Happy Husbands
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Happy Husbands is a 2010 Malayalam film directed by Saji Surendran and starring Jayasurya
, Jayaram
, Indrajith
, Bhavana, Rima Kallingal
Samvrutha Sunil and Vandana.This is movie is remake of Tamil movie "Charlie Chaplin (film)
".
) runs a magazine called Kerala Today. He is a normal husband who loves his wife Krishnendu (Bhavana) a lot, but she is too possessive about him. She thinks he is not very expressive about his feelings, and is always worried that he might one day fall for some other beautiful girl.
Rahul (Indrajith
) is just the opposite. He is extremely romantic and never comes home without some cute gifts for his wife, Shreya (Samvrutha Sunil
). But she doesn't know that, behind her back, her darling husband is dying to flirt with every woman that he sees.
John Mathai (Jayasurya
) is a photographer in Mukundan's publication. He was neither interested in girls nor keen to get married until he met Sereena (Vandana).
It is into the lives of these three couples that a bar singer, Diana (Rima Kallingal
), arrives and things take some interesting turns. Diana is seeking to take revenge on Mukundan Menon since it was on his article in Kerala Today that the Maharashtra court took as a petition and then banned the bar girls in Maharasthra thus ruining Diana's profession.
Diana forcibly comes to Mukundan Menon's house one day with her evil intentions and that catches the eyes of Krishnendu. To escape from trouble, Mukundan Menon says that she is the wife of John. Later, when John, Mukundan and Rahul were talking about John's marriage proposal to Serena's dad, Diana comes there by accident and there Rahul says that she is Mukundan's wife and she is mentally imbalanced. So now Krishnendu and Shreya thinks Diana is John's wife and John's real wife Sreneena believes that Diana is Mukundan's wife. At one time, all these people come together at Malaysia for a vacation and that leads to a lot of confusion among the wives and others. What happens next forms the rest of the story.
for this film was composed by M. Jayachandran
.
courted controversy during a promotional interview for the movie by describing a domestic help as a "dark, fat, buffalo-like Tamil woman", following which various organisations and activists demanded an unconditional apology from him. Jayaram said this when he was asked whether his wife doubts him in the way Jayaram's character was doubted by his wife in the movie. Jayaram's house in Chennai was attacked by Tamil activists and the actor deeply regretted his comments.
It is a remake of the tamil film Charlie Chaplin.
Jayasurya
Jayasurya is an Indian film actor and comedian. He made his debut in 2001 in the Malayalam film Dosth and has since acted in about 50 films, notable ones being Swapnakkoodu , Pulival Kalyanam , Chathikkatha Chanthu , Classmates , Gulumaal , Happy Husbands and...
, Jayaram
Jayaram
Jayaram is an Indian film actor who mainly acts in Malayalam and Tamil films. He is also a chenda percussionist and mimic artist. In 2011, he was awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India for his contribution towards the arts.-Early life:...
, Indrajith
Indrajith
Indrajith is an Indian film actor. He is the elder son of late Malayalam actor Sukumaran and actress Mallika. His brother Prithviraj is also an actor...
, Bhavana, Rima Kallingal
Rima Kallingal
Rima Kallingal is an Indian model and film actress, predominantly appearing Malayalam films. After being named First Runner Up in the Miss Kerala 2008 contest, she went to pursue a career in acting...
Samvrutha Sunil and Vandana.This is movie is remake of Tamil movie "Charlie Chaplin (film)
Charlie Chaplin (film)
Charlie Chaplin is a 2002 Tamil comedy film directed by Sakthi Chidambaram, starring Prabhu Ganesan and Prabhu Deva. The film's commercial success led to remakes into Telugu , Hindi , Malayalam and Kannada languages...
".
Plot summary
Mukundan Menon (JayaramJayaram
Jayaram is an Indian film actor who mainly acts in Malayalam and Tamil films. He is also a chenda percussionist and mimic artist. In 2011, he was awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India for his contribution towards the arts.-Early life:...
) runs a magazine called Kerala Today. He is a normal husband who loves his wife Krishnendu (Bhavana) a lot, but she is too possessive about him. She thinks he is not very expressive about his feelings, and is always worried that he might one day fall for some other beautiful girl.
Rahul (Indrajith
Indrajith
Indrajith is an Indian film actor. He is the elder son of late Malayalam actor Sukumaran and actress Mallika. His brother Prithviraj is also an actor...
) is just the opposite. He is extremely romantic and never comes home without some cute gifts for his wife, Shreya (Samvrutha Sunil
Samvrutha Sunil
Samvrutha Sunil is a South Indian actress from Kerala. She was introduced to the film industry through a Malayalam film Rasikan opposite Dileep. She had acted in several films in Tamil and Malayalam...
). But she doesn't know that, behind her back, her darling husband is dying to flirt with every woman that he sees.
John Mathai (Jayasurya
Jayasurya
Jayasurya is an Indian film actor and comedian. He made his debut in 2001 in the Malayalam film Dosth and has since acted in about 50 films, notable ones being Swapnakkoodu , Pulival Kalyanam , Chathikkatha Chanthu , Classmates , Gulumaal , Happy Husbands and...
) is a photographer in Mukundan's publication. He was neither interested in girls nor keen to get married until he met Sereena (Vandana).
It is into the lives of these three couples that a bar singer, Diana (Rima Kallingal
Rima Kallingal
Rima Kallingal is an Indian model and film actress, predominantly appearing Malayalam films. After being named First Runner Up in the Miss Kerala 2008 contest, she went to pursue a career in acting...
), arrives and things take some interesting turns. Diana is seeking to take revenge on Mukundan Menon since it was on his article in Kerala Today that the Maharashtra court took as a petition and then banned the bar girls in Maharasthra thus ruining Diana's profession.
Diana forcibly comes to Mukundan Menon's house one day with her evil intentions and that catches the eyes of Krishnendu. To escape from trouble, Mukundan Menon says that she is the wife of John. Later, when John, Mukundan and Rahul were talking about John's marriage proposal to Serena's dad, Diana comes there by accident and there Rahul says that she is Mukundan's wife and she is mentally imbalanced. So now Krishnendu and Shreya thinks Diana is John's wife and John's real wife Sreneena believes that Diana is Mukundan's wife. At one time, all these people come together at Malaysia for a vacation and that leads to a lot of confusion among the wives and others. What happens next forms the rest of the story.
Music
The soundtrackSoundtrack
A soundtrack can be recorded music accompanying and synchronized to the images of a motion picture, book, television program or video game; a commercially released soundtrack album of music as featured in the soundtrack of a film or TV show; or the physical area of a film that contains the...
for this film was composed by M. Jayachandran
M. Jayachandran
M. Jayachandran is a film score composer, singer and musician in the Malayalam film industry. He has won Kerala State Film Awards for best music director in 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008 and 2010, maximum awards won by any music director. He also won the state award for best male singer in 2005...
.
- "Etho Poonilakalam" - Resmi Vijayan
- "Happy Husbands" - IndrajithIndrajithIndrajith is an Indian film actor. He is the elder son of late Malayalam actor Sukumaran and actress Mallika. His brother Prithviraj is also an actor...
, Achu Rajamani - "Take It Easy" - Achu Rajamani
Controversy
JayaramJayaram
Jayaram is an Indian film actor who mainly acts in Malayalam and Tamil films. He is also a chenda percussionist and mimic artist. In 2011, he was awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India for his contribution towards the arts.-Early life:...
courted controversy during a promotional interview for the movie by describing a domestic help as a "dark, fat, buffalo-like Tamil woman", following which various organisations and activists demanded an unconditional apology from him. Jayaram said this when he was asked whether his wife doubts him in the way Jayaram's character was doubted by his wife in the movie. Jayaram's house in Chennai was attacked by Tamil activists and the actor deeply regretted his comments.
It is a remake of the tamil film Charlie Chaplin.
Cast
- JayasuryaJayasuryaJayasurya is an Indian film actor and comedian. He made his debut in 2001 in the Malayalam film Dosth and has since acted in about 50 films, notable ones being Swapnakkoodu , Pulival Kalyanam , Chathikkatha Chanthu , Classmates , Gulumaal , Happy Husbands and...
as John Mathai - JayaramJayaramJayaram is an Indian film actor who mainly acts in Malayalam and Tamil films. He is also a chenda percussionist and mimic artist. In 2011, he was awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India for his contribution towards the arts.-Early life:...
as Mukundan Menon - Bhavana Menon as Krishnendu
- Rima KallingalRima KallingalRima Kallingal is an Indian model and film actress, predominantly appearing Malayalam films. After being named First Runner Up in the Miss Kerala 2008 contest, she went to pursue a career in acting...
as Diana Philip - IndrajithIndrajithIndrajith is an Indian film actor. He is the elder son of late Malayalam actor Sukumaran and actress Mallika. His brother Prithviraj is also an actor...
as Rahul Vallyathan - Samvrutha SunilSamvrutha SunilSamvrutha Sunil is a South Indian actress from Kerala. She was introduced to the film industry through a Malayalam film Rasikan opposite Dileep. She had acted in several films in Tamil and Malayalam...
as Shreya - Vandana as Sereena
- Suraj VenjaramoodSuraj VenjaramoodSuraj Venjaramood is a Malayalam film actor and mimicry artist. He mainly plays comic roles, though he has played some lead roles as well.-Life:...
as Raj Boss (Rajappan) - Salim Kumar as Satyapalan/Dharmapalan
- Maniyanpilla Raju as Pazhakutti Pavithran
External links
- PROMOTIONS | http://www.metromatinee.com/movies/index.php?FilmID=3077-Happy%20Husbands
- http://www.mallumovies.org/movie/happy-husbands
- http://www.nowrunning.com/movie/6975/malayalam/happy-husbands/index.htm
- http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/malayalam/preview/11527.html
- http://movies.rediff.com/report/2010/jan/18/south-review-happy-husbands.htm
- http://entertainment.oneindia.in/malayalam/reviews/2010/happy-husbands-review-150110.html
- http://happyhusbands.moviebuzz.org/