Rajavinte Makan

Rajavinte Makan
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Directed by	Thambi Kannanthanam
Produced by	Sharon Pictures
Screenplay by	Dennis Joseph
Story by	Rajeev
Starring	Mohanlal Ratheesh Ambika Suresh Gopi Mohan Jose K. P. A. C. Azeez
Music by	S. P. Venkatesh
Cinematography	Jayanan Vincent
Edited by	K. Shankunni
Production company	Sharon Pictures
Distributed by	Jubily Release
Release dates	17 July 1986
Running time	132 minutes
Country	India
Language	Malayalam

Rajavinte Makan (Malayalam: രാജാവിന്റെ മകൻ; English: The Son of a King) is a 1986 Indian Malayalam crime drama film directed by Thampi Kannanthanam and written by Dennis Joseph. The film stars Mohanlal in title role and Ratheesh, Ambika, Suresh Gopi and Mohan Jose in supporting roles. The film follows underworld don Vincent Gomas (Mohanlal) and his rivalry against the Kerala Home minister N. Krishnadas (Ratheesh).

The film was a milestone in Malayalam film industry, achieving a cult status in Kerala. Rajavinte Makan established Mohanlal as a superstar overnight in Indian film industry through his portrayal of Vincent Gomez. The character became a cult figure and his dialogues became popular among the youth. Rajavinte Makan was the highest grossing Malayalam film of 1986. It ran over 200 days with a record at the box office.^[1]

The film was remade in Tamil as Makkal En Pakkam and in Kannada as Athiratha Maharatha with Ambika reprising her role in both the versions. And also remade in Telugu as Ahuthi and in Hindi as Kanwarlal.

Plot

The film starts with Krishnadas (Ratheesh) becoming home affairs minister of Kerala. After college graduation Krishnadas starts working for an Underworld Don Vincent Gomas (Mohanlal). Vincent helps Krishnadas reach great heights and subsequently enter politics. With Vincent's help Krishnadas makes himself a good political career,but soon he cheats Vincent to gain favor among people as well as the party. Thus, Krishnadas becomes the home affairs minister of the state by making an enemy of Vincent Gomas. Vincent plans a payback and he successfully manages to do so by manipulating Nancy(Ambika),an advocate who carries the case of his file which if submitted to court may lead to imprisonment for several years. He soon realizes that Nancy has struggled a lot in life as an orphan and later, a single mother. However, because of Vincent's plan Nancy loses her job. Vincent, now remorseful of his actions, makes amends to Nancy and they become friends.

Krishnadas goes after Vincent Gomas with his political power and Vincent ends up losing all his wealth. Vincent plans to kill Krishnadas and entrusts the duty to Kumar (Suresh Gopi) and Peter (Mohan Jose),trusted gangsters of Vincent Gomas. Kumar and Peter get killed during the attack against the Krishnadas. The loss of his trusted friends makes him extremely violent and vengeful. Vincent drives towards the parliament where Krishnadas works as a minister. He starts open firing and kills many policemen and Krishnadas's political aides. He confronts Krishnadas when Nancy begs him for Krishnadas' life as Krishnadas is the father of her child. At the same time cops reach the site and shoot Vincent Gomas several times. He ends up dying in the hands of Nancy. The film ends as Nancy stares at the picture of Vincent Gomas on his housewall.

Cast

• Mohanlal as Vincent Gomez, an underworld don
• Ambika as Nancy, Advocate
• Ratheesh as Krishnadas, Kerala Chief Minister
• Suresh Gopi as Kumar, loyal accomplice to Vincent Gomas
• Mohan Jose as Peter, loyal accomplice to Vincent Gomas
• Azeez
• Kanakalatha
• Kundara Johny
• K. P. A. C. Sunny
• Alex Mathew

Trivia

• Mohanlal was paid ₹ 1 lakh as fee for the film.^[2]
• Highest grossing Malayalam film in the year 1986.
• Mohanlal's dialogue "My phone number is 2255" has become an iconic Malayalam catchphrase.
• Film was re-released in some major centers after completing regular shows.
• The film has remade into Tamil language in 1987 as Makkal En Pakkam starring Satyaraj, Ambika and in Kannada as Athiratha Maharatha.

Soundtrack

The soundtrack features 3 songs composed by S. P. Venkatesh with lyrics penned by Shibu Chakravarthy. The Track Vinnile Gandharava sung by Unni Menon is an Evergreen Hit.^[3] Soundtrack along with the dialogues were highly successful. Music director 'S. P. Venkatesh' also got his break after this movie,later go on to done many soundtrack in Mollywood.

References

External links

• Rajavinte Makan at the Internet Movie Database
• http://www.hummaa.com/music/album/Rajavinte+Makan/29767#
• http://www.malayalasangeetham.info/m.php?1308
• http://www.filmydum.com/specials-details.php?Id=66