Punyalan Agarbathis

2013 • 129 minutes
4.2
277 reviews
60%
Tomatometer
Eligible
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About this movie

A Malayalam satirical comedy, written and directed by Ranjith Sankar. The story revolves around Joy Thakkolkkaran (Jayasurya), an aspiring young entrepreneur from Thrissur who proposes to manufacture 'Punyalan Agarbathis' (Incense of India) from elephant dung. The incense quality and fragrance has passed with good results. His best friend in the struggle is Greenu Sharma (Aju Varghese), who sees Joy as his hero and Joy's dreams are strengthened by his wife, Anu (Nyla Usha). Their camaraderie is a guiding force for Joy. Now his main challenge is to source the raw material which is 'Elephant Dung'. From here begins his endless struggle on procuring the raw material on a Harthal day (people's strike) to confronting elephant owners, to get his share of elephant dung to make his product. Will he succeed in his endeavor with support from his friends, forms the rest of this story. (CBFC U DIL/1/120/2013-THI)

Ratings and reviews

4.2
277 reviews
Vivek Vijayan
June 21, 2016
This film is just another run of the mill movie which does not even contain comedy scenes you will recall. You would surely not feel like stopping viewing the film, but that is all about it. At ₹25 rent, I should not be complaining.
162 people found this review helpful
Manju K Manohar
July 16, 2016
Comedy and story of determination and clever thinking, overcoming challenges.feel good movie
53 people found this review helpful
tylerdiablo YT Grand_Artificer
March 7, 2015
DO NOT RENT!
17 people found this review helpful