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in lead roles along with

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, Abhishek Raveendran,

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in supporting roles. It is produced jointly by Asif Ali and Sajin Jaffer under the production Adam's World Of Imagination. The soundtrack and background score for the film are composed by Jakes Bijoy and Vinu Thomas. The film was released on 8 October 2016.

Plot

Allimoola is noted for its passionate

volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...

supporters and a great former history of players that is now only a memory. During each year's volleyball event, the villagers place secret bets on which team will win. Because of an event in their school days, Kavalam Jimmy ( Asif Ali) and Vattathil Bosco (

) are always at odds. In an impending yearly game, both of them stake their sisters for marriage. The entire community participates in the bet and organizes volleyball teams. Bosco employs Minnal Simon (

), a pathological debtor with some early negligible experience in the sport, to coach Jimmy's team to failure. The police officer Jimmy had a fight with and was on bad terms with is the one Bosco chooses to lead his team. Bosco pays off Jimmy's university players in the finals, and Simon vows to demonstrate his integrity. Circumstances force Jimmy and his buddies to fill in for their squad, and they win the game using some methods from Simon's playbook. Bosco gets a hint from Jimmy's sister that she likes him and he is content. Jimmy ends up with Bosco's sister, with whom he had developed a sort of affection, while Simon departs with Gladys, Jimmy's Female sponsor.

Cast

* Asif Ali as Kavalathu Jimmy **Surya Kiran as Young Jimmy *

as Minnal Simon *

as Vattathil Bosco **Abhinand as Young Vattathil Bosco *

as Jasmine **Merlin as Young Jasmine *

as DYSP Noble Jacob *

as Gladys *

as Karal *

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as Dineshan *Benson as Aneesh *Abhishek Raveendran as Charles *

as Sukoor *Abhijith as Kunjan *

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as Shosamma,Jimmy's Mother *

as Lillykutty *

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as Soosamma, Jasmine's Mother *

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as Joshy *

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as Peter,Jimmy's Brother in law *Veena Nair as Mollykutty, Jimmy's Sister *

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as Broker Kunjose *

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as Ithilkanni *

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as Shaji * Renesha Rahman as Crying Baby's Mother *Akku Melparamb as Panchayat President *

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as Kannettan *Balaji Sharma as Benny *Arun Mash as Thel *

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as Binukuttan *KTC Abdulla as Umbayikka *Gokulan as Pallath Balan * Tom Joseph as himself

Production

After the success of their short film ''Ramaniyechiyude Namathil'', Liju Thomas and Thomas Kutty ventured into making this film. The film was shot in the picturesque area around

Iritty Iritty is a municipality and taluk in Kannur district of Kerala state, India. The town is the main market place for the farmer communities in the surrounding regions. Iritty is at a distance of from Kannur International Airport and one among ...

, Kannur. To achieve technical perfection, the creators gave detail attention to filming and editing the final climax scenes. Five cameras were used to film the game and 5000 spectators.

Soundtrack

The original soundtrack was composed by Jakes Bejoy and Vinu Thomas.

Release

The film started production in April 2016. ''Kavi Uddheshichathu..?'' released on 8 October 2016 in 73 screens across

Kerala Kerala ( , ) is a States and union territories of India, 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 ...

Critical reception

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'' reviewer Elizabeth Thomas rated it 2.5/5 and stated: "The plot of Kavi Udeshichathu is hardly unique due to recent

Karinkunnam 6'S ''Karinkunnam 6's'' is a 2016 Indian Malayalam sports drama film directed by Deepu Karunakaran. The film stars an ensemble cast including Manju Warrier, Anoop Menon, Babu Antony, Baiju, Padmaraj Ratheesh, Sudev Nair, Sudheer Karamana, Santho ...

film and it is not hard to guess the flow of events. However, the movie is not disappointing either". Nikhil of ''

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'' says it a worth watchable flick with lot of fun. He praised the direction, casting and music. Abhijith of Filmibeat.com rated it 3/5 and states: "Kavi Uddheshichathu is a decent entertainer that has its own moments".

Box office

The film completed 50 days at the Kerala box office and went on to become an average hit.

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 6117088 2010s Malayalam-language films Indian sports films Films shot in Kannur Films scored by Jakes Bejoy Films scored by Vinu Thomas