Kadal Kadannu Oru Maathukutty

Kadal Kadannu Oru Maathukutty is a 2013 Indian Malayalam drama film written and directed by Ranjith and starring Mammootty in the lead role of an Achayan from Kozhencherry, Central Travancore and also in a cameo as himself. It has Mohanlal, Jayaram and Dileep in cameo roles.^[2][3][4] The cast includes Nedumudi Venu, Balachandra Menon, Siddique, Harisree Asokan, Suresh Krishna, P. Balachandran, Balachandran Chullikad, Prem Prakash, Meera Nandan, Muthumani, Krishna Prabha, and Kaviyoor Ponnamma.^[5] It was produced by Prithviraj Sukumaran, Santhosh Sivan, and Shaji Nadesan under the banner of August Cinema. The film was released on 8 August 2013 on the occasion of Eid-ul Fitr and was a critical and commercial failure. However, modern reception has been positive.

Kadal Kadannu Oru Maathukutty
Directed by	Ranjith
Written by	Ranjith
Produced by	Shaji Nadesan Santhosh Sivan Prithviraj Sukumaran
Starring	Mammootty Mohanlal Jayaram Dileep Chemban Vinod Jose Soubin Shahir Nedumudi Venu Meera Nandan
Cinematography	Madhu Neelakandan
Edited by	Sandeep Nandakumar
Music by	Thej Mervin
Production company	August Cinema
Distributed by	August Cinema, Tricolor Entertainment
Release date	8 August 2013 (2013-08-08)
Running time	132 minutes[1]
Country	India
Language	Malayalam

Cast

• Mammootty in dual role as
  • Kurudanjil George Mathew (Mathukutty)
  • himself
• Alisha Mohammed as Rosy
• Muthumani as Jansamma Mathukutty's Wife
• Meera Nandan as Kunjumol
• Sekhar Menon as Solaman
• Nedumudi Venu as Thomas
• Balachandra Menon as Fr. Kurian Vattathara
• Harisree Asokan as Rahman
• P. Balachandran as Kochunni
• Tini Tom as Vidhyadharan
• Balachandran Chullikad as Shamsudheen
• Narayanankutty as Ashokan
• Thesni Khan as Mohini
• Adinadu Sasi as Sugunan
• Nandhu in dual role as
  • Aanandhan
  • himself
• Siddique in dual role as
  • Abraham
  • himself
• Suresh Krishna in dual role as
  • Soman
  • himself
• Prem Prakash as Zachariya
• Kottayam Nazir as Kunjumon
• Kaviyoor Ponnamma as Mariyamma
• Krishna Praba as Deepa
• Chemban Vinod Jose as Mattanchery Man, Rahman's Gang
• Soubin Shahir as Mattanchery Martin, Rahman's Gang
• Daya Ashwathy

Cameo appearance

• Mohanlal as himself (Special appearance)
• Jayaram as himself (special appearance)
• Dileep as himself (special appearance)
• Jagadish as himself
• Idavela Babu as himself
• Manoj K. Jayan as himself
• Lakshmi Gopalaswamy as herself
• Manju Pillai as herself
• Bindu Panicker as herself
• Mythili as herself
• Johny Antony as Himself, Dileep's movie Director

Production

The film was shot at Ayroor,Ranni, Kozhikode and Kochi in India and Mettmann and Düsseldorf in Germany. Asianet Television is reported to have paid ₹5.75 crore for the rights to air the film, which would be a record.^[6]

Indiaglitz says "Kadal Kadannu Oru Maathukutty is average" and rated it 5.75/10^[7] It received mixed reviews.^[8][9][10]