Meesa Madhavan

Meesa Madhavan
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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 date(s)	12 August 2002
Running time	165 minutes
Country	India
Language	Malayalam

Meesa Madhavan (Malayalam: മീശ മാധവന്‍, English: Mustache Madhavan) is a 2002 Malayalam film directed by Lal Jose and written by Ranjan Pramod; starring Dileep in the title role. The film went on to become 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].

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 Rugmini (Kavya Madhavan). The sub inspector in the village Eappen Pappachi (Indrajith) has an eye on Rugmini. To eliminate Madhavan, he steals the idol from a local Temple 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.

Trivia

• The movie's director Lal Jose had made a cameo appearance in this movie.

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 and it gave its lead actor Dileep the name Janapriyanaayakan (most popular actor).

Cast

• Dileep ... Meesha Madhavan
• Kavya Madhavan ... Rugmini
• Jagathy Sreekumar ... Bhageerathan Pillai
• Indhrajeeth Sukumarain ... Eappan Pappachi
• Sukumari ... Meesha Madhavan's Mother
• Harisree Ashokan ... Sugunan
• Cochin Haneefa ... Thrivikraman
• Mala Aravindan ... Mullani Pappan
• Oduvil Unnikrishnan ... Achuthan Nampoothiri
• Jyothirmayi ... Prabha
• Karthika ... Malathi
• Salim Kumar ... Advocate Mukundanunny
• Machan Varghese ... Lonappan
• Ajaykumar ... Tea Boy (as Unda Pakru)
• Sanusha ... Rugmini
• Kalabhavan Prachod ... Prabha's husband
• Ambika Mohan ... Bhageerathan Pillai's wife

Crew

• Director: Lal Jose
• Producer: Subhair, Sudhish
• Writer: Ranjan Pramod
• Music: Vidyasagar
• Camera: S. Kumar
• Editor: Ranjan Abraham
• Art: Joseph Nellikal
• Lyrics: Gireesh Puthenchery
• Stunt: Thyagarajan, Mafia Sasi
• Dance: Prasannan
• Associate Directors: Vinu Anand, Ratheesh Ambat
• Assistant Directors: Mehen, V. G. Muralikrishnan
• Costume: Manoj Alappuzha
• Make-up: S. P. Sudenu
• Banner: Movie Kshetra

Soundtracks

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
"Ente Ellamellam"	K. J. Yesudas, Sujatha Mohan
"Karimizhi Kuruvi"	Sujatha Mohan
"Karimizhi Kuruvi"	Sujatha Mohan, Prathap Chandran
"Elavathooru"	Madhuri
"Chingamaasam"	Shankar Mahadevan, Rimy Tomy
"Penne Penne"	M. G. Sreekumar, K. S. Chitra, Kalyani Menon
"Valeduthhal"	Vidhu Prathap, Anuradha Sriram
"Ente Ellam"	K. J. Yesudas
"Pathiri"	Machad Vasanthy
"Theme Music"	Instrumental

References

1. ^ "Dongodu movie Reviews, Trailers, Wallpapers, Songs, Telugu". apunkachoice. http://www.apunkachoice.com/titles/don/dongodu/mid_34157/. Retrieved 2011-04-09. 

External links

• Meesa Madhavan at the Internet Movie Database