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Mar 3, 2014

Kammath and Kammath Malayalam Movie Review and Box Office Collection Report


  Featuring Mammootty and Dileep in the lead, 'Kammath and Kammath' is second directional venture of Thomson K. Thomas. Scripted by Udayakrishna-Siby K. Thomas duo, the film has Karthika Nair, Rima Kallingal , Baburaj and Narain in supporting roles. Danush appears as himself in the film for a cameo role.

PLOT :

        The film tells the story of Kammath brothers - Raja Raja Kammath ( role played by Mammootty) and Deva Raja Kammath (role played by Dileep) - who runs a chain of restaurant all over kerala. They opens a new branch in palakkad and the story develops narrating the problems they face in palakkad. There they meet Mahalakshmi (role played by Rima Kalingal), the municipal commissioner in palakkad and Sree Rekha (role played by Kartika Nair), her sister. Babxuuraj plays a full length role as driver gopi.

REVIEW :

      The film was expected to be yet another 'Pokkiri Raja' with mass introductions, songs, comedy sequences and action. But the director Thomson should have taken some better tips from Vyshakh. Thomson wasn't successful enough in exploiting Mammootty's talent and mass appeal. 
          Mammootty has nothing much to do in the script. Dileep is a big saving factor for the film. He is comfortable in his role and a grace to watch. Surprisingly, Baburaj appeared in a mass image this time with sound action and punch comedies. Most of the time Mammootty was seated on his car while Baburaj does all the stunts for him. Female leads, Rima Kallingal and Karthika Nair has lengthy roles to do. Rima has done convincingly but Karthika seemed to be over expressive. Narain was good in his short appearance.
      The storyline of the movie was the biggest let down which is hollow without any depth or imagination. The first half seems good with a decent twist at the interval. The second half takes off generating few laughs but soon the movie nosedives.
       The songs are hummable and my pick is 'Dosa song'. Visuals by Anil Nair suits the mood of the film. The background score of the film was impressive as well. The direction could have been better with many nuisance scenes trimmed out. Editing is good in the first half but lets down in the second half.

POSITIVES :                                                                 NEGATIVES :
- Mammootty - Dileep combo                                        - Storyline
- Baburaj                                                                       - Narain - Karthika combination song
- Action sequences                                                        - Second half
- Background music

BOXOFFICE :
 Kammath and Kammath was released in 96 theatres in kerala and in around 60 theatres rest of kerala.
The film whose satellite rights was sold for record price has already been a huge crowd puller.
The movie is receiving massive response with the initial day collection figured to be 1.5 Crores.
Reportedly, the film has collected around 3 Crores from it's two day run itself.
3 days collection of Kammath and Kammath has reached 4.47 Crores.
The movie has acquired a gross collection of 8.7 Crores in it's two week run. The movie is already a profitable venture for the producers.
17 days collection is figured to be 9.57 crores. The movie is likely to hit the 10 crore mark due to less competition in the box office.
New releases including celluloid has affected Kammath and Kammath adversely. However, KnK has become the first movie in 2013 to touch the 10 crore (30 days) mark.
10.28 Crores collection in 38 days theatrical run.
The final gross of Kammath and Kammath all over india is figured out to be 10.45 Crores.

6 comments:

  1. I’m From Tamil Nadu, I like Malayalam Movies very much, in contrast I heard many Malayalam people like VIJAY, AJITH, SURYA, ALLU ARJUN. Tollywood is completely opposite to molly wood, whereas kolly wood is mixture of both the tolly wood and molly wood. Movies Made by Malayalam Industries are heart warming and life oriented, where you can at least learn something for your Life. I wish People from Malayalam film industry release their movies in Tamil with subtitles so that it will reach wider audience. Because artistic work should reach more people in the world. I used to read all the Malayalam Cinema News, Mollywood News, Gossips
    from this site, check it , would be useful.

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