Meesa Madhavan
| Meesa Madhavan | |
|---|---|
 VCD cover | |
| Directed by | Lal Jose |
| Produced by |
Subair Sudhish |
| Written by | Ranjan Pramod |
| Starring |
Dileep Kavya Madhavan Jagathy Sreekumar Indrajith |
| Music by | Vidyasagar |
| Cinematography | S. Kumar |
| Editing by | Ranjan Abraham |
| Studio | Moviekshetra |
| Distributed by |
Kalasangam Kas Varnachithra |
| Release dates |
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| Running time | 165 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Malayalam |
| Budget |
 2.6 crores |
| Box office |
15.7 crores |
Meesa Madhavan (Malayalam: മീശ മാധവന്, English: Mustache Madhavan) is a 2002 Malayalam romantic comedy film directed by Lal Jose and written by Ranjan Pramod; starring Dileep in the title role. The film went on to become a blockbuster and the highest grossing Malayalam film of the year, and also established Dileep's status as a star.
In 2003, this film was remade in Telugu as Dongodu starring Ravi Teja and Kalyani[1] and in Kannada as Hori starring Vinod Prabhakar.[2] It was also unofficially remade in Tamil as Kollaikaran starring Vidharth.
Plot
Madhavan (Dileep) is a clever thief who does robbery for a living. He is following the principles of his mentor Mullani Pappan (Mala Aravindan). Meesa Madhavan got his name by the popular saying that if Madhavan rolls his Mustache (Meesa in Malayalam) looking at someone, he will rob his house that night. His enemy was a local money lender Bhageerathan Pillai (Jagathy Sreekumar) who refused to give back his father's property.
Madhavan falls in love in Bhageerathan Pillai's daughter Rukmini (Kavya Madhavan). The sub inspector in the village Eappen Pappachi (Indrajith) has an eye on Rukmini. He steals the idol from the local Temple with the intention of selling it and puts the blame on Madhavan. It becomes Madhavan's responsibility to find the culprits and he does that with his mentor's help and thus uniting with his girl friend.
Cast
- Dileep ... Meesha Madhavan
- Indhrajith ... Eappan Pappachi (S.I. of Police)
- Kavya Madhavan ... Rukmini
- Jagathy Sreekumar ... Krishnavilasom Bhageerathan Pillai
- Sukumari ... Madhavan's Mother
- Harisree Ashokan ... Sugunan (Madhavan's friend)
- Cochin Haneefa ... Thrivikraman
- Mala Aravindan ... Mullani Pappan
- Oduvil Unnikrishnan ... Constable Achuthan Nampoothiri (Prabha's father)
- Jyothirmayi ... Prabha
- Karthika ... Malathi (Madhavan's younger sister)
- Salim Kumar ... Advocate Mukundanunny
- Machan Varghese ... Line Man Lonappan
- Manikandan Pattambi
- Ajaykumar ... Tea Boy (as Unda Pakru)
- Sanusha ... Rukmini jr.
- Kalabhavan Prachod ... Prabha's husband
- Ambika Mohan ... Santhamma (Bhageerathan Pillai's wife)
- Gayathri
- Meena Ganesh
- Kozhikode Narayanan Nair ... Advocate
- Lal Jose ... cameo
Reception
The film was the highest grossing film of the year 2002 with a collection of over 15 crores. It had completed 100 days in all the major cinemas and ran over 250 days.It gave its lead actor Dileep the name Janapriyanaayakan (Popular Star).[citation needed]
Soundtrack
The music album of Meesa Madhavan happens to be one of the most popular works of Vidyasagar. The lyrics were written by Gireesh Puthenchery.
| Song Title | Singers | Cast |
|---|---|---|
| "Ente Ellamellam" | K. J. Yesudas, Sujatha Mohan | Dileep & Kavya Madhavan |
| "Karimizhi Kuruvi" | Sujatha Mohan | |
| "Karimizhi Kuruvi" | Sujatha Mohan, Prathap Chandran | Dileep & Kavya Madhavan |
| "Elavathooru" | Madhuri | |
| "Chingamaasam" | Shankar Mahadevan, Rimy Tomy | Dileep & Jyothirmayi |
| "Penne Penne" | M. G. Sreekumar, K. S. Chitra, Kalyani Menon | Dileep, Kavya Madhavan, Jyothirmayi & Harisree Asokan |
| "Valeduthhal" | Vidhu Prathap, Anuradha Sriram | Dileep & Kavya Madhavan |
| "Ente Ellam" | K. J. Yesudas | Dileep & Kavya Madhavan |
| "Pathiri" | Machad Vasanthy | |
| "Theme Music" | Instrumental | |
References
- ↑ "Dongodu movie Reviews, Trailers, Wallpapers, Songs, Telugu". apunkachoice. Retrieved 2011-04-09.
- ↑ http://www.nowrunning.com/movie/8893/kannada/hori/3075/review.htm
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