Meesa Madhavan

Meesa Madhavan
File:Meesha Madhavan.jpg VCD cover
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
Edited by	Ranjan Abraham
Production company	Moviekshetra
Distributed by	Kalasangam Kas Varnachithra
Release dates	4 July 2002 (2002-07-04)
Running time	165 minutes
Country	India
Language	Malayalam

Meesa Madhavan (Malayalam: മീശ മാധവന്‍, English: Mustache Madhavan) is a 2002 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 blockbuster and 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 and in Kannada as Hori starring Vinod Prabhakar.

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 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 ... Meesha Madhavan
• Indhrajith ... 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
• Kozhikode Narayanan Nair ... Advocate
• Lal Jose ... cameo

Reception

The film was the highest grossing film of the year 2002 with a collection of over 15 crores. It had completed 100 days in all the major cinemas and ran over 250 days.It gave its lead actor Dileep the name Janapriyanaayakan (Popular Star).

Soundtrack

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

External links

• Meesa Madhavan at IMDb