| Pulival Kalyanam | |
|---|---|
 VCD cover | |
| Directed by | Shafi |
| Written by | Udayakrishna-Siby K. Thomas |
| Produced by | O. P. Unnikrishnan P. S. Premanandan |
| Starring | Jayasurya Kavya Madhavan Lal Lalu Alex Jagathy Sreekumar Harisree Ashokan Salim Kumar Cochin Haneefa |
| Cinematography | P. Sukumar |
| Edited by | Hariharaputhran K. P. |
| Music by | Berny-Ignatius |
Production company | Govind Films |
| Distributed by | Murali Films |
Release date |
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Running time | 147 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Malayalam |
Pulival Kalyanam (transl. Tiger tail wedding) is a 2003 IndianMalayalam-languageromantic comedy film directed byShafi and written byUdayakrishna-Siby K. Thomas. The film starsJayasurya andKavya Madhavan withLal,Lalu Alex,Jagathy Sreekumar,Harisree Ashokan,Salim Kumar, andCochin Haneefa in the supporting roles. The plot follows Harikrishnan, a rustic, whosestar-crossed romance with a girl, Ganga, from a rich family, brings inadvertent consequences on the lives of people around them. The music was composed byBerny-Ignatius.
It is considered one of the best comedy films inMalayalam cinema and the characterManavalan developed acult following in the form ofinternet memes in Kerala troll community years after release.[1] The film was remade inKannada asChellata (2006).
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Harikrishnan is adopted by Karunan and his family at a very young age. Karunan loses his arm in a fireworks accident while trying to save Hari. After this incident, Hari takes up responsibility of the family.
Years later, Hari is a hardworking young man who drives a taxi at the airport while simultaneously studying to be an engineer. Hari's and Karunan's sister, Sreekutti, is in love with Murali their neighbor and the only son of Paramanandam who works for Raghavendra Sett, a businessman. When their relationship is discovered, Paramanandam demands a huge sum of money asdowry to make this marriage happen. Harikrishnan and Karunan take a loan from a financier, Manavalan, and invest it in their fireworks business, only to lose it completely in a fire. Manavalan gets cheated by his employer and returns to Kochi with his cab driver Dharmendran to get back the money he had lend to Hari.
In the meantime, Harikrishnan gets his phone muddled with Ganga, Sett's daughter on account of both the models being the same. He also gets in the bad books of Sett. Hari and Ganga have loads of comical misunderstandings before falling in love and deciding to get married. Their relationship is not acceptable to Raghavendra Sett, and he puts obstacles in their way, thinking Hari is after their money. The rest of the film shows how Hari and Ganga overcome those obstacles with Karunan's help and gets married.
The film's soundtrack contains six songs, all composed byBerny Ignatius and lyrics byKaithapram.
| # | Title | Singer(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Aaru Paranju" | P Jayachandran,K. S. Chitra |
| 2 | "Thottu Thottu Nilkan" | Afsal,Vijay Yesudas, Chorus |
| 3 | "Gujarathi" | Vidhu Prathap,Jyotsna, Chorus |
| 4 | "Gujarathi (F)" | Jyotsna |
| 5 | "Poovallikaavil" | K. J. Yesudas |
| 6 | Thevaaratheruvilinnu | M.G. Sreekumar,Afsal,Harishree Ashokan |
The film was a commercial success at the box office.[2]
Pulival Kalyanam is regarded as one of the best comedy films in Malayalam cinema,and several of its dialogues became catchphrases. The characters and scenes are frequently used in trolls.[3] The characterManavalan gained a cult following in the form of internet memes in social media.[4]