Vijay Superum Pournamiyum

Vijay Superum Pournamiyum is a 2019 Indian Malayalam-language romantic drama film written and directed by Jis Joy, Starring Asif Ali and Aishwarya Lekshmi in the lead roles along with Balu Varghese, Siddique, Aju Varghese and Renji Panicker in supporting roles. It is the official remake of 2016 Telugu Hit film Pelli Choopulu. The film has musical score composed by debutant Prince George. It was released on 2019 January 11 to highly positive reviews from the critics as well as the audience.The Movie completed 100 days at kerala box office.

The film was produced by A. K. Sunil under the banner of New Surya Films. The film is the third collaboration of Jis Joy and Asif Ali, who have earlier worked together in Bicycle Thieves and Sunday Holiday. It is a romantic-comedy and the director had earlier said that it will be a small, message-driven film with elements suitable for a family audience.

Synopsis
The movie revolves around Vijay (Asif Ali) and Pournami (Aiswarya) who met through a matchmaking mistakenly. Vijay is a baccalaureate in Engineering. Pournami is a MBA graduate who aims to be a business entrepreneur. Both of them from a young age are motivated to be the best but alas they are not. Both of them are ambitious, Vijays dream is to be a restaurateur rather than be an engineer. Meanwhile, Pournami has dreams in starting a business even after failing in business after business. She intends to go to Australia to pay back her parents the money she has lost through her ventures. The core of the film takes us through structure of love that makes living interesting without resulting in divorces, and how arranged marriages succeed in real life.

Cast

 * Asif Ali as Vijay / Vijay 'Super'
 * Aishwarya Lekshmi as Pinky / Pournami
 * Siddique as Chandra Mohan, Vijay's father
 * Renji Panicker as Venugopal, Pournami's father
 * Balu Varghese as Roshan, Vijay's friend
 * Aju Varghese as Youtube Cleetus
 * Shanthi Krishna as Radhamani, Paurnami's mother
 * Darshana Rajendran as Pooja, Pournami's friend
 * Joseph Annamkutty Jose as Vijay's friend
 * Austin Dan as Naresh, Pournami's ex-boyfriend
 * Aileena Amon as Sonam
 * Anish Kuruvilla as Sonam's father
 * Sharan as Hotel Singer
 * Devan as Vijay's uncle
 * K. P. A. C. Lalitha as Vijay's grandmother
 * Maya Menon as Vijay's mother
 * Sathi Premji as Pournami's grandmother
 * Sreekanth Murali as Event manager
 * Shaheen Siddique as Salman, Sonam's love interest
 * Viviya Santh as Reshma, Vijay's ex-girlfriend
 * Anjali Nair as Paurnami's neighbor
 * Punnassery Kanchana as Bedridden grandma
 * Gayathri as Grandma's daughter (Cameo Appearance)
 * Niranj Suresh as Surya (Cameo Appearance)
 * Shashikala Nedungadi as Surya's mother (Cameo Appearance)
 * Rajesh Sharma as Doctor (Cameo Appearance)
 * K. S. Chithra as Herself ( Cameo Appearance)
 * Harisanth Sharan as singer (Cameo Appearance)

Production
In March 2018, director Jis Joy announced his third project, starring Asif Ali and Mamta Mohandas in the lead roles, during the 100 days celebration of his previous film Sunday Holiday. Later, actress Aishwarya Lekshmi bagged the offer to play the female lead replacing mamta.

The shooting of the film started in June 2018. Locations included Kochi, Bengaluru and Pondicherry.

Soundtrack
The original soundtrack was composed and arranged by Prince George.

Release
The film was released in 114 theatres in Kerala on January 11, 2019.After the successful run in the home state, on 24th January it has released in GCC centres. The movie has been released in almost all major centres like Dubai, Sharjah, Abu Dhabi, Oman, Bahrain, Qatar and Kuwait.

Critical response
The Times of India Reviewer Deepa Soman Rated it 3/5 and stated "The film is a decent watch on the whole, with warmth in its heart. If not approached with high expectations, the boisterous characters might offer you a good time".

Filmibeat.com rated it 3.5 and written that Vijay Superum Pournamiyum falls into those league of films that you can watch and come out of the theatres with a smiling face. Definitely, a joyous and pleasurable watching experience.

Sify has reviewed that the film is a watchable romantic comedy and rated 2.5/5.

Satellite Rights
Satellite Rights of the movie bagged by leading malayalam television channel Mazhavil Manorama.

Awards
Mazhavil Entertainment Awards