Mamangam Movie Details:
| Country | India |
| Language | Malayalam |
| Genre | Action Period |
| Release date | 12 December 2019 (India) |
| Running time | 2hr 40min |
| Certificate | U/A |
| Starring | Mammookka Unni Mukundan Anu Sithara Siddique |
| Directed by | M. Padmakumar |
| Screenplay by | Sajeev Pillai Shankar Ramakrishnan |
| Produced by | M. Padmakumar |
| Cinematography by | Manoj Pillai |
| Edited by | Shameer Muhammed |
| Music by | Sanchit Balhara Ankit Balhara |
| Production Company | Kavya Film Company |
| Distributor | Kavya Film Company |
Mamangam Movie Cast & Characters:
- Mammootty as Chandroth Valiya Panicker / Kurup
- Unni Mukundan as Chandroth Panicker
- Achuthan B Nair as Chandroth Chanthunni
- Siddique as Thalachennor
- Prachi Tehlan as Unnimaya
- Anu Sithara as Manikyam, Chandroth Panicker’s wife
- Suresh Krishna as Pokkar
- Manikuttan as Moyin, Pokkar’s son
- Sudev Nair as Rarichan
- Kaniha as Chirudevi, Chanthunni’s mother
- Iniya as Unni Neeli, Unnimaya’s sister
- Tarun Arora as Zamar Koya
- Kaviyoor Ponnamma as Puthumana Thampuratti, Chandroth Valiya Panicker’s mother
- Idavela Babu as Chandroth family member
- Ajay Rathnam as Zamorin
- Maala Parvathi as Chandroth Panicker’s and Chirudevi’s mother
- Meghanathan as Chandroth Pothuvaal
- Manikandan Achari as Kungan
- G. Suresh Kumar as Mamangam announcer
- Romanch as Keloth Panicker
- Baiju Ezhupunna as Konthi Nair
- Jayan Cherthala as Mamangam visitor
- Sajitha Madathil as Karumari
- Sudheer Sukumaran as Thalachennor’s henchmen
- Abu Salim as Zamorin’s soldier
- Malavika Menon as Dancer (cameo)
- Nandan Unni as Mamangam visitor
- Shafique Rahman as Zamorin’s soldier
- Dinesh Prabhakar as Archer
- Valsala Menon as Chandroth family member
- Sharanya Anand as a woman in a brothel
- Nilambur Ayisha as Chandroth family member
- Rithu Manthra
Storyline:
During the medieval fair of Mamangam, twelve-year-old warrior Chandroth Chanthunni becomes a legend after putting up a brave fight against the Zamorin.
Mamangam Movie Box Office Collection & Budget:
| Budget | ₹55 crore |
| Worldwide Collection | ₹100 crore |
About Mamangam Movie:
Mamangam was originally planned by director Sajeev Pillai who wrote the script, which is based on the Mamankam festival that was celebrated during the 17th century. The film features Mammootty in the role of a warrior. The makers got permission from Navodaya to reuse the title of their 1979 film.
According to sources from the production team, as of January 2019, the budget of the film was ₹45 crore. In November 2019, producer Venu Kunnapilly revealed the final budget to be ₹55 crore.
Neeraj Madhav and Dhruvan were hired for major roles. Later Dhruvan was replaced by Unni Mukundan who play Chandroth Paniker.
Prachi Tehlan, Anu Sithara, and Hindi film actress Pranchi Desai were hired for the female lead roles. Tarun Arora made his Malayalam cinema debut with the film.
On 29 January 2019, it was confirmed that M. Padmakumar will replace Sajeev Pillai as the director. The producer announced that Padmakumar will be assisted by some of the renowned technicians in completing the movie. Cinematographer Manoj Pillai replaced cinematographer Ganesh.
Principal photography began in February 2018 at Mangalapuram and completed the first schedule in the same month. After M. Padmakumar was hired as the director in January 2019, the film shooting restarted from scratch.
The sets are created in an 18-acre of plot in Maradu where the old era is recreated and was erected by close to thousand labourers and cost around 5 crores.
The war sequence of the film was shot in 20 acres of land in Nettoor, which was built by around 2000 workers and costing 10 crore was constructed with 10 tonnes of steel and 2000 cubic metres of wood. Big sets were erected.
As of 10 May 2019, the film completed 80 days of the planned 120-day shoot. The climax sequence was shot in over 40 days. During the final days of production in Nettoor, some scenes had nearly 3000 artistes, dozens of elephants, and horses. The film was completed in 4-5 schedules in different locations and on different sets.
The film was initially scheduled to be released worldwide on 21 November 2019 but has been postponed to 12 December 2019. Originally shot in Malayalam, it was dubbed in Tamil, Telugu, and Hindi.
