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Kochi Rajavu

Kochi Rajavu (transl. King of Kochi) is a 2005 Indian Malayalam-language action comedy thriller film directed by Johny Antony and written by the Udayakrishna-Siby K. Thomas duo.[5][6][7] It stars Dileep[8] in the lead role with Kavya Madhavan,[9] Rambha, Harisree Ashokan, Murali and Jagathy Sreekumar in supporting roles.

Kochi Rajavu
Movie Poster
Directed byJohny Antony[1]
Written byUdayakrishna
Siby K. Thomas[2][3][4]
Produced byR. Mohan
Starring
CinematographySaloo George
Edited byRanjan Abraham
Music byVidhyasagar
Production
company
Amith Productions
Release date
  • 14 April 2005 (2005-04-14) (India)
Running time
160 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageMalayalam

The film marks the second collaboration between Dileep, Johny Antony, and the writing duo Udaykrishna–Sibi K. Thomas after C.I.D. Moosa (2003).[10]

Plot edit

The film starts with Suryanarayana Varma a.k.a. Unni, who hails from a royal family, returning from prison. He had killed the son of a large family who are now searching for him. Unni's parents enroll him in a law college in Chennai. There he meets Meenakshi and gets into conflicts with her brother Siva, and Siva's enemy Muthu. Meenakshi eventually falls in love with Unni. Once Meenakshi's family finds out about her love for Unni and they visit his house for a marriage request. But Unni has a past he can't escape, which he narrates his flashback to Meenakshi.

He fell in love with a woman named Aswathy, a medical student. Aswathy's parents are dead, and she lives with her uncles Karimparakal Prabhakaran, Sudhakaran and Divakaran and their family. Prabhakaran wants to gain her inheritance by arranging a marriage between his eldest son Prakashan and Aswathy. Aswathy accidentally gets into the autorickshaw of Unni when she is going to meet Prakashan. During the ride, Unni falls in love with her and delays bringing Aswathy to her destination.

She becomes fed up with him and decides to tell her uncles. She and her uncles plan to make fun of him and calls Unni to her house. Unni gets shocked to see Aswathy's uncles, and realises that he had hit them before. They beat him very badly and throw him out. She falls for him after he recovers. They decide to get married, but her uncles object and during a fight between Unni, Prakashan and their henchmen, Unni kills Prakashan in a fit of rage and in self-defence. For this, he is jailed for 5 years.

Back to present, Unni's father makes him believe Aswathy has been married off to an NRI settled in Gulf, so he gets engaged to Meenakshi. Meanwhile, Aswathy calls Unni, telling him that she is still waiting for him. He goes to Kerala to find her, and tries to escape with her in a truck. Chased by Aswathy's family and Meenakshi's family they are saved finally by the autorickshaw drivers and get married.[11]

Cast edit

Release edit

The film was released on 14 April 2005 coinciding with Vishu.[12][13] It was released alongside and faced competition from the Prithviraj-starrer Athbhutha Dweepu, the Mohanlal-starrer Chandrolsavam and the Jayaram-starrer Alice in Wonderland.[14] Made on a budget of ₹2.5 crores, Kochi Rajavu was a commercial success.[15][16][17] It grossed ₹2.804 crore from three days and ₹4.01 crore in 21 days from 44 screens with a distributor's share of ₹1.73 Crore.[18] It ended its commercial performance with the verdict "average" and thus emerged the year's Vishu winner.[18]

Music edit

Kochirajavu
Soundtrack album by
Vidyasagar
Released2005
GenreWorld Music
ProducerVidyasagar
Vidyasagar chronology
Made in USA
(2005) 		Kochirajavu
(2005) 		Alice in Wonderland
(2005)

Music : Vidyasagar. Vidyasagar later adapted the song "Munthiri Padam" in Tamil as "Aruviyoda" for the film Pasa Kiligal.

Song Title Singers
"Viral Thottu Vilichal" Sujatha Mohan
"Munthiri Padam" Udit Narayan, Sujatha Mohan
"Moonu Chakra Vandi" M. G. Sreekumar
"Kinavin Kiligale" Karthik, Manjari
"Sooryan Neeyanda" K. J. Yesudas, Kalyani Nair. Notes: (Raga:Dharmavati)

Lyrics : Thunchath Ramanujan Ezhuthachan

References edit

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  2. ^ "Dileep joins Ajay Vasudev for a comedy entertainer". The Times of India. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
  3. ^ "Twenty20 to hit big screen". DNA India. 30 October 2007. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
  4. ^ V.P, Nicy (30 August 2014). "'Maryadharaman': Dileep to Star in Malayalam Remake of SS Rajamouli's 'Maryada Ramanna'". www.ibtimes.co.in. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
  5. ^ "Dileep is all set to give you a laughter ride". Asianet News Network Pvt Ltd. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
  6. ^ "Movies that feature auto-rickshaw drivers as main characters". The Times of India. 22 November 2018. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
  7. ^ Daily, Keralakaumudi. "Did three films with Dileep, but can't go near him now, says Johny Antony". Keralakaumudi Daily. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
  8. ^ "ഓട്ടോറിക്ഷയിൽ പല ജില്ലകൾ താണ്ടി ദിലീപിന്റെ യാത്ര; ഒടുവിൽ ചാർജ് കേട്ട് ഞെട്ടി". News18 Malayalam. 11 April 2020. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
  9. ^ "Reaching new heights". Deccan Herald. 28 January 2012. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
  10. ^ "Royal, democratic ROMANCE - KOCH - The Hindu". The Hindu. 20 February 2005.
  11. ^ "Kochi Rajavu Story, Kochi Rajavu Movie Story, Plot, Synopsis, Review, Preview". FilmiBeat. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  12. ^ "Vishu offerings - PNDY - The Hindu". The Hindu. 15 April 2005.
  13. ^ "For movie buffs - LIFE - The Hindu". The Hindu. 14 April 2005.
  14. ^ "The Vishu winner!". Sify. 21 April 2005.[dead link]
  15. ^ "Dileep joins Ajay Vasudev for a comedy entertainer". The Times of India. 21 September 2016.
  16. ^ "Masters and Outsider up for release". Rediff.com. 30 March 2012.
  17. ^ "Kochi Rajavu". Sify. Archived from the original on 24 October 2016.
  18. ^ a b "BizHat.com - The Vishu winner!". movies.bizhat.com. Retrieved 7 April 2023.

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