Pullikkaran Staraa

Pullikkaran Staraa is a 2017 Indian Malayalam-language comedy film written and directed by Syamdhar and starring Mammootty, Deepti Sati and Asha Sarath. The film released on 1 September 2017, coinciding with Onam and Bakrid festivals.

Plot

Rajakumaran, moves to Kochi as an instructor in a teacher's training institute and he meets two women, Manjari and Manjima which changes the turn of his life.

Cast

Mammootty as Rajakumaran
*Naaif Noushad as Teen Rajakumaran
**Kristin Varkachaan as Young Rajakumaran
Deepti Sati as Manjima
Asha Sarath as Manjari Anthony, a School teacher
Dileesh Pothan as Kuryachen, Rajakumaran and Manjari's friend and classmate
Hareesh Perumanna as Bharathan, Security
Innocent as Omanakshan Pillai
Kalabhavan Haneef as teacher
Asha Aravind as Kuryachan's wife
Sijoy Varghese as Anthony
Vivek Gopan as Vivek
Pearle Maaney as Angelina
Sohan Seenulal as Mayur, Rajakumaran's younger brother
Nitha Promy as Deepa teacher
Alencier Ley Lopez as Kumaran, Rajakumaran's father
Divya M Nair as Rajakumaran's mother
Maniyanpilla Raju as Murali Nambiar, Manjima's father
Anjali Aneesh as Mayur's wife
Thesni Khan as Vedikettu Mridhula
Sunil Sukhada as Sudhakaran
Production

Pullikkaran Staara is the second directorial venture by Syamdhar. The film is produced by B. Rakesh & Francis Kannookadan, under the banner Universal Cinemas in association with FTS FILMS. Mammootty does the role of a teacher trainer who hails from Idukki. Deepti Sati returned after a gap of over 2 years. Asha Sarath does the second female lead role, that of a teacher. After a short break, actor and parliamentarian Innocent is shown in a full-length role in the film. The makers announced the title of the film, only after the completion of the shoot.

Release

The film opened in theatres as an Onam-Bakrid release on 1 September 2017.

Box office

The film grossed 95 lakh in the opening day at Kerala box office. The film grossed 13.76 crores at the Kerala box office in its final run.

Music

The film features songs composed by M. Jayachandran while the background score is provided by Gopi Sundar. An audio launch function was held on 10 August 2017.