''Swarna Kaduva'' () is a 2016 Indian

Malayalam Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry ( Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of 22 scheduled languages of India. Malayalam wa ...

-language

satirical film Satire is a television and film genre in the fictional or pseudo-fictional category that employs satirical techniques, be it of a political, religious, or social variety. Works using satire are often seen as controversial or taboo in nature, with ...

directed by

Jose Thomas Jose Thomas is an Indian film director in Malayalam movies. He directed more than 20 Malayalam movies. His popular movies are Mattupetti Machan, Kanjirapally Kariyachan, Udayapuram Sulthan, Mayamohini and Sringaravelan ''Sringaravelan'' i ...

, starring

Biju Menon Biju Menon (born 9 September 1970) is an Indian actor who predominantly appears in Malayalam films, and also has a few Tamil and Telugu film credits. He made his debut in the 1994 Malayalam film ''Puthran''. In a career spanning over two decade ...

. The script is written by

Babu Janardhanan Babu Janardhanan is an Indian screenwriter and film director, director, known for Malayalam films. Biography Personal life He was born at Changanassery, Kerala, as the son of Mr. Janardanan and Mrs. Pankajakshi. Babu Janardhanan did his schoo ...

. The film was released on 4 November 2016.

Synopsis

Rinichen is a self made right-hand man of businessman Lonappan. Over the years he takes advantage of Lonappan for solving shady problems. When everything seems to boilover at the gravy train he uses the opportunity and asks Lonappan to help him settle elsewhere with a jewellery shop. Rinichen who had a hard life and was from once well known family starts care evermore for money & status and life starts to make him pay for karmic debts of his unethical previous engagements. The rest of the film explores whether Rinichen will rebound or go further down the rabbit hole.

Cast

as Rini Iype Maatummel *

Iniya Shruti Sawant better known by her stage name Ineya, is an Indian actress and model from Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala who predominantly appears in Malayalam and Tamil films. She won the Best Actress Award for her role in the Tamil film '' Vaagai ...

as Lovely * Innocent Vareed as Lonappan * Suresh Krishna as Divakaran *

Sudheer Karamana Sudheer Karamana (born 24 May 1971) is an Indian actor who appears mainly in Malayalam cinema. He is the son of veteran actor Karamana Janardanan Nair. Personal life He is the eldest son to actor Karamana Janardanan Nair and Jaya, at Karama ...

as Advocate Paul *

Baiju Santhosh Baiju Santhosh Kumar, commonly referred to as Baiju, is an Indian actor who works in Malayalam films. He began his acting career in 1981, as a child artist in the film '' Maniyan Pilla Adhava Maniyan Pilla''. Since then he has acted in more tha ...

as Inspector Sasidharan *

Hareesh Perumanna Hareesh Perumanna , known by his stage name Hareesh Kanaran, is an Indian comedian and film actor who appears in Malayalam films. He is best known for his stock character Jaliyan Kanaran which first appeared in ''Comedy Festival'', a comedy re ...

as Joju * Poojitha Menon as Deepthi *

Kottayam Nazeer Kottayam Nazeer is an Indian actor, impressionist, and an artist from Kerala. Kottayam Nazeer started his career as a stage artist . Recently he also started his career in painting. Family Nazeer is married to Haseena. They have two sons, Mo ...

Naseer Sankranthi Nazeer Sankranthi is an Indian actor of Malayalam Cinema as well as Malayalam television shows. He rose to prominence with his humorous act of '' Thatteem Mutteem'', a popular soap opera on Mazhavil Manorama. Naseer is also a two time winner o ...

as Broker *

Santhosh Keezhattoor Santhosh Keezhattoor (a.k.a. Maranan, will die in 9/10 movies) is an Indian film & theatre actor. He had acted in many leading and supportive roles. He won acclaim though doing character roles. Before entering into the film industry, he was wo ...

as Surendran *

Kishor Satya Kishor Satya is an Indian actor who works in Malayalam films and television soaps. Career Satya started his career in the visual media as the assistant director of Malayalam movies. He made his debut as assistant director of the film Kanjirap ...

as Johnnychan * Kalabhavan Jinto as Binoy *

Jayakumar Parameswaran Pillai Jayakumar Parameshwaran Pillai is an Indian actor who appears in Malayalam films and television shows. He is best known for portraying comedic roles, but has also played character roles. Acting career He started his career as a theatre artist ...

as Father * Jayasankar Karimuttam * George *

Minon Minon John (born 12 February 2000) is an Indian actor and artist, from Kerala, who works in Malayalam films. He won the National Film Award for Best Child Artist in 2012 for the Malayalam film ''101 Chodyangal''. It was directed by Sidhartha S ...

as Tamil boy *

Anju Aravind Anju Aravind is an Indian actress who has acted in Malayalam, Tamil and Kannada films. In early 2000's she shifted her focus to Malayalam TV serials and shows. Personal life Anju Aravind is born to Aravindan and Kanchana on 23 July 1978. S ...

as Geethu Nair * Seema G. Nair as Binoy's mother * Sobha Singh as Rini's mother * Chinnu Kuruvila as Anitha * Rosin Jolly as Mollykutty *

Saju Kodiyan Saju Kodiyan is an Indian mimicry artist, comedian and actor who works in the Malayalam Film Industry. He started his career as a mimicry artist and has acted in more than 20 movies. TV shows *'' Cinemala'' - Asianet *'' Kadamattathu Kathan ...

as Mollykutty's brother * Swasika Vijay as Riya * Rakhi as Swapna

Release

The film was earlier scheduled for a release on 28 October 2016, but to avoid competing with ''

Pulimurugan ''Pulimurugan'' is a 2016 Indian Malayalam-language action thriller film directed by Vysakh and starring Mohanlal in the title role. It was produced by Tomichan Mulakuppadam through Mulakuppadam Films and was written by Udayakrishna—half ...

'', it was rescheduled to 4 November 2016. The film released in 104 screens in Kerala.

Box office

In Kerala, the film collected 2.10 crore on its opening day. The film collected 1.6 crores in the first weekend and 2.34 crores in the three weekend from US box office.

References

{{Jose Thomas 2010s Malayalam-language films Indian comedy films 2016 films Films directed by Jose Thomas 2016 comedy films Films shot in Thrissur