''Philips and the Monkey Pen'' is a 2013 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 ...

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written by

Rojin Thomas Rojin Thomas is an Indian film director and script writer who works in the Malyalam film industry. He made his directional debut with ''Philips and the Monkey Pen'' (2013), directed along with Shanil Muhammed. His second film was ''Jo and the ...

and directed by Rojin Thomas and Shanil Muhammed. The film stars

Sanoop Santhosh Sanoop Santhosh (born 12 December 2003) is an Indian actor from the Malayalam film industry. Sanoop made his acting debut in ''Philips and the Monkey Pen'', a 2013 Malayalam language experimental & children's film. He played the role of Ryan ...

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 ...

Remya Nambeesan Remya Nambeesan (born 24 March 1986) is an Indian actress, playback singer and dancer, who primarily works in Malayalam cinema. She started her career as an actress through the 2000 film ''Sayahnam''. She has acted in more than 65 films includin ...

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 starring ...

and

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 ...

. The film revolves around a ten-year-old called Ryan Philip (

) and his adventures with a magical pen called the Monkey Pen. The film was produced by

and actress

Sandra Thomas Sandra Thomas is an Indian film producer and actress. She is best known for her roles in ''Amen (2013 film), Amen'' and ''Zachariayude Garbhinikal'', also as the producer of ''Zachariayude Garbhinikal'' and ''Philips and the Monkey Pen''. Sandr ...

under

Friday Film House Friday Film House is an Indian film production company based in Malayalam film industry owned by Vijay Babu who is an actor as well as a producer and is one of the most talked about production houses in the south. Friday Film House has won 7 of ...

banner. Neil D’Cunha is the cinematographer and the music has been scored by Remya Nambeesan's brother, Rahul Subrahmaniam. The film released on 2 November 2013 coinciding with

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in Kerala. The film completed 111 days in theaters and was a commercial success at the box-office.Deepa Gauri. ''The best of Malayalam cinema in 2013'' 26 December 2013

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and

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(Sanoop Santhosh).

Plot

Ryan Philip (Master Sanoop) is a smart cute school boy who has problems understanding maths. As he struggles to escape from doing his maths homework, he resorts to mischievous acts, not realizing the trouble he is making. He has a good relationship with his dad Roy Philip (Jayasurya) and mother Sameera (Remya Nambeeshan) and Ryan's grandfather Richard Philip (Joy Mathew) who is an antique collector. On visiting his grandfather Ryan gets a magical pen called monkey pen. This monkey pen does his maths homework and soon changes his whole life.

Cast

as Ryan Philip *

as Roy Philip *

as Sameera Roy *

as Captain Richard Philip *

Innocent Innocence is a lack of guilt, with respect to any kind of crime, or wrongdoing. In a legal context, innocence is to the lack of legal guilt of an individual, with respect to a crime. In other contexts, it is a lack of experience. In relation ...

as God *Diya as Joan *

Gourav Menon Gourav Menon, also known as Master Gaurav Menon is an Indian actor from the Malayalam film industry. Making his acting debut with '' Philips and the Monkey Pen'' in 2013, Gourav later won the National Film Award for Best Child Artist and the Ker ...

as Jahangir R. a.k.a. Jugru *Aakhash Santhosh as Rama Ramana Rajeeva Nandanan a.k.a. Raman *Antony Elrin D'Silva as Innocent P. Varghese *Nidheesh Boban as Decimal *Augen as Kannan *Mathew Joy as Rahul *

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as Principal Charles Leon *

as Padmachandran a.k.a. Pappan *Pradeep Kottayam as Pavithran *Kiran Aravindakshan as Joan's Father *Dean Rowlins as Robert Bristow *

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, ...

as Stephen, Decimal's Father *

Sasi Kalinga V. Chandrakumar, better known by his stage name Sasi Kalinga, was an Indian actor who worked in Malayalam cinema. He acted in '' Paleri Manikyam: Oru Pathirakolapathakathinte Katha'' (2009), ''Pranchiyettan & the Saint'' (2010), ''Indian Rupee ...

as Moorthy *Nikhita Naiyer as Joan's friend *

Chemban Vinod Jose Chemban Vinod Jose is an Indian actor, film producer, and screenwriter, who predominantly works in Malayalam films. He is a physiotherapist by profession.Deccan Chronicle ''Deccan Chronicle'' is an Indian English-language daily newspaper founded by Rajagopal Mudaliar in the 1930s & currently owned by Samagrah Commercial Pvt Limited. It is published in Hyderabad, Telangana, by Deccan Chronicle Holdings Limited ( ...

'' gave 3.5/5 rating and said, "This, to date, must surely rate as the year's top contender of the prestigious Swarna Kamal for the Best Children's Film. It lights up the righteous path without being preachy. When a son says to his father, "I thought the truth would pain you", the wise one smiles, inspiringly, "The truth isn't bitter; it is the lies that are excessively sweet"."

Awards

* Kerala State Film Award for Best Children's Film Director- Rojin Thomas and Shanil Muhammed *

* Kerala Film Critics Award for Best Child Artist * Kerala Film Critics Award for Best Children Film

Soundtrack

The film's soundtrack contains 6 songs, all composed by Rahul Subrahmanian. Lyrics by Anu Elizabeth Jose, Sibi Padiyara, and Mamtha Seemanth.

References

External links

* {{Friday Film House Indian children's films 2013 films