Nagendran's Honeymoons
Indian dark comedy television miniseries
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Nagendran's Honeymoons is a 2024 Indian dark comedy streaming television miniseries written, directed and produced by Nithin Renji Panicker.[1][2] It stars Suraj Venjaramoodu, Alexander Prasanth and Kalabhavan Shajon in lead roles with Grace Antony, Shwetha Menon, Kani Kusruti, Alphy Panjikaran and Niranjana Anoop in other prominent roles.[3][4] In the series, After marrying a second time without success, Nagendran continues his scheme, becoming a marriage swindler with wives scattered across the Kerala state in no time. The rest of the series follows their various schemes and their attempts to avoid getting caught.
| Nagendran's Honeymoons | |
|---|---|
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| Genre | Dark Comedy |
| Written by | Nithin Renji Panicker |
| Directed by | Nithin Renji Panicker |
| Starring | Suraj Venjaramoodu Alexander Prasanth Kalabhavan Shajon |
| Music by | Ranjin Raj |
| Country of origin | India |
| Original language | Malayalam |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 6 |
| Production | |
| Producer | Nithin Renji Panicker |
| Cinematography | Nikhil S Praveen |
| Editor | Mansoor Muthootty |
| Production company | Nithin Ranji Panicker productions in association with MGC(P) Ltd |
| Original release | |
| Network | Disney+ Hotstar |
| Release | 19 July 2024 |
The series premiered on 19 July 2024 on Disney + Hotstar.[5][6][7]
Synopsis
Nagendran, an unemployed man from Vellayani, Thiruvananthapuram, dreams of traveling abroad. To fund his trip, his friend devises a plan involving marriage and dowry. However, he doesn’t stop at just one marriage.
Cast
- Suraj Venjaramoodu as Nagendran /Joseph /Ali Hussain /Govindan / Sukumaran[8]
- Alexander Prasanth as Soman
- Kalabhavan Shajon as Inspector Varkey Avarachan
- Alphy Panjikaran as Janaki, Nagendran's first wife
- Grace Antony as Lilly Avarachan, Nagendran's second wife
- Shwetha Menon as Laila Sulthana, Nagendran's third wife
- Niranjana Anoop as Savithri, Nagendran's fourth wife
- Kani Kusruti as Thankam, Nagendran's fifth wife
- Ammu Abhirami as Mozhi, Soman's wife
- Bhanumathi as Naniyamma, Nagendran's mother
- Janardhanan as Avarachan, Varkey and Lilly's father
- Ramesh Pisharody as Paulose
- Sreejith Ravi as Yusuf, Lyla's deceased husband
- Sreekanth Murali as Krishnan Namboothiri, Savithri's father
- Shaalin Zoya as Rosey, Paulose's wife
- Reshmi Boban as Madhavi, Savithri's second mother
- Sreeram Ramachandran as Savithri's boyfriend
- Shanker Induchoodan as a villager teen
- Aristo Suresh as Gopi
- Priyanka Anoop as Sumathi, actress in Soman's drama troop
- Appukutty as a Tamilian village guy
Production
Reception
The series mostly received mixed response from critics and audience.[13][14][15] Vivek Santhosh of Cinema Express rated 2.5/5 stars and wrote: "Suraj Venjaramoodu makes it a navigable affair with sporadic laughs".[16] S R Praveen of The Hindu wrote: "An unimaginatively written series that does not tread any new ground".[17] Anandu Suresh of The Indian Express rated 2/5 stars and reviewed: "Suraj Venjaramoodu, Kani Kusruti’s Hotstar series oversimplifies and humorises marriage fraud".[18] Akhila Menon of OTTPlay rated 2.5/5 stars and wrote: "Suraj Venjaramoodu shines in this dull and boring tale of weddings".[19]