ordinary writing and unbelievably shoddy packaging". S.R. Praveen of
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described the script as "incoherent and lacking novelty or surprises", and the visual effects as "below par" adding"this movie specialises in single shade characters who lack any depth". Regarding acting, Pranav "is expected to emote often, throwing him a challenge which he finds tough to live up to".


References


External links

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