Adi Kapyare Kootamani

The movie starts with the introduction of Rev. Fr. Alfred Kattuvilayil who considers himself a strict warden of a college boys hostel. His assistant, Shaanthappan, usually tries to show him the mischief of the students but fails all the time. Adishta Lakshmi fights with her father over her boyfriend and the next day, meets Bhanu Prasad, aka Bhanu, in the canteen of his college. Bhanu has lost his gold chain since he had to lend it to give his friend, Harris, some money. Since he needs money, Lakshmi offers him 20,000 rupees for taking her to his hostel for some unknown reason that night.

Bhanu brings Lakshmi into the hostel, but by the time he tries to get her out, the way out has been blocked by some students. Both stay in Bhanu's room that night. Not fully trusting Bhanu, Lakshmi ties Bhanu to a table and sets an alarm on his phone for three o'clock in the morning, as by then everyone would be asleep. But both sleep off since the alarm is a lullaby and wake up only by eight in the morning when Bhanu's friends, Bruno, Remo, and Koshi, knock on the door. Bhanu skips college and tries to get her out, but it turns out that the escape route has been repaired and therefore, blocked by Fr. Alfred and Shanthappan. He tries to get her out through the main entrance of the hostel but to his horror, the college is closed due to a strike that day. Hence, the students came back to the hostel, and Bhanu and Lakshmi run back to his room. Meanwhile, Lakshmi's father finds the auto-rickshaw driver who dropped her off near the hostel. He thinks that she eloped with her boyfriend and starts searching the place along with his goons.

Both stay in Bhanu's room for the whole day and plan to escape through the terrace that night. When Bhanu goes to the terrace at night to check if the coast is clear, he sees a number of students, including Bruno, Koshi, and Remo, boozing. They force him to drink, and he forgets about Lakshmi locked in his room. When Shanthappan goes near Bhanu's room after some time, he hears Lakshmi speaking in her sleep in Tamil. He thinks that it is a ghost and gets the key from Bhanu's pocket and opens the door. Lakshmi kicks him and runs out of the room to Bruno's room, and Shanthappan is knocked out.

The next day, Bhanu wakes up, and Fr. Alfred is persuaded by Shanthappan to check Bhanu's room for the ghost. Bhanu opens the room reluctantly and is surprised to see that Lakshmi is not there. He then finds out that his friends have found out about Lakshmi and together, they plan to get her out. Lakshmi then tells them the reason why she came into the hostel. Her boyfriend, Premraj, stayed in this hostel, and after he broke up with her through a text, she wanted revenge. So she got into the hostel, went to his room, and slapped him. Meanwhile, Fr. Alfred and Shantappan start searching the inmates' rooms for booze, and a lot of hilarious events ensue when they move Lakshmi from room to room and make her hide in Koshi's room's sunshade to not get caught. Adding to this, at night, another hilarious scene comes up when Lakshmi wants to take a bath, and Bhanu figures out that Remo is trying to flirt with Lakshmi, and gets angry.

When they try to get her out through the terrace that night, Fr. Alfred and Shanthappan see her in a white dress, and they believe that she is a ghost. Fr. Alfred locks the terrace door being scared of the ghost, and Bhanu makes a new plan: to make everyone believe that there is actually a ghost and to summon her with Ouija board in the presence of Fr. Alfred. Lakshmi will pose as the ghost. When the Fr. Alfred performs an exorcism, the ghost will leave the hostel, and that way Adishta Lakshmi also can get out of the hostel. They butter up and get the father to perform an exorcism. They also plan and buy a lot of things from the market, such as fake blood and chemicals that generate smoke and mist, to scare their inmates. Meanwhile, Lakshmi's father's goons catch up to them after the auto driver sees them at the market but they beat up the goons and escape.

At night, Bhanu, Shantappan, and Fr. Alfred start using the Ouija board, but after some time, to Bhanu's shock, an actual ghost turns up. Meanwhile, Bruno, Remo, and Koshi do a lot of things to scare their inmates, such as randomly setting fire to things, throwing fake blood at people, and breaking the glasses, all while hiding, and successfully scare the inmates. Even though some supernatural events do occur, Lakshmi poses as the ghost and after Fr. Alfred's exorcism, successfully gets out of the hostel as per the original plan. Meanwhile, the actual ghost is shown still wandering through the hostel, then suddenly appearing in the hallway and doing a jumpscare.

In the credits, Lakshmi is back in her home, and Bhanu visits her with her bag which she had forgotten in his room. She asks him if he has just come to give the bag or to say something else. Bhanu wanted to say he loves her but Lakshmi has already figured it out. She tells him that they will talk about it later and asks him to leave but suddenly hears her father's voice and asks him to wait until three in the morning when her father and his goons would have slept. Bhanu now realizes that he is trapped in her house just like how she was trapped in the hostel.

• Dhyan Sreenivasan as Bhanu Prasad alias Bhanu
• Namitha Pramod as Adishta Lakshmi
• Aju Varghese as Bruno
• Mukesh as Rev. Fr. Alfred Kattuvillayil
• Neeraj Madhav as Remo
• Vineeth Mohan as Koshi
• Bijukuttan as Shaanthappan
• John Vijay as Gowndar, Lakshmi's father
• Sabumon Abdusamad as Veluchaami
• Roshan Mathew as Premraj
• Devi Ajith as Adishta's mother
• Valsala Menon as Ammachi / Neighbour in deathbed
• Krishnan as The Auto Driver
• Disney James as Ammachi's son
• Anjali Aneesh as Upachana, Ammachi's daughter in-law
• Balaji Sarma as The Electrician (cameo)
• John Varghese as The Junior Student (cameo)
• Thomas Pattathanam as The New Admission Boy's father (cameo)
• Bhagath Manuel as Harris (cameo)
• Pradeep Kottayam as Bhanu Prasad's relative (cameo)

The filming commenced on 7 September at University Hostel Campus in Thiruvananthapuram.{{cite web|title='Adi Kapyare Kootamani': Dhyan Sreenivasan-Namitha Pramod Starrer Begins Shooting in Kerala|url=http://www.ibtimes.co.in/adi-kapyare-kootamani-dhyan-sreenivasan-namitha-pramod-starrer-begins-shooting-kerala-645807|work=International Business Times|date=8 September 2015}} The title of the film Adi Kapyare Kootamani was revealed on 8 September 2015, Production Controller of Adi Kapyare Kootamani is handled by Shibu G Suseelan.{{cite web|title = Ringing in the Good Times|url = http://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/from-the-location-of-debutant-john-vargheses-adi-kapyare-koottamani/article7737950.ece|work = The Hindu|date = 8 October 2015}}

{{Infobox album

| name = Adi Kapyare Kootamani

| type = Soundtrack

| artist = Shaan Rahman

| released = 25 December 2015

| recorded = 2015

| genre = Feature film soundtrack

| length = 11m 27s

| language = Malayalam

| label = Muzik 247

| prev_title = Oru Vadakkan Selfie

| prev_year = 2015

| next_title = Vettah

| next_year = 2016

| chronology = Shaan Rahman

}}

{{Track listing

| extra_column = Singer(s)

| headline = Original Tracklist

| title1 = Ende Maavum Poothe

| extra1 = Vineeth Sreenivasan, Shaan Rahman, Arun Alat, Rzee(Rap)

| length1 = 3:52

| title2 = Maruda

| extra2 = Shaan Rahman, Arun Alat

| length2 = 3:52

| title3 = Ullasa Gayike

| extra3 = Vidhu Prathap, Shaan Rahman, Remya Nambeesan

| length3 = 3:43

}}

The film collected {{INR Convert|2.24|c}} in three days of release,{{cite news|title=Kerala box office collection: Dulquer's Charlie rules BO; Dileep's Two Countries, Dhyan's Adi Kapyare Kootamani running successfully|url=http://www.ibtimes.co.in/kerala-box-office-collection-dulquers-charlie-rules-bo-dileeps-two-countries-adi-kapyare-661126|agency=International Business Times|author=Anu James|date=28 December 2015|accessdate=14 January 2016}} and subsequently grossed {{INR Convert|4.6|c}} in a week.{{cite news|title=Kerala box office: Dulquer's Charlie, Dileep's Two Countries, Unni Mukundan's Style go steady in weekend|url=http://www.ibtimes.co.in/kerala-box-office-dulquers-charlie-dileeps-two-countries-unni-mukundans-style-go-steady-661911|agency=International Business Times|author=Anu James|date=5 January 2015|accessdate=14 January 2016}}

Abhilash S Nair and John Varghese were nominated for the Best Script of a Comedy Film category at 2nd Asianet Comedy Awards 2016 {{Cite web|url=http://www.hotstar.com/tv/asianet-comedy-awards/11761/curtain-raiser-comedy-awards/1000113405|title= Asianet Comedy Awards - Hotstar|website= Hotstar|access-date=2016-11-29}}

In December 2015, producer Vijay Babu confirmed that there would be a sequel to the film, titled Adi Kapyare Kootamani 2.{{cite web|last=|first=|title='Adi Kapyare Kootamani' to have a sequel...|date=28 December 2015|url=http://english.manoramaonline.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/adi-kapyare-kootamani-dhyan-sreenivasan-namitha-pramod-to-have-sequel.html|publisher=Malayala Manorama|access-date=9 January 2016}} It would be directed by John Varghese.{{Cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/news/Dhyan-Aju-Neeraj-in-Adi-Kapyare-Kootamani-2/articleshow/50354440.cms|title=Dhyan, Aju, Neeraj in Adi Kapyare Kootamani 2!|website=The Times of India|date=29 December 2015 |access-date=2016-04-09}}

The film was remade in Tamil in 2022 as Hostel, starring Ashok Selvan and Priya Bhavani Shankar in lead roles.{{Cite web|date=2020-12-13|title=Ashok Selvan, Priya Bhavani Shankar as main lead in popular malayalam movie remake|url=https://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movies-cinema-news-16/ashok-selvan-priya-bhavani-shankar-as-main-lead-in-popular-malayalam-movie.html|access-date=2020-12-17|website=Behindwoods}} The film was also remade in Telugu in 2023 as Jilebi and in Kannada in 2024 as Abbabba starring Likith Shetty and Amrutha Iyengar in lead roles.{{Cite web |last=Angadi |first=Jagadish |title='Abbabba' movie review: Entertaining remake of a Malayalam hit |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/entertainment/abbabba-movie-review-entertaining-remake-of-a-malayalam-hit-2898566 |access-date=2024-05-01 |website=Deccan Herald |language=en}}

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