''Namukku Parkkan'' is a 2012 Malayalam film directed by Aji John, starring

Anoop Menon Anoop Menon (born 3 August 1976) is an Indian actor, director, screenwriter and lyricist. He worked in television before acting in Malayalam films and has acted in more than 75 films. Menon won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Supportin ...

and

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in the lead roles.

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 ...

plays a pivotal guest appearance, while

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 app ...

makes a vocal appearance in the film.

Plot

Namukku Parkkan reflects the realities of a middle class Malayali family. Rajeev (

) is a veterinary surgeon and his wife Renuka (

) is a primary school teacher. They have two school-going daughters. They live in a small house and doesn't have a proper bathroom, one day somebody peeps in when meghana was bathing. They lead a happy and contended life, but they have a dream and that is to own a house. They have plans for their ideal house, a house merging with nature, with lots of trees and a lovely garden and cattle roaming the compound. But the dream is beyond their means. All others in their family own houses. But Rajeev and family still live in a rented house. On top of that, Rajeev has been served with a note to vacate the house. He has asked for some grace period till he finds a new house. Then an unexpected incident in his life makes it inevitable for him to build a house. He sets out on a journey to own a house and the realities he encounters in his journey form the rest of the story. C.I. Velu Nagarajan (

) a Karnataka police officer residing in Kerala "helps" Rajeev and rest of the story is of the other incidents he faces.

Cast

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Rajeev, a veterinary doctor who dreams high of establishing a house for his loving family. *

Meghana Raj Meghana Sunder Raj Sarja (born 3 May 1990) is an Indian actress who primarily works in Malayalam and Kannada films along with a few Telugu and Tamil films. She made her acting debut in the 2009 Telugu film ''Bendu Apparao R.M.P''. She has won ...

as Renuka Rajeev *

as CI Velu Nagarajan,

Karnataka Karnataka (; ISO: , , also known as Karunāḍu) is a state in the southwestern region of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, with the passage of the States Reorganisation Act. Originally known as Mysore State , it was renamed ''Karnat ...

police officer (Guest Appearance) * Janardhanan as Krishnan Ammavan * Ashokan as K.K * Devan as Varghese *

Kalabhavan Shajon Shaji John, professionally credited by his stage name Kalabhavan Shajohn is an Indian actor, director and comedian who works primarily in Malayalam cinema. He started his career as a mimicry artist in Kalabhavan, Kochi. Making his debut in 199 ...

as Mohanan *

Tini Tom Tini Tom is an Indian actor, comedian and mimicry artist from Kerala. He works in Malayalam films and television. Early life Tini was born in North Paravoor, Kerala, India. His father Tomy T.D. is an engineer. He has a sister Tincy. Tom comple ...

as Balan *

Nandhu Nandalal Krishnamoorthy better known by his stage name Nandu is an Indian actor primarily working in Malayalam films. Although he has been in the industry for more than 30 years, he is acclaimed for his performance in Mohanlal' s '' Spirit'', di ...

*Keerthana Sabarish *

Kaviyoor Ponnamma Kaviyoor Ponnamma is an Indian actress who appears in Malayalam films and television. She began her career performing in theatre dramas before foraying into cinema. She has also acted in TV serials and commercials and has playback singing cred ...

* Sudheesh *Mala Parvathi *

Geetha Vijayan Geetha Vijayan (born 22 June 1972) is an Indian actress who appears in Malayalam movies, a few Tamil and Hindi movies. She debuted in the 1990 Malayalam comedy- thriller film ''In Harihar Nagar''. She has since acted in more than 150 Malayalam ...

* Surabhi Lakshmi *Munshi Venu * Manikandan Pattambi * Irshad as Aarif, Vigilance and Anti-corruption officer *

Sudheer Karamana Sudheer Karamana (born 24 May 1971) is an Indian actor who appears mainly in Malayalam cinema. He is the son of veteran actor Karamana Janardanan Nair. Personal life He is the eldest son to actor Karamana Janardanan Nair and Jaya, at Karamana ...

Dinesh Prabhakar Dinesh Prabhakar, also known by his birth name Dinesh Nair, is an Indian actor who predominantly appears in Malayalam films. Early life Dinesh was born as the second child of Prabhakaran Nair and Sarojini Amma at Pulluvazhi, Perumbavoor, Ern ...

Reception

The music rights of movie was obtained by Sathyam Audios for a record price close to 13 lakh, which is the highest price in Malayalam film industry, beating the previous record of ''

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''. Movie as a whole was rated as average by Sify and Rediff review with rediff calling Anoop Menon's acting impressive.

References

{{reflist 2010s Malayalam-language films Films directed by Aji John