Kutty Srank: The Sailor of Hearts (2009)

Kutty Srank is a short-tempered, lonely, but law-abiding boatman whose work leads him to travel the back waters of Kerala. One day, when the local police station discovers an unidentified ... See full summary »

Director:

Shaji N. Karun

Writers:

Shaji N. Karun (story), Hari Krishnan (screenplay),

Stars:

Mammootty, Kamalinee Mukherjee, Meena Kumari Perera

1 win.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Mammootty	...	Kutty Srank
Kamalinee Mukherjee	...	Pemmena
Meena Kumari Perera	...	Kali
Padmapriya	...	Revamma
Siddique	...	Fr. Yonus
Saikumar	...	Unnithan
Sreekumar	...	Paskal (as P. Sreekumar)
Satheesh Chandra	...	Mooppan
Suresh Krishna	...	Loni Ashan
Jathitha	...	Nalini
Amit	...	Joppan
Maya Vishwanath	...	Madhavi
Padmakumar	...	Neelan
Gaurav Moudgill	...	Prasanna
M.A. Balachandran	...	Kanaran

Storyline

Kutty Srank is a short-tempered, lonely, but law-abiding boatman whose work leads him to travel the back waters of Kerala. One day, when the local police station discovers an unidentified body washed ashore, three women come forward claiming it to be the dead body of Kutty Srank. Each of the three women - a rich women aspiring to be a Buddhist nun, a convict, and a mute - all claim to be Kutty Srank's wife. Kutty Srank ultimately leaves behind a story of a man who convinced three very different women he was a committed and faithful husband while successfully keeping his other two lives a secret.

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Plot Keywords:

boatman | wetting oneself | butt | female rear nudity

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

India

Language:

Malayalam

Release Date:

31 October 2009 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Kerala, India

Company Credits

Production Co:

Reliance Big Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

127 min

Color:

Color

User Reviews

Great Malayalam movie

Saw this movie on an Empirevideo(the audio was so low) DVD and wish I had seen it in a theater. As a regular viewer of Malayalam movies, I have always appreciated the good quality movies that have come out from Kerala, especially during 2009 and 2010. Out of a dozen or so good movies during this period, Mammooty has been the leading man in most of such films.

His performance in this movie will be one of his career bests. An actor who is so uncomfortable in dance sequences present in the mainstream 'masala' movies, shows how effective he can be in the play staged in the second story segment of the movie. This movie won the National award for direction, but Mammooty was not given the National award for best actor, although he deserved it not only for this movie, but also for couple of other movies.

Excellent photography, wonderful music and a very moving story very well told. Of the other actors, only Kamalini Mukherji and Suresh Krishna could get away from vicinity of the imposing and tremendous acting screen presence of Mammooty and make a mark for themselves.

Great film. Highly recommended. Should be viewed more than once to truly appreciate the movie. Looking forward to to Shaji N karun's next movie.