Mothathi Kozhappa is a 2023 Indian Malayalam-language comedy film directed by Sony P Jose in his directorial debut, written by Vipinlal AV and Sony P Jose himself, also enacting the lead role alongside Sneha Unnikrishnan, TS Raju, Sunil Sukhada, Rajesh Sharma, Pradeep Kottayam and Naseer Sankranthi.
The title launch of the film was done by Jagathy Sreekumar at Thiruvananthapuram and touted as the last work of lyricist Poovachal Khader.
The film's shooting was halted due to the first and second wave of COVID-19 pandemic several times, and was released on 15 December 2023.
Synopsis Mothathi Kozhappa tells the story of some odd characters staying at a village located in the southern most region of Kerala. A character from Panchkula, near Punjab arrives at that peaceful village and their lives takes an unexpected turn as the 'outsider' tries to involve in their personal matters that makes lives difficult for almost everyone at the village.
Cast Sony P Jose ... Vinayan Sneha Unnikrishnan ... Anu TS Raju ... Uncle Sunil Sukhada ... Shashankan Rajesh Sharma ... Dasan Pradeep Kottayam ... Moneylender Kalyani Nair ... Wife of Veerapandyan Naseer Sankranthi ... Pastor Sushanth R ... Veerapandyan Molly Kannamaly ... Grandmother Ratheesh GL ... Mathayi Manju Vijeesh ... Aanandhi Sivadas Mattannur ... Brother-in-law Pradeep Prabhakar ... Veluppan Pradeep Muhamma ... Karuppan Sasankan Mayyanad ... Babu
Production The film was shot at several locations of Trivandrum, Nagercoil, Tirunelveli, Thoothukudi, Kozhikode, Ponmudi, Vagamon and Munnar. Debutant director Sony P Jose played the lead apart from writing screenplay with Vipinlal AV. Actor TS Raju, who played an important role in the film said in a promotional event that, he experienced his death for a while as his death hoax became viral in Kerala and he thought that he was actually dead. The trailer of the film was released on 17 November 2023.
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