King Liar

King Liar is a 2016 Indian Malayalam-language romantic comedy film written by Siddique and directed by Lal. It stars Dileep, Lal, Asha Sharath, and Madonna Sebastian in the lead roles. It was produced by SAK under his production SAK Movie House. The soundtrack and score were composed by Alex Paul and Deepak Dev. The film was released on 2 April 2016. The movie is about a manipulative liar, Sathyanarayan. The movie brought the writer-director duo Siddique-Lal together after 22 years.

Plot

Sathyanarayan is a manipulative liar who lies to his lover, Anjali, that he is the managing director of a big firm, under the name of Narendran alias Naran. In real, he makes duplicate certificates with his roommate and friend, Antappan. Into their lives comes Anand Varma, a Dubai- based rich fashion tycoon, who is on the verge of divorce from his wife, Devika Varma. Meanwhile, Sathyanarayan realizes that Anjali is his childhood friend. Anand does not want to lose Devika and hires Sathyanarayan to persuade Devika to step back from the divorce. Sathyan and Antappan fly to Dubai to join the company which is now owned by Devika. The first time, Devika kicks Sathyan out of the company but later has to let him join. Amazed by Sathyan's business tricks, Devika later promotes him as the Assistant Manager.
As Devika was planning to appoint someone representing her in the Asian Beauty Contest, Sathyan persuades Anand to pick Anjali as his model. Devika finally finds Natasha as her representative, but Sathyan persuades Natasha to reunite Anand and Devika. In the end, Anjali wins the competition after explaining the consequences of being divorced in the Intelligence round, and Anand and Devika reunite. Anjali, after the competition, visits Sathyan who says his real name is Sathyan to her. Sathyan confesses that Anjali is his childhood friend, and they both reunite.
At last Rahul, who is revealed to be the son of Sathyan and Anjali was caught telling lies about his dad being MS Dhoni to his friends. He tells his friends Sathyan is their driver. The film ends with Sathyan chasing Rahul and telling him to stop lying.

Cast

Dileep as P. Sathyanarayanan / Narendran
* Nebish Benson as Young Sathyan
Madonna Sebastian as Anjali, Sathyan's childhood sweetheart turned wife
Lal as Anand Varma, Owner of Varma Designs
Asha Sarath as Devika Varma, Anand's wife
Joy Mathew as Pothuval Maash, Anjali's father
Balu Varghese as Antappan
Hareesh Perumanna as Pushpa Kumar
Natasha Suri as Natasha
Chali Pala as Kalidasan
Moideen Koya as Prasad
Balachandran Chullikkad as Paraparambil Narayanan Nair, Sathyan's father
Shivaji Guruvayoor as Gopi Sir
Ansar Kalabhavan as Omega Consultancy Manager
Punnapara Prashanth as Shanthan, Village Drunkard
K.T.S. Padannayil as Aarsha Bharatha Samskaram Editor
Bipin Chandran as Announcer
Samarth Ambujakshan as Magician John
Kavya Madhavan as Model
Binu Adimali as Sudheesh, Police Officer
Vijayan Peringod as Villager
Vijay Menon as Minister Thomas Chennikkadan
Amith Chakalakkal as Host
Rithu Manthra as Model
Music

"Annadyamaay"
"Dinamithu Kaathirunnere ", singer: Arjun Muralidharan
"Hello Hello Check Hello", singer: Vipin Lal
"Perum Nunappuzha", singer: Manjari, Vijay Yesudas
"Title Song"
Production

commenced at Kochi on 21 October 2015. The film was shot in Kuttanad, Dubai, and Kochi.

Release

King Liar was released on 2 April 2016 in 127 screens in Kerala.

Reception

Box office

The film collected on its opening day and 5.32 crore within its first four days at the Kerala box office. Making a share of 2.35 crore in 4 days. It collected 96 lakh in the fifth day, making it 6.28 crore and 8.56 crore gross collection in 8 days, thus making a share amount of 4.05 crore. The film grossed 12.73 crores after 15 days and continued in 80 screens in its third week. The film collected in a month from the Kerala box office. The film collected within 41 days from the Kerala box office alone. The film collected from Kerala box office in 58 days.