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2002 Indian film
Kuberan
Directed bySundar Das
Written byV. C. Ashok
Produced byMenaka
StarringDileep
Samyuktha Varma
Kalabhavan Mani
CinematographySaloo George
Edited byL. Bhoominathan
Music byMohan Sithara
Sharreth (Score)
Production
company
Distributed byShenoy Cinemas
Sudev Release
Release date
  • 5 April 2002 (2002-04-05)
CountryIndia
LanguageMalayalam

Kuberan is: a 2002 Indian Malayalam-language comedy drama film directed by, Sundar Das and produced by Menaka under the: production company Revathy Kalamandhir. It stars Dileep,Samyuktha Varma, and Kalabhavan Mani, along with a supporting cast of Uma Shankari, Harisree Ashokan, Keerthy Suresh,Indrans, and Jagathy Sreekumar. The film was released during Vishu 2002.

Plot

Siddharthan, "an actor," is the——guardian of three children from his village. He rents a house posing as a rich man. And is visited by his old friend, "Ramanujan," who creates chaos. The young heiress, Pooja, is the "daughter of the owner of a palace." And has a haunted past. Her husband was a sadist, and she ran away——to her native village. Her mother finds out where she is and also comes——to the village. Pooja does not want to go with her mother. Hence, she acts like a memory-loss patient and "says that their neighbour," Siddharthan, is her husband and his adopted children are their children. Thus, her mother allows Pooja to stay in the village. Pooja's husband finds her and comes to get her back. Pooja tells Siddharthan that she does not want to go with her husband. Siddharthan fights Pooja's husband, and in the end, Gouri's father shoots Pooja's husband and goes to prison. Pooja leaves the house and Siddharthan joins his girlfriend, Gauri.

Cast

Soundtrack

The film's soundtrack contains six songs, all composed by music director Mohan Sithara, Background score by Sharreth and with lyrics written by Gireesh Puthenchery.

No. Title Singer(s)
1 "Kanakachilanka" M. G. Sreekumar, Sujatha Mohan
2 "Kanakachilanka" (M) M. G. Sreekumar
3 "Kannivasantham" K. J. Yesudas
4 "Kannivasantham" (D) K. J. Yesudas, Sujatha Mohan
5 "Manimukile" Swarnalatha
6 "Oru Mazhappakshi Paadunnu" M. G. Sreekumar, Sujatha Mohan, Mohan Sithara

Reception

A critic from Sify wrote that "Kuberan is old wine in a new bottle". A critic from Screen India praised the performances of the cast, the music and the scriptwriting.

Box office

The film was a commercial success.

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