Teja Bhai & Family
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| Directed by | Deepu Karunakaran |
| Written by | Deepu Karunakaran |
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| Cinematography | Shamdat Sainudeen |
| Edited by | Manoj |
| Music by | Deepak Dev |
Production company | Anantha Visions |
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Running time | 147 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Malayalam |
Teja Bhai and Family is a 2011 Indian Malayalam-language action comedy film directed by Deepu Karunakaran, starring Prithviraj Sukumaran and Akhila Sasidharan in the lead roles.[1][2] One of the songs, Oru Madhura Kinavin (remix version), was sung by Vijay Yesudas. The original version of this song from the movie, Kanamarayathu, was sung by his father, K. J. Yesudas.[3][4][5][6]
Plot
[edit]Teja Bhai, a well known don in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and his sidekicks are the top news of major dailies. One day, he happens to fall in love with Vedhika, a girl who happens to pass through his life. Vedhika also lives in Kuala Lumpur and volunteers in an orphanage and is involved in several philanthropic activities. Teja under the name Roshan befriends her. The film revolves around on the love between them, without Vedhika knowing the real job of Teja.
Vedhika's father Damodarji wants his daughter to be married to a man with high social status and family heritage. The power of love makes Teja change from his way of life as an underworld don and he decides to make a good family and for this, he flies to Kerala. Teja tries to find his estranged family. He also enlists the help of a pseudo Swami Rajaguru Veshya Vachassu. The thread takes hilarious turns with the arrival of Vedhika and her father to join in Teja's family. Unable to find his real family, Guru helps Teja by hiring drama artists and small-time con artists to pose as his relatives. Meanwhile, some of Teja's enemies are also after him and his gang. There is also a struggle of hiding his real identity from Vedhika and her father. The hilarious consequences of these actions and the story that ensues and how Teja manages to win the hand of his love amidst all this chaos form the crux of the movie.
Cast
[edit]- Prithviraj Sukumaran as Teja Bhai / Roshan Varma
- Suraj Venjaramoodu as Swami Rajaguru Maha Rishi Vashya Vachassu
- Akhila Sasidharan as Vedhika
- Thalaivasal Vijay as Damodarji
- Jagathy Sreekumar as Vasudevan Nair
- Jagadish as Govindan Nair
- Salim Kumar as Divakaran Nair
- Indrans as Raghavan Nair
- Kochu Preman as Raveendran Nair (Sukumaran)
- Prem Kumar as Hari Prasad
- Mohan Jose as Teja's advocate
- Sidhartha Siva as Blade
- Ajith Kollam as Srank
- Ashokan as Gopakumar
- Suman as Mohan Kartha
- Nandhu as Mahadevan Thampi
- Bindu Panicker as Lathika
- Manju Pillai as Rathi Devi
- Kulappulli Leela as Ramani
- Ponnamma Babu as Manikutty
- Krishna Prabha as Rema
- Rajeev Govinda Pillai as Sanjay Kartha
- Nedumudi Venu
- Shobha Mohan in cameo
- Kollam Thulasi as Teja's fake father
- Kottayam Nazeer as Santhosh, Police Inspector
- Bheeman Raghu as Johnny
- Vettukili Prakash
- Mafia Sasi as Ammittu
- Shakeela as Surveyor from Health Department
- Chali Pala as Jabbar
- Manka Mahesh
Production
[edit]The film was shot in Thiruvananthapuram and Malaysia.
Soundtrack
[edit]The soundtrack features 3 songs composed by Deepak Dev, 1 tracks composed by Abu Murali and a Retro Mix version of "Oru Madhurakinaavin Lehariyil" from the 80s film Kaanamarayathu.
| No. | Song | Singer(s) |
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| 1 | "Pranaya Nilaa" | Shaan Rahman |
| 2 | "Punjiricke Punjiricke" | Benny Dayal, Rimi Tomy |
| 3 | "Pranaya Nilaa" (Remix) | Shaan Rahman, Deepak Dev, Aalaap Raju, Rahul Nambiar |
| 4 | "Verum Naadakam Jeevithangal" | Franco |
| 5 | "Oru Madhurackinaavin" (Remix) | Vijay Yesudas |
Reception
[edit]Teja Bhai opened to mixed to positive reviews and became a commercial success at the box office. Metro matinee, reports the movie to have collected 2.6 crores within 10 days while cinebuzz.co.in says the movie to have grossed 5 crores in 30 days.
Box office
[edit]The film collected US$5,664 from UK box office.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ "Tejabhai and Family' to have Prithvi in the lead". Archived from the original on 7 August 2011. Retrieved 27 February 2011.
- ^ "Prithviraj gets funny". Archived from the original on 12 July 2012. Retrieved 27 February 2011.
- ^ "Tejabhai and Family review. Tejabhai and Family Malayalam movie review, story, rating".
- ^ "Review: Tejabhai and Family is silly".
- ^ "Teja Bhai and Family Review | Teja Bhai and Family Malayalam Movie Review by Veeyen". 2 September 2011.
- ^ Sify review
- ^ "United Kingdom and Ireland and Malta Yearly Box Office". Box Office Mojo. 30 December 2011.