Kilichundan Mampazham

Kilichundan Mampazham is a 2003 Indian Malayalam-language romantic comedy film written and directed by Priyadarshan from a story by Sreenivasan. It was produced by Antony Perumbavoor under the company Aashirvad Cinemas. The film stars Mohanlal, Soundarya, Sreenivasan, Thilakan, Cochin Haneefa,Salim Kumar. Vineeth Sreenivasan debuted as a singer in the film.

Plot

Moidukutty Haji returns to his village after marrying for third time. His new wife Aamina is young and beautiful. His other two wives Fathima and Maimuna are really unhappy to see this, but they have no other choice other than to accept it. Aamina was in love in with Abdu. Abdu and Usman enters the village and comes to Moidukutty Haji's house to sell bangles.
Abdu sees Aamina and tries various tricks in order to get into Moidukutty Haji's house, but Moidukutty Haji drives them away. When Abdu was in Gulf, Aamina's wicked father secretly stole all letters sent by Abdu by bribing the postman. Aamina's marriage took place without her acceptance. Abdu with some help from his friends makes secret moves to get Aamina back. The events that are going to happen from here makes the plot of the story.

Cast

Mohanlal as Abdul Khader
Soundarya as Aamina
Sreenivasan as Moidutty Haji
Vindhya as Fathima, Moidutty Haji's first wife
Geetha Vijayan as Maimuna, Moidutty Haji's second wife
Sukumari as Beeyathu, Moidhutty Haji's Mother
Cochin Haneefa as Kalanthan Haji
Salim Kumar as Usman, Abdu's Friend and Helper
Jagathy Sreekumar as Irunthalakadan Nampoothiri / Vellattapokkar, a fake spirit
T. Damodaran as Hajiyar
Thilakan as Chekkutty, Amina's Father
Kozhikode Narayanan Nair as Musaliyar
Baiju as Kunjahammed, Amina's youngest paternal uncle
Baburaj as Hamsa, Amina's paternal uncle
K. B. Ganesh Kumar as Ummer, Amina's Brother
Seema as Subaida, Abdu's Sister
Abu Salim as Sathar, Amina's maternal Uncle
V K Sreeraman as Alavikkutty, Amina's eldest paternal Uncle
Poojappura Ravi as Chappuni Nair
Santha Devi as Amina's mother
Manka Mahesh as Chappuni Nair's wife
Ajayan Adoor as Salim, Moidhootty Haji's right hand
Vijayan Peringode as Advocate Swami
Nandu as Rafeeq, the Postman
Poojappura Radhakrishnan as Balan, Irundalakkadan's Helper
C V Dev as Azeez

Release

The film was released on 11 April 2003.

Box office

The movie was a decent runner at the box office.

Home media

The satellite rights of the film was acquired by Surya TV and later in 2020, it was renewed by Asianet.

Soundtrack

All the music is composed by Vidyasagar and the lyrics are written by B.R Prasad

Critical reception

Sify gave a positive review, calling it a "sparkling entertainer" and praised the performances of Mohanlal and Sreenivasan. Also adding, technically it is one of the best films in recent times, praising the cinematography, art direction, songs, lyrics, but criticized the plot in the second half.
Chithram wrote that "A fun-filled film with Mohanlal and Sreenivasan trying to recreate their old magic with Jagathy Sreekumar, Salim Kumar, Cochin Haneefa and K. B. Ganesh Kumar".