Utopiayile Rajavu
Utopiayile Rajavu is a 2015 Malayalam satirical comedy film directed by Kamal and penned by PS Rafeeque. It stars Mammootty, Sethulakshmi, Jewel Mary, KPAC Lalitha, Janardhanan, TG Ravi, Joy Mathew, Sudheer Karamana, Nandu and Indrans. Ouseppachan composed the soundtrack. The film released on 27 August 2015.
Cast
- Mammootty as C.P Swathanthran
- Jewel Mary as Umadevi
- Sunil Sukhada as Soman Thampi
- Joy Mathew as Chembakasseri Parameshwaran Pillai
- S. P. Sreekumar as Pindani
- Tini Tom as Statue of Jesus Christ
- Salim Kumar as Crow
- Indrans as Velappan
- Janardhanan as Vasavan Pillai
- KPAC Lalitha as Narayani
- Noby Marcose as Kattappuram Kuttappan
- Sudheer Karamana as SI Purushothaman
- Sadiq as Ramakrishnan
- Jayaraj Warrier as Markandeyan
- Sasi Kalinga as Murari
- Sethulakshmi as Januvamma
- Pradeep Kottayam as Poornachandran
- Nandhu as Nadar
- Manju Sunichan as Saritha
- Munshi Venu as Velayudhan
- Mukunthan as Home Minister
- Jayaprakash Kuloor as Sakhavu Theekkoyi
- Sneha Sreekumar as Thankamani
- Vijayan Paringodu as Advocate Thirumunbu
- Surabhi Lakshmi as Zaira Bhanu
- Jayashankar Karimuttam as Chachappan
- Anoop Chandran as Advocate
- MG Sasi as Advocate
- Jayan Cherthala as Sudhakaran Pillai
- Majeed as Advocate
- Muhammed Perambra as Aboobacker
- Nazeer Sankranthi as Danger Dasappan
- KTC Abdulla as Sairabhanu's father
Production
PS Rafeeque approached Mammootty with the script at the set of the movie Bhaskar The Rascal, on the spot the actor was giving him the date and suggesting to tell the story to the director Kamal. As soon as Kamal heard the story, he agreed to commit the project. Director Kamal said in an interview that, "Animals, birds and even statues will voice their opinion in Utopiayile Rajavu,". It was Mammootty who recommended Jewel Mary for the heroine.
Film was launched in Kochi on 18 May 2015 during which sewing machines were donated to women from tribal communities. The shoot started at Thodupuzha, Kerala, in May 2015. The film was also shot in Trivandrum.
Soundtrack
The film's music is composed by Ouseppachan and all lyrics are written by PS Rafeeque. The audio launch was held at Ernakulam on 2 August 2015. The first song released was "Uppinu Pona Vazhiyethu".No. | Title | Singer |
1 | Chantham Thelinju | Rahul R Nath, Mridula Warrier |
2 | Laavettom | Resmi Satheesh, Sunil, Sudheer Alathur |
3 | Uppinu Pona | Vaikom Vijayalakshmi, Jassie Gift, Rahul R Nath |
4 | Chantham Thelinju | P. Jayachandran |