Chathurangam (2002 film)

Chathurangam
Chathurangam
Directed by	K. Madhu
Written by	Babu Janardhanan
Produced by	Firoz
Starring	Mohanlal; Lalu Alex; Nagma; Navya Nair
Cinematography	Anandakuttan
Edited by	P. C. Mohanan
Music by	M. G. Sreekumar; Shyam
Production; company	Nia Production
Distributed by	Nia Release
Release date	20 December 2002;
Running time	150 minutes
Country	India
Language	Malayalam

Chathurangam (transl. Chess) is a 2002 Indian Malayalam-language action thriller film directed by K. Madhu and written by Babu Janardhanan. It stars Mohanlal, Lalu Alex, Nagma and Navya Nair. The soundtrack was composed by M. G. Sreekumar and Shyam. The plot follows Attiprackal Jimmy, a politician who aspires to become an MLA with the support of minister Kora. The film was released on 20 December 2002 and was the most anticipated Christmas release.^[1]

Plot

The story is set in Kottayam. Jimmy Jacob of the Attiprackal house is everyone's favourite. Attiprackal Jimmy is a wrestler and do-gooder at the college level. Seeing his all round abilities and popularity, minister K.C. Korah who runs the KSB party, makes him the college chairman. And later he is made the district secretary of his party.

Jimmy becomes the right-hand man of Korah in his fight against minister P.P. Paulose but in the process creates new enemies like the IPS officer Nayana. But soon Paulose and Korah bury their hatchet and join hands. This makes Jimmy unhappy and he is left out. Later Kora frames Jimmy in a murder case.

Cast

Mohanlal as Jimmy Jacob alias Attipraickal Jimmy
Lalu Alex as Abkari Methikkalam Thommichan
Nagma as SP R.Nayana Pillai IPS
Anu Anand as Joshy Jacob
Jagadish as Mathen Chethimattom
Navya Nair as Sherin Mathew, a medical student and Jimmy's girlfriend
Sai Kumar as K. C. Korah, Electricity Minister
Jagathi Sreekumar as Kochauseppu alias Thooval Ouseppu
Vijayaraghavan as P. P. Paulose, Home Minister
Radhika Menon as Liza Jacob (Jimmy's sister)
Bindu Panikkar as Annie Alex(Jimmy's sister)
Manianpilla Raju as Alex (Jimmy's brother-in-law and Annie's husband)
K. P. A. C. Lalitha as Therutha
Nedumudi Venu as Mathew Varghese (Sherin's father)
Kollam Thulasi as Haridas, Prosecution Advocate
Baburaj as SI Thankaraj
Bheeman Raghu as SI Erattupetta Hakkim
Suresh Krishna as Kozhuvanal Jose
Jose Pellissery as Babychan, Uncle of Jimmy
Sadiq as District Collector Sajan Peter
Valsala Menon as Sister Theressa
Augustine as Manamel Chackochan
Shobha Mohan as Alice, wife of Mathew Varghese
Hariprasad R as Lawyer

Soundtrack

The film's soundtrack contains eight songs composed by M. G. Sreekumar, with lyrics by S. Ramesan Nair, Gireesh Puthenchery, and Shibu Chakravarthy.

#	Title	Singer(s)
1	"Chandanakoottinakathoru"	Anil Ram, Biju Mangad, Soumya Sanathanan
2	"Mizhiyil" (F)	Sujatha Mohan
3	"Mizhiyil" (D)	M. G. Sreekumar, Sujatha Mohan
4	"Nanma Niranjavale Kanya Mariyame"	K. S. Chitra, Chorus
5	"Neelaambale"	M. G. Sreekumar, Soumya Sanathanan
6	"Pookkanu"	K. J. Yesudas
7	"Valuthaayoru"	M. G. Sreekumar, Mohanlal
8	"Vellimani"	M. G. Sreekumar, Chorus

Release

The film's producers signed a co-branding and sponsorship agreement with Goodlass Nerolac Paints for its marketing and advertisement campaign. Such embedded marketing was novel to Malayalam cinema at that time. The film's promotional and publicity material featured branding of Nerolac Paints and was displayed in theatres and other strategic locations across Kerala. Commercials were also played in theatre halls.^[2]

Critic from Sify wrote that "Chathurangam which is entertaining up to interval, but later peters out to another tedious bore. The problem is that there are far too many murders and unmitigated violence towards the climax, which you'd have seen in a dozen Mohanlal actioners. Still it is endurable just for Mohanlal".^[3]

References

^ N. J., Nair (19 August 2002). "In a different mould". The Hindu. Retrieved 2 November 2018.^{[dead link‍]}
^ Bureau (9 December 2002). "Goodlass Nerolac piggybacks on Mohanlal starrer". Business Line. Retrieved 2 November 2018. {{cite news}}: |author1= has generic name (help)
^ "Chathurangam (2002)". Sify. 4 December 2002. Archived from the original on 24 December 2015. Retrieved 2 November 2018.

External links

Chathurangam at IMDb

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[1] N. J., Nair (19 August 2002). "In a different mould". The Hindu. Retrieved 2 November 2018.^{[dead link‍]}

[2] Bureau (9 December 2002). "Goodlass Nerolac piggybacks on Mohanlal starrer". Business Line. Retrieved 2 November 2018. {{cite news}}: |author1= has generic name (help)

[3] "Chathurangam (2002)". Sify. 4 December 2002. Archived from the original on 24 December 2015. Retrieved 2 November 2018.

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