King Liar

King Liar is a 2016 Indian Malayalam-language romantic comedy film written by Siddique and directed by Lal. It stars Dileep, Lal, Asha Sharath, and Madonna Sebastian in the lead roles. It was produced by SAK under his production SAK Movie House. The soundtrack and score were composed by Alex Paul and Deepak Dev. The film was released on 2 April 2016.^[3] The movie is about a manipulative liar, Sathyanarayan. The movie brought the writer-director duo Siddique-Lal together after 22 years.

King Liar
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Lal
Screenplay by	Siddique-Lal
Dialogues by	Bipin Chandran
Story by	Siddique
Produced by	SAK
Starring	Dileep Madonna Sebastian Lal Asha Sarath Joy Mathew Natasha Suri Shivaji Guruvayoor Balu Varghese Balachandran Chullikkad
Cinematography	Alby
Edited by	Ratheesh Raj
Music by	Songs: Alex Paul Score: Deepak Dev
Production company	Ousepachan Movie House
Distributed by	Graand Production
Release date	2 April 2016 (2016-04-02)
Running time	157 minutes[1]
Country	India
Language	Malayalam
Budget	₹10.5 crore (US$1.2 million)[2]
Box office	₹32 crore (US$3.8 million)[2]

Plot

Sathyanarayan is a manipulative liar who lies to his lover, Anjali, that he is the managing director of a big firm, under the name of Narendran alias Naran. In real, he makes duplicate certificates with his roommate and friend, Antappan. Into their lives comes Anand Varma, a Dubai- based rich fashion tycoon, who is on the verge of divorce from his wife, Devika Varma. Meanwhile, Sathyanarayan realizes that Anjali is his childhood friend. Anand does not want to lose Devika and hires Sathyanarayan to persuade Devika to step back from the divorce. Sathyan and Antappan fly to Dubai to join the company which is now owned by Devika. The first time, Devika kicks Sathyan out of the company but later has to let him join. Amazed by Sathyan's business tricks, Devika later promotes him as the Assistant Manager.

As Devika was planning to appoint someone representing her in the Asian Beauty Contest, Sathyan persuades Anand to pick Anjali as his model. Devika finally finds Natasha as her representative, but Sathyan persuades Natasha to reunite Anand and Devika. In the end, Anjali wins the competition after explaining the consequences of being divorced in the Intelligence round, and Anand and Devika reunite. Anjali, after the competition, visits Sathyan who says his real name is Sathyan to her. Sathyan confesses that Anjali is his childhood friend, and they both reunite.

At last Rahul, who is revealed to be the son of Sathyan and Anjali was caught telling lies about his dad being MS Dhoni to his friends. He tells his friends Sathyan is their driver. The film ends with Sathyan chasing Rahul and telling him to stop lying.

Cast

• Dileep as P. Sathyanarayanan (Sathyan) / Narendran (Naran)
  • Nebish Benson as Young Sathyan
• Madonna Sebastian as Anjali, Sathyan's childhood sweetheart turned wife
• Lal as Anand Varma, Owner of Varma Designs
• Asha Sarath as Devika Varma, Anand's wife
• Joy Mathew as Pothuval Maash, Anjali's father
• Balu Varghese as Antappan
• Hareesh Perumanna as Pushpa Kumar (Pushpu)
• Natasha Suri as Natasha^[4]
• Chali Pala as Kalidasan
• Moideen Koya as Prasad
• Balachandran Chullikkad as Paraparambil Narayanan Nair, Sathyan's father
• Shivaji Guruvayoor as Gopi Sir
• Ansar Kalabhavan as Omega Consultancy Manager
• Punnapara Prashanth as Shanthan, Village Drunkard
• K.T.S. Padannayil as Aarsha Bharatha Samskaram Editor (Cameo)
• Bipin Chandran as Announcer
• Samarth Ambujakshan as Magician John
• Kavya Madhavan as Model (Photo Presence Only)
• Binu Adimali as Sudheesh, Police Officer
• Vijayan Peringod as Villager
• Vijay Menon as Minister Thomas Chennikkadan
• Amith Chakalakkal as Host
• Rithu Manthra as Model

Music

1. "Annadyamaay"
2. "Dinamithu Kaathirunnere (Anjali)", singer: Arjun Muralidharan
3. "Hello Hello Check Hello", singer: Vipin Lal
4. "Perum Nunappuzha", singer: Manjari, Vijay Yesudas
5. "Title Song"

Production

Principal photography commenced at Kochi on 21 October 2015.^[5] The film was shot in Kuttanad, Dubai, and Kochi.^[6]

Release

King Liar was released on 2 April 2016 in 127 screens in Kerala.^[7]

Reception

Box office

The film collected ₹1.52 crore (US$180,000) on its opening day and ₹5.32 crore within its first four days at the Kerala box office.^[8] Making a share of ₹2.35 crore in 4 days.^[9] It collected ₹96 lakh in the fifth day, making it ₹6.28 crore and ₹8.56 crore gross collection in 8 days, thus making a share amount of ₹4.05 crore.^[8] The film grossed ₹12.73 crores after 15 days and continued in 80 screens in its third week.^[10] The film collected ₹15 crore (US$1.8 million) in a month from the Kerala box office.^[11] The film collected ₹18.72 crore (US$2.2 million) within 41 days from the Kerala box office alone.^[12] The film collected ₹20.18 crore (US$2.4 million) from Kerala box office in 58 days.^[13][14]