Meesa Madhavan
| Meesha Madhavan | |
|---|---|
 VCD cover | |
| Directed by | Lal Jose |
| Produced by |
Subair Sudhish |
| Written by | Ranjan Pramod |
| Starring |
Dileep Kavya madhavan Jyothirmayi Jagathy Sreekumar Cochin Haneefa Oduvil Unnikrishnan Harisree Ashokan Mala Aravindan Sukumari Indrajith |
| Narrated by | Ranjith |
| Music by | Vidyasagar |
| Cinematography | S. Kumar |
| Edited by | Ranjan Abraham |
Production company |
Moviekshetra |
| Distributed by |
Kalasangam Kas Varnachithra |
Release date |
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Running time | 165 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Malayalam |
| Budget | ₹1.45 crore (equivalent to ₹3.9 crore or US$600,000 in 2016)[1] |
| Box office | ₹20 crore (equivalent to ₹53 crore or US$8.3 million in 2016) |
Meesha Madhavan (Malayalam: മീശ മാധവൻ, English: Mustache Madhavan) is a 2002 Indian 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 commercial success and the highest grossing Malayalam film of the year, and also established Dileep's status as a bankable star. This film was remade in Telugu as Dongodu (2003) starring Ravi Teja & in Kannada as Hori (2010) starring Vinod Prabhakar.[2]
Plot
Madhavan (Dileep) is a clever thief who robs for a living and is well known in the village. He is following the principles of his mentor Mullani Pappan (Mala Aravindan)who trained him to be a thief when Madhavan was a young boy.. Meesa Madhavan got his name by the popular saying that if Madhavan rolls his Moustache (Meesa in Malayalam) looking at someone, he will rob his house that night. His enemy is the local money lender Bhageerathan Pillai (Jagathy Sreekumar) who refuses to give back his father's property despite Madhavan paying back the loan with interest years ago.
Madhavan falls in love with 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 ... Meesa Madhavan
- Indrajith ... 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)
- james ... Pattalam Purushu
- Salim Kumar ... Advocate Mukundanunny
- Machan Varghese ... Line Man Lonappan
- Manikandan Pattambi ... as Vazhipaadu Announcer
- Ajaykumar ... Tea Boy (as Unda Pakru)
- Sanusha ... Rukmini jr.
- Jayesh Pazhanimala... Meesa Madhavan's childhood friend
- Kalabhavan Prachod ... Prabha's husband
- Ambika Mohan ... Santhamma (Bhageerathan Pillai's wife)
- Gayathri ... as Sarasu (Pattalam Purushu's wife)
- Meena Ganesh
- Yamuna ... Madhavan's sister in law
- Dinesh Prabhakar
- Vijayan Perinfgod as Warrier
- Kozhikode Narayanan Nair ... Advocate
- Lal Jose ... cameo
Reception
The film was the highest-grossing film of the year 2002 with a collection of over ₹20 crores. It had completed 100 days in all the major cinemas[3] and ran over 250 days. It gave Dileep the name Janapriyanaayakan (Popular Star). The film became commercial success at the box office.[4][5]
Soundtrack
| Meesha Madhavan | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soundtrack album by Vidyasagar | ||||
| Released | June 2002 | |||
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack | |||
| Label | Satyam Audios | |||
| Producer | Vidyasagar | |||
| Vidyasagar chronology | ||||
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The music album of Meesa Madhavan happens to be one of the most popular works of Vidyasagar. The lyrics were written by Gireesh Puthenchery.
| Track | Song Title | Singers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Ente Ellamellam" | K. J. Yesudas, Sujatha Mohan |
| 2 | "Karimizhi Kuruviye" | Sujatha Mohan, Prathap Chandran |
| 3 | "Penne Penne" | M. G. Sreekumar, K. S. Chithra, Kalyani Menon |
| 4 | "Chingamaasam" | Shankar Mahadevan, Rimy Tomy |
| 5 | "Theme Music" | Instrumental |
| 6 | "Elavathooru" | P. Madhuri |
| 7 | "Pathiri Chuttu" | Machad Vasanthi |
| 8 | "Ente Ellam" | K. J. Yesudas |
| 9 | "Karimizhi Kuruviye" | Sujatha Mohan |
| 10 | "Vaaleduthal" | Vidhu Prathap, Anuradha Sriram |
References
- ↑ Sreedhar Pillai (23 August 2002). "Magic on the wane". The Hindu. Retrieved 29 October 2016.
- ↑ http://www.nowrunning.com/movie/8893/kannada/hori/3075/review.htm
- ↑ "'Meesa Madhavan`". The Hindu. 25 October 2002.
- ↑ "A filmi shot in the arm". The Hindu. 15 February 2003.
- ↑ ""I have more enemies than friends": Dileep". Sify. 21 April 2004.