King Liar is a 2016 Indian Malayalam-language romantic comedy film written by Siddique and directed by Lal. It stars Dileep, Lal, Asha Sharath, and Madonna Sebastian in the lead roles. It was produced by SAK under his production SAK Movie House. The soundtrack and score were composed by Alex Paul and Deepak Dev. The film was released on 2 April 2016. The movie is about a manipulative liar, Sathyanarayan. The movie brought the writer-director duo Siddique-Lal together after 22 years.
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Plot
Sathyanarayan is a manipulative conman who lies to his lover, Anjali, claiming that he is the managing director of a major firm under the alias Narendran, or Naran. In reality, he makes duplicate certificates with the help of his roommate and close friend, Antappan. Their lives take an unexpected turn when Anand Varma, a wealthy Dubai-based fashion tycoon, enters the picture. Anand is on the verge of divorcing his wife, Devika Varma. Although Anand and Devika were deeply in love, their relationship falls apart after Anand kisses a model at one of his success parties. Devika witnesses the incident and decides to end their marriage.
Meanwhile, Sathyan discovers that Anjali is actually his childhood friend. Desperate to save his marriage, Anand hires Sathyan to convince Devika to reconsider the divorce. Sathyan and Antappan travel to Dubai and join the company, which is now owned by Devika. Initially, Devika is furious and throws Sathyan out of the company. However, circumstances eventually force her to allow him to join. Impressed by Sathyan's clever business tactics and ability to handle difficult situations, Devika eventually promotes him to the position of Assistant Manager.
As Devika was planning to appoint someone representing her in the Asian Beauty Contest, Sathyan persuades Anand to pick Anjali as his model. Devika finally finds Natasha as her representative, but Sathyan persuades Natasha to reunite Anand and Devika. In the end, Anjali wins the competition after explaining the consequences of being divorced in the Intelligence round, and Anand and Devika reunite. Anjali, after the competition, visits Sathyan who says his real name is Sathyan to her. Sathyan confesses that Anjali is his childhood friend, and they both reunite.
At last Rahul, who is revealed to be the son of Sathyan and Anjali was caught telling lies about his dad being MS Dhoni to his friends. He tells his friends Sathyan is their driver. The film ends with Sathyan chasing Rahul and telling him to stop lying.
Music
"Annadyamaay"
"Dinamithu Kaathirunnere (Anjali)", singer: Arjun Muralidharan
"Hello Hello Check Hello", singer: Vipin Lal
"Perum Nunappuzha", singer: Manjari, Vijay Yesudas
"Title Song"
Production
Principal photography commenced at Kochi on 21 October 2015. The film was shot in Kuttanad, Dubai, and Kochi.
Release
King Liar was released on 2 April 2016 in 127 screens in Kerala.
Reception
Box office
The film collected ₹1.52 crore (US$160,000) on its opening day and ₹5.32 crore within its first four days at the Kerala box office. Making a share of ₹2.35 crore in 4 days. It collected ₹96 lakh in the fifth day, making it ₹6.28 crore and ₹8.56 crore gross collection in 8 days, thus making a share amount of ₹4.05 crore. The film grossed ₹12.73 crores after 15 days and continued in 80 screens in its third week. The film collected ₹15 crore (US$1.6 million) in a month from the Kerala box office. The film collected ₹18.72 crore (US$1.9 million) within 41 days from the Kerala box office alone. The film collected ₹20.18 crore (US$2.1 million) from Kerala box office in 58 days.