Bicycle Thieves (2013 film)
Bicycle Thieves is a 2013 Malayalam comedy thriller film written and directed by Jis Joy. It stars Asif Ali in the lead role alongside Aparna Gopinath with Salim Kumar, Saiju Kurup, K. P. A. C. Lalitha, Aju Varghese, Sunil Sukhada and Siddique in other pivotal roles. The film also features Sai Kumar and Devan. It received mixed to positive reviews from critics.[1]
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| Directed by | Jis Joy |
| Screenplay by | Jis Joy |
| Story by | Ajith Pillai |
| Produced by | Dr. S. Sajikumar Krishnan Sethukumar |
| Starring | Asif Ali Aparna Gopinath Salim Kumar Vijay Babu Siddique K. P. A. C. Lalitha Saiju Kurup Aju Varghese |
| Cinematography | Binendra Menon |
| Edited by | Ratheesh Raj |
| Music by | Deepak Dev |
Production company | Dharmik films |
| Distributed by | UTV Motion Pictures |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Malayalam |
Summary
Chacko lost his parents early in his life. After years of struggle, he ends up with a gang of friends who steal bicycles for a living. Their fate changes when they try to aim for more. A heist goes wrong and the gang gets split. Chacko moves to another place where he continues with his tricks, on a bigger scale. During one of those endeavors he meets Meera, a bank employee, and they fall in love.
The first half of the film is used to introduce each character, without divulging many details; the viewer may guess that they all could have a possible role in the suspense later on.[2][3]
Cast
- Asif Ali as Kunchacko/Chacko
- Aparna Gopinath as Meera Mathews
- Vijay Babu as Adv. Kashinathan
- Salim Kumar as Bose Prakash/Bossettan
- Siddique
- Sunil Sukhada as Fa.Idayil Chodiyan
- Kishore Sathya as Sleeve Varghese
- Jaffar Idukki as Sajeer Bhayi
- Saiju Kurup as Rameshan
- K. P. A. C. Lalitha as Meera's Landlady
- Bineesh Kodiyeri as Rahim
- Sai Kumar as Pattaru Swami
- Devan as Mathews
- Aju Varghese as Shajan (Cameo)
- Balu Varghese as Iqbal cameo
- Sekhar Menon as himself cameo
- Naveen Arakkal
Soundtrack
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| Language | Malayalam | |||
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All tracks composed by Deepak Dev and Jerry Amaldev, and written by Bichu Thirumala, Kaithapram, and Jis Joy.
| No. | Title | Performer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Aayiram Kannumaay (bit)" | Asif Ali | |
| 2. | "Mele Vaanile" | Ramya Nambeesan, Naveen | |
| 3. | "Punchiri Thanchum" | Shankar Mahadevan | |
| 4. | "Theme Song" | Naveen |
References
- "Bicycle Thieves Cast and Crew". Nowrunning. 29 November 2013.
- "Review : Bicycle Thieves". Sify. Archived from the original on 23 May 2015.
- "Bicycle Thieves Review". Nowrunning. 1 December 2013.