Happy Sardar
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- Sudip Joshy
- Geethika Sudip
- Sudip Joshy
- Geethika Sudip
- Haseeb Haneef
- Joshvin Joy
- Shwetha Karthik
- Kalidas Jayaram
- Merin Philip
- Javed Jaffrey
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| Cinematography | Abinandhan Ramanujam |
| Edited by | Shameer Muhammed |
| Music by | Gopi Sunder |
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| Distributed by | E4 Entertainment |
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Running time | 153 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Malayalam |
Happy Sardar[1] is a 2019 Indian Malayalam-language romantic comedy-drama film co-written and directed by debutant directorial duo Sudip Joshy and Geethika Sudip. An Indian remake of the French film Serial (Bad) Weddings, it is the first Malayalam film directed by a couple.[2][3] The film received negative reviews from critics.
Harvinder "Happy" Singh is a happy-go-lucky young man who was born to a Punjabi father, Inderpal Singh and a Malayali mother, Annamma. He falls in love with Mary Kochara, the youngest daughter of Joyce Kochara and Reetha Kochara.
Happy Sardar narrates how Happy and Mary win over each other's parents and get married with their blessings.[4]
Cast
- Kalidas Jayaram as Harvinder "Happy" Singh[5]
- Merin Philip as Mary Kochara / Mary Harvinder Singh
- Javed Jaffrey as Inderpal Singh, Happy's father
- Praveena as Annamma, Happy's mother
- Siddique as Joyce Kochara, Mary's father
- Maala Parvathi as Reetha Kochara, Mary's mother[6]
- Sreenath Bhasi as Sharaff, Happy's friend and Pammi's husband
- Sharaf U Dheen as Kaakku, Mary's family friend
- Balu Varghese as Iqbaal Moos
- Zinil Sainudeen as Jithendra Varma
- Baiju Santhosh as Happy's uncle
- Chippy Devassy as Jeena Kochra / Jeena Jithendra Varma
- Akhila Mohan as Sophie Kochara / Sophie Iqbaal
- Sebastian Sebooty as Adv. Rendev
- Sithara Vijayan as Annie Kochara / Annie Rendev
- Siddhi Mahajankatti as Pammi Kaur, Mary's friend, Happy's family friend and Sharaff's wife
- Sibi Thomas as Happy's uncle
- Anoop Chandran as Father Bernard Idikkula
- Vijilesh Karayad
- Sajan Palluruthy
- Dinesh Mohan as Joginder Singh, Pammi's father
- Anjo Nair as Mrs. Joginder, Pammi's mother
- Surabhi Santosh as herself (cameo appearance)
Production
Casting
In February 2019, it was reported that Kalidas Jayaram will be playing the male lead along with Bollywood actor Javed Jaffrey in an important role.[7][8] On 16 February, Jaffrey was confirmed to be playing Kalidas's father with Merin Philip as the female lead.[9] Merin was previously seen in Poomaram starring Kalidas in a supporting role.[10] Kalidas joined the sets in Patiala in March 2019.[11] Times of India reported on 19 September that Kalidas, playing a Sikh character will have Aanandam fame Siddhi Mahajankatti as the female lead.[12]
