''Vellimoonga'' () is a 2014 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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film directed by

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and written by Joji Thomas. It stars

Biju Menon Biju Menon (born 9 September 1970) is an Indian actor who predominantly appears in Malayalam films, and also has a few Tamil cinema, Tamil and Telugu cinema, Telugu film credits. He made his debut in the 1994 Malayalam film ''Puthran''. In a car ...

in the lead role with

Aju Varghese Aju Kurian Varghese (born 11 January 1985) better known as Aju Varghese is an Indian actor and producer who appears in Malayalam cinema. He made his debut in 2010 in ''Malarvadi Arts Club'', directed by his college classmate Vineeth Sreenivas ...

Nikki Galrani Nikita Galrani (born 3 January 1992) is an Indian actress known for her works in Malayalam and Tamil language, Tamil films. Her commercially successful films include ''1983 (film), 1983'' (2014), ''Vellimoonga'' (2014) and ''Darling (2015 Indi ...

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 comp ...

K. P. A. C. Lalitha Maheshwari Amma, better known by her stage name K. P. A. C. Lalitha, was an Indian film and stage actress who worked primarily in Malyalam. She started her acting career with K. P. A. C., a theatre collective in Kayamkulam, Kerala. In a caree ...

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, Saju Navodaya,

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, Veena Nair, and Siddique in supporting roles. Asif Ali appears in a cameo role. The music was composed by

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. The film was released on 25 September 2014 in 60 centres across

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. The film became one of the highest-grossing Malayalam films of 2014, with ticket sales estimated at . The movie was remade in Tamil in 2016 as ''

Muthina Kathirika ''Muthina Kathirika'' () is a 2016 Indian Tamil-language political satire film directed by Venkat and produced by Khushbu. A remake of the successful Malayalam film ''Vellimoonga'' (2014), the film stars Sundar C., Poonam Bajwa. Following the c ...

''.

Plot

Mamachan is an unmarried politician who is in his 40’s. Mamachan works in a relatively unknown party based in North India that barely has any presence in Kerala. He is subject to taunts and retorts due to this though he is the national leader of the party he belongs to. Well known for his cunning and slimy tactics Mamachan has his share of haters in the village. Mamachan eventually decides to get married and visits a prospective bride, only to be chased away by the bride's father as Mamachan and the bride’s mother were classmates and friends while in their teens. Mamachan in an attempt to get serious in life decides to progress in his political career after he is taunted for being a good-for-nothing lazing around in a party without any scope or future. Mamachan visits Delhi and is given instructions to stand in elections with the understanding that if he loses his election deposit in Kerala he will be elevated to a role in the center which is viewed with jealousy by his colleague Gopi. Gopi decides it’s better to let Mamachan win in Kerala and stay as an MLA rather than losing and moving to Delhi for a better role. Gopi subsequently rallies all of Mamachan’s rivals together to work for Mamachan's victory so that they can prevent him from going to Delhi resulting in Mamachan's victory in polls. Only after elections, it’s revealed everything was Mamachan's plans to win elections as an MLA making others work for his victory and there was nothing in Delhi. Mamachans prospective bride’s alliance is fixed with a guy from Mumbai named Charlie, who disappears on the day of the wedding. To save the bride and her family’s honor Mamachan is requested by the village elders and priest to marry her. After the marriage, Charlie appears and reveals he was Mamachans friend and his disappearance was a part of a plan by Mamachan to marry her. Both are shown to be happily married and moving on after that

Cast

as Maamachan C.P * Asif Ali as Charlie/Jose Kutty Pala *

as Tony Vakkathanam/Paachan *

as Lisa Wareed *

as V.P Jose *

as Annakutty Cheriyan Poulowmattam * Siddique as Kunnel Wareed *

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as Mollykutty Wareed * Veena Nair as Sholi Mathew, Panchayat President *

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 ...

as Father *

Saju Navodaya Pappanikunnel Thankappan Saju (born 14 October 1973), better known by his stage name Saju Navodaya, is an Indian actor and comedian who works in Malayalam films, television and stage. He began his career as a comedian on stage shows and later fo ...

as Mathew *

as Gopi * Dr.Midhula Sebastian as Manju Pappan *

Anu Joseph Anu Joseph (born 23 December 1985) is an Indian actress in the Malayalam television industry. She made her acting debut in '' Paadam Onnu: Oru Vilapam'' directed by T. V. Chandran. Career Anu Joseph won the Kalathilakam title in the school You ...

as Sally Cheriyan .P * Basil as Tom Cheriyan *

Geetha Salam Abdul Salam (9 October 1946 – 19 December 2018) was an Indian actor in Malayalam cinema known by his stage name Geetha Salam, known for ''Malabar Wedding'', '' Jalolsavam'' (2004) and ''Mylanchi Monchulla Veedu'' (2014). He lived in Krishnapu ...

as K.P Joseph *

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as Maniyanikutti *

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''.He is known for his negative roles and character roles. Personal life He is married to Lilly and ...

as Communist Party leader * Baby Rachael as Little Girl

Reception

''Vellimoonga'' received positive reviews upon release. Nowrunning.com gave 4.5/5 and called it a "surprise winner".

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reported that ''Vellimoonga'' had a good opening and called the film an "instant hit". The film became one of the highest grossing Malayalam film of the year, with a box office collection estimated at . It also earned from satellite rights. The film was remade in Tamil as

by Sundar C. Tini Tom won the Asianet Film Award for Best Supporting Actor for this film in 2014.

Soundtrack

References

{{reflist 2014 films Indian political satire films Malayalam films remade in other languages 2010s Malayalam-language films 2010s political satire films