Proprietors: Kammath & Kammath
| Proprietors: Kammath & Kammath | |
|---|---|
 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Thomson K. Thomas |
| Written by | Udayakrishna-Siby K. Thomas |
| Produced by | Anto Joseph |
| Starring | Mammootty Dileep |
| Cinematography | Anil Nair |
| Edited by | Mahesh Narayanan |
| Music by | Songs: M. Jayachandran Background Score: Gopi Sundar |
Production company | Anto Joseph Film Company |
| Distributed by | Ann Mega Media Release |
Release date |
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Running time | 160 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Malayalam |
| Box office | ₹13.5 crore |
Proprietors: Kammath & Kammath is a 2013 Indian action comedy film, written by Udayakrishna-Siby K. Thomas, directed by Thomson K. Thomas and produced by Anto Joseph. The film features Mammootty and Dileep in the title roles. Tamil film actor Dhanush makes a cameo appearance as himself.
Plot[edit]
Kammath and Kammath is a film about two brothers, Raja Raja Kammath, the elder brother and Deva Raja Kammath, the younger brother who has a business endeavor that changed their lives forever. The Kammath brothers initially started making and selling dosa (savory South Indian crêpes) at a small stand to support their poor family. Eventually, their dosa received critical acclaim, and their stand grew into a restaurant, which grew into dozens of restaurants across South India. Sulaiman Sahib who is their rival, blocks the entry of Kammath Sr. He runs a non-vegetarian restaurant that is opposite a now defunct Brahmin vegetarian restaurant. He has a target of acquiring this restaurant's land.
The Kammath brothers plan to inaugurate their new restaurant in the building and land of the defunct restaurant. On opening day, the municipal secretary Mahalakshmi and ward counselor Sebastian Kuzhivelil are brought by Sulaiman Sahib to stop it from opening. They fail do it as the restaurant's name is now Kammath & Kammath and it has obtained a new license and ownership.
Sulaiman Sahib and Sebastian, with the help of a thief Pathrose throws stones and breaks Mahalakshmi's house's windows and frames Raja for the crime, resulting in him being arrested and he subsequently meets Deva in the lockup after he had been arrested for allegedly selling liquor illegally in their new restaurant. The Kammath Brothers threaten Pathrose in the police station and the truth is revealed that he has thrown stones at Mahalakshmi's house. The restaurant closed circuit security cameras reveals that people sent by Sebastian brought the liquor bottles to the restaurant to implicate Deva.
Later, both Mahalakshmi and Sulaiman Sahib are convinced by Raja that they are not problem makers and both become friends with them. The Kammath brothers opens their new restaurant in Coimbatore with the superstar Dhanush as inaugurator. One night, Sunnichan, attacks Mahalakshmi, asking about his sister, while she was coming back to Palakkad from Coimbatore. Raja saves her from Sunnichan by sending chauffeur/bodyguard Gopi to deal with him. On this journey, Raja and Mahalakshmi go to a restaurant for dinner. Raja meets his old wife with her new husband.
While continuing the journey back to home, Raja reveals that his wife had a different nature than the Kammath family had expected. One day, when their father suffers from chest pain, their mother asks her to drive him to hospital. She refuses as she had just applied Mehndi and wanted it to dry. But when their mother called a taxi and reached the hospital, their father passes away. Raja realizes that she is incompatible and divorces her. Mahalakshmi pities him after hearing the story.
The next day Raja is invited by Mahalakshmi to talk about a problem. She introduces her sister Surekha to Raja and says Surekha is scared that somebody is following her. The next day Raja sends Gopi to beat a helmeted person who comes near her. When Raja removes the helmet, he realises that the person is Deva. He becomes sad as he has beaten up his own brother. In anger, he slaps Gopi for hitting Deva. Deva tells him that he loves Surekha. Raja thinks that Mahalakshmi misunderstood them, made him to hit Deva and separate them. They both fights and leave. When they all leave, another person with a helmet who was following her arrives.
Raja proceeds with Deva's idea to marrying Surekha. Mahalakshmi tells them that Surekha is actually her deceased brother Suresh's wife and a Christian. Surekha's history is revealed by Mahalakshmi.
Suresh had married her years ago despite opposition from her family. On the first night of marriage, Suresh is killed by her family's henchman Vikram. The story reveals that Sunnichan is her actual brother and Vikram was another person who was following her. Even after knowing this story Deva wishes to marry her. Later at her house, the brothers realise to their shock that Surekha is speech impaired. Deva still wants to marry her and Mahalakshmi finally accepts it.
On the night before the wedding, Deva is accosted by Vikram and Surekha's brothers. He escapes to a godown where Raja awaits. A fight ensues where Raja, Deva and Gopi fights off Vikram, Surekha's brothers and their henchmen. The next day they are handed over to the police at Surekha's house and Deva marries Surekha. To everyone's surprise Mahalakshmi is married by the groom found by Suresh, who Raja selects.
Cast[edit]
- Mammootty as Raja Raja Kammath
- Ashwin as Young Raja Raja Kammath
- Dileep as Deva Raja Kammath
- Rima Kallingal as Mahalakshmi, Municipal Secretary, younger sister of Suresh
- Karthika Nair as Surekha, widow of Suresh, who later marries Deva
- Baburaj as Gopi
- Jeevan Gopal as Young Gopi
- Santhosh as DYSP George
- Rajalakshmi as Raja's and Deva's mother
- Rizabawa as Sulaiman Sahib
- Suraj Venjaramoodu as Stephen Kuzhiveli, Municipal councillor
- Sukumari as Lathika, Surekha's grandmother
- Deepak Jethi as Vikram Chhetri
- Spadikam George as Varkeychan
- Shiju as Sunnichan
- Joju George as Tomichan
- Kalabhavan Shajon as Pathrose
- Janardhanan as Thirumeni
- Sadiq as Circle Inspector Salman
- Manu Nair as Sub Inspector Ameen
- Ambika Mohan as Maheshwari
- Bindu Ramakrishnan as Thirumeni's wife, Karthyayani
- Thesni Khan as Shantha, Mahalakshmi’s Home maid
- Balachandran Chullikadu as Sathyaaneshan, Raja's and Deva's father
- Rajeev Parameshwar as Mahalakshmi's bride
- Vishnupriya as Thirumeni's Daughter
- Deepika Mohan
- Abu Salim as Alex
- Kamna Jethmalani
- Vishnu Unnikrishnan as young thief
- Malini Sivaraman as hostess in the Inauguration of Kammath & Kammath hotel
Guest appearances[edit]
- Narain as Suresh, an Indian Revenue Service officer, Mahalakshmi's brother and Surekha's husband who gets murdered at the wedding night
- Vidya Pradeep as Radhika, Raja's ex-wife
Cameo appearances[edit]
- Dhanush as himself on Inauguration of Kammath & Kammath hotel in Coimbatore and on wedding eve party.
- Udaykrishna & Sibi K. Thomas as themselves in "Dosa Dosa" song
Production[edit]
Mammootty was chosen to play a prominent character. The character of his brother in the film was originally chosen as Jayaram but schedule conflicts led Dileep to replace him.[1] Kunchacko Boban had been approached for guest role of Income tax officer, but he opted out, again due to schedule conflicts and he was replaced by Narain.[2] Dhanush was chosen to play a cameo as a filmstar who comes to Kerala to inaugurate the restaurant.[3] Most of the scenes from the film were shot in Cochin.[4]
Music[edit]
| Song | Length | Singer(s) | Picturization |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Dosa Nalloru Dosa" | Shankar Mahadevan, M. Jayachandran, Nikhil Raj | ||
| "Ninte Pinnale" | Anwar Saadath | ||
| "Coimbatore Naatile" | Madhu Balakrishnan, Haricharan, Vijay Yesudas | ||
| "Kattadi Kattadi" | Rajesh Krishnan, Sangeetha Sreekanth |
Release[edit]
Theatrical[edit]
The film was shown in additional theatres where Vishwaroopam had been banned from being released.[5]
Satellite Rights[edit]
The satellite rights were sold for ₹4.5 crore (US$560,000). [6]
Reception[edit]
Critical response[edit]
Paresh C Palicha of Rediff.com rated the film 4.25/5 describing it as an "atrocity on the viewer."[7] IndiaGlitz.com gave 7/10 for the movie and stated "These Kammath brothers are strictly for those who relish masala entertainers" but it gave a positive review of the songs.[8]
Sify.com gave the overall summary of the film as "tedious" and their review says that "only Baburaj manages to make the viewers laugh" and that "There is no credible storyline that is worth mentioning and the script lacks any imagination or depth."[9] The Times of India gave a rating of 3/5 for the movie, stating "Mammootty and Dileep, gifted actors they are, put together their best to salvage what can be called as a sloppy narrative strewn with drab characters."[10]
Dalton L of Deccan Chronicle says "Rather than preparing an action-romcom out of leftovers, the director ought to have demanded an original recipe and organic vegetables. It's very sad to see the great Mammootty unendingly swimming in stale soup."[11]
Box office[edit]
The film had a good collection in the first weekend. Made on a budget of ₹7.5 crore.[12] The film collected ₹10.53 lakhs from five weeks in United Kingdom box office.[13] It collected ₹13.5 crore (US$1.7 million) worldwide.[14][15][16][6][17] The film got satellite right of ₹4.5 crore (US$560,000).[6]
References[edit]
- ^ "Mammootty And Dileep in Kammath And Kammath – Exclusive Stills | Dhanush in Malayalam – Tamil Movies". Zimbio. Retrieved 10 November 2012.
- ^ Sanjith Sidhardhan. "Kunchacko opts out of Kammath and Kammath". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 26 January 2013. Retrieved 10 November 2012.
- ^ "Dhanush shoots with Mammootty and Dileep in Kochi". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 26 January 2013. Retrieved 10 November 2012.
- ^ "Dhanush shoots with Mammootty and Dileep in Kochi". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 26 January 2013. Retrieved 30 January 2013.
- ^ "'Vishwaroopam' ban can spell Rs. 30 crore loss: Experts". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 16 February 2013. Retrieved 7 February 2013.
- ^ a b c "'Kammath and Kammath' continues in it's [sic] fifth week". Network 18. 25 February 2013.
- ^ "Review: Proprietors: Kamath and Kamath is atrocious"
- ^ "Kammath and Kammath Malayalam Movie Review". IndiaGlitz. Archived from the original on 28 January 2013. Retrieved 1 March 2013.
- ^ "Movie Review:Proprietors: Kammath & Kammath". Sify. Archived from the original on 19 March 2013. Retrieved 1 March 2013.
- ^ Aswin J Kumar (26 January 2013). "Kammath and Kammath review". The Times of India. Retrieved 1 March 2013.
- ^ "Review: Proprietors: Kamath and Kamath is atrocious". Rediff.com. 28 January 2013. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
- ^ "Kerala Box-Office (January/February 2013)". Sify. 7 March 2013. Archived from the original on 30 June 2016. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
- ^ "SBAGR' fairly good in UAE; 'Kai Po Che!' super in USA, UAE". Bollywood Hungama. 12 March 2013.
- ^ "Comedies reaped gold for southern cinema (2013 In Retrospect)". Business Standard. 17 December 2013.
- ^ "Three's company". The Hindu. 27 December 2013.
- ^ "The Top Malayalam Commercial Hits of 2013". Rediff.com. 17 January 2014.
- ^ "Mohanlal's 'Peruchazhi' and Mammootty's 'Rajadhi Raja' to Lock Horns this Onam [Videos]". International Business Times. 5 August 2014.
