''Happy Sardar'' is a 2019 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 was des ...

-language

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co-written and directed by debutant directorial duo Sudip Joshy and Geethika Sudip. An Indian

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of the French film ''

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'', it is the first Malayalam film directed by a couple.

Synopsis

Happy Singh is a happy-go-lucky young man who was born to a Punjabi father Inderpal Singh and a

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mother Annamma. He falls in love with Mary Kochara, the youngest daughter of Joyce Kochara and Reetha Kochara. ''Happy Sardar'' narrates how Happy and Mary win over each other's parents and get married with their blessings.

Cast

Kalidas Jayaram Kalidas Jayaram (born 16 December 1993) is an Indian actor who predominantly appears in Malayalam cinema, Malayalam and Tamil cinema, Tamil films. The son of film actors Jayaram and Parvathy Jayaram, Parvathy, Kalidas made his debut in the Mal ...

as Harvinder "Happy" Singh * Merin Philip as Mary Kochara / Mary Harvinder Singh *

Javed Jaffrey Syed Jaaved Ahmed Jaaferi (born 4 December 1963) is an Indian actor, dancer, and comedian who has appeared in Hindi films and television shows. He is son of the comedian Jagdeep. He joined the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in March, 2014 and contested ...

as Inderpal Singh, Happy's father *

Praveena Praveena is an Indian Television actress and a dubbing artist who predominantly appears in Malayalam films, she has also appeared in Tamil and Telugu films. She started her acting career through 1992 film ''Gowri''. She has received several ...

as Annamma, Happy's mother * Siddique as Joyce Kochara, Mary's father *

Maala Parvathi Parvathi T., also known as Maala Parvathi, is an Indian actress, who appears in Malayalam, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu films Personal life Parvathi was born in Thiruvananthapuram, to Adv C. V. Thrivikraman and gynaecologist Dr K. Lalitha. She complete ...

as Reetha Kochara, Mary's mother * Zinil Sainudeen as Jithendra Varma * Chippy Devassy as Jeena Kochra / Jeena Jithendra Varma *

Balu Varghese Balu Varghese is an Indian actor and singer who predominantly works in the Malayalam film industry. He began his acting career as a child actor in Chanthupottu (2005). Early life and Career Balu Varghese was born in Kochi . He is the son of E. ...

as Iqbaal Moos * Akhila Mohan as Sophie Kochara / Sophie Iqbaal * Sebastian Sebooty as Adv. Rendev * Sithara Vijayan as Annie Kochara / Annie Rendev *

Sharaf U Dheen Sharafudheen, professionally credited as Sharaf U Dheen, is an Indian actor who appears in Malayalam films. He made his acting debut in 2013 with ''Neram''. He got his breakthrough by portraying the role of ''Girirajan Kozhi'' in ''Premam'' (20 ...

as Kaakku, Mary's family friend * Siddhi Mahajankatti as Pammi Kaur, Mary's friend, Happy's family friend and Sharaff's wife *

Sreenath Bhasi Sreenath Bhasi (born 29 May 1988) is an Indian actor, disco jockey and singer who works in Malayalam films. He started his career as a Radio Jockey in Red FM 93.5. At the same time he worked as a Video Jockey. He gained recognition in the film ' ...

as Sharaff, Happy's friend and Pammi's husband *

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 than ...

as Happy's uncle *

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as Happy's uncle *

Anoop Chandran Anoop Chandran is an Indian actor and comedian who appears in Malayalam films. He was a contestant in the reality show '' Bigg Boss Malayalam Season 1'' in 2018. Career Mostly appeared in comic roles, he is best known for his roles in ''Classm ...

as Father Bernard Idikkula *

Vijilesh Karayad Vijilesh Karayad is an Indian actor works in malayalam cinema, known for his performances in '' Maheshinte Prathikaaram'', ''Varathan'', '' kothth'' and Krishnankutty Pani Thudangi. Early life and career Vijilesh grew up in Karayad in the Kozhik ...

* Sajan Palluruthy * Dinesh Mohan as Joginder Singh, Pammi's father * Anjo Nair as Mrs. Joginder, Pammi's mother *

Surabhi Santosh Surabhi Santosh is an Indian Actress, model and classical dancer and lawyer who has appeared primarily in Kannada and Malayalam films. She made her debut in films with director S. Narayan, S Narayan’s ''Dushtaa'' (2011). Personal life Born ...

as herself (

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)

Production

Casting

In February 2019, it was reported that

will be playing the male lead along with Bollywood actor

in an important role. On 16 February, Jaffrey was confirmed to be playing Kalidas's father with Merin Philip as the female lead. Merin was previously seen in

Poomaram ''Poomaram'' is a 2018 Indian Malayalam-language musical drama film written, co-produced and directed by Abrid Shine. The film stars debutants Kalidas Jayaram as well as Neeta Pillai in lead roles of Malayalam cinema. Plot The film is based on ...

starring Kalidas in a supporting role. Kalidas joined the sets in Patiala in March 2019.

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reported on 19 September that Kalidas, playing a Sikh character will have

Aanandam ''Aanandam'' (English: ''Joy'') is a 2016 Indian Malayalam-language coming of age film written and directed Ganesh raj in his directorial debut. Cinematography was by Anend C. Chandran. Vineeth Sreenivasan produced the film under the banner Ha ...

fame Siddhi Mahajankatti as the female lead.Happy Sardar brings another Mallu sardar on screen soon - Times of India (19 September 2019)
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References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 9808564 2019 films 2010s Malayalam-language films