''Utopiayile Rajavu'' ( en, The King Of Utopia) is a 2015

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film directed by Kamal and penned by PS Rafeeque. It stars

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, Sethulakshmi,

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, Janardhanan,

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, Sudheer Karamana, Nandu and

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composed the soundtrack. The film released on 27 August 2015.

Plot

The film follows the life of CP Swathanthryan, son of freedom fighter Chembakassery Parameswaran Pillai. His uncle, Soman Thampi, is a crook who envies CP's wealth and is a constant troublemaker for him. He is determined to win the legal suit filed by CP. Losing it would result in reinstating the wealth he forcibly obtained. CP wants to be famous at any cost, which triggers hilarious events. After many incidents, he realizes that one should not chase fame; fame should chase us based on our deeds. The rest of the story deals with how he brings justice to people to whom it was denied and delayed.

Cast

as C.P Swathanthran *

as Umadevi *

Sunil Sukhada Sunil Sukhada is an Indian actor in Malayalam cinema. He debuted in a small role in the film ''Best Actor''. His first full length role was as the supermarket manager in ''Chappa Kurishu'' (2011). He won a special mention in the Kerala state te ...

as Soman Thampi *

as Chembakasseri Parameshwaran Pillai *

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as Pindani *

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as (Voice of)

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as Velappan * Janardhanan as Vasavan Pillai *

as Narayani *

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as Kattappuram Kuttappan *

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as SI Purushothaman *

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as Ramakrishnan *

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as Markandeyan *

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as Murari * Sethulakshmi as Januvamma * Pradeep Kottayam as Poornachandran *

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as Nadar * Manju Sunichan as Saritha *Munshi Venu as Velayudhan *Mukunthan as Home Minister *Jayaprakash Kuloor as Sakhavu Theekkoyi *

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as Thankamani *Vijayan Paringodu as Advocate Thirumunbu * Surabhi Lakshmi as Zaira Bhanu *Jayashankar Karimuttam as Chachappan *

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as Advocate *MG Sasi as Advocate *Jayan Cherthala as Sudhakaran Pillai *Majeed as Advocate *Muhammed Perambra as Aboobacker *

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as Danger Dasappan *KTC Abdulla as Sairabhanu's father *Sumathi as police

Production

Kamal directed. PS Rafeeque approached Mammootty with the script on the set of '' Bhaskar The Rascal''. The actor immediately accepted and suggested Kamal as director. Kamal, too, committed to the project. Kamal said, "Animals, birds and even statues will voice their opinion in Utopiayile Rajavu,". Mammootty also recommended Jewel Mary for the heroine. The film launched in Kochi on 18 May 2015 during which sewing machines were donated to women from tribal communities. The shoot started at

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, Kerala, in May 2015. The film was shot in

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Soundtrack

The music was composed by

and lyrics were written by P. S. Rafeeque. The audio launch was held at Ernakulam on 2 August 2015. The first song released was "Uppinu Pona Vazhiyethu".

References

External links

* * {{Kamal (director) 2015 films 2010s Malayalam-language films Films directed by Kamal (director) Films scored by Ouseppachan Films shot in Thiruvananthapuram