''Kangaroo'' is a 2007 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 drama thriller film directed by Raj Babu and starring

Prithviraj Sukumaran Prithviraj Sukumaran (born 16 October 1982) is an Indian actor, director, producer and playback singer primarily working in Malayalam cinema. He has also done Tamil, Telugu and Hindi films. He acted in more than 100 films in a variety of rol ...

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

Kavya Madhavan Kavya Madhavan (born 19 September 1984) is a former Indian actress, who appeared predominantly in Malayalam films. She made her debut in 1991 as a child artist in '' Pookkalam Varavayi''. Her debut role as a lead actress was in Lal Jose's '' ...

. The screenplay was written by J. Pallassery from a story by Anil Raj. This film was an average hit in 2007.

Plot

Josekutty is a hard-working

Knanaya The Knānāya, (from Syriac: ''Knā'nāya'' (Canaanite)) also known as the Southists or Tekkumbhagar, are an endogamous ethnic group found among the Saint Thomas Christian community of Kerala, India. They are differentiated from another part of t ...

Christian auto

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driver from a good family. Josekutty falls in love with Jancy, whose sister Nancy is an unwed mother of a boy. Josekutty is asked to see Nancy for an

arranged marriage Arranged marriage is a type of marital union where the bride and groom are primarily selected by individuals other than the couple themselves, particularly by family members such as the parents. In some cultures a professional matchmaker may be us ...

, and he mistakenly thinks that Jansi is Nancy, and he agrees to the marriage. Josekutty agrees to marry her. Nancy is found dead on the day before the marriage. Josekutty raises her child as his son. He tries to find out who fathered Nancy's son. He learns that Monachan, who was the son of the manager in Nancy's home, was in love with her, and Monachan had killed her boyfriend, who was the father of her child. He accidentally killed Nancy. While trying to kill Josekutty and the child, Monachan is stabbed to death by Josekutty's brother Mathukutty and thereby saving Josekutty and the child. Josekutty and Jancy make up, and decide to take care of the

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ed child as their own.

Cast

as Joseph Abraham alias Josekutty *

as Mekkalattu Monachan *

as Jancy Mekkalattu, Stephen's sister and Josekutty's love interest *

Oviya Helen Nelson, (born 29 April 1991) better known professionally by her stage name Oviya, is an Indian model and actress who works in the Tamil and Malayalam films. She made her breakthrough as an actress in Sarkunam's rural romantic comedy ' ...

as Susanna, Josekutty's and Maathukutty's younger sister *

Kaveri The Kaveri (also known as Cauvery, the anglicized name) is one of the major Indian rivers flowing through the states of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. The Kaveri river rises at Talakaveri in the Brahmagiri range in the Western Ghats, Kodagu dis ...

as Nancy Mekkalattu, Stephen's and Jancy 's sister *

Lalu Alex Lalu Alex is an Indian actor who works in Malayalam cinema. In a career spanning four decades, Lalu Alex has acted over 250 movies and is known for his character roles, comic roles and antagonistic roles in Malayalam movie industry. Lalu Alex ...

as Mekkalattu Stephen *

Harisree Asokan Harisree Ashokan is an Indian actor and director who is known for his comedy roles in Malayalam films. Ashokan has acted in more than 200 Malayalam films. He started his career as a mimicry artist in the troupe Harisree and then worked in Kalab ...

as Pappachan *

Jagathy Sreekumar Sreekumar P. K. (born 5 January 1951), better known by his stage name Jagathy Sreekumar or simply Jagathy, is an Indian actor, director and playback singer, who has appeared in over 1500 Malayalam films in a career spanning almost four decad ...

as Mathew Abraham alias Maathukutty, Josekutty's and Susanna's elder brother *

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 'Current' Kunjachan, Josekutty's, Susanna's and Maathukutty's brother-law *

Suraj Venjaramood Suraj Vasudevan (born 30 June 1976), professionally credited as Suraj Venjaramoodu, is an Indian actor, comedian, Impressionist (entertainment), impressionist, and television presenter, who appears in Malayalam films, television and stage pla ...

as Babychan *

Indrans Indrans is an Indian actor and former costume designer, who appears in Malayalam films.His mentor was Shiyas M S, a law college student. He started his film career as a costume designer and actor in 1981 and got a breakthrough in 1994 with the ...

as Chellappan *

Bindu Panicker Bindu Panicker is an Indian actress who has more than 200 films to her credit. She has played both comedy and character roles in Malayalam cinema. She won the Kerala State Film Award for the best supporting actress in 2001 for Soothradharan. S ...

as Annakutty, Josekutty's, Susanna's and Maathukutty's sister *

Kalaranjini Kalaranjini is an Indian actress and classical dancer who started her career in the early 1980s. Personal life Kalaranjini was born to theatre artists Chavara V. P. Nair and Vijayalakshmi. She is divorced and has a son, Prince. Partial film ...

as Cicily, Stephen's wife *

Sukumari Sukumari Amma (6 October 1940 – 26 March 2013) was an Indian actress best known for her works in Malayalam and Tamil films. In a career spanning more than five decades, She has appeared in more than 2500 films predominantly in Malayalam, Tam ...

as Josekutty's, Susanna's and Maathukutty's Mother *

K. P. A. C. Lalitha Maheshwari Amma, better known by her stage name K. P. A. C. Lalitha, was an Indian film and stage actress who worked primarily in Malyalam. She started her acting career with K. P. A. C., a theatre collective in Kayamkulam, Kerala. In a caree ...

as Stephen, Jancy and Nancy's Mother *

Sreejith Ravi Sreejith Ravi (born 19 May 1976) is an Indian actor who appears predominantly in Malayalam films and also in Tamil films. He is the son of actor T. G. Ravi. Early life Sreejith is the son of actor and industrialist T. G. Ravi and V. K. Subhad ...

as 'Syringe' Vasu *

Santhakumari Santha Kumari (born Vellaala Subbamma; 17 May 1920 – 16 January 2006) was an Indian musical artist and actress. She was married to the Telugu film director and producer P. Pullayya. Early years Vellaala Subbamma was born in Proddatur town, ...

as Janamma *

T. P. Madhavan T. P. Madhavan (born 7 November 1935) is an Indian actor who appeared in Malayalam films. He started acting at the age of 40. He has acted in more than 600 films. He came into the film industry playing villain roles; later he started doing com ...

as Paul K. Mani * Prajod Kalabhavan as Manmadhan

Soundtrack

Saji ram composed the soundtrack of "Kangaroo".

Alex Paul Alex Paul is an Indian music director who works in Malayalam cinema. Personal life Alex is the son of A. M. Paul, a music artist who formed the first orchestra (in Malayalam: 'ganamela') troupe in Kochi & Philomina. He is the younger brother ...

composed background score and one song "mazhamani mukile". The lyrics are written by Biju kaipparedan and

Vayalar Sarath Chandra Varma Vayalar Sarath Chandra Varma (born 12 February 1960) is a noted malayalam lyricist and poet. He is the son of Malayalam Popular poet and lyricist late Vayalar Ramavarma. He made his debut in the malayalam film industry through the 1990 malayalam ...

for one song "mazhamani mukile". 1. Aararirariraro - K. J. Yesudas 2. Marthoma Nanmayal - Afsal, Cicily, Anwar Sadat 3. Autokkaran Josoottikku - M. G. Sreekumar, Afsal, Anwar Sadat 4. Mazha Manimukile - Rimi Tomy, Vidhu Prathap 5. Oru Kana Kanavin - Vineeth Sreenivasan 6. Manathe Kanavinte - Anwar Sadat, Hannah 7. Aararirariraro - Ranjini Josh

Production

The film was initially discussed with

in the lead role of Josekutty. For the film, he had to opt out from a role in ''

Chotta Mumbai ''Chotta Mumbai'' is a 2007 Indian Malayalam-language action comedy film directed by Anwar Rasheed, written by Benny P. Nayarambalam, and co-produced by Maniyanpilla Raju. The film stars Mohanlal in the lead role with Siddique, Jagathy Sreekuma ...

'' due to scheduling conflicts as per the original plan, but the project got delayed as it progressed and Jayasurya got interested in the role of Monichan and took that part,

replaced him in the lead role.

Release

The film was released on 21 December 2007.

References

External links

* 2000s Malayalam-language films 2007 comedy films 2007 films {{2000s-comedy-film-stub