Big B (film)
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Big B is a 2007
Malayalam action-thriller film co-written and directed by Amal Neerad
, starring Mammootty
in the title role. The cinematography was done by Samir Thahir
, and the original score was composed by Gopi Sundar
, with Alphons Joseph
doing the songs.
Following the commercial success of the film, it was dubbed into Tamil as Manik Baasha and into Hindi and Telugu as Big B. The film is an adaptation of the American film Four Brothers
.
), the eldest and the most reactive of the four 'brothers', who was an infamous troublemaker during his time at Kochi. He was forced to flee the city after he got involved in a street fight that resulted in him stabbing another ruffian. This also led to his estrangement from Mary Teacher. Eddy (Manoj K Jayan) the second of the brothers, takes care of Mary and struggles to make the ends meet for his wife (Selena) and his two girls, as his small-time restaurant business is sagging. Murugan (Bala) is the happy-go-lucky fellow of the pack, and tours the country with his assignments as a stunt director in films. Bijo (Sumit Naval), a student, is the youngest of the brothers and very sentimental as a result of a troublesome childhood before he was adopted, is often at the receiving end of the overprotective nature of Bilal. Nevertheless, he is very attached to Bilal. The four brothers take it upon themselves to unearth the mystery behind their mother's murder. Bilal start meeting his old friends and contacts in the Kochi underworld to get information on the killers. Little by little, they piece the evidence and find out that the murder was committed by two professional 'hitmen' from Mumbai. The ACP Balaji Shakthivel (Pasupati) who is an upright cop, put in charge of investigations, tries his level best but cannot fetch any evidence to prove anything related. They soon find out that the murder was one of the many meticulously planned operations, aimed to check the teacher's intrusions into unlawful exporting of children from Kochi. As the Mayor (Ramesh Varma) and his henchman, an underworld don called Saiyuppu Tony (Sherveer Vakil) are involved, the brothers decide to take up arms to avenge their mother. How they accomplish their revenge forms the rest of the story.
.
and the songs by Alphons Joseph
with lyrics penned by Jophis Nutter Tharakan and Santhosh Varma. The score was well appreciated by the critics and the songs were chartbusters. Shreya Ghoshal sang her first song in Malayalam through this film.
Track listing
Malayalam films of the 2000s
The following is a list of films produced in the Malayalam cinema and language in the 2000s.- Highest grossing films of the decade :*2000: Narasimham*2001: Raavanaprabhu*2002: Meesa Madhavan*2003: Balettan...
Malayalam action-thriller film co-written and directed by Amal Neerad
Amal Neerad
Amal Neerad is an Indian film director, cinematographer, and screenwriter. Began his career as a cinematographer, he also turned into direction in 2007 with Big B.-Early life:...
, starring Mammootty
Mammootty
Mammootty is an Indian film actor and producer who works mainly in Malayalam cinema. He has also acted in a few Tamil, Hindi, Telugu, and Kannada films. During a career spanning more than three decades, he has acted in more than 360 films, and is only next to Prem Nazir in the number of lead roles...
in the title role. The cinematography was done by Samir Thahir
Sameer Thahir
Sameer C. Thahir is a cinematographer turned Indian film director who mainly works in Malayalam movies. His debut movie as a director chappa kurish generated rave reviews among the critics and masses. His cinematography works in movie like Big B and Daddy Cool are well appreciated....
, and the original score was composed by Gopi Sundar
Gopi Sundar
Gopi Sunder is an award winning Indian music programmer, film score composer, musician and singer. He has composed music for more than 5000 ad jingles, programmed music for many major composers and have scored more than ten Malayalam films....
, with Alphons Joseph
Alphons Joseph
Alphons Joseph is a music director and playback singer in the Malayalam film industry who got a break as a film music composer after composing for the film Vellithira. Alphons is also noted for singing the famous song "Aaromale" from the film Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa, which was composed by A. R...
doing the songs.
Following the commercial success of the film, it was dubbed into Tamil as Manik Baasha and into Hindi and Telugu as Big B. The film is an adaptation of the American film Four Brothers
Four Brothers (film)
Four Brothers is a 2005 action crime film directed by John Singleton. The movie stars Mark Wahlberg, Tyrese Gibson, Andre Benjamin and Garrett Hedlund. The film was shot in Detroit, Michigan and Hamilton, Ontario, Canada...
.
Plot
The story begins with the cold-blooded murder of Mary John Kurishingal (Nafisa Ali), better known as Mary 'Teacher', a social activist who runs an orpahanage in Kochi. She has four foster sons, whom she adopted from the city's orphans and gave her surname 'John Kurishingal'. They arrive for her funeral from various places. The cynosure is on Bilal alias 'Big B' (MammoottyMammootty
Mammootty is an Indian film actor and producer who works mainly in Malayalam cinema. He has also acted in a few Tamil, Hindi, Telugu, and Kannada films. During a career spanning more than three decades, he has acted in more than 360 films, and is only next to Prem Nazir in the number of lead roles...
), the eldest and the most reactive of the four 'brothers', who was an infamous troublemaker during his time at Kochi. He was forced to flee the city after he got involved in a street fight that resulted in him stabbing another ruffian. This also led to his estrangement from Mary Teacher. Eddy (Manoj K Jayan) the second of the brothers, takes care of Mary and struggles to make the ends meet for his wife (Selena) and his two girls, as his small-time restaurant business is sagging. Murugan (Bala) is the happy-go-lucky fellow of the pack, and tours the country with his assignments as a stunt director in films. Bijo (Sumit Naval), a student, is the youngest of the brothers and very sentimental as a result of a troublesome childhood before he was adopted, is often at the receiving end of the overprotective nature of Bilal. Nevertheless, he is very attached to Bilal. The four brothers take it upon themselves to unearth the mystery behind their mother's murder. Bilal start meeting his old friends and contacts in the Kochi underworld to get information on the killers. Little by little, they piece the evidence and find out that the murder was committed by two professional 'hitmen' from Mumbai. The ACP Balaji Shakthivel (Pasupati) who is an upright cop, put in charge of investigations, tries his level best but cannot fetch any evidence to prove anything related. They soon find out that the murder was one of the many meticulously planned operations, aimed to check the teacher's intrusions into unlawful exporting of children from Kochi. As the Mayor (Ramesh Varma) and his henchman, an underworld don called Saiyuppu Tony (Sherveer Vakil) are involved, the brothers decide to take up arms to avenge their mother. How they accomplish their revenge forms the rest of the story.
Cast
- MammoottyMammoottyMammootty is an Indian film actor and producer who works mainly in Malayalam cinema. He has also acted in a few Tamil, Hindi, Telugu, and Kannada films. During a career spanning more than three decades, he has acted in more than 360 films, and is only next to Prem Nazir in the number of lead roles...
as Bilal -- bilal John Kurishingal aka Big B - Manoj K Jayan as Eddy John Kurishingal
- Nafisa Ali as Mary John Kurishingal
- BalaBala (actor)Bala is an Indian film actor who mainly acts in Malayalam and Tamil films. He acted in several Tamil films which were unsuccessful, and later entered Malayalam film industry. He got engaged to his friend Idea Star Singer fame Amrutha Suresh in September 2009...
as Murugan John Kurishingal - Sumit Naval as Bijo John Kurishingal
- Mamta MohandasMamta MohandasMamta Mohandas is an Indian film actress and playback singer. She has mainly acted in Malayalam films, besides few Telugu and Tamil productions and one Kannada film...
as Rimi, Murugan's love interest - InnocentInnocent VincentInnocent Thekkethala , popularly known as Innocent, is a Malayalam film actor and producer. He was born in Irinjalakuda in Thrissur district of Kerala, India. He is one of the most successful and leading comedy actors of Malayalam cinema...
as Tommy Parekkaadan, Rimi's father - VijayaraghavanVijayaraghavanVijayaraghavan is an Indian actor who mainly acts in Malayalam cinema. He is popular for his character roles. He is the son of popular drama and cinema artist N. N. Pillai.-Biography:...
as George, a Circle Inspector of Police - Manianpilla RajuManianpilla RajuManiyanpilla Raju is a Malayalam film actor and producer. Though his real name is Sudhir Kumar, he is known by the screen name Maniyanpilla Raju...
as Venu, a doctor - PasupathyPasupathyPasupathy is an Indian film actor. He has appeared in several critically acclaimed roles in many noted Tamil films, essaying supporting, antagonistic, comedic as well as protagonistic roles.-Early life and career:...
as Balaji Sakthivel, Assistant Commissioner of Police - Shereveer Vakil as 'Sayippu' Tony, the villain
- Ramesh Varma as Mayor
- Lena as Celina, Eddy's wife
- Vinayakan as Pandi Azi - 'Sayippu' Tony's henchman
- Manasa as Bijo's lover
Release and reception
The film released on 13 April 2007.And Become an Average Grosser at the Box Office.
Music
The original score of the film was composed by Gopi SundarGopi Sundar
Gopi Sunder is an award winning Indian music programmer, film score composer, musician and singer. He has composed music for more than 5000 ad jingles, programmed music for many major composers and have scored more than ten Malayalam films....
and the songs by Alphons Joseph
Alphons Joseph
Alphons Joseph is a music director and playback singer in the Malayalam film industry who got a break as a film music composer after composing for the film Vellithira. Alphons is also noted for singing the famous song "Aaromale" from the film Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa, which was composed by A. R...
with lyrics penned by Jophis Nutter Tharakan and Santhosh Varma. The score was well appreciated by the critics and the songs were chartbusters. Shreya Ghoshal sang her first song in Malayalam through this film.
Track listing
- "Hip Hop" - Shelton Pinhero, Shirdhin Thomas
- "Vida Parayukayano" - Shreya GhosalShreya GhosalShreya Ghoshal is an Indian singer. Best known as a playback singer in Hindi films, she has also performed in other Indian languages including Bengali, Assamese, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Tamil and Telugu....
- "Oru vakkum Mindathe" - Alphons JosephAlphons JosephAlphons Joseph is a music director and playback singer in the Malayalam film industry who got a break as a film music composer after composing for the film Vellithira. Alphons is also noted for singing the famous song "Aaromale" from the film Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa, which was composed by A. R...
, Mridula - "Oh January" - Sayanora Philip (based on ShakiraShakiraShakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll , known professionally as Shakira , is a Colombian singer who emerged in the music scene of Colombia and Latin America in the early 1990s...
's Ojos AsiOjos Así"Ojos Así" is a song in Spanish by Colombian singer Shakira, and was released as the fourth single from her album ¿Dónde Están los Ladrones? on July 23, 1999. Today, "Ojos Así" is one of Shakira's most successful songs of her career...
) - "Muthu Mazha" - Vineeth SreenivasanVineeth SreenivasanVineeth Sreenivasan is an Indian playback singer, film actor, director, and screenwriter. He is the son of actor Sreenivasan. He made his debut as a director with his film Malarvaadi Arts Club .- Biography :...
, Jyotsna