Punyalan Agarbattis (transl. Saint Incense Sticks) is a 2013 Indian Malayalam-language satirical comedy film written, co-produced, and directed by Ranjith Sankar, starring Jayasurya, Nyla Usha, Aju Varghese, Rachana Narayanankutty, Innocent, and Sreejith Ravi. It follows the tale of the young entrepreneur, Joy Thakkolkaran (Jayasurya), and his business venture "Punyalan Agarbattis" in the city of Thrissur. The film is produced by Jayasurya and Ranjith Sankar under the banner of Dreams N Beyond and features music composed by Bijibal. It was a commercial success at the box office. A sequel of the film titled 'Punyalan Private Limited' was made in 2017, and it had many of the members of the original cast.

Punyalan Agarbathis
Theatrical poster
Directed byRanjith Sankar
Written byRanjith Sankar
Screenplay byRanjith Sankar
Anil Kurian
Abhayakumar
Produced byJayasurya
Ranjith Sankar
StarringJayasurya
Nyla Usha
Aju Varghese
Rachana Narayanankutty
Innocent
Sreejith Ravi
CinematographySujith Vassudev
Edited byLijo Paul
Music byBijibal
Production
company
Dreams N Beyond
Distributed byCentral Pictures
Release date
  • 29 November 2013 (2013-11-29)
CountryIndia
LanguageMalayalam
Box office₹7 crore (Kerala alone)[1]

Plot

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The movie follows the inspiring tale of an entrepreneur, Joy Thakolkaaran, who owns a firm named 'Punyalan Agarbathis'. The firm is involved in the production of incense sticks from elephant dung. The first half moves around how it becomes nearly impossible for him to acquire the necessary raw material (elephant dung), and when he finally does acquire it, the devil follows him in the form of a hartal. Struggling between the deadline given by the court and the unexpected hartal, he decides to smuggle the raw material on the day of the hartal. When the RIP followers get wind of this, they attack Joy and destroy his godown and means of transportation. The rest of the movie revolves around how Joy is pressured by various problems around him and how help comes from the unexpected. The party uses different methods to mentally depreciate Joy. However, he overcomes them with his optimistic attitude and his friends and family. At the end of the movie, the tagline reads "You can conquer the whole world if you are ready to believe in yourself"

Cast

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Production

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Jayasurya was selected to play the lead and Nyla Usha his wife.[2][3] The popular senior actor Innocent was cast to play the grandfather of hero.[4][5]

The filming began at Thrissur on 17 August 2013.[6][7]

Release

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The film was released on 29 December 2013.

It was both a commercial and critical success.[8][9] The film collected ₹7 crore from Kerala box office.[1]

Soundtrack

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Punyalan Agarbattis
Soundtrack album to Punyalan Agarbattis by
Released2013
Recorded2013
GenreFeature film soundtrack
Length25:43
LanguageMalayalam
ProducerBijibal
Bijibal chronology
Daivathinte Swantham Cleetus
(2013)
Punyalan Agarbattis
(2013)
.....
(2013)

Bijibal composed the background score and songs. The film marked the debut of Jayasurya as a singer in films. The lyrics are written by Santhosh Varma.[10]

Track Song Title Singer(s)
1 "Poorangalude Pooram" P. Jayachandran
2 "Aashichavan" Jayasurya
3 "Esho Parayunna" Arun Alat

References

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  1. ^ a b "Kerala box office: Jayasurya's 'Pretham' surpasses total collection of 'Punyalan Agarbathis' in 10 days". International Business Times. 22 August 2016.
  2. ^ "Nyla Usha is the heroine in 'Punyalan Agarbattis'!". Sify. 8 July 2013. Archived from the original on 14 July 2013. Retrieved 29 November 2013.
  3. ^ Gayathry (12 July 2013). "Jayasurya-Nyla in Punyalan Agarbattis - Oneindia Entertainment". Entertainment.oneindia.in. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016.
  4. ^ "Innocent in Punyalan Agarbattis". The Times of India. 28 July 2013. Archived from the original on 15 August 2013. Retrieved 29 November 2013.
  5. ^ "Innocent in Punyalan Agarbattis - Malayalam Movie News". IndiaGlitz.com. 31 July 2013. Archived from the original on 2 August 2013. Retrieved 29 November 2013.
  6. ^ "Jayasurya starrer 'Punyalan Agarbattis' starts today". Metromatinee.com. 17 August 2013. Archived from the original on 18 August 2013. Retrieved 29 November 2013.
  7. ^ "Punyalan Agarbattis to begin its shoot !". Indiamovies.Net. 13 August 2013. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016.
  8. ^ "Jayasurya, Ranjith Sankar join hands for their next 'Njan Marykutty'". The New Indian Express. 11 January 2018.
  9. ^ "Punyalan Private Limited's 'baby elephant' arrives at theatres". Mathrubhumi. 27 August 2017. Archived from the original on 5 May 2018.
  10. ^ Gayathry V Pillai (1 August 2013). "Jayasurya To Sing In Punyalan Agarbattis - Oneindia Entertainment". Entertainment.oneindia.in. Archived from the original on 21 December 2019.
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