Kozhipporu

Kozhipporu (transl. Cockfight) is an Indian Malayalam-language Family Drama film, produced by V G Jayakumar under the banner J Pic Movies. The movie is written and directed by Jinoy Janardhanan and Jibit George, and starred Indrans, Pauly Valsan, Anjali Nair, Jolly Chirayath, Veena Nandakumar, Jinoy Janardhanan, Navajith Narayanan, Sarin Rishi, Sohan Seenulal and Praveen TJ.[1] The soundtrack was composed by Bijibal. The film is edited by Appu N. Bhattathiri and has Ragesh Narayanan as the cinematographer. The film released in theatres on 6 March 2020.[2] However, following the theatre closedown owing to the Covid pandemic on 10th March 2020, the movie could not gain momentum at the movie theatres. Later, the movie released on Amazon Prime as a worldwide release.

Kozhipporu
Movie Poster
Directed byJinoy Janardhanan
Jibit George
Screenplay byJinoy Janardhanan
Produced byV. G. Jayakumar
Starring
CinematographyRagesh Narayanan
Edited byAppu N. Bhattathiri
Music byBijibal
Distributed byJ Pic Movies
Release date
  • 6 March 2020 (2020-03-06)
Running time
99 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageMalayalam

One of the directors of the film, Jibit George died on 9 May 2020 following a cardiac arrest. He has also acted in the movie in a good role. The other director of the film, Jinoy Janardhanan, who has also acted in the film as one of the leads, is being praised for his natural acting and great direction. The film attained great attention for its unique making style and is being considered as one of the finely made movies based on village subjects.

Jinoy Janardhanan received the ' SPECIAL JURY AWARD FOR DIRECTION ' for Kozhipporu , as part of the 44th Film Critics Awards 2022.

Cast
  • Indrans as George
  • Pauly Valsan as Mary
  • Jolly Chirayath as Beena
  • Sohan Seenulal as Varghese
  • Anjali Nair as Jibina
  • Veena Nandakumar as Aani
  • Sarin Rishi as Keerappalli Antony
  • Sankar Induchoodan as Tom
  • Jinoy Janardhanan as Alby
  • Navajith Narayanan as Jibit
  • Praveen TJ as Gokul
  • Jibit George as Kevin
  • Nandini Sree as Chinjulu
  • Geethi Sangeetha as Jaya
  • Shiny Sarah as Chinjulu Mother
  • Mary Eramallur as Sujatha
  • Reshmi Anil as Sindhu
  • Baby Sameeksha Nair as Agasteena/Agu
  • V G Jayakumar as Broker
  • Bride Visitors as Subair Peringodan, Stella Simon

Soundtrack

The music and background score of the film is done by Bijibal and the lyrics was written by Vinayak Sasikumar.[3]

  • Aadhyathe Nokkil... - Bijibal, Aani aami vazhappally
  • Vayadikkattu... - Uday Ramachandran
  • Nalukaalippayalla... - Vaikom Vijayalakshmi

Release

The film released on 6 March 2020.

References
  1. "Kozhipporu Movie Review: A passable tale that's a few decades too late", The Times of India, retrieved 24 April 2020
  2. "'Kozhipporu' set for re-release soon". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
  3. കൃഷ്ണപ്രഭ. "ഇത് ഗാഗുല്‍ത്തായില്‍ ഒരു കോഴി ഉണ്ടാക്കുന്ന പോര്| Review". Mathrubhumi. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
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