Malarvaadi Arts Club

Malarvaadi Arts Club
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Directed by	Vineeth Sreenivasan
Produced by	Dileep
Screenplay by	Vineeth Sreenivasan
Starring	Nivin Pauly Shraavan Harikrishnan Bhagath Manuel Aju Varghese Sreeram Ramachandran
Music by	Shaan Rahman
Cinematography	P. Sukumar
Edited by	Ranjan Abraham
Production company	Graand Production
Distributed by	Manjunatha Release
Release dates	16 July 2010 (2010-07-16) (Kerala)
Country	India
Language	Malayalam
Budget	₹2 crore (US$300,000) approx.
Box office	₹6.2 crore (US$920,000)

Malarvaadi Arts Club is a 2010 Malayalam film directed by Vineeth Sreenivasan in his directorial debut, and produced by Dileep. The film was released in 60 theaters across Kerala. The cast of five young boys and two girls were selected through a talent hunt.

Plot

The story is about the life of 5 friends in a small village called Manissery. They have completed their studies and are all set to move to the next phase of their life. But in the process they face unexpected problems while trying to keep their favourite hangout Malarvaadi Arts Club alive.

"Malarvadi Koottam" (Malarvadi guys) are a bunch of trouble makers in the Manassery village. They even act as goons for a Communist party, named Labour Party. The first half of the film is about the pointless lives of these five led by Prakashan(Nivin Pauly). Prakashan has a fiery temperament; he would do anything for the people he loves, for the cause he believes in. In a moment of financial crisis, Kumaran (Nedumudi Venu) (their mentor who formed malarvadi club) makes the group take up music once again. On the way, the best singer Santhosh (Shraavan) in the group gets a chance to attend a reality show and once he emerges the champion,which is followed by misunderstandings, separation and a grand reunion in the end.

Cast

• Nivin Pauly as Prakashan
• Shraavan as Santhosh
• Aju Varghese as Kuttu
• Bhagath Manuel as Purushu
• Harikrishnan as Praveen
• Nedumudi Venu as Kumaran
• Lishoy as Damodaran
• Jagathy Sreekumar as Ragavan
• Suraj Venjaramood as Shekaran
• Malavika Wales as Geethu
• Apoorva Bose as Revathy
• Salim Kumar as Kattappuram Sashi
• Janardhanan as NelloorGopalan
• Sreenivasan as Blade Bhaasi
• Sreeram Ramachandran as Geethu's brothers friend
• Kottayam Nazeer as Prem
• Renjith Reghu as Susheelan
• Manikandan Pattambi
• Willson Joseph as Lalettan Fan's Association Secretary (uncredited)
• Deepak Parambol
• Deepika Mohan as Damodaran's wife

Reception

Critical response

The movie received positive reviews. Paresh C Palicha of Rediff gave the film 2.5 out of five stars praising Vineeth Sreenivasan on his directorial debut stated that "Malarvadi Arts Club shows that Vineeth Sreenivasan does hold promise as a director, who can only improve with experience. He has made a film that will make the viewer smile". Sify rating it as Watchable movie said "The five new heroes, who were selected after talent hunts and rehearsal camps, have performed quite well".

Box office

The movie opened in 60 cinemas on 16 July 2010 was declared a super hit at the box office. The movie grossed around ₹1.8 crore (US$270,000) approximately from the first five days.

Sound Track

The film's soundtrack contains 6 songs, all composed by Shaan Rahman and Lyrics by Vineeth Sreenivasan.

#	Title	Singer(s)
1	"Manyamaha Janangale"	Vineeth Sreenivasan, Sachin Warrier, Rajesh Menon
2	"Kaathu Kaathu"	Shaan Rahman
3	"Innoree Mazhayil"	Rahul Nambiar, Vineeth Sreenivasan
4	"Changaayi"	Vineeth Sreenivasan, Sujatha Mohan
5	"Snehame"	Rajesh Menon
6	"Nerin Vazhithan"	Vineeth Sreenivasan, Shaan Rahman, Sachin Warrier, Divya S. Menon

External links

• Malarvaadi Arts Club at IMDb
• http://popcorn.oneindia.in/title/4070/malarvadi-arts-club.html
• http://www.nowrunning.com/movie/7298/malayalam/malarvady-arts-club/index.htm
• http://movies.rediff.com/report/2010/mar/12/south-malayalam-first-look-malarvady-arts-club.htm
• http://movies.rediff.com/slide-show/2010/jun/04/slide-show-1-south-looking-at-vineeth-sreenivasans-malarvady-arts-club.htm