''Happy Husbands'' is a 2010 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 2 ...

-language

comedy film A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending (black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the ol ...

directed by

Saji Surendran Saji Surendran (born 19 July 1982) is an Indian film director working in the Malayalam film industry, known for films such as ''Ivar Vivahitharayal'' (2009) and '' Happy Husbands'' (2010). Personal life Saji Surendran was born to Surendran a ...

and written by Krishna Poojappura. It is the remake of 2002 Tamil film '' Charlie Chaplin''. The film stars

Jayaram Jayaram Subramaniam, (born 10 December 1965) known mononymously as Jayaram, is an Indian actor who predominantly appears in Malayalam,Tamil films, along with a few Telugu films. He is also a chenda percussionist, mimicry artist, and occasional ...

Jayasurya Jayasurya (born August 1978) is an Indian actor, distributor, Sponsor, Model, film producer, playback singer, and impressionist, who works in the Malayalam films. He has appeared in more than 100 films and has won several awards, including a N ...

and

Indrajith Sukumaran Indrajith Sukumaran (born 17 December 1978) is an Indian actor and singer. He predominantly works in Malayalam cinema. Indrajith was born to the actors Sukumaran and Mallika Sukumaran and is the elder brother of Prithviraj Sukumaran. Indrajit ...

in title roles with

Samvrutha Sunil Samvritha Sunil (born 31 October 1986) is an Indian actress who appears in Malayalam films. She made her debut in 2004 through the film ''Rasikan'' directed by Lal Jose before which she had also appeared as a junior artist in the film '' Ayal ...

Bhavana ''Bhāvanā'' (Pali;Rhys Davids & Stede (1921-25), p. 503, entry for "Bhāvanā," retrieved 9 December 2008 from "U. Chicago" a Sanskrit: भावना, also ''bhāvanā''Monier-Williams (1899), p. 755, see "Bhāvana" and "Bhāvanā", retriev ...

Rima Kallingal Rima Kallingal is an Indian actress and film producer who mainly appears in Malayalam films. She made her Malayalam film debut with '' Ritu'' (2009). She married to the Malayalam film director Aashiq Abu in 2013. Early Life and Career Born in Th ...

, Vandana Menon, and Suraj Venjaramoodu in supporting roles. The film completed a 150-day theatrical run.

Plot summary

Mukundan Menon (

) runs a newspaper called ''Kerala Today''. He is a normal husband who loves his wife Krishnendu (

) a lot, but she is too possessive about him. She thinks he is not very expressive about his feelings, and is always worried that he might one day fall for some other beautiful girl. John Mathai (

) is a photographer in Mukundan's publication. He was neither interested in girls nor keen to get married until he met Sereena (Vandana). Rahul ( Indrajith) is just the opposite. He is extremely romantic and never comes home without some cute gifts for his wife, Shreya (

). But she doesn't know that, behind her back, her darling husband is dying to flirt with every woman that he sees. It is into the lives of these three couples that a bar singer, Diana (

), arrives and things take some interesting turns. Diana is seeking to take revenge on Mukundan Menon since it was on his article in ''Kerala Today'' that the Maharashtra court took as a petition and then banned the bar girls in Maharashtra, thus ruining Diana's profession. Diana forcibly comes to Mukundan Menon's house one day with her evil intentions and that catches the eye of Krishnendu. To escape from trouble, Mukundan Menon says that she is John's wife. Later, when John, Mukundan and Rahul are talking about John's marriage proposal to Serena's father, Diana comes there by accident. Rahul says that she is Mukundan's wife and she is mentally imbalanced. So now Krishnendu and Shreya think Diana is John's wife, and John's real wife Serneena believes that Diana is Mukundan's wife. At one time, all these people come together at Malaysia for a vacation. This leads to a lot of confusion among the wives and others and finally the wives realise the truth and thus leave their husbands. The husbands try many attempts to win their wives back but all their attempts go in vain. Finally Diana makes them understand their husbands' love for them and that it was the fear of losing their wives that made them lie. The wives forgive their husbands.

Cast

as Mukundan Menon *

as Rahul Vallyathan *

as John Mathai *

as Krishnendu Mukundan Menon *

as Shreya Rahul * Vandana Menon as Sereena John Mathai *

as Diana Philip * Suraj Venjaramood as Rajappan a.k.a. Theepandam Raj Boss *

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 Mal ...

as Satyapalan & Dharmapalan (Double Role) *

Maniyanpilla Raju Sudheer Kumar (born 20 April 1955), better known by his stage name Maniyanpilla Raju (Malayalam:മണിയൻപിള്ള രാജു), is an Indian actor and producer who works in Malayalam film industry.Mamukkoya Mamukkoya (born 5 July 1946) is an Indian actor known for his work in Malayalam cinema, and has also appeared in French film ''Flammens of Paradise''. He has mostly appeared in comedic roles. His unique usage of the Mappila dialect and style mar ...

as Pakshisatrakkaran * T. P. Madhavan as Ret. DGP. John Mathai * Shaju as Pazhakutty's assistant * Subi Suresh as Servant

Music

The

soundtrack A soundtrack is recorded music accompanying and synchronised to the images of a motion picture, drama, book, television program, radio program, or video game; a commercially released soundtrack album of music as featured in the soundtrack ...

for this film was composed by M. Jayachandran. # "Etho Poonilakalam" - Rashmi Vijayan # "Happy Husbands" - Indrajith, Anand Narayan,

Achu Rajamani Achu Rajamani often credited as Achu, is an Indian film score and soundtrack composer and singer. He has scored music for several Malayalam, Telugu and Tamil films. He made his music direction debut in the Telugu film '' Nenu Meeku Telusa... ...

# "Take It Easy" -

Reception

Upon release, the film became a commercial success. It collected more than 2.5 crore distributor's share from Kerala in 75 days run. The film completed a 150-day run in a theatre in Thiruvananthapuram.

References

External links

* * {{IMDb title, 1609119, Husbands 2010 films 2010s Malayalam-language films Malayalam remakes of Tamil films Films shot in Kochi Films shot in Malaysia Films scored by M. Jayachandran Films directed by Saji Surendran