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Mr.Kumaran Oru Nattukokkinte Selfie

is an animated family movie from Hibiscus Digital Media, an animation production house based in Trivandrum. The 45 minute animated telefilm that deals with an environmental issue is told with subtle humour and moves around a love story between two cattle egrets, Kumaran and Chandini. Madhu K.S. is the director of the film. Sunil Kumar B. is the Assistant Director and Deepu Prasad A.N. is the Technical director of the film. Story and screenplay is done by K.S.Manu. It is the first 45 mintes animated content in Malayalam language.

The plot

When the paddy fields and ponds were encroached for building purposes, the cranes lost their habitats and they migrated to the cities in search of food. This sensitive environmental problem is placed in a fantasy world in this family entertainer to build the plot of the story.

The story

Kumaran, a stork from the country side flies to the city to find a living. He gets a job in the city's biggest garbage ground, where Manikunju the richest crane of the city runs a food processing factory. The waste food is collected from the garbage dumps, processed in the factory and then sold as tasty fast food for birds through Mani's restaurant chains. One day Manikunju summons Kumaran to his restaurant and ask him to secretly bring fresh water fish and toddy from his native place. At the restaurant Kumaran sees his daughter Chandini and is at once attracted to her. When Kumaran delivers fresh water fish and toddy to his home, Manikunju reveals his life story that he too came to the city just like Kumaran from his native place, the shores of Vellayani lake. Chandini who hears her father's confession decides to go to her father's native place. She along with her friends Elena and Fatima lures Kumaran to take them to the lake, which Kumaran finds as an opportunity to get close to Chandini. Kumaran's efforts does not go in vain, he was invited to present country food at Chandini's birthday party, where shawarma was the main delicacy at the insistence of Chandini's brother Rahul. At the end of the party all the guests who eats shawarma, develops food poison and dies. Manikunju and his son Rahul also succumb to it. Chandini, her friends and Kumaran survives. Before he dies Manikunju tells his last wish that Kumaran should take Chandini to the lake shores and they should live as real storks. All this story is narrated by Chandini and Kumaran in a television interview when the young couple wins national award for environmental conservation. The film concludes showing the exemplary work they do in rehabilitating sick cranes who live eating decayed food in the city.

Cast

The main cast in this animation movie is Suraj Venjaramoodu, a popular comedian and a national award winning actor, who has given voice for the lead character Kumaran. Other casts include popular film and television actors Kochupreman, T.S.Raju, and Joby A.S.  Navami Nevil  has given the voice for the heroine Chandini. Production The pre-production work of the animation movie began on 1 June 2014, and the entire production was completed on August 28, 2015.

Release

Manorama Music will release the VCDs and DVDs of the movie for home video in December 2014.

Sound track

The only song in the film is Kentucky Chicken Fry, written by Vayalar Saratchandra Varma. The music is composed by Ronnie Raphael. The background score is done by Ani Arjunan.

Reception

The trailer of the film Mr.Kumaran Oru Nattukokkinte Selfie, was well recieved in the You Tube. The Hindu daily had published critical review of the movie in its Metro Plus supplement from Trivandrum on 2 October, 2015.

http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/mr-kumaran-oru-nattukokkinte-selfie-which-has-suraj-venjaramoodu-voicing-the-main-character/article7711964.ece