Chathikkatha Chanthu

Chathikkatha Chanthu
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Directed by	Rafi Mecartin
Produced by	Lal
Written by	Rafi Mecartin
Starring	Jayasurya Vineeth Lal Bhavana Navya Nair Madhu Cochin Haneefa Siddique Salim Kumar Janardhanan
Music by	Alex Paul
Cinematography	Saloo George
Editing by	Harihara Puthran
Studio	Lal Creations
Distributed by	Lal Release
Release date(s)	14 April 2004
Running time	130 minutes
Country	India
Language	Malayalam

Chathikkatha Chanthu (Malayalam: ചതിക്കാത്ത ചന്തു, English: Chanthu Who Never Cheats) is a 2004 Malayalam musical-comedy film written and directed by Rafi Mecartin, and produced by Lal. It stars a huge cast consisting of Jayasurya, Vineeth, Lal, Bhavana, Navya Nair, Madhu, Cochin Haneefa, Salim Kumar, Siddique, and Janardhanan. The music is composed by Alex Paul.

Plot

Chandu (Jayasurya) has a problem with his name. Everyone who hears his name instantly believes that he is merciless [Chathiyan Chandu].

Chandu wants to be a famous script-writer. So he approaches all director's but all his stories are flops. So he decides to write his own story.

Chandu is the son of a servant who works in a big manor. The master's (Janardhanan's) daughter Indira (Bhavana) is in love with Chandu. But Chandu doesn't want to "hurt" his master. So he refuses Bhavana's love but Bhavana never gives up. One day Janardhanan gets hold of the love story and wants Chandu to give up the love. So he asks Chandu to write letters which will describe his love with an imaginary "Vasumathi" in an imaginary "Thottakkattukara" village. Janardhanan purposefully gives Bhavana the letters which makes her heart-broken . In one of those letters Janardhanan asks Chandu to write that he is planning to leave town with the imaginary "Vasumathi" which completely breaks Bhavana's heart. But she posts all the letters after reading them. Janardhanan then asks Chandu to leave town.

Now as fate permits, there really IS a "Vasumathi" (Navya Nair) in a REAL Thottakkattukara village , who is on the verge of suicide (Reason revealed later) . Chandu's letters gives her hope and she decides to leave town as per the last letter. But there comes the clash . In the Madras bus there is Vinneeth to whom Chandu tells his own story and tells him that even if the real Vasumathi comes he will not accept her. What happens next and Vasumathi's story is revealed as the climax of the story.

Box-office performance

The movie was a superhit at the Kerala Box Office. The imaginative story plot line and comedy scenes were well praised.

Cast

• Jayasurya... Chandu
• Navya Nair... Vasumathi
• Vineeth... Krishnan
• Lal... the director guy
• Bhavana... Indira
• Janardhanan... Thampuran
• Kulappully Leela... Chandu's mother
• Salim Kumar... Dance Master Vikram
• Cochin Haneefa... Camera man
• Krishnakumar... Aravindan
• Madhu... Vasumathi's grandfather
• Indrans...Driver
• Maya Viswanath ... Vasumathi's friend
• Jagathy Sreekumar ... Manthravadi

External links

• Chathikkatha Chanthu at the Internet Movie Database