Pachakuthira (transl. Grasshopper) is a 2006 Indian Malayalam-language comedy drama film directed by Kamal and written by T. A. Shahid from a story by Dileep, starring Dileep in dual role and Gopika and Salim Kumar in supporting role.[1][2][3][4][5][6] The film was a box office flop, but did well according to Dileep.[7]

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Pachakuthira
Pachakuthira Audio CD cover
Directed by	Kamal
Screenplay by	T. A. Shahid
Story by	Dileep
Produced by	Babu Shahir
Starring	Dileep Gopika Salim Kumar Siddique
Cinematography	P. Sukumar
Music by	Ilaiyaraaja
Distributed by	Varnachithra
Release date	14 April 2006 (2006-04-14)
Running time	150 minutes
Country	India
Language	Malayalam

Plot

A junior artist in movies, Anandakkuttan, meets his long-lost German brother, Akash Menon. However, his brother is mentally unstable with autism and he causes trouble to everyone including the neighbors. Initially Anandakkuttan hates Akash, but finally he develops a bond between his brother and himself.

Cast

• Dileep as Anandakkuttan Menon (Anand) and Akash Menon
• Gopika as Nimmy (Koirala), Anandakuttan's love interest
• Salim Kumar as Chandran
• Siddique as Samuel Issac, Akash's foster father
• Suhasini as Anandakuttan's and Akash's mother.
• Rosshan Andrrews as Himself
• Idavela Babu as Subair, a travel agent
• Indrans as Abraham Lincoln, production controller
• Kalasala Babu as Sugunan, Nimmy's father
• Fazil as Himself
• Rekha as Akash's foster mother
• Rajan P. Dev as Keshavan
• Viji Thampi as Himself
• Jayaraj as Himself
• Baburaj as Himself
• Mafia Sasi
• Machan Varghese
• Mamukkoya as Kunjikka
• Biju Kuttan
• Kalabhavan Haneef as ATM security
• Dinesh Prabhakar as Junior Artist
• Vijeesh
• Nimisha Suresh as Diya, the Butterfly Girl from Germany
• Sangeetha Shivan
• Shamna Kasim as Raji, sister of Nimmy
• Kalabhavan Shajon as Santhosh, a driver who is a friend of Anandakuttan
• Suraj Venjaramoodu as a police officer
• Saranya Mohan as the kashmiri girl in the shooting spot shown at the beginning of the movie.
• Munshi Venu[8]
• Kalabhavan Prajod
• Kalabhavan Santhosh

Soundtrack

All songs were written by Gireesh Puthenchery and composed by Ilaiyaraaja.

1. "Oru Thottaavaadi" - Jyotsna Radhakrishnan, Vijay Yesudas
2. "Kalikonda" - MG Sreekumar
3. "Butterfly" - Bhavatharani, Karthik Gireesh Puthenchery
4. "Varavelkkumo" - Madhu Balakrishnan, Jyotsna Radhakrishnan

References

External links

• Pachakuthira at IMDb

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