''Pookkaalam'' () is a 2023 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

comedy drama Comedy drama, also known by the portmanteau ''dramedy'', is a genre of dramatic works that combines elements of comedy and Drama (film and television), drama. The modern, scripted-television examples tend to have more humorous bits than simple co ...

film written and directed by Ganesh Raj. The film stars

Vijayaraghavan Vijayaraghavan (born 20 December 1951) is an Indian actor who predominantly works in Malayalam cinema. He is popular for his character roles. He is the son of popular drama and cinema artist N. N. Pillai. He got his break by playing the iconic ...

in the lead role as a 100-year-old man and K. P. A. C. Leela as his pair.

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 actor ...

started on 13 April 2022. The filming wrapped up on 14 December after 37 days of shoot. The film was released on 8 April 2023. It was featured at the 54th IFFI Indian panorama section.

Summary

''Pookkaalam'' is the story of the lives of Ittoop and Kochu Thresiamma and the people surrounding them.

Cast

as Ittoop *

Basil Joseph Basil Joseph (born 28 April 1990) is an Indian film director and actor who works in the Malayalam film industry. He directed three films, ''Kunjiramayanam'' (2015), ''Godha'' (2017) and ''Minnal Murali'' (2021). All three films were a huge suc ...

as Advocate Jikkumon *

Vineeth Sreenivasan Vineeth Sreenivasan (born 1 October 1984) is an Indian playback singer, actor, film director, screenwriter, producer, lyricist, creative director and dubbing artist. He predominantly works in the Malayalam cinema. He is the son of actor an ...

as Judge Ravi * K. P. A. C. Leela as Maya Thattakathu Kochu Thresiamma, Ittoop's wife ** Nandini Gopalakrishnan as young Kochu Thresiamma *

Roshan Mathew Roshan Mathew (born 22 March 1992) is an Indian actor who works predominantly in Malayalam films and Hindi, Tamil & Telugu films. He began his career with numerous theatre productions based in Chennai and Mumbai. These include ''The Glass Mena ...

as Johnnymon, Ittoop's eldest son *

Sarasa Balussery Sarasa Balussery is a stage actress in Kerala and a film actress in Malayalam cinema. Her films include ''Sudani from Nigeria'' (2018), ''Virus'' (2019), '' Thirike'' (2021) and ''Dakini'' (2018). She became more popular after she was cast i ...

as Alamma, Ittoop's eldest daughter *

Suhasini Maniratnam Suhasini Maniratnam (born 15 August 1961) known mononymously as Suhasini, is an Indian actress, director, producer and writer in the Tamil film industry. She has worked as an actress in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada films. She made her ...

as Clara, Ittoop's second daughter * Radha Gomaty as Rosamma, Ittoop's third daughter * Ganga Meera as Elsamma, Ittoop's youngest daughter *

Jagadish P. V. Jagadish Kumar (born 12 June 1955) known mononymously as Jagadish, is an Indian actor, screenwriter, television presenter and former politician. He has starred in over 375 Malayalam films and 2 Hindi films. He is best known for his comi ...

as Kochousepp *

Johny Antony Johny Antony is an Indian film director and actor, known for making comedy films in Malayalam cinema. He is from Changanassery in Kottayam district, Kerala. He worked for about a decade as an associate to directors Thulasidas, Thaha, Taha, Kama ...

as Advocate Narayanan Pillai * Annu Antony as Elsi, Elsamma's daughter *

Arun Kurian Arun Kurian is an Indian actor who appears on Malayalam cinema. He made his feature film debut through a lead role in the coming of age film ''Aanandam'' (2016). He played supporting roles in ''Velipadinte Pusthakam'' (2017), ''Oru Yamandan Pr ...

as Susheel, Elsi's fiance * Abu Salim as Venu, Elsamma's husband *

V. Suresh Thampanoor V. Suresh Thampanoor, commonly known as Aristo Suresh is a singer, film actor, and lyricist, who works in Malayalam cinema. He was a finalist of the first season of Bigg Boss Malayalam. Personal life Suresh hails from Aristo, a junction in Thamp ...

as Xavier * Sarath Sabha as Father Gabriel, Elsamma's son * Amal Raj and Kamal Raj as Michael and Angelo * Kavya and Navya as Dinsy and Donna * Arun Ajikumar as Guinness *

Kanakalatha Kanakalatha (born 24 August 1960) is an Indian actress who works predominantly in the Malayalam cinema. Personal life Kanakalatha was born to parents Parameshwaran Pillai and Chinnamma at Kollam, Kerala. She attended the Government Girls Sch ...

as Susheel's mother * Harish Pengan as Kochouseph's son

Cameo appearances

Kochu Preman K. S. Premkumar (1 June 1955 – 3 December 2022), better known by his stage name Kochu Preman, was an Indian actor who worked in Malayalam cinema, Malayalam film industry. He acted in more than 300 films, mainly in supporting comedy roles, an ...

as the sexton *

Ranjini Haridas Ranjini Haridas is an Indian television presenter, actress, model and YouTuber . She became popular through the Star Singer TV show of Asianet.Throughout 5 seasons of the show, she was the host. She reacted against the cruelty to animals, s ...

as the astrologer *

Shebin Benson Shebin Benson (born 27 November 1995) is an Indian actor who works predominantly in Malayalam films. Shebin made his debut in Aashiq Abu movie ''Idukki Gold'' in 2013, Later he appeared in Mammootty starrer Varsham. His first movie as a male l ...

as K. C. Unnikrishnan *

Gilu Joseph Gilu Joseph (born 14 March 1990) is a Malayali poet and lyricist. She earlier worked as an air hostess with Fly Dubai. She has also acted in Malayalam movies. Personal life Gilu hails from Kumily in Idukki district in Kerala. She has two sist ...

as Narayanan Pillai's wife *

Honey Rose } Honey Rose Varghese is an Indian actress who mainly appears in Malayalam films. She has also appeared in a few Tamil, Kannada and Telugu films. She made her acting debut with the 2005 Malayalam film ''Boyy Friennd''. Her breakthrough role came ...

as herself

Production

After his debut film ''

Aanandam ''Aanandam'' (English: ''Joy'') is a 2016 Indian Malayalam-language coming of age film written and directed Ganesh raj in his directorial debut. Cinematography was by Anend C. Chandran. Vineeth Sreenivasan produced the film under the banner Hab ...

'', director Ganesh Raj took 4 years to complete the script of Pookkaalam, and he penned a note as "Pookkaalam... The season of growth, change, and Love" along with the first look poster. This film was bankrolled by Vinod Shornur for CNC Cinemas in association with Thomas Thiruvalla's Thomas Thiruvalla Films.

Sachin Warrier Sachin Warrier is an Indian playback singer and composer in the Malayalam film industry from Kerala. He became notable with the song "''Muthuchippi Poloru''" from the film ''Thattathin Marayathu''. He made his debut with the movie ''Malarvaadi A ...

was signed to provide the music and background score of the film. Actress

also plays a cameo role.

References

External links

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