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Pokkiri Raja
File:Pokkiri Raja.jpg
Poster
Directed byVyshakh
Written byUdayakrishna
Siby K. Thomas
Produced byTomichan Mulakupadam
Starring
Suraj Venjaramoodu
CinematographyShaji
Edited byMahesh Narayanan
Music byJassie Gift
Distributed byMulakupadam Release
Release date
  • May 7, 2010 (2010-05-07)
Running time
136 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageMalayalam
Budget₹ 8.75 crores[1]
Box office₹57 crore (US$6.7 million)
(Malayalam Version)
₹57.5 crore (US$6.7 million)
(Tamil Version)[2].

Pokkiri Raja (Malayalam: പോക്കിരിരാജ, Pōkkirirāja; Template:Lang-en) is a 2010 Malayalam action masala film starring Mammootty in the title role, along with Prithviraj and Shriya Saran in Supporting roles. The film is written by the duo Udayakrishna-Siby K. Thomas, directed by debutante Vyshakh, and the music is composed by Jassie Gift. The film was released on 7 May 2010 in Kerala.[3] This was Shriya Saran's debut Malayalam film.[4][5][6] The film become one of the highest grossing movie in the history of Malayalam Cinema. The film was dubbed in tamil as Raja pokiri raja and became blockbuster.

Plot

The film revolves around Madhavan Nair who unknowingly kills a teenager and his eldest son, Raja, takes the blame and is sentenced to jail for five years. After returning from jail, Raja moves to Madurai and there he rescues the life of the daughter of Maniannai, the village land lord and then Raja turns his right hand and he is named as Madurai Raja. Years later, he started being known as Pokkiri Raja.

Meanwhile Surya, the younger son of Madhavan Nair, is a young energetic and educated naughty guy who is well famous for his rowdisim in his village. He is sent to Ernakulam to his brother-in-law Sugunan to change his character, who is a scary cat. At Ernakulam, Surya falls in love with Aswathy unknowing that she is the daughter of the City Police Commissioner. Sugunan used to take advantage of the character of Surya and sent him in his uniform to take care of some severe police cases. Surya gets arrested for this offence. The commissioner finds that Surya is in love with his daughter and charges Surya with another drugs case and makes it a non bailable offence. Meanwhile the commissioner plans to murder Surya in jail and gives the contract to Pokkiri Raja for 50 lakhs. At this point, Madhavan Nair goes to Madurai in search of his elder son who left for Madurai 10 years back and finds that Pokkiri Raja is his elder son and asks for his help to rescue his younger son Surya.

Cast

Production

The film was launched by Mammootty with the absence of Prithviraj and Shriya Saran at Changanassery on 30 December 2009. Veteran director Joshi lighted the ceremonial lamp at the function.[7] Shooting of the film began on January 11, 2010 at various locations in Pollachi and Ernakulam.[8] Prithviraj's song 'Manikyakallin Mukkuticharhtum' song was first shot. The shooting completed within 50 days with a production cost of 5 crores and distribution works started in April. Audio was launched in April at Ernakulam. The dubbing of the film was happen at Kochi.[9] A song was planned to shoot at London featuring the lead pair Prithviraj and Shriya Saran but had to canceled because of volcanic ash from london has stopped the airport from fly in or out any flight.[10] While actress Shriya Saran get stranded with Tamil actor Arya at London while shooting for their film Chikku Bukku.[11]

Reception

Critical response

The film generally received mixed reviews from critics. Among the actors, Mammootty received reviews such as "Mammootty excels as Pokkiri Raja, eliciting loud applause from ardent fans",[12] "Mammootty dances and uses his broken English to induce laughter as has been the trend in recent times",[13] "Mammootty and Prithviraj look handsome in their own way and the scenarist duo of Siby K Thomas and Udayakrishna have succeeded in allotting almost equal footage to them",[14] "Mammootty saves this film from not being a total washout with his amazing screen presence"[15] and "Mammootty and Prithviraj looks good on screen as usual",[16] for Prithviraj the critics describe his performance as "Prithviraj packaged as a wholesome entertainer does not disappoint. One just hopes that this manufactured adulation does not go to his head",[13] "Prithviraj as Surya gives a power-packed performance. The duo together breathes energy into the film as a whole",[12] and "Prithvi looks well-groomed, but I doubt if this film would do anything worthwhile for his surging career".[15] The heroine Shriya Saran manage to get some good reviews among the critics despite her role was very short, "Shriya Saran plays Prithviraj's pair in the film and she has nothing much to do other than to look pretty",[14] "Shriya Saran gives ample support as Ashwathi",[12] "Shreya Saran plays the love lady to Prithviraj in the film and has done her role impressively. There is nothing much in her role"[16] and "Shreya is gorgeous of course, but all she has to do is to look bewildered at the brothers in action, and that she does". The film had some daredevil action scenes from the megastar & Prithviraj which were composed by the renowned Tamil action choreographer Kanal Kannan[15]

Box office

Pokkiri Raja released in more than 100 theatres in Kerala.[17] The film initially got a bumper collection in its first week of release. The film managed to do well at North Kerala such as Kozhikode Apsara (₹ 86.5 lakhs) followed by Kavita, Ernakulam (₹ 88.7 lakh) and Remya, Thiruvananthapuram (₹ 89 lakh).[18][19] Due to the tremendous opening it was also released in another 26 centres in out of the state has also opened reasonably well.[18] The film collected more than ₹ 11.5 crores within a theatrical run of just 25 days.[20][21][22] The film ran for more than 150 days in 10 theater. The satellite rights fetched around ₹ 2.4 crores by Asianet.[18] Thus the film totally collected Rs. 17 crores from malayalam version and Rs. 16.5 crores from tamil version .

Home video

Central Home Entertainment released the film in Blu-ray, DVD and VCD on 2010. Pokkiri Raja was the second Malayalam film to be released in Blu-ray, the first one being Pazhassi Raja.

Soundtrack

The music is composed by Jassie Gift. The album contains 6 songs. The songs will be featured throughout the film except the other version of Ketile Kettile song. Kaithapram contributed the lyrics. This audio was released on 8 April 2010. All the song in this album become extremely popular among people of Kerala even before the film release.[23]

All lyrics are written by Kaithapram

No.TitleSinger(s)Length
1."Manikinavain"K. J. Yesudas, Sujatha Mohan3:12
2."Kettille, Kettille"Vijay Yesudas, Rijiya, Anwar Sadat3:25
3."Manickya Kallil"Jassie Gift, Malathy, Ananthu4:00
4."Chenthengil Ponnilaneeru"Ranjith, Anwar Sadat, Suchitra, Rijiya3:50
5."Kettille, Kettille"Vijay Yesudas, Prithviraj Sukumaran, Rijiya4:59
6."Pokkiri Raja"Chorus 

References

  1. ^ Unni R. Nair (2010-06-25). "Pokkiri Raja rules box-office". Screenindia.com. Retrieved 2011-02-02.
  2. ^ "Eros buys Tamil film distributor". Business Standard. Retrieved 10 March 2012.
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  6. ^ Shreya debuts in malayalam
  7. ^ IndiaGlitz (05-01-2010). "'Pokkiri Raja' Movie Launch". IndiaGlitz. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  8. ^ IndiaGlitz (08-04-2010). "Pokkiri Raja - A trendsetter in the cards". IndiaGlitz. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  9. ^ NR (13-04-2010). "Prithvi with Shreya in London for 'Pokkiri Raja' song shoot". nowrunning.com. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  10. ^ Sreedhar Pillai (20-04-2010). "Volcanic ash causes jitters in Kollywood!". The times of india. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  11. ^ moviebuzz (20-04-2010). "Volcanic ash causes delay in Kollywood!". sifymovies. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  12. ^ a b c IndiaGlitz (10-05-2010). "Pokkiri Raja - Is a masala fiesta". indiaglitz. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  13. ^ a b Paresh C Palicha (10-05-2010). "Pokkiriraja disappoints". rediff.com. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  14. ^ a b Moviebuzz (10-05-2010). "Pokkiri Raja". sifymovies. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  15. ^ a b c VN (08-05-2010). "Pokkiri Raja Review". nowrunning.com. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
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  17. ^ "Pokkiri Raja demolish Alexander!". Sify. Retrieved 2011-02-01.
  18. ^ a b c "'Pokkiri Raja', biggest hit so far". Indiaglitz.com. Retrieved 2011-02-02.
  19. ^ "Pokkiri Raja is instant hit". Indiaglitz.com. 2010-05-08. Retrieved 2011-01-02.
  20. ^ "പോക്കിരാജയ്ക്ക് ശേഷം സീനിയേഴ്‌സ്" (in Malayalam). http://thatsmalayalam.oneindia.in/. {{cite web}}: External link in |publisher= (help)CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
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  22. ^ "Best of Mammootty". Sify. 2010-11-15. Retrieved 2011-01-02.
  23. ^ IndiaGlitz (03-05-2010). "Pokkiri Raja Music Review". IndiaGlitz. Retrieved 2010-06-13. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
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