''King Liar'' is a 2016 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 wa ...
-language
romantic comedy film with a story by
Siddique, screenplay by
Siddique-Lal and directed by
Lal. The stars
Dileep
Gopalakrishnan Padmanabhan Pillai, better known by his stage name Dileep, is an Indian actor, producer, and businessman who predominantly works in the Malayalam film industry. He has acted in more than 150 films and has won several awards, in ...
,
Lal,
Asha Sharath and
Madonna Sebastian
Madonna Sebastian is an Indian actress and playback singer who primarily works in Tamil and Malayalam films. She made her acting debut with 2015 Malayalam film ''Premam,'' and Tamil with ''Kadhalum Kadandhu Pogum'' (2016), and in Telugu with ''P ...
in the lead roles. It was produced by Ousepachan Valakuzhy under his production Ousepachan Movie House. The soundtrack and score were composed by
Alex Paul and
Deepak Dev
Deepak Devraj Komath (born 30 April 1978), better known as Deepak Dev, is an Indian music composer, best known for his compositions in Malayalam cinema. He started his career in the Film Industry through the movie '' Chronic Bachelor'' (2003) di ...
. The film was released on 2 April 2016. The movie is about a manipulative liar, Sathyanarayan. The movie brought the writer-director duo
Siddique-Lal together after 22 years.
Plot
Sathyanarayan (
Dileep
Gopalakrishnan Padmanabhan Pillai, better known by his stage name Dileep, is an Indian actor, producer, and businessman who predominantly works in the Malayalam film industry. He has acted in more than 150 films and has won several awards, in ...
) is a manipulative liar, who lies to his love interest Anjali that he is the managing director of a big firm, while instead he makes duplicate certificates with his roommate and friend Antappan. Into their lives comes Anand Varma (
Lal), a
Dubai
Dubai (, ; ar, دبي, translit=Dubayy, , ) is the most populous city in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the capital of the Emirate of Dubai, the most populated of the 7 emirates of the United Arab Emirates.The Government and Politics ...
- based rich fashion tycoon, who is on the verge of divorce with his wife Devika Varma (
Asha Sarath
Asha Sharath (born 19 July 1974) is an Indian actress and classical dancer, who predominantly works in Malayalam films and television shows and also has a few Tamil, Kannada and Telugu film credits.
Personal life
Asha is married to Shara ...
). Meanwhile, Sathyanarayan realizes that Anjali is his childhood friend.
Anand does not want to lose Devika, so he hires Sathyanarayan to persuade Devika to step back from the divorce. Sathyan and Antappan fly to Dubai to join the company which is now owned by Devika. The first time, Devika kicks Sathyan out of the company, but later had to let him join. Amazed by Sathyan's business tricks, Devika later promotes him as the Assistant Manager.
As Devika was planning to appoint someone representing Devika in the Asian Beauty Contest, Sathyan persuades Anand to pick Anjali as his model. Devika finally finds Natasha as her representative, but Sathyan persuades Natasha to reunite Anand and Devika. In the end, Anjali wins the competition after explaining the consequences of being divorced in the Intelligence round, and Anand and Devika reunite. Anjali, after the competition, visits Sathyan who says his real name is Sathyan to Anjali. Sathyan confesses that Anjali is his childhood friend, and they both reunite.
Cast
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Dileep
Gopalakrishnan Padmanabhan Pillai, better known by his stage name Dileep, is an Indian actor, producer, and businessman who predominantly works in the Malayalam film industry. He has acted in more than 150 films and has won several awards, in ...
as P. Sathyanarayanan / Naran
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Madonna Sebastian
Madonna Sebastian is an Indian actress and playback singer who primarily works in Tamil and Malayalam films. She made her acting debut with 2015 Malayalam film ''Premam,'' and Tamil with ''Kadhalum Kadandhu Pogum'' (2016), and in Telugu with ''P ...
as Anjali, Sathyanarayan's childhood friend/love interest later wife
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Lal as Anand Varma, Owner of Varma Designs
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Asha Sarath
Asha Sharath (born 19 July 1974) is an Indian actress and classical dancer, who predominantly works in Malayalam films and television shows and also has a few Tamil, Kannada and Telugu film credits.
Personal life
Asha is married to Shara ...
as Devika Varma, wife of Anand Varma
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Joy Mathew
Joy Mathew (born 20 September 1961) is an Indian film and theatre actor.He is also a film director, playwright and screenwriter.He predominantly works in Malayalam cinema.
Career
Joy Mathew is best known for playing the lead role in John Abra ...
as Pothuval Sir, father of Anjali
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Natasha Suri as Natasha
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Hareesh Perumanna
Hareesh Perumanna , known by his stage name Hareesh Kanaran, is an Indian comedian and film actor who appears in Malayalam films. He is best known for his stock character Jaliyan Kanaran which first appeared in ''Comedy Festival'', a comedy re ...
as Pushpa Kumar/Pushpu
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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 Antappan
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Chali Pala
Chalil Baby better known as Chali Pala is an Indian actor who appears in Malayalam movies. He handles character roles and supporting roles in Malayalam films.
Biography
He is born at Thiruvananthapuram on 28 Sep 1957. He debuted in Iyer the ...
as Kalidasan
* Moideen Koya as Prasad
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Balachandran Chullikkad
Balachandran Chullikkad (born 30 July 1957) is an Indian poet, orator, lyricist and actor in Malayalam-language.
Early life
Balachandran was born in Paravur, Ernakulam, Kerala, India. He completed his graduation in English literature from the ...
as Paraparambil Narayanan Nair
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Shivaji Guruvayoor
Shivaji Guruvayoor (born 28 May 1961) is an Indian actor who works in Malayalam cinema. He started his film career with the film ''Arabikkatha
''Arabikkatha'' () is a 2007 Indian Malayalam cinema, Malayalam-language satirical-drama film dir ...
as Gopi Sir
* Ansar Kalabhavan as Omega Consultancy Manager
* Punnapara Prashanth as Shanthan, Village Drunkard
*
K.T.S. Padannayil as Aarsha Bharatha Samskaram Editor (Cameo)
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Bipin Chandran as Announcer
* Samarth Ambujakshan as Magician John
* Aileena Catherine Amon as Model
* Binu Adimali as Sudheesh, Police Officer
* Nebish Benson as Young Sathyan
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Vijay Menon
Vijay Menon is an Indian actor, editor, director and dubbing artist in Malayalam cinema. He has acted in more than 100 films in South Indian languages. He mainly handles in character roles and supporting roles. He has won Kerala State Film ...
as Thomas Chennikkadan
*
Amith Chakalakkal as Host
*Rithu Manthra as Model
Music
#"Annadyamaay"
#"Dinamithu Kaathirunnere (Anjali)", singer:
Arjun Muralidharan
Arjun Muralidharan (born 14 May 1987) is an Indian swimmer who has earned 15 national titles. He is widely considered as one of the greatest butterfly swimmers of India.
He has also been the best swimmer in three consecutive Open National Champ ...
#"Hello Hello Check Hello", singer:
Vipin Lal
#"Perum Nunappuzha", singer:
Manjari,
Vijay Yesudas
Vijay Yesudas (born 23 March 1979) is an Indian playback singer and actor. He has sung over 1000 film songs. Vijay works predominantly in the South Indian film industry, mostly in Malayalam, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, and Hindi. He is the son o ...
#"Title Song"
Production
Principal photography
Principal photography is the phase of producing a film or television show in which the bulk of shooting takes place, as distinct from the phases of pre-production and post-production.
Personnel
Besides the main film personnel, such as a ...
commenced at
Kochi
Kochi (), also known as Cochin ( ) ( the official name until 1996) is a major port city on the Malabar Coast of India bordering the Laccadive Sea, which is a part of the Arabian Sea. It is part of the district of Ernakulam in the state of ...
on 21 October 2015.
The film was shot in
Kuttanad
Kuttanad ( ml, കുട്ടനാട്) is a region covering the Alappuzha, Kottayam and Pathanamthitta Districts, in the state of Kerala, India, well known for its vast paddy fields and geographical peculiarities. The region has the lo ...
,
Dubai
Dubai (, ; ar, دبي, translit=Dubayy, , ) is the most populous city in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the capital of the Emirate of Dubai, the most populated of the 7 emirates of the United Arab Emirates.The Government and Politics ...
and
Kochi
Kochi (), also known as Cochin ( ) ( the official name until 1996) is a major port city on the Malabar Coast of India bordering the Laccadive Sea, which is a part of the Arabian Sea. It is part of the district of Ernakulam in the state of ...
.
Release
''King Liar'' released on 2 April 2016 in 127 screens in
Kerala
Kerala ( ; ) is a state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, by combining Malayalam-speaking regions of the erstwhile regions of Cochin, Malabar, South C ...
.
Reception
Box office
The film collected on its opening day and 5.32 crore within its first four days at the
Kerala
Kerala ( ; ) is a state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, by combining Malayalam-speaking regions of the erstwhile regions of Cochin, Malabar, South C ...
box office.
Making a share of 2.35 crore in 4 days. It collected 96
lakh
A lakh (; abbreviated L; sometimes written lac) is a unit in the Indian numbering system equal to one hundred thousand (100,000; scientific notation: 105). In the Indian 2,2,3 convention of digit grouping, it is written as 1,00,000. For ...
in the fifth day, making it 6.28 crore and 8.56 crore gross collection in 8 days, thus making a share amount of 4.05 crore.
[ The film grossed 12.73 crore after 15 days and continued in 80 screens in its third week. The film collected in a month from the Kerala box office.] The film collected within 41 days from the Kerala box office alone. The film collected from Kerala box office in 58 days.
References
External links
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2016 films
2016 comedy films
2010s Malayalam-language films
Indian comedy films
Films shot in Alappuzha
Films shot in Kochi
Films shot in Dubai
Films scored by Alex Paul
Films scored by Suresh Peters
Films scored by Deepak Dev
Films directed by Lal