''Hariharan Pilla Happy Aanu'' is a 2003 Indian Malayalam-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 Vishwanathan, starring

Mohanlal Mohanlal Viswanathan (born 21 May 1960), known mononymously as Mohanlal, is an Indian actor, film producer, playback singer, film distributor, and director who predominantly works in Malayalam cinema besides also having sporadically appeare ...

and

Jyothirmayi Jyothirmayi is an Indian actress, television presenter, and former model, who works in Malayalam cinema. Starting her career as a model, she ventured into television, working as an anchor and later starring numerous Television show. Career Jy ...

. This was Vishwanathan's directorial debut, and the first film for

Stephen Devassy Stephen Devassy (born 23 February 1981) is an Indian musician hailing from Palakkad, Kerala. He started his career at a very early age, and has performed on stage around the world. Stephen is the founder of Musik Lounge, an audio technology sch ...

as composer.

Plot

Hariharan Pillai runs a construction company with his uncle Velappan. He construct a house for the rich money lender Sathyapalan who does not compensate then after completing the house. Sathyapalan's daughter Kavya who initially dislikes Hariharan Pillai. However she eventually fall love for him. Hari also has to take care of his sister Latha who is in love with Nikhil. How Hariharan Pillai sorts out all of this issues and gets Kavya form the rest of the story.

Cast

as Hariharan Pillai *

as Kavya *

C. I. Paul C. I. Paul (1944 – 14 December 2005) was a Malayalam film and television actor. He was a member of the working party led by Fr. Vadakkan and came to acting through the famous dramas by V. L. Jose. He was well appreciated for his perform ...

as Satyapalan *

Vijayaraghavan Vijayaraghavan (born 20 December 1951) is an Indian actor who predominantly works in Malayalam cinema. He is popular for his character roles. He is the son of popular drama and cinema artist N. N. Pillai. He got his break by playing the iconic ...

as Dilip *

Cochin Haneefa Muhammed Haneefa (22 April 1951 – 2 February 2010), better known by his stage name Cochin Haneefa, was an Indian actor, film director, and screenwriter. He started his career in the 1970s mainly portraying villainous roles, before going on to ...

as Velappan *

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as Mason Vasu alias Anjilithekkethil Vasudevan Namboothiri *

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 Mala ...

as Sundaran

Production

The bike with unusual wheels that was featured in '' C.I.D. Moosa'' (2003) was featured in this film.

Soundtrack

The music was composed by debutante

, who took a sabbatical after working on this film. Newcomer

Rajeev Alunkal Rajeev Alunkal is a prominent poet, lyricist, music director and malayalam orator. He is best known for writing lyrics on romantic and philosophical themes. He has written numerous poems and songs. He is the former Chairman of Kumaranashan Smar ...

wrote all the lyrics. Alunkal recalled in a 2015 interview that it was risky for a newcomer to pen all the lyrics and how the producer of the film, Johnny Sagarika, took that risk.

Release and reception

The film released shortly after Mohanlal's box office success ''

Balettan ''Balettan'' is a 2003 Indian Malayalam-language family drama film directed by V. M. Vinu, written by T. A. Shahid, and produced by M. Mani. It stars Mohanlal in the title role, along with Devayani, Nedumudi Venu, Harisree Ashokan, Riyaz Kha ...

'' (2003) and Jyothirmayi's ''

Anyar ''Anyar'' is a Malayalam language fiīlm of India. It was released on 19 September 2003. The film deals with the hot topic of communal polarisation in Kerala. The film stars Jyothirmayi and Biju Menon Plot Sooraj and Razia are college mates. S ...

'' (2003). The film released in November 2003 coinciding with Ramadan. Abhijath of ''

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'' opined that "The film begins well, while in the second half, it loses tempo". To prevent piracy, the film was released in 50 centres. Sagarika dropped his shelved project ''Chakram'' with Mohanlal and Dileep after the film's failure. Mohanlal went on to play a similar role in ''

Vamanapuram Bus Route ''Vamanapuram Bus Route'' is a 2004 Indian Malayalam-language comedy-drama film directed by Sonu Shishupal and written by Sudheesh John, starring Mohanlal and Lakshmi Gopalaswamy. Shishupal also composed the songs featured in the film, while C. ...

'' (2004), which was almost removed from theatres due to the box office failure of this film.

References

External links

*{{IMDb title, 0382733 2000s Malayalam-language films 2003 comedy films 2003 directorial debut films Indian comedy films