Cobra is a 2012 Indian Malayalam-language action black comedy film written and directed by Lal, starring Mammootty and himself in the lead roles. The songs were composed by Alex Paul, and background score by Deepak Dev.

Cobra
Theatrical release poster
Directed byLal
Written byLal
Produced byAnto Joseph
StarringMammootty
Lal
CinematographyVenu
Edited byV Saajan
Music byAlex Paul
Production
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Distributed byPlay House Release
Release date
  • April 12, 2012 (2012-04-12) (India)[1]
CountryIndia
LanguageMalayalam

Plot

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Cobra is the short form of co-brothers (Kottayam Brothers). The film tells the story of two rich brothers: Raja and Kari. Gopalan and Balan play the roles of their security guards.

The two begin to seek brides to marry. Their marriages get fixed. But on the day of the marriages, one of the brides is late for the ceremony. Thinking that she has eloped, Raja cancels the marriage. They move to Coimbatore.

There they meet John Samuel who is looking for prospective buyers for his house. He needs money for the education of his daughters, both of which are doing medical studies in Bangalore. While the Cobras are negotiating the deal, they see a picture of the two girls, Sherly and Annie and they plan to marry them. Samuel wants to hide the news of selling the house from his daughters; he asks the Cobras to hide the news for another 6 months until their studies are over. The Cobras say that they will delay the registration until the 6 months have passed, and during that period they will stay at Samuel's house as tenants.

Meanwhile, Isaac and his brother Albert are trying to forcefully take Samuel's house and his hospital. Isaac tries to humiliate the Cobras on the day of the inauguration of his new physical fitness center. Samuel and Isaac get into a verbal fight and set a boxing match the next weekend with a deal that whoever wins will get the hospital. Isaac finds out that Raja has a twin brother named Shivadas Naidu who looks exactly like him. Isaac blackmails Raja saying that if he does not forfeit, he will bring Shivadas to Kari. Raja thinks that it will break Kari's heart, so he decides to back out from the fight. However, Kari and Samuel decide to carry on with the match.

Raja joins them. Even during the match Isaac tries to blackmail Raja showing him Shivadas standing near the venue. Initially, Raja does not fight back and gets badly beaten. Then Kari comes into the ring and beats Albert and he also gets badly beaten by Isaac. Seeing Kari getting beaten up, Samuel tells him to accept the defeat, but Kari refuses and tells that if he fails then Raja will also fail and he won't allow for it. On hearing this, Raja fights back and defeats Isaac, thus winning the match. Meanwhile, seeing the love between Raja and Kari, Shivadas leaves the scene without anyone noticing.

Cast

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Production

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The movie was shot at Ernakulam, Chalakudy, Trivandrum and Bangkok, Thailand.

Music

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The soundtrack album of the film was composed by Alex Paul and lyrics penned by Santhosh Varma.

Track # Song Artist(s)
1 "Ente Nenjinullile" Lal, Kalabhavan Navas
2 "Vallathe Aashapettu" Shyam Prasad, Kalpana
3 "Ettadiveerane" Pradeep Babu, Alex Paul
4 "Pattu Pattu" Vidhu Prathap, Rimy Tomy

Reception

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Sify.com's Moviebuzz rated the movie "average", saying it is "a botched up version of the conventional recipes".[3]

Rediff.com rated the film two out of five stars,[4] saying that "Cobra offers nothing much to the discerning viewer and just cashes in on the actors' star image".

References

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  1. ^ Cobra - Movie Reviews, Videos, Wallpapers, Photos, Cast & Crew, Story & Synopsis on popcorn.oneindia.in Archived 24 May 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "Prithviraj to play a car enthusiast in Jean Paul Lal's Driving License". 17 April 2019.
  3. ^ Movie Review:Cobra is for Mammootty fans
  4. ^ Palicha, Paresh C. "Review: Cobra is recycled fare". Rediff.