Pachakuthira

2006 Indian film

14 April 2006 (2006-04-14)

Running time

150 minutesCountryIndiaLanguageMalayalam

Pachakuthira (transl. Grasshopper) is a 2006 Indian Malayalam-language comedy drama film directed by Kamal and written by T. A. Shahid from a story by Dileep, starring himself in dual role and Gopika and Salim Kumar in supporting role.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5] The film was released on Vishu 2006.^[6]

Plot

Anandakkuttan, a junior artist in movies, takes up the responsibility of looking after his long-lost German brother, Akash Menon. However, as Akash is mentally disabled due to autism, he causes trouble to everyone around him, including the neighbors. Initially, Anandakkuttan finds the troublesome Akash annoying and hates him, but ultimately develops love and a deep connection towards Akash.

Cast

Dileep in dual role as:
- Anand Menon (Anandakuttan)
- Akash Menon
Gopika as Nimmy (Koirala), Anandakuttan's love interest
Salim Kumar as Chandran Karothpadi
Siddique as Samuel Issac, Akash's adopted father
Suhasini as Anandakuttan's and Akash's mother
Rosshan Andrrews as Himself
Idavela Babu as Subair, a travel agent
Indrans as Abraham Lincoln, production controller
Kalasala Babu as Sugunan, Nimmy's father
Fazil as Himself
Rekha as Akash's adopted mother
Rajan P. Dev as Keshavan
Viji Thampi as Himself
Jayaraj as Himself
Baburaj as Himself
Mafia Sasi
Machan Varghese
Mamukkoya as Kunjikka
Biju Kuttan
Kalabhavan Haneef as ATM security
Dinesh Prabhakar as Junior Artist
Vijeesh
Nimisha Suresh as Diya
Sangeetha Shivan
Shamna Kasim as Raji, Nimmy's sister
Kalabhavan Shajon as Usman, a driver who is a Anandakuttan's friend
Suraj Venjaramoodu as a police officer
Saranya Mohan as the Kashmiri girl in the shooting spot shown at the beginning of the movie.
Munshi Venu as Kunjappan^[7]
Rony David
Kalabhavan Prajod
Kalabhavan Santhosh

Soundtrack

All songs were written by Gireesh Puthenchery and composed by Ilaiyaraaja.

"Oru Thottaavaadi" - Jyotsna Radhakrishnan, Vijay Yesudas
"Kalikonda" - MG Sreekumar
"Butterfly" - Karthik, Bhavatharani
"Varavelkkumo" - Madhu Balakrishnan, Jyotsna Radhakrishnan

References

^ "Pachakuthira: A wasted opportunity".
^ "Dileep again in a double role in Pachakuthira - Malayalam News". 2 March 2006.
^ "Pachakuthira review. Pachakuthira Malayalam movie review, story, rating".
^ "Pachakuthira (2006) | Pachakuthira Malayalam Movie | Movie Reviews, Showtimes". 11 February 2006.
^ "Pitied and desexualised: How Malayalam cinema has portrayed people with disability". 11 May 2019.
^ https://web.archive.org/web/20060507092013/http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/malayalam/article/20769.html
^ "Malayalam actor Munshi Venu passed away". The Times of India.