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April Fool
April Fool
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Viji Thampi
Written by	Jagadish
Produced by	Santhosh Damodharan
Starring	Jagadish; Siddique; Navya Natarajan
Cinematography	Sanjeev Shankar
Edited by	Raja Muhammad
Music by	M. Jayachandran
Release date	1 April 2010;
Country	India
Language	Malayalam

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April Fool is a 2010 Malayalam comedy film directed by Viji Thampi, scripted by Jagadish, and produced by Santosh Damodar. It stars Jagadish, Siddique and Navya Natarajan in lead roles.

While the film credits Jagadish as the script writer, it is in fact an uncredited remake (except for some regional adaptations in the dialogue) of the 2007 Bollywood film Bheja Fry by Sagar Bellary which itself was a remake of the 1998 French film Le Dîner de Cons by Francis Veber (which in turn was a cinema adaptation of the theatrical play of the same name written by Veber himself) which was also adapted in Kannada as Mr. Garagasa and in English as Dinner for Schmucks

Plot

Rakesh Menon is a music producer (a publisher in Veber's script) married to a singer. Rakesh and his friends get together every Friday for a party. In this party, they invite idiots to ridicule them behind the scenes and calling them "talent". They enjoy doing it so much that they don't even mind missing out on family appointments.

One of Rakesh's friends meets Krishnanunni, an Income Tax Inspector (a Finance Ministry employee in Veber's script), on a bus trip and decides that he could probably be a source of entertainment for Rakesh. Rakesh promptly calls Krishnanunni and invites him for dinner.

Krishnanunni is a talkative self-promoting singer (in Veber's script, passionate in building replicas of landmarks with matchsticks) who carries with him a photo album showcasing his musical life. He is excited at the prospect of meeting a music producer which might help advance his career as a singer. Krishnanunni is kind-hearted and wants to help everyone but he also has the ability to mess things up for people around him. He can be annoying to the person who is sitting next to him but he makes it a funny experience for everyone else watching him.

Friday arrives but Rakesh accidentally falls into a swimming pool and gets injured (a golf injury, in Veber's script). His back is sprained badly and is restricted from moving around. Rakesh knows that he will not be able to make it to the party but still decides to meet Krishnanunni to see how good or rather bad he is. Before Krishnanunni arrives at Rakesh's residence, Rakesh's wife leaves after an altercation with Rakesh. When Rakesh asks Krishnanunni to call his family doctor, he accidentally calls Rakesh's girlfriend. Rakesh asks Krishnanunni to leave his home for all the mess he has created. Rakesh tries to get information regarding his wife's whereabout. Krishnanunni offers to help and calls Rakesh's wife's previous boyfriend Sarath under a false identity. Instead, he ends up giving Rakesh's Landline number that makes it obvious to Sarath that Rakesh is trying to get all details. Sarath tells Rakesh that his wife might have gone to a party hosted by a sex-freak.

It turns out that a colleague of Krishnanunni, an Income Tax Inspector Grade 1 (a tax auditor, in Veber's script), knows the whereabouts of this person. Jagathy is an eccentric character who loves to watch cricket and is an ardent fan of Sachin Tendulkar.

While trying to mend the relationship between Rakesh and his wife, she tells Krishnanunni that he was called by Rakesh to make a fool of him and have fun at his expense. This hurts Krishnanunni, but the good-hearted Krishnanunni still wants to help Rakesh by letting her know how sorry Rakesh is because of his acts and how much he loves her.

Krishnanunni does so by calling Rakesh's wife, who had been involved in a car accident after leaving the apartment for the second time (the first time being when Krishnanunni had sent her away thinking she was really Rakesh's ex-girlfriend), and makes no mistakes in this conversation, as well as making up near perfect excuses on the spot and with no prompting. After encouraging Rakesh's wife to return home, Krishnanunni makes yet another mistake after he picks up the telephone when she calls to talk to Brochant despite having previously told her he was in a phone booth.

Cast

Jagadish as C. R. Krishnanunni / Unni
Siddique as Rakesh Menon
Navya Natarajan as Seema Menon, Rakesh's Wife
Biju Menon as Sharath, Rakesh's Friend
Jagathy Sreekumar as Sathyakaman / Sathyakamanji, Unni's Superior Officer
Ashokan as Viswanath, Rakesh's Friend
K. P. A. C. Lalitha as Unni's Mother
Indrans as Njana Sheelan
Kaveri as Unni's wife
Mythili Roy as Mohinichandran, Rakesh's Ex-Girlfriend
Lal as Dr. Mohanachandran, Rakesh's Friend
Thara Kalyan as Malathi
Dinesh Panicker as Duttan
Mukesh as Balu (Cameo appearance)
Lena as Latha, Balu's Wife (Cameo appearance)

Soundtrack

All lyrics were written by Gireesh Puthenchery.

"Kaattil" - KS Chithra
"Sundariyam" - M. Jayachandran

Production and release

The film was shot in Thiruvananthapuram. It was released on the April Fools' Day (1 April) of 2010.

Reception

Sify.com wrote "After Happy Husbands drew inspiration from Charlie Chaplin (and also from its Hindi version, No Entry), here is another copy in Malayalam cinema, where the dearth of original ideas has become a real threat. The question here is, do we need such shameless rip-offs, when the DVDs of Hindi films are available here aplenty? We want original films, not some uninspiring imitations!"^[1] Paresh C Palicha from Rediff.com wrote "Coming back to the original question of the tagline used in the movie title -- yes, I believe it is intended as an April Fool joke as the film is a blatant copy of the hugely successful Hindi film, Bheja Fry."^[2] Shyam PV from News18 India wrote that "Undoubtedly, this time too, Viji Thampi wasted a good opportunity to utilise a bunch of top class artistes to the fullest."^[3]

References

^ "Review - April fool". Sify. Archived from the original on 3 February 2022. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
^ "Review: April Fool is a blatant copy of Bheja Fry". Rediff.com. Archived from the original on 3 February 2022. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
^ "April Fool' manages to fool audiences". news18.com. 2 April 2010. Archived from the original on 3 February 2022. Retrieved 3 February 2022.

External links

April Fool at IMDb

[1] "Review - April fool". Sify. Archived from the original on 3 February 2022. Retrieved 3 February 2022.

[2] "Review: April Fool is a blatant copy of Bheja Fry". Rediff.com. Archived from the original on 3 February 2022. Retrieved 3 February 2022.

[3] "April Fool' manages to fool audiences". news18.com. 2 April 2010. Archived from the original on 3 February 2022. Retrieved 3 February 2022.

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+{{Short description|2010 Malayalam comedy film by  Viji Thampi}}
-{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2015}}
+{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2021}}
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-{{one source|date=March 2010}}
 {{Infobox film
 | name           = April Fool
 | image          = April-fool-Poster.jpg
-| image_size     =
 | caption        = Theatrical release poster
 | director       = [[Viji Thampi]]
 | producer       = [[Santhosh Damodharan]]
-| writer         = [[Francis Veber]] <br/> [[Jagadish]]
+| writer         = [[Jagadish]]
 | narrator       =
-| starring       = [[Siddique (actor)|Siddique]]<br />[[Jagadish]]<br/>[[Navya Natarajan]]
+| starring       = [[Jagadish]]<br />[[Siddique (actor)|Siddique]]<br/>[[Navya Natarajan]]
 | music          = [[M. Jayachandran]]
 | cinematography = Sanjeev Shankar
-| editing        =
+| editing        =  Raja Muhammad
 | released       = {{Film date|2010|4|1|df=y}}
 | country        = India
 | language       = Malayalam
 }}
-'''''April Fool''''' is a 2010 Malayalam [[comedy film]] directed by [[Viji Thampi]], scripted by [[Jagadish]], and produced by Santosh Damodar. It stars [[Siddique (actor)|Siddique]] , [[Jagadish]] and [[Navya Natarajan]] in lead roles.
+'''''April Fool''''' is a 2010 Malayalam [[comedy film]] directed by [[Viji Thampi]], scripted by [[Jagadish]], and produced by Santosh Damodar. It stars [[Jagadish]], [[Siddique (actor)|Siddique]] and [[Navya Natarajan]] in lead roles.
-While the film credits [[Jagadish]] as the script writer, it is in fact an uncredited remake (except for some regional adaptations in the dialogue) of the 2007 [[Bollywood]] film ''[[Bheja Fry (film)|Bheja Fry]]'' by Sagar Bellary<ref name="IBNLive2Apr2010" >{{cite web|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/april-fool-manages-to-fool-audiences/112571-47.html|title='April Fool' manages to fool audiences|accessdate=2 April 2010| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20100405201210/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/april-fool-manages-to-fool-audiences/112571-47.html| archivedate= 5 April 2010 | url-status= dead}}</ref> which itself was a remake of the 1998 [[French cinema|French]] film ''[[Le Dîner de Cons (film)|Le Dîner de Cons]]''  by [[Francis Veber]] (which in turn was a cinema adaptation of the theatrical play of [[Le Dîner de Cons|the same name]] written by Veber himself) which was also adapted in Kannada as ''[[Mr. Garagasa]]'' and in English as ''[[Dinner for Schmucks]]''
+While the film credits [[Jagadish]] as the script writer, it is in fact an uncredited remake (except for some regional adaptations in the dialogue) of the 2007 [[Bollywood]] film ''[[Bheja Fry (film)|Bheja Fry]]'' by Sagar Bellary which itself was a remake of the 1998 [[French cinema|French]] film ''[[Le Dîner de Cons (film)|Le Dîner de Cons]]''  by [[Francis Veber]] (which in turn was a cinema adaptation of the theatrical play of [[Le Dîner de Cons|the same name]] written by Veber himself) which was also adapted in Kannada as ''[[Mr. Garagasa]]'' and in English as ''[[Dinner for Schmucks]]''
-The movie was poorly reviewed.<ref name="IBNLive2Apr2010" />
 == Plot ==
-Rakesh Menon ([[Siddique (actor)|Siddique]]) is a music producer (a publisher in [[Veber]]'s script) married to a singer (played by [[Navya Natarajan]]). Rakesh and his friends get together every Friday for a party. In this party, they invite idiots to ridicule them behind the scenes and calling them "talent". They enjoy doing it so much that they don't even mind missing out on family appointments.
+Rakesh Menon is a music producer (a publisher in [[Veber]]'s script) married to a singer. Rakesh and his friends get together every Friday for a party. In this party, they invite idiots to ridicule them behind the scenes and calling them "talent". They enjoy doing it so much that they don't even mind missing out on family appointments.
-One of Rakesh's friends (played by Asokan) meets Krishnanunni ([[Jagadish]]), an Income Tax Inspector (a Finance Ministry employee in Veber's script), on a bus trip and decides that he could probably be a source of entertainment for Rakesh. Rakesh promptly calls Krishnanunni and invites him for dinner.
+One of Rakesh's friends meets Krishnanunni, an Income Tax Inspector (a Finance Ministry employee in Veber's script), on a bus trip and decides that he could probably be a source of entertainment for Rakesh. Rakesh promptly calls Krishnanunni and invites him for dinner.
 Krishnanunni is a talkative self-promoting singer (in Veber's script, passionate in building replicas of landmarks with matchsticks) who carries with him a photo album showcasing his musical life. He is excited at the prospect of meeting a music producer which might help advance his career as a singer. Krishnanunni is kind-hearted and wants to help everyone but he also has the ability to mess things up for people around him. He can be annoying to the person who is sitting next to him but he makes it a funny experience for everyone else watching him.
-Friday arrives but Rakesh accidentally falls into a swimming pool and gets injured (a golf injury, in Veber's script). His back is sprained badly and is restricted from moving around. Rakesh knows that he will not be able to make it to the party but still decides to meet Krishnanunni to see how good or rather bad he is. Before Krishnanunni arrives at Rakesh's residence, Rakesh's wife leaves after an altercation with Rakesh. When Rakesh asks Krishnanunni to call his family doctor, he accidentally calls Rakesh's girlfriend. Rakesh asks Krishnanunni to leave his home for all the mess he has created. Rakesh tries to get information regarding his wife's whereabout. Krishnanunni offers to help and calls Rakesh's wife's previous boyfriend Sarath ([[Biju Menon]]) under a false identity. Instead, he ends up giving Rakesh's Landline number that makes it obvious to Sarath that Rakesh is trying to get all details. Sarath tells Rakesh that his wife might have gone to a party hosted by a sex-freak.
+Friday arrives but Rakesh accidentally falls into a swimming pool and gets injured (a golf injury, in Veber's script). His back is sprained badly and is restricted from moving around. Rakesh knows that he will not be able to make it to the party but still decides to meet Krishnanunni to see how good or rather bad he is. Before Krishnanunni arrives at Rakesh's residence, Rakesh's wife leaves after an altercation with Rakesh. When Rakesh asks Krishnanunni to call his family doctor, he accidentally calls Rakesh's girlfriend. Rakesh asks Krishnanunni to leave his home for all the mess he has created. Rakesh tries to get information regarding his wife's whereabout. Krishnanunni offers to help and calls Rakesh's wife's previous boyfriend Sarath under a false identity. Instead, he ends up giving Rakesh's Landline number that makes it obvious to Sarath that Rakesh is trying to get all details. Sarath tells Rakesh that his wife might have gone to a party hosted by a sex-freak.
-It turns out that a colleague of Krishnanunni, played by [[Jagathy]], an Income Tax Inspector Grade 1 (a tax auditor, in Veber's script), knows the whereabouts of this person. Jagathy is an eccentric character who loves to watch [[cricket]] and is an ardent fan of [[Sachin Tendulkar]].
+It turns out that a colleague of Krishnanunni, an Income Tax Inspector Grade 1 (a tax auditor, in Veber's script), knows the whereabouts of this person. Jagathy is an eccentric character who loves to watch [[cricket]] and is an ardent fan of [[Sachin Tendulkar]].
 While trying to mend the relationship between Rakesh and his wife, she tells Krishnanunni that he was called by Rakesh to make a fool of him and have fun at his expense. This hurts Krishnanunni, but the good-hearted Krishnanunni still wants to help Rakesh by letting her know how sorry Rakesh is because of his acts and how much he loves her.
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 == Cast ==
+{{Cast listing|
-* [[Siddique (actor)|Siddique]] as Rakesh
 * [[Jagadish]] as C. R. Krishnanunni / Unni
-* [[Navya Natarajan]] as Seema
+* [[Siddique (actor)|Siddique]] as Rakesh Menon
-* [[Biju Menon]] as Sharath
+* [[Navya Natarajan]] as Seema Menon, Rakesh's Wife
+* [[Biju Menon]] as Sharath, Rakesh's Friend
-* [[Jagathy Sreekumar|Jagathy]] as Sathyagaman
+* [[Jagathy Sreekumar]] as Sathyakaman / Sathyakamanji, Unni's Superior Officer
-* [[Ashokan (actor)|Ashokan]] as Viswam
-* [[K. P. A. C. Lalitha|KPAC Lalitha]] as Unni's Mother
+* [[Ashokan (actor)|Ashokan]] as Viswanath, Rakesh's Friend
-* [[Indrans]] as Knjana Sheelan
+* [[K. P. A. C. Lalitha]] as Unni's Mother
-* [[Kaveri_(actress)|Kaveri]] as Unni's wife
+* [[Indrans]] as Njana Sheelan
+* [[Kaveri (actress)|Kaveri]] as Unni's wife
-* Mythili Roy as Mohinichandran
+* Mythili Roy as Mohinichandran, Rakesh's Ex-Girlfriend
-* [[Lal_(actor)|Lal]] as Dr. Mohanachandran
+* [[Lal (actor)|Lal]] as Dr. Mohanachandran, Rakesh's Friend
 * [[Thara Kalyan]] as Malathi
 * Dinesh Panicker as Duttan
-* [[Mukesh (actor)|Mukesh]] as Balu ([[Guest appearance]])
+* [[Mukesh (actor)|Mukesh]] as Balu ([[Cameo appearance]])
-* [[Lena (actress)|Lena]] as Latha ([[Guest appearance]])
+* [[Lena (actress)|Lena]] as Latha, Balu's Wife ([[Cameo appearance]])
+}}
+==Soundtrack==
+All lyrics were written by [[Gireesh Puthenchery]].
+*"Kaattil" - [[KS Chithra]]
+*"Sundariyam" - M. Jayachandran
 == Production and release ==
 The film was shot in [[Thiruvananthapuram]]. It was released on the [[April Fools' Day]] (1 April) of 2010.
+== Reception ==
-==Remakes/Inspirations==
-{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;"
+Sify.com wrote "After Happy Husbands drew inspiration from Charlie Chaplin (and also from its Hindi version, No Entry), here is another copy in Malayalam cinema, where the dearth of original ideas has become a real threat. The question here is, do we need such shameless rip-offs, when the DVDs of Hindi films are available here aplenty? We want original films, not some uninspiring imitations!"<ref>{{Cite web |title= Review - April fool |url=https://www.sify.com/movies/april-fool-review-malayalam-pclx6xfebccai.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220203115958/http://web.archive.org/screenshot/https://www.sify.com/movies/april-fool-review-malayalam-pclx6xfebccai.html |archive-date=3 February 2022 |access-date=3 February 2022 |website= [[Sify]] }}</ref> Paresh C Palicha from [[Rediff.com]] wrote "Coming back to the original question of the tagline used in the movie title -- yes, I believe it is intended as an April Fool joke as the film is a blatant copy of the hugely successful Hindi film, Bheja Fry."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Review: April Fool is a blatant copy of Bheja Fry |url=http://movies.rediff.com/review/2010/apr/02/review-south-april-fool-copy-of-bheja-fry.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220203120912/http://web.archive.org/screenshot/http://movies.rediff.com/review/2010/apr/02/review-south-april-fool-copy-of-bheja-fry.htm |archive-date=3 February 2022 |access-date=3 February 2022 |website= Rediff.com}}</ref> Shyam PV from [[News18 India]] wrote that  "Undoubtedly, this time too, Viji Thampi wasted a good opportunity to utilise a bunch of top class artistes to the fullest."<ref>{{Cite web |title=April Fool' manages to fool audiences |url=https://www.news18.com/news/india/april-fool-manages-to-fool-audiences-335934.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220203121127/http://www.news18.com/news/india/april-fool-manages-to-fool-audiences-335934.html |archive-date=3 February 2022 |access-date=3 February 2022 |website= news18.com |date=2 April 2010 }}</ref>
-!Year
-!Film
-!Language
-!Cast
-!Director
-|-
-| 1998
-|[[The Dinner Game|Le Dîner de Cons]]
-|[[French language|French]]
-|[[Jacques Villeret]], [[Thierry Lhermitte]], [[Daniel Prévost]], [[Alexandra Vandernoot]], [[Catherine Frot]]
-|[[Francis Veber]]
-|-
-| 2007
-|[[Bheja_Fry_(film)|Bheja Fry]]
-|[[Hindi]]
-|[[Rajat Kapoor]], [[Vinay Pathak]], [[Sarika]]
-|[[Sagar Ballary]]
-|-
-| 2008
-|[[Mr. Garagasa]]
-|[[Kannada]]
-|[[Komal_(actor)|Komal Kumar]], [[Anant Nag]], [[Aishwarya_(actress)|Aishwarya]]
-|[[Dinesh Baboo]]
-|-
-| 2010
-|[[April_Fool_(2010_film)|April Fool]]
-|[[Malayalam]]
-|[[Siddique_(actor)|Siddique]], [[Jagadish]], [[Navya Natarajan]], [[Biju Menon]], [[Jagathy Sreekumar]]
-|[[Viji Thampi]]
-|-
-| 2010
-|[[Dinner for Schmucks]]
-|[[Lists_of_American_films|English]]
-|[[Steve Carell]], [[Paul Rudd]], [[Stéphanie Szostak]], [[Jemaine Clement]], [[Lucy Punch]], [[Zach Galifianakis]], [[Bruce Greenwood]]
-|[[Jay Roach]]
-|-
-|}
 == References ==
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 == External links ==
 *{{IMDb title|1756397}}
-* {{Official website|http://www.aprilfool.moviebuzz.org}}
-* http://www.nowrunning.com/movie/7087/malayalam/april-fool/index.htm
-* https://web.archive.org/web/20120325210503/http://popcorn.oneindia.in/title/5498/april-fool.html
-* https://web.archive.org/web/20120303190831/http://www.metromatinee.com/movies/index.php?FilmID=3119-April%20Fool
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-[[Category:Indian films]]
 [[Category:Malayalam remakes of Hindi films]]
 [[Category:2010 films]]
 [[Category:2010s Malayalam-language films]]
+[[Category:Films scored by M. Jayachandran]]
 [[Category:2010 comedy films]]
 [[Category:Indian comedy films]]
-[[Category:Malayalam-language films]]
 [[Category:Films shot in Thiruvananthapuram]]
 [[Category:Indian remakes of French films]]
 [[Category:Films directed by Viji Thampi]]
+[[Category:Films based on adaptations]]
+[[Category:Films based on works by Francis Veber]]
+[[Category:Indian films based on plays]]
+[[Category:Indian screwball comedy films]]
+[[Category:Indian slapstick comedy films]]
+[[Category:Films about music and musicians]]