Cousins is produced by Vysakh Rajan under the banner of Vyshakha Cinemas, Music is by M. Jayachandran for the lines of Murugan Kattakada and Rafeeq Ahamed. Bangalore, Pollachi and Kodaikanal are the main outside Kerala locations of this comedy movie. This movie was an average grosser at the box office.
Plot
Sam is psychologically trapped in the past following a tragic incident that occurred six years earlier, an event that nearly cost him his life. Unable to fully recover from the trauma, he struggles with fragmented memories. His psychiatrist advises him to revisit Manipal, where the incident took place, in the hope that returning to familiar surroundings will help him regain his lost memories.
Sam’s cousins — Georgy, Pauly, and Tony — accompany him on the road trip. While the journey begins as a light-hearted reunion filled with humor and nostalgia, it gradually uncovers painful truths from Sam’s past.
During their time in Manipal, the cousins meet Mallika, the sister of Sam’s former girlfriend Aarathi, who was nearly his wife. Through Mallika and Georgy — who already knows the full story — Pauly and Tony learn about Sam and Aarathi’s relationship. Georgy reveals that when Sam and Aarathi attempted to elope, they were intercepted by Aarathi’s brother’s men. Sam was captured, and in the chaos that followed, Aarathi was not saved.
Realizing that Aarathi may still be in danger, Georgy suspects that someone is attempting to kill her. The cousins bring Aarathi to their home to ensure her safety. With Mallika’s assistance, Georgy, Pauly, and Tony begin investigating the person responsible for targeting Aarathi.
As Sam slowly confronts his past, the cousins work together to uncover the truth behind the tragedy and the threats surrounding Aarathi.
The filming started on 10 August 2014 at Bangalore Palace,[6][7] where a majority of filming took place over the next weeks.[8] Around 600 artists, including a cultural troupe from Bangalore and nearly 80 horses were part of a song sequence, which was a five-day-long shoot and costed over ₹80 lakh (US$95,000).[9][10]Kamalini Mukherjee did an item number for the movie.[11]
The film received mixed reviews from both critics and the audience. Asha Prakash of The Times of India rated the film 2 out of 5 and praised the background score and music as "impressive". She also praised the art direction and cinematography for creating a visually spectacle with "rich, colourful, magnificant," and "grand scale" song sequences. The performance by Intrajith was also praised. However, she criticised the plot as "illogical" and "dramatic, beyond tolerance" and the attempts at comedy are seen as weak.[12]
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