Mamangam is an upcoming Indian Malayalam-language period action film directed by M. Padmakumar.[3] Sajeev Pillai was the director in the first schedule but was replaced by M. Padmakumar.[4] The film is about the Mamankam festival of the 18th century in the banks of the Bharathappuzha at Tirunavaya, in the Malabar region.[5][6] The film follows the story of Chaaverukal who plot to overthrow the Zamorin rulers. It stars Mammootty, Unni Mukundan, Prachi Tehlan and Achuthan.[7] The music is composed by M. Jayachandran.[8][9]
The film originally shot in Malayalam will be dubbed in Tamil, Telugu and Hindi and will be released simultaneously. And it became the first Malayalam Cinema set to release world wide in 4 languages on same day.[10][11][12] It is scheduled to be released worldwide on 12 December 2019.[1]Mamangam is regarded as the most expensive malayalam movie ever made
Plot
It is based on medieval Mamankam festival celebrated during the 17th century on the banks of the Bharathappuzha, where warriors known as Chaaverukal plots against the Zamorin rulers to overthrow them.[13]
Cast
Mammootty as Chaver Thalavan
Unni Mukundan as Chandroth Panicker
Achuthan as Chandroth Chanthunni
Prachi Tehlan as Unnimaaya
Siddique as valluvakonathiri
Tarun Arora as Zamar Koya
Mohan Sharma as Zamorin
Anu Sithara as Manikyam
Kaniha as Chirudevi
Maala Parvathi
Neeraj Madhav as kochambu
Idavela Babu
Manikuttan as Moyin
Kaviyoor Ponnamma
Suresh Krishna as Pokkar
Sunil Sukhada as Kanara Perumal
Meghanathan as Chandroth Pothuvaal
Manikandan Achari as Odiyan
Baiju Ezhupunna as Konthi Nair
Jayan Cherthala
Sudheer Sukumaran as Valluvanadu Warrior
Vishnu Marakkal
Abu Salim as Warrior
Sudev Nair as Rarichan
Nandan Unni
Valsala Menon
Iniya as Unni Neeli
Nilambur Ayisha
Production
Development
Mamangam was originally planned by director Sajeev Pillai who has written the script, which is based on Mamankam festival that was celebrated during the 17th century. The film features Mammootty in the role of a brave warrior.[14] The makers got permission from Navodaya to reuse the title of their 1979 film.[14][15] According to sources from the production team, as of January 2019, the budget of the film was ₹45 crore.[16] In November 2019, producer Venu Kunnapilly revealed the final budget to be ₹55 crore.[2]
Neeraj Madhav and Dhruvan was roped in to play important roles. Later Dhruvan was replaced by Unni Mukundan who play Chandroth Paniker.[17] Prachi Tehlan, Anu Sithara and hindi film actress Pranchi Desai was roped in to play the female lead roles.[18][19] Achuthan who is trained Kalaripayattu was roped in to play Chandrathil Chanthunni Menon, a 15-year kid who is the youngest fighter in the history of Mamankam.[20] Kaniha, Iniya, Siddique, Sudev Nair, Suresh krishna and Manikkuttan were also roped in to play pivotal characters.[21][22][23] Tarun Arora made his Malayalam cinema debut with the film.[24] On 29 January 2019, it was confirmed that M. Padmakumar will replace Sajeev Pillai as the director.[25] The producer announced that Padmakumar will be assisted by some of the renowned technicians in completing the movie. Cinematographer Manoj Pillai replaced cinematographer Ganesh.[26][27]
The film showcases the martial art of Kalaripayattu[12] and the actors have undergone training for Kalaripayattu and horse riding.[28][29] The actors including Mammootty, Unni Mukundan and Manikuttan have undergone physical transformation for the film.[30][31][32][33] Sham Kaushal is the action choreographer.[34][35] Director Ram is supervising the dubbing of the Tamil version.[36] The visual effects for the film is done by Kamalakannan.[37]
Filming
Principal photography began in February 2018 at Mangalapuram and completed the first schedule in the same month.[38] After M. Padmakumar was roped in as the director in January 2019, the film shooting restarted from scratch.[39] The sets are created in an 18-acres of plot in Maradu where the old era is recreated and was erected by close to thousand labourers and cost around 5 crores.[22] The war sequence of the film were shot in 20 acre land in Nettoor, which was built by around 2000 workers and costing 10 crore was constructed with 10 tonnes of steel and 2000 cubic metre of wood. Big sets were erected.[40][41][42][31]
As of 10 May 2019, the film completed 80 days of the planned 120-day shoot.[43] The climax sequence was shot in over 40 days. During the final days of production in Nettoor, there were scenes that had nearly 3000 artistes, dozens of elephants and horses.[44][41] The film was completed in 4-5 schedules in different locations and on different sets
The film originally shot in Malayalam will be dubbed in Tamil, Telugu and Hindi and will be released simultaneously. And it became the first Malayalam Cinema set to release world wide in 4 languages on same day.[10][11][12] It is scheduled to be released worldwide on 12 December 2019.[1]Mamangam is regarded as the most expensive malayalam movie ever made
Plot
It is based on medieval Mamankam festival celebrated during the 17th century on the banks of the Bharathappuzha, where warriors known as Chaaverukal plots against the Zamorin rulers to overthrow them.[13]
Cast
Mammootty as Chaver Thalavan
Unni Mukundan as Chandroth Panicker
Achuthan as Chandroth Chanthunni
Prachi Tehlan as Unnimaaya
Siddique as valluvakonathiri
Tarun Arora as Zamar Koya
Mohan Sharma as Zamorin
Anu Sithara as Manikyam
Kaniha as Chirudevi
Maala Parvathi
Neeraj Madhav as kochambu
Idavela Babu
Manikuttan as Moyin
Kaviyoor Ponnamma
Suresh Krishna as Pokkar
Sunil Sukhada as Kanara Perumal
Meghanathan as Chandroth Pothuvaal
Manikandan Achari as Odiyan
Baiju Ezhupunna as Konthi Nair
Jayan Cherthala
Sudheer Sukumaran as Valluvanadu Warrior
Vishnu Marakkal
Abu Salim as Warrior
Sudev Nair as Rarichan
Nandan Unni
Valsala Menon
Iniya as Unni Neeli
Nilambur Ayisha
Production
Development
Mamangam was originally planned by director Sajeev Pillai who has written the script, which is based on Mamankam festival that was celebrated during the 17th century. The film features Mammootty in the role of a brave warrior.[14] The makers got permission from Navodaya to reuse the title of their 1979 film.[14][15] According to sources from the production team, as of January 2019, the budget of the film was ₹45 crore.[16] In November 2019, producer Venu Kunnapilly revealed the final budget to be ₹55 crore.[2]
Neeraj Madhav and Dhruvan was roped in to play important roles. Later Dhruvan was replaced by Unni Mukundan who play Chandroth Paniker.[17] Prachi Tehlan, Anu Sithara and hindi film actress Pranchi Desai was roped in to play the female lead roles.[18][19] Achuthan who is trained Kalaripayattu was roped in to play Chandrathil Chanthunni Menon, a 15-year kid who is the youngest fighter in the history of Mamankam.[20] Kaniha, Iniya, Siddique, Sudev Nair, Suresh krishna and Manikkuttan were also roped in to play pivotal characters.[21][22][23] Tarun Arora made his Malayalam cinema debut with the film.[24] On 29 January 2019, it was confirmed that M. Padmakumar will replace Sajeev Pillai as the director.[25] The producer announced that Padmakumar will be assisted by some of the renowned technicians in completing the movie. Cinematographer Manoj Pillai replaced cinematographer Ganesh.[26][27]
The film showcases the martial art of Kalaripayattu[12] and the actors have undergone training for Kalaripayattu and horse riding.[28][29] The actors including Mammootty, Unni Mukundan and Manikuttan have undergone physical transformation for the film.[30][31][32][33] Sham Kaushal is the action choreographer.[34][35] Director Ram is supervising the dubbing of the Tamil version.[36] The visual effects for the film is done by Kamalakannan.[37]
Filming
Principal photography began in February 2018 at Mangalapuram and completed the first schedule in the same month.[38] After M. Padmakumar was roped in as the director in January 2019, the film shooting restarted from scratch.[39] The sets are created in an 18-acres of plot in Maradu where the old era is recreated and was erected by close to thousand labourers and cost around 5 crores.[22] The war sequence of the film were shot in 20 acre land in Nettoor, which was built by around 2000 workers and costing 10 crore was constructed with 10 tonnes of steel and 2000 cubic metre of wood. Big sets were erected.[40][41][42][31]
As of 10 May 2019, the film completed 80 days of the planned 120-day shoot.[43] The climax sequence was shot in over 40 days. During the final days of production in Nettoor, there were scenes that had nearly 3000 artistes, dozens of elephants and horses.[44][41] The film was completed in 4-5 schedules in different locations and on different sets
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