Meesa Madhavan
| Meesha Madhavan | |
|---|---|
 VCD cover | |
| Directed by | Lal Jose |
| Written by | Ranjan Pramod |
| Produced by | Subair Sudhish |
| Starring | Dileep Kavya madhavan Jyothirmayi Jagathy Sreekumar Cochin Haneefa Oduvil Unnikrishnan Harisree Ashokan Salim Kumar Mala Aravindan Machan Varghese Guinness Pakru Sukumari Karthika Mathew Indrajith |
| Narrated by | Ranjith |
| Cinematography | S. Kumar |
| Edited by | Ranjan Abraham |
| Music by | Vidyasagar |
Production company | Moviekshetra |
| Distributed by | Kalasangham Films Kas Varnachithra |
Release date |
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Running time | 165 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Malayalam |
| Budget | ₹1.45 crore (equivalent to ₹5.5 crore or US$660,000 in 2023)[1] |
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 super star. This was third direct hit of Dileep after Mazhathullikkilukkam & Kuberan. The film ran for over 200 days .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). Despite being childhood friends, in the beginning of the movie Rukmini hates Madhavan as he is a well known thief in the locality. But later on when she realizes that Madhavan's sisters marriage was cancelled because of her father, she slowly started falling for him and later both fall in love with each other. 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 as Meesa Madhavan
- Indrajith as Eappan Pappachi (S.I. of Police)
- Kavya Madhavan as Rukmini
- Jagathy Sreekumar as Krishnavilasom Bhageerathan Pillai
- Sukumari as Madhavan's Mother
- Harisree Ashokan as Sugunan (Madhavan's friend)
- Cochin Haneefa as Thrivikraman
- Mala Aravindan as Mullani Pappan
- Oduvil Unnikrishnan as Constable Achuthan Nampoothiri (Prabha's father)
- Jyothirmayi as Prabha
- Karthika Mathew as Malathi (Madhavan's younger sister)
- James as Pattalam Purushu
- Salim Kumar as Advocate Mukundanunny
- Machan Varghese as Line Man Lonappan
- Manikandan Pattambi as Vazhipaadu Announcer
- Ajaykumar as Tea Boy (as Unda Pakru)
- Sanusha as Rukmini jr.
- Jayesh Pazhanimala as Meesa Madhavan's childhood friend
- Kalabhavan Prachod as Prabha's husband
- Ambika Mohan as Santhamma (Bhageerathan Pillai's wife)
- Gayathri as Sarasu (Pattalam Purushu's wife)
- Meena Ganesh
- Yamuna as Madhavan's sister in law
- Dinesh Prabhakar
- Vijayan Peringode as Warrier
- Kozhikode Narayanan Nair as Advocate
- Lal Jose (Cameo)
Reception
The film was the highest-grossing film of the year 2002 with a collection of over ₹20 crores.[3] It had completed 100 days in all the major cinemas[4] and ran over 250 days. It gave Dileep the name Janapriyanaayakan (Popular Star). The film became commercial success at the box office.[5][6][7][8][9]
Soundtrack
| Untitled | |
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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 | Raga(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Ente Ellamellam" | K. J. Yesudas, Sujatha Mohan | Desh |
| 2 | "Karimizhi Kuruviye" | Sujatha Mohan, Prathap Chandran | Kapi |
| 3 | "Penne Penne" | M. G. Sreekumar, K. S. Chithra, Kalyani Menon. | Valachi |
| 4 | "Chingamaasam" | Shankar Mahadevan, Rimy Tomy | Shanmukhapriya |
| 5 | "Theme Music" | Instrumental | |
| 6 | "Elavathooru" | P. Madhuri | |
| 7 | "Pathiri Chuttu" | Machad Vasanthi | |
| 8 | "Ente Ellam" | K. J. Yesudas | |
| 9 | "Karimizhi Kuruviye" | Sujatha Mohan | Kapi |
| 10 | "Vaaleduthal" | Vidhu Prathap, Anuradha Sriram | Kharaharapriya |
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
- ^ "Sathyan Anthikad and Lal Jose: Winning the hearts of the Malayalam 'family' audience". The News Minute. 4 July 2017.
- ^ "'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.
- ^ "Dileep-Kavya in New Zealand!". Sify. 8 January 2006.
- ^ "Malayalam actor Dileep not paying service tax". Sify. 21 December 2013.
- ^ "Dileep's lucky date!". Sify. 14 June 2006.
