Punjabi House (1998)

2h 26m
Running Time

September 4, 1998
Release Date

Punjabi House (1998)

2h 26m
Running Time

September 4, 1998
Release Date

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Unni (Dileep) has many debts and no way to repay them. He decides to commit suicide so that his parents can use the insurance money to repay the debts, but he is saved by a fisherman named Gangadharan (Cochin Haneefa) and his employee Ramanan (Harisree Ashokan). When they notice Unni drowning, Unni pretends to be deaf and mute so that he can fake his death and the insurance money reaches his family. Gangadharan however has a debt of his own, to a Punjabi family of money lenders who have settled in Kerala. He is forced to make Unni and Ramanan to work at their home until he can repay it. A series of interesting events follow after Unni meets Pooja (Mohini) at the house, who is deaf and mute.

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Release Date
September 4, 1998

Original Name
പഞ്ചാബി ഹൗസ്

Status
Released

Running Time
2h 26m

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Punjabi House is a 1998 Indian Malayalam-language comedy drama film written and directed by Rafi Mecartin. It stars Dileep and Harisree Ashokan as Unni and Ramanan with Mohini, Jomol, Lal, Cochin Haneefa, Thilakan, Janardhanan and N. F. Varghese in other pivotal roles. It revolves around Unni, a debt-ridden entrepreneur who attempts suicide by jumping into the sea so that his family can use the insurance money to repay his debts. However, he survives and is rescued by two debt ridden fisherman, who keep him as a servant in the house of a Punjabi family of moneylenders, so that they can repay the sum at a later time.Development of the script took Rafi-Mecartin almost a year to complete. Rafi-Mecartin's script was based on a real-life incident they had experienced while on a train. Suresh Peters composed Punjabi House's soundtrack, in his Malayalam film debut, while S. P. Venkatesh composed the score. Anandakuttan was its cinematographer. M. B. Valsan and K. P. Hariharaputhran and were the film's art director and editor, respectively. Its principal photography was completed in 55 working days, with 42 days of filming taking place indoors. The film was predominantly filmed in Alappuzha district in Kerala.

Punjabi House was released on 25 September 1998 and was a box office success, completing a 150-day run in theatres. It has over the years acquired cult status in Malayalam cinema and is widely celebrated as one of the most popular Malayalam comedy films ever. The film is considered a landmark film in Dileep's career as the success of the film established him as a bankable lead actor and was his first step towards superstardom. It was also a breakthrough for Harishree Ashokan, whose character of Ramanan has become a popular cinematic figure. It was remade into Telugu as Maa Balaji in 1999, in Kannada with the same title in 2002 and in Hindi as Chup Chup Ke in 2006.

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