Kattappanayile Rithwik Roshan

<p>Krishnan Nair a.k.a. Kichu was once a and wants to become a in the film industry. However, he is in minor roles similar to those he performed as a child. He is constantly taunted by the townspeople for this as well as for his skin colour. Ann Mariya, a newcomer to , becomes Kichu’s friend quickly, believing him to be well connected with the . Kichu initially mistakes her friendship for love, and is shattered when he realizes that this is not the case. The same day he has a film shoot where the director, James Antony, believes that he is the right person to portray the role of the central character. However, the producer does not want to risk a newcomer in the central role and thus Kichu loses his big chance. Returning home, he faces yet another problem where two girls whom he had sent to a nearby film location were mistreated. One of them is Kani, Kichu’s neighbor. Kani is in love with Kichu however he barely even acknowledges her. The gathering mob accuses Kichu of orchestrating the girls misfortunes leading to his father, Surendran, kicking him out of the house. Kichu, out of despair, decides to commit suicide. As he is about to commit suicide by jumping off a cliff, a car drives towards him. In an attempt by the driver to prevent his car from hitting Kichu, the car drifts and tumbles over near the suicide point. The driver is Giridhar, an influential businessman in the town and someone Kichu admires. After rescuing him, Giridhar tells Kichu that suicide is not an answer to problems and motivates him to live life and achieve his goals. Another person named Geo comes to the same cliff to commit suicide. His girlfriend, Neethu had abandoned him for Amith, leaving him heartbroken. While there, Geo reads Kichu’s suicide note describing his story. He then changes his mind about suicide and decides to meet Kichu. Kichu now decides to overcome the various prejudices that society has shown him all of his life. He realizes and acknowledges Kani’s love and becomes friends with Ann even though she had previously rejected his romantic overtures. He works on overcoming his inferiority complexes. Kichu, Kani and Ann attends the wedding of Amith with Neethu, where he learns that Amith and Ann are not in love but just friends. Kichu is called again to don the role of a petty thief in a movie. At the location. However, it turns out that the role is being done by another person and Kichu is actually the hero of the film. composed the music and worked on the for the film. The lyrics for the four songs is written by SanthoshVarma and B. K. Harinarayanan. The film was originally scheduled for release on 11 November 2016, but due to the unforeseen execution of the , which removed these bank notes from circulation, the release was pushed to 18 November 2016. Sanjith Sidhardhan critic of gave 3 stars out of 5 and wrote that ” Nadirshah has also made it a point in his movie to deliver some social messages and this time it touches on parental pressure, the effect and consequence of society’s perception of people and how people seem to take granted the valuable things in life “. Anna MM Vetticad of rated 2.5 out of 5 and wrote that ” is entertaining and moving for the most part.” Mythily Ramachandran critic of noted that “It will be an evening well enjoyed.” The film was commercial success. It grossed ₹ 14 crores alone from Kerala and ₹ 24 crores from Worldwide box office.</p>