''Kili Poyi'' is a 2013

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stoner film directed by debutant Vinay Govind, a former associate of V. K. Prakash. The film stars Asif Ali,

Aju Varghese Aju Kurian Varghese (born 11 January 1985) better known as Aju Varghese is an Indian actor and producer who appears in Malayalam cinema. He made his debut in 2010 in ''Malarvadi Arts Club'', directed by his college classmate Vineeth Sreenivas ...

, Sampath Raj,

Raveendran Madhavan Raveendran ( ml, മാധവൻ രവീന്ദ്രൻ ), (born Kulathupuzha, Kollam, 9 November 1943 – died Chennai, Tamil Nadu, 3 March 2005), fondly known as ''Raveendran Master'', was a popular South Indian music composer a ...

, and

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in major roles. The film was produced by SJM Entertainments and written by Joseph Kurian, Vivek Ranjit and Vinay Govind. The film features music and background score composed by

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. ''Kili Poyi'' is considered to be the first Indian stoner film.

Plot summary

Chacko and Hari are young ad professionals who are fed up with their boss (Sandra Thomas) and her tantrums. They decide to take a break and head to

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, where Chacko ends up meeting a beautiful foreigner (Sabreen Baker). The rest of the story revolves around their return from Goa, a mysterious bag and an extremely angry boss.

Cast

* Asif Ali as Chacko *

as Hari * Sampath Raj as Rana *

as Disco Douglas *

as SI Alex Peter *

Joju George Joseph George, better known as Joju George (born 22 October 1977) is an Indian actor, playback singer and producer who works mainly in Malayalam cinema. He has acted in Malayalam films and worked on Tamil projects as well. In 2015, he won the ...

as Tony * Mridul Nair as IBM * Chemban Vinod Jose as Smuggler *

Vijay Babu Vijay Babu (born 14 May 1976) is an Indian film producer, actor, and businessman, who works in the Malayalam film industry. He is the founder of the film production company Friday Film House. Vijay Babu is best known for producing and starrin ...

as Pandey *

Sandra Thomas Sandra Thomas is an Indian film producer and actress. She is best known for her roles in ''Amen'' and '' Zachariayude Garbhinikal'', also as the producer of ''Zachariayude Garbhinikal'' and '' Philips and the Monkey Pen''. Sandra, along with pr ...

as Radhika * Samata Agarwal as Jomol * Sal Yusuf as a drug addict

Release and reception

The movie was released on 1 March 2013. Paresh C. Palicha of Rediff.com gave the film a rating of 3/5, saying the film is enjoyable.

Music

All music is composed, arranged and produced by

. ''The Hindu'' identified "Kili Poyi" as a song that was well liked in 2013. Raj's background score was described as having a "freshness" and "funk".

Track list

Original songs Original background score

References

{{reflist 2013 films 2010s Malayalam-language films Films scored by Rahul Raj