Wedding blues

Vipin Das’ Guruvayoor Ambalanadayil centres on a marriage and a comedy of errors that follow

It is a light-hearted lm, an entertainer that centres on marriage, insists lm director Vipin Das while talking about his new movie, Guruvayoor Ambalanadayil, releasing on May 16.

Speaking on phone, Vipin says unlike his previous movies, this a comedy that brings together Prithviraj and Basil Joseph.

The lmmaker had won his credits as a director with Mudhugauv (2016). That was followed by Antakshari (2022) and Jaya Jaya Jaya Jaya Hey (JJJJH) (2022).

“This is a genre I have not done. Two of my three movies dealt with intense subjects. Naturally, I don’t want to keep working on the same subject, it is exciting to work on di…erent genres,” he says.

JJJJH turned out to be a blockbuster in 2022. Starring Basil Joseph and Darshana Rajendran in the lead, the black comedy on domestic abuse was narrated in an o…beat manner that caught the imagination of viewers.

“Guruvayoor Ambalanadayil has been written by Deepu Pradeep. My job is to translate his story visually on screen. I believe I have been able to do justice to his script. The o…beat narrative techniques that I used in JJJJH have not been used in this lm.”

Produced under the banner of Prithviraj Productions, the lm also stars Anaswara

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Basil Joseph in a still from Guruvayoor Ambalanadayi.

Rajan, Nikhila Vimal, Mamitha Baiju, Rekha, Jagadish, Aju Varghese and Yogi Babu. “Prithviraj (Anand) and Basil (Vinu) play brothers-in-law who also happen to be good friends. Their chemistry and banter enhance the movie,” says Vipin.

Wedding asco

During a wedding at Guruvayur, there is a mix-up with the bridegroom marrying someone else and not his ancée, “leading to a set of hilarious incidents”.

The story of a bridegroom inadvertently marrying another man’s ancée was the theme of the Jagadish-starrer Grihapravesham (1992). Vipin hastens to assert that Guruvayoor Ambalanadayil has nothing in common with the older lm but for that one similarity.

“Prithviraj excels in comedy and his Anand will certainly tickle the funny bone of viewers. It is the same with Basil with whom I worked in JJJJH. Basil has an innate sense of comedy and so it was great to watch their interactions on the set.”

Shot in Kochi, Guruvayur and Dubai, many of the lm’s scenes featuring the Guruvayur temple was shot in a set at Karattupallikkara in Perumbavoor.