Punyalan Agarbattis

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 by	Ranjith Sankar
Written by	Ranjith Sankar
Screenplay by	Ranjith Sankar Anil Kurian Abhayakumar
Produced by	Jayasurya Ranjith Sankar
Starring	Jayasurya Nyla Usha Aju Varghese Rachana Narayanankutty Innocent Sreejith Ravi
Cinematography	Sujith Vassudev
Edited by	Lijo Paul
Music by	Bijibal
Production company	Dreams N Beyond
Distributed by	Central Pictures
Release date	29 November 2013 (2013-11-29)
Country	India
Language	Malayalam
Box office	₹7 crore (Kerala alone)[1]

Plot

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

• Jayasurya as Joy Thakkolkaran
• Aju Varghese as Greenu Sharma
• Nyla Usha as Anu Joy
• Sreejith Ravi as Abhayakumar (Thuthuru)
• Innocent as John Thakkolkaran, Joy's grandfather
• Rachana Narayanankutty as Advocate Remya
• T. G. Ravi as Achuthan Maash, a social worker
• Idavela Babu as K C Mathews
• Mala Aravindan as Ayyappan
• Sunil Sukhada as Magistrate
• Shivaji Guruvayoor as Advocate Hassan Marakkar
• Gokulan as Jimbruttan
• Lishoy as Joy's uncle
• Jayaraj Warrier as Kaattalan Jose
• Sabumon Abdusamad as Idivettu Sabu
• Thesni Khan as Gracy
• Ponnamma Babu as Usha
• Irshad as Amal
• Vinod Kovoor as Pappan Kottaparambu
• Sudheer Karamana as Kollur Jayaprakash
• Sunil Babu as Mahout Eldho

Production

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

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

Punyalan Agarbattis
Soundtrack album to Punyalan Agarbattis by Bijibal
Released	2013
Recorded	2013
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Length	25:43
Language	Malayalam
Producer	Bijibal
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