Venicile Vyapari

Venicile Vyapari, (transl. The Merchant of Venice) is a 2011 Indian Malayalam-language Action-romantic comedy film directed by Shafi, starring Mammootty, Kavya Madhavan, and Poonam Bajwa. The film's plot unfolds in Alappuzha, a town in Kerala popularly known as the Venice of the East. Written by James Albert, the story follows a murder mystery.^[1][2]

Venicile Vyapari
Directed by	Shafi
Written by	James Albert
Produced by	Madhavan Nair
Starring	Mammootty Kavya Madhavan Poonam Bajwa Suraj Venjaramoodu Salim Kumar Vijayaraghavan Guinness Pakru
Cinematography	Shamdat Sainudeen
Edited by	Manoj
Music by	Bijibal
Distributed by	Murali Films PJ Entertainments
Release date	16 December 2011 (2011-12-16)
Country	India
Language	Malayalam
Budget	4.5 Cr
Box office	2 Cr

Plot

The story revolves around Pavithran who lost his parents in his childhood. He enters the police force by chance, though it is not his ambition. Pavithran lands up in Alappuzha (Alappuzha incidentally is attributed to the sobriquet, Venice of the East) disguised as a merchant to investigate the murder of a union leader named Ajayan. Another character is Ammu, the leader of the union of coir workers, who is in love with Pavithran.

Cast

• Mammootty as Constable Pavithran, the policeman who investigates Ajayan's murder
• Kavya Madhavan as Ammu
• Poonam Bajwa as Mahalakshmi
• Suraj Venjaramoodu as Chandran Pillai / Odiyan Chandhu
• Jagathy Sreekumar as "Kaladi" Govindan, Ammu's Father
• Salim Kumar as Kamalasanan / Al-Kamalasanan
• Vijayaraghavan as Chungathara Raghavan
• Suresh Krishna as Chungathara Aniyappan
• Biju Menon as Sakhavu Ajayan, Ammu's Brother (Cameo Appearance)
• Janardhanan as SP Raghurama Varma, Mahalakshmi's Father
• Guinness Pakru as Kochukrishnan
• V. K. Sreeraman as Aali Koya
• Abu Salim as Abdu
• Kalabhavan Shajohn as Panchayat President "Isthiri" Lonappan
• Kundara Johny as CI K. Nambeeshan
• Santhosh as SI Karikkan George
• Anjali Nair as Ammu's friend
• Saju Kodiyan as Police Constable
• J. Pallassery as Shop Owner

Production

The film was produced by Madhavan Nair under the banner of Murali Films. Mammootty stars in the film with Vijayaraghavan, Jagathy Sreekumar, Salim Kumar, Suraj Venjaramoodu, Sreeraman, Kalabhavan Shajohn, and Rajan Padoor form the supporting cast.

The shooting commenced in August 2011,^[3] and the film was mostly shot in Alappuzha.^[4] The song "Kannum Kannum" was shot in Ooty.^[5]

The film was scheduled to release on 4 November 2011, but was postponed to 11 November 2011 since there was a delay in the post-production work.^[6] The release was postponed again to 16 December 2011 due to a film strike in Kerala.

Reception

Sify movies gave the film a rating of 2.5/5, criticising the script.^{[citation needed]}

Music

Bijibal composed the music for the film which has lyrics by Kaithapram. The film has a remix of the song "Kannum Kannum" from the 1980 film Angadi. Mammootty stated that it was director Shafi's desire to use a hit song of the eighties in a dream scene of the film.^[5]