| Philips and the Monkey Pen | |
| Director: | Rojin Thomas Shanil Muhammed |
| Producer: | Sandra Thomas Vijay Babu |
| Screenplay: | Rojin Thomas |
| Story: | Shanil Muhammed |
| Starring: | Sanoop Santhosh Jayasurya |
| Music: | Rahul Subrahmaniam |
| Cinematography: | Neil D'Cunha |
| Editing: | Prejish Prakash |
| Studio: | Friday Film House |
| Distributor: | Friday Tickets & PJ Entertainments Europe |
| Runtime: | 140 minutes |
| Country: | India |
| Language: | Malayalam |
Philips and the Monkey Pen is a 2013 Indian Malayalam language children's film written by Rojin Thomas and directed by Rojin Thomas and Shanil Muhammed.[1] The film stars Sanoop Santhosh, Jayasurya and Remya Nambeesan.[2]
The film revolves around a ten-year-old called Ryan Philip (Sanoop Santhosh) and his adventures with a magical pen called the Monkey Pen.[3] The film was produced by Vijay Babu and actress Sandra Thomas under Friday Film House banner.[4] Neil D’Cunha is the cinematographer and the music has been scored by Remya Nambeesan's brother, Rahul Subrahmaniam.[5]
The film released on 2 November 2013 coinciding with Diwali in Kerala.[6] [7] [8] The film completed 111 days in theaters and was a commercial success at the box-office.[9] [10] The film won Kerala State Film Award for Best Children's Film and Kerala State Film Award for Best Child Artist (Sanoop Santhosh).
Ryan Philip is a smart cute school boy who has problems understanding maths. As he struggles to escape from doing his maths homework, he resorts to mischievous acts, not realizing the trouble he is making. He has a good relationship with his dad Roy Philip and mother Sameera and Ryan's grandfather Richard Philip, who is an antique collector. On visiting his grandfather's house, Ryan gets a magical pen called monkey pen. This monkey pen does his maths homework and soon changes his whole life.
After many circumstances and the death of Ryan's girlfriend Joan in a school bus accident, Ryan's life changes in a surprising way. The hatred relationship between his maths teacher Pappan and him changes when he does the homework regularly and he and his friends hardly try for a maths exibhition and fails. Pappan gets a transfer because of Ryan's doing earlier to trap him. But he regrets later and confess to the teacher at the farewell. At last, Ryan understands that the one who had been doing his maths homework was not the monkey pen but his father. In the credits scene, it is shown Ryan studying the multiplication table.
Philips and the Monkey Pen got very much positive reviews from critics and other audiences.
Deccan Chronicle gave 3.5/5 rating and said, "This, to date, must surely rate as the year's top contender of the prestigious Swarna Kamal for the Best Children's Film. It lights up the righteous path without being preachy. When a son says to his father, "I thought the truth would pain you", the wise one smiles, inspiringly, "The truth isn't bitter; it is the lies that are excessively sweet"."
The film's soundtrack contains 6 songs, all composed by Rahul Subrahmanian. Lyrics by Anu Elizabeth Jose, Sibi Padiyara, and Mamtha Seemanth.
| Title | Singer(s) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Vinnile Thaarakam" | Arun Alat | |
| 2 | "En Kanimalare [F]" | Neha Venugopal | |
| 3 | "Baalyathil" | Remya Nambeesan | |
| 4 | "En Kanimalare [M]" | Sachin Warrier | |
| 5 | "It's Just Another Day" | Shaan Rahman | |
| 6 | "Kanavukalil" | Najim Arshad |