Mallu Singh

''Mallu Singh'' () is a 2012 Indian Malayalam-language action comedy film written by Sethu and directed by Vysakh. The film stars Unni Mukundan in the titular role alongside Kunchako Boban, Biju Menon, Manoj K. Jayan, Suresh Krishna, Samvrutha Sunil, Rupa Manjari, Meera Nandan, Aparna Nair and Asif Ali.

''Mallu Singh'' marks Unni Mukundan's debut in the lead role and Kunchako Boban's 50th film as a supporting actor. It was released on 4 May 2012 and received positive responses from critics and audience and turned to become a blockbuster. It is still considered to be one of the career best films of Unni Mukundan.It was dubbed in Hindi as ''Action King Mallu Singh'' and in Bengali as ''Fighter Mallu Singh''.

Plot

In a district court of Palakkad. Ananthan waits for a verdict regarding the heir of an isolated land, but he is informed that the verdict has been postponed.

Ananthan threatens Aniyan "Ani" and his younger sister Aswathy "Achu" as they are also competing for the land. Ani wants to find his cousin Hari, who has been missing for seven years. Ani finds his grandmother in tears most of the time and watching her, Ani decides that he must find Hari. When Ani recognizes Hari in a TV program featuring Punjab, he sets forth to Punjab with expectations of finding Hari. On his way to Punjab, Ani meets Pooja and falls in love with her. Pooja happens to be the sister of Mallu Singh for whom Ani came searching for. Ani arrives in Mallu Street and meets Karthikeyan "Karthi", Papan and Susheelan. When they learn that Ani has arrived in search of Hari, they ask about Hari.

Past: Valiyampattu Raghavan Nair, Ani's father and Hari's maternal uncle, proceeds with his harvest festival, but Ananthan and his elder brother Govindan Kutty, who holds a grudge against Raghavan's family, arrive at Raghavan's shop and Ananthan kicks a plate containing groceries. Hari arrives at the spot, where Govindan tells that Raghavan and Ani have come to seize Hari's property. When Hari ignores, Govindan Kutty warns Hari to be aware of Raghavan as Hari will be kicked out of the family. Hari decides to organise a new business in the hope to earn some money, but in vain. Hari and Achu had been in love with each other since their childhood. When Raghavan Nair arranged a marriage proposal for Achu, Ani and Hari interfere with it and cancels the marriage. This enrages Raghavan and he slaps Ani for canceling his own sister's marriage for a jobless Hari. To get rid of burdens and humiliations, Hari decides to leave the village for peace and promises a return after a long time. Ani goes to his father and pleads with him to bring Hari back. Raghavan reveals that he had already accepted Hari as his son-in-law, but he wanted Hari to become responsible and also earn well. On his way, Hari hears the screams of Raghavan. When Hari is about to help him, Govindan Kutty and Ananthan accuse Hari for killing his own uncle for wealth. From that moment, Hari was never seen, but the family's caretaker Nanu reveals about Ananthan and Govindan Kutty's involvement in Raghavan's death.

Present: On hearing the story, Karthi and Pappan decides to help Ani find Hari and resolve his issues in Kerala. They are still sure that it might not be the Harinder Singh as they knew as he is a proper Sikh. One day, Ani finds Hari thrashing a student for troubling his sister Neethu. Keen on seeing him, Ani enthusiastically calls Hari, expecting to be recognised, but he identifies himself as Harinder Singh, who looks and behaves like a typical Punjabi. Ani discovers that Hari is Mallu Singh. Ani wants to make sure about Hari's identity and decides to stay there for a long period. Karthi, Pappan and Susheelan also help Ani. They set out to search for evidence to prove that Mallu Singh is Hari.

Ani tries all his luck to make Hari reveal the truth, where he even brings Achu to Punjab. Even after Harinder Singh's marriage gets fixed with Achu, Hari refuses to admit that he is Hari. A disheartened Ani tells that he is not ready for the marriage and they plan to return to Kerala. Harinder Singh comes to their room and tells that he is actually Hari and reveals the truth about being Harinder Singh.

Past: Disheartened by witnessing Raghavan's death, Hari leaves the village and makes way through the highway, where the real Harinder Singh gives him a lift in his truck. On the way, Harinder reveals that he had left his home when he was a child and he also happily tells that he is going to meet his family after a long gap in Punjab. As fate would have it, Harinder hands over the truck to Hari and takes rest. While driving the truck, Hari felt asleep, which led to an accident in which Harinder dies. A shocked and frustrated Hari reaches Punjab only to witness Harinder's family being harassed by goons. Hari rescues them and defeats the goons. Harinder's father considers him as his own son and from then on Hari changes his identity to Mallu Singh.

Present: Hari tells that he is helpless and has to be Mallu Singh for the rest of his life, but Harinder Singh's father hears this and tells that Hari can live with them as their son, but he has to return to Kerala and settle his family problems. In Kerala, Ananthan plans the measurement of the land kept for the verdict while Hari, Ani, Karthi and Pappan arrive at the spot and brutualy beats Ananthan and his brothers and recover their land and avenge Raghavan's death , finally returning to Punjab and living happily thereafter.

Cast

*Unni Mukundan as Hari Narayanan (Hari) / Harinder Singh/Mallu Singh (voiceover by Mithun Ramesh)
*Kunchacko Boban as Valiyampattu Aniyan (Ani/Anikuttan)
* Biju Menon as Karthikeyan (Karthi)
*Manoj K. Jayan as Padmanabhan / Pappan (Pappa)
* Suresh Krishna as Ananthan , Govindankutty's son, Ani and Hari's rival
*Samvrutha Sunil as Aswathy (Achu), Ani's Sister and Hari's love interest
* Rupa Manjari as Pooja, Ani's love interest and Mallu Singh's first younger sister
* Meera Nandan as Neethu, Pappan's love interest and Mallu Singh's second younger sister
*Aparna Nair as Shwetha, Karthi's love interest and Mallu Singh's third younger sister
* Shaalin Zoya as Nithya, Mallu Singh's youngest sister
** Esther Anil as young Nithya
* Siddique as Valiyampattu Raghavan Nair, Ani and Achu's father
* Sai Kumar as Govindankutty
* Suraj Venjaramoodu as Susheelan
* Shavinder Mahal as Harinder's father
* Geetha as Harinder's mother
*Ganapathi S Poduval as Hari
* Mamukkoya as Ramankutty
*Sreejith Ravi as Chandrappan, Ananthan's younger brother
*Joju George as Bhaskaran, Ananthan's younger brother
*Kalasala Babu as Chellappan, the lawyer
*Lakshmi Krishna Moorthy as the Lakshmikutty, grandmother
*Vysakh as a Singh in the truck (special appearance)
* Udayakrishna as a Singh in the truck (special appearance)
* Asif Ali as the original Harinder Singh (special appearance)
*Hanzil Hydar Ali as Kuttoos (special appearance)

Production

Prithviraj Sukumaran was initially to play the role of Mallu Singh, but due to busy schedules, it went to Unni Mukundan.

Soundtrack

The soundtrack of the film was composed by M. Jayachandran with lyrics penned by Murukan Kattakada and Rajeev Alunkal.
The background score was composed by Gopi Sundar.

Reception

Critical response

''Sify'' wrote "''Mallu Singh'' could be appealing in parts for those viewers who are there just for fun, without much logic. For the rest, here is one movie with lots of styles but no substance at all." ''Rediff'' stated that Mallu Singh is entertaining.

Box office

The film was a commercial success and ran over 100 days.

References

External links

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2010s Malayalam-language films
2012 action comedy films
Indian action comedy films
Films scored by M. Jayachandran
Films shot in Punjab, India
Films shot in Palakkad
Films shot in Ottapalam
Films directed by Vysakh
2012 comedy films