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Rafi–Mecartin
Rafi and Mecartin are a screenwriter and director duo best known for comedy films in Malayalam cinema. Raffi's late younger brother Shafi was also a well-known film director. Raffi is also the nephew of director Siddique from the Siddique–Lal duo. He has scripted and directed successful films such as '' Puthukkottayile Puthumanavalan'' (1995), ''Superman'' (1997), '' Punjabi House'' (1998), '' Thenkasipattanam'' (2000), ''Chathikkatha Chanthu'' (2004), ''Pandippada'' (2005), and '' Hallo'' (2007). The duo has also written the scripts for '' Aniyan Bava Chetan Bava'' (1995), '' Aadyathe Kanmani'' (1995), '' Dilliwala Rajakumaran'' (1996), '' Kusruthi Kuruppu'' (1998), ''One Man Show'' (2001), '' Thilakkam'' (2003), and ''Mayavi'' (2007) among others, for other directors. Filmography Director ⊥ Rafi Alone Screenwriter only * '' Ellarum Chollanu'' (1992) (writer) * Mr & Mrs (1992) (writer) * '' Aniyan Bava Chetan Bava'' (1995) (writer) * '' Aadyathe Kanmani'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Punjabi House
''Punjabi House'' is a 1998 Indian Malayalam-language comedy drama film written and directed by Rafi Mecartin. It stars Dileep (actor), Dileep and Harisree Ashokan as Unni and Ramanan with Mohini (Tamil actress), Mohini, Jomol, Lal (actor), Lal, Cochin Haneefa, Thilakan, Janardhanan (actor), Janardhanan and N. F. Varghese in other pivotal roles. It revolves around Unni, a debt-ridden entrepreneur who attempts suicide by jumping into the sea so that his family can use the insurance money to repay his debts. However, he survives and is rescued by two debt ridden fisherman, who keep him as a servant in the house of a Punjabi family of moneylenders, so that they can repay the sum at a later time. Development of the script took Rafi-Mecartin almost a year to complete. Rafi-Mecartin's script was based on a real-life incident they had experienced while on a train. Suresh Peters composed ''Punjabi House'''s soundtrack, in his Malayalam film debut, while S. P. Venkatesh composed the sco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chathikkatha Chanthu
''Chathikkatha Chanthu'' () is a 2004 Indian Malayalam-language romantic comedy slasher film written and directed by Rafi Mecartin and produced by Lal under the banner of Lal Creations. It stars Jayasurya in the title role, along with Vineeth, Lal, Navya Nair, and Bhavana in other major roles. The film features original songs composed by Alex Paul, while Berny-Ignatius did the scoring. In the film to spurn his landlord's daughter Indira, Chanthu writes love letters to an imaginary Vasumathi. However, things go awry when the letters reach a real Vasumathi and she falls for him. The film was released on 14 April 2004 and has a cult status in Mollywood cinema. It was remade in Kannada as '' Kal Manja''. Plot Chanthu is a young screenwriter whose mother works in a mansion owned by a man named Thampuran. Thampuran's daughter Indira is in love with Chanthu, who does not love her. After finding out about this, Thampuram forces Chanthu to write love letters to "Vasumathi," an ima ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hallo (film)
''Hallo'' is a 2007 Indian Malayalam-language black comedy thriller film written and directed by the Rafi Mecartin duo. It stars Mohanlal and Parvathy Melton (in her Malayalam debut), with Siddique,Jagathy Sreekumar, K. B. Ganesh Kumar, Madhu, and Saiju Kurup in important roles. The music was composed by Alex Paul. The film received positive reviews from critics, with critics particularly praising Mohanlal"s performance. It was also a major commercial success. It was remade in Telugu as '' Naa Style Veru'' (2009) and in Kannada as '' Manjunatha BA LLB'' (2012). The plot of the movie was reported to have been partially borrowed from the 2004 movie '' Cellular''. Plot Sivaraman is a once-brilliant criminal lawyer who now seems to be in a self-destructive mode. All the time he is portrayed in a highly intoxicated state. His clients had abandoned him a long time ago. But he has a very devout follower, Chandy. Whenever Sivaraman gets into one of his drunken brawls, it is Chandy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pandippada
''Pandippada'' () is a 2005 Indian Malayalam-Tamil bilingual action comedy film written and directed by Rafi Mecartin. The film stars Dileep in the lead role while Navya Nair, Prakash Raj, Rajan P. Dev, Harisree Ashokan, Salim Kumar, Cochin Haneefa, and Indrans play supporting roles. The film was produced by Dileep and Anoop under the company Graand Production. The film was commercially successful at box office, it was one of the highest-grossing film in 2005 and developed a cult following. The film released on 4 July 2005. The story revolves around Bhuvana Chandran (Dileep), a struggling entrepreneur in a lot of debt, who gets involved in a land conflict between two powerful men related by marriage in Tamil Nadu, Pandi Durai (Prakash Raj) and Karuppayya Swami (Rajan P. Dev). Meanwhile, he lands himself as a close confidante of Durai and falls in a love triangle inspired from ''Twelfth Night''. Plot Pandi Durai and his brother-in-law Karuppayya Swami are two rival landlords, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thenkasipattanam
''Thenkasipattanam'' () is a 2000 Indian Malayalam-language action comedy film written and directed by Rafi Mecartin, produced by Lal, and starring Suresh Gopi, Lal and Dileep as male leads and Samyuktha Varma, Geethu Mohandas and Kavya Madhavan as female leads with Salim Kumar and Spadikam George in supporting roles. Plot Kannan and Dassan are owners of the market in their village in Thenkasi Pattinam. They become the famous rowdies under the guidance of their godfather. Dassan has a sister called Devootty who is the educated girl and wants to get rid of their rudeness from their behaviour. Shatrugnan alias Shathru joined as the manager of Kannan's and Dasan's firm KD & Co. who is regularly beaten by them due to his stupidity. Later, it is revealed that Shathru is in love with their sister, but she is not interested in him. He joins KD & Co. as the manager in an attempt to win Devootty's love and the approval of her brothers. She enquires about his coming to their vill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Superman (1997 Film)
''Superman'' is a 1997 Indian Malayalam-language action heist film written and directed by Rafi Mecartin, starring Jayaram and Shobana. It was produced and distributed by Siddique, Lal, and Azeez under the banner of Kavyachandrika. Plot Nithya, a deputy police commissioner, is assigned a corruption case involving the Home Minister and his friend, a businessman named Rajan Phillip. Unknown to her, a criminal nicknamed Superman helps her in the investigation. Superman, whose real name is Hareendran, nurtures a vendetta against the Home Minister and uses Nithya to trap his enemies. In the process, Superman uses the judiciary as his weapon and frames the men responsible for his tragic past. He provides vital information to the police for the same. In order to collect evidence, Superman himself breaks the law; but as it is for the greater good, Nithya looks the other way. Cast *Jayaram as Hareendran / Hari "Superman" *Shobana as DCP Nithya IPS *Jagadish as SI Balachandran, Haree ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thilakkam
''Thilakkam'' () is a 2003 Indian Malayalam-language black comedy film directed by Jayaraj and written by Rafi Mecartin. Dileep, Kavya Madhavan, and Thiagarajan play the lead roles. The rest of the cast includes Nedumudi Venu, K. P. A. C. Lalitha, Nishanth Sagar, Jagathy Sreekumar, Cochin Haneefa, Harisree Ashokan, Salim Kumar, and Bindu Panicker. It was remade in Kannada as '' Nandeesha'' in 2012, starring Komal. Plot Padmanabhan master and his wife Devaki are waiting for Unni, their only son who has been missing for many years. Ten-year-old Unni gets lost in the crowd during a temple festival where he went with his neighbour, Panicker , popularly known as Poorappanikkar. Panicker too did not go back to the village as he decided to return only after finding Unni. Panicker's daughter Ammu also believes, like the Padmaabhan and Devaki, that her father will return one day with Unni. The master publishes a photo made by an artist based on assumptions of older Unni in the newsp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
One Man Show (film)
''One Man Show'' is a 2001 Indian Malayalam-language comedy-drama film directed by Shafi (in his directorial debut) and written by the Rafi Mecartin duo. It stars Jayaram, Mukesh, Samyuktha Varma, Lal, Manya, Kalabhavan Mani and Narendra Prasad. The story unfurls itself in the course of a TV game show. This film was a huge commercial success at the box office. The film was remade in Tamil as '' Kalakkura Chandru'' (2007). Plot Jayakrishnan participates in a show, ''One Man Show'' hosted by popular movie star Mukesh. During the course of the show, the host pries into Jayakrishnan's past and the whole story is unwound in a flashback. Jayakrishnan, his uncle K. R. Menon and his cousin (Menon's daughter) Radhika, who is also Jayakrishnan's sweetheart, live together. They are lawyers by profession and their house is nicknamed "Kodathi Veedu" (courthouse). Among the lawyers of Kodathi Veedu, Jayakrishnan and his Junior Ponnappan are the only ons idle. No client ever comes for Jayak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mayavi (2007 Film)
''Mayavi'' (English: Mystifier) is a 2007 Indian Malayalam-language action comedy film directed by Shafi and written by the Rafi Mecartin duo, starring Mammootty in the title role with Gopika, Sai Kumar, Manoj K. Jayan, Salim Kumar, Suraj Venjaramoodu, Vijayaraghavan and Santhosh Jogi in supporting roles. It was a commercial success and was remade in Tamil as '' Vallakottai'' in 2010. The film was a major commercial success and was the highest grossing Malayalam movie of the year. Plot Small time criminal, Mahi gets released from prison early. He has a reputation of beating up his rivals in the darkness. Mahi wants to help fellow inmate Balan whose brother Satheesh is in need of money for a life saving operation. A fellow crook, Giri proposes an assignment for Mahi which will earn him enough money for the operation. Thottappally Surendran plans to murder Sivasankaran to settle an old score. Sivasankaran is serving life sentence for killing Surendran's father and is due to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dilliwala Rajakumaran
''Dillivala Rajakumaran'' (''Delhiite Prince'') is a 1996 Malayalam film by Rajasenan starring Jayaram, Manju Warrier, Biju Menon, and Kalabhavan Mani. The movie tells a fictional story inspired by the Travancore Royal Family's famous Padiyettam ceremony (Royal adoption) which last happened in the year 1994 when Aswathi Thirunal Gowri Lakshmi Bayi of the Travancore Royal Family adopted Bharani Thirunal Lekha Parvathi Bayi. Plot Appu and Maya are childhood sweethearts, and their parents have agreed to their marriage. Maya's father belongs to a branch of the local royal family. Appu is treated by Maya's father as his own son, and this makes her uncle jealous of him. However, Maya's life turns upside down when she is identified as the heir to her father's main royal family after her horoscope matches the qualities the royal family was looking for. The Maharaja proposes to adopt her as heir princess to continue the lineage. Greed and status make her father look for ways to get rid o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jayaram
Jayaram Subramaniam, (born 10 December 1965), is an Indian actor who works predominantly in Malayalam cinema, in addition to Tamil cinema, Tamil, Telugu cinema, Telugu, Kannada, Hindi, Sanskrit, and Bhojpuri language films. He is also a chenda percussionist, Impressionist (entertainment), mimicry artist, and occasional playback singer. Jayaram has acted in more than 200 films and received several awards, including the Padma Shri, two Kerala State Film Awards, one Tamil Nadu State Film Awards, and four Filmfare Awards South. Jayaram started as a mimicry artist at the Kalabhavan Institute during the 1980s. He made his acting debut in a leading role in Padmarajan's 1988 film ''Aparan (film), Aparan''. He established himself as a successful leading actor in the 1990s by starring in family dramas and comedies—such as ''Peruvannapurathe Visheshangal'' (1989), ''Shubhayathra'' (1990), ''Sandhesam'' (1991), ''Georgootty C/O Georgootty'' (1991), ''Malootty'' (1992), ''Ayalathe Adheham ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prem Kumar (Malayalam Actor)
Prem Kumar is an Indian actor known for his roles in Malayalam films. He has acted in more than 100 films, and played lead roles in 18 films. In 2022 he was appointed as vice-chairman of Kerala State Chalachitra Academy. Personal life and education Prem Kumar was born to James Samuel and Jayakumari in Kazhakoottam, Thiruvananthapuram district, Kerala. Ajith Kumar and Prasanna Kumar are his siblings. He received his primary education from Kazhakoottam Govt U.P School, Muslim Boys High School, Kaniyapuram and St. Xavier's College, Thumba. He obtained a degree in Psychology from Sree Narayana College, Chempazhanthy. He married Jisha on 12 July 2001. They have a daughter named Jameema. Awards * 1993 Kerala State television Award for Best Actor for a telefilm ''Lambo'' in Doordarshan. *He also got Premnazir Award in March 2019 Filmography Television *Lambo (Doordarshan) *Ente Manasaputhri (Asianet) *Scooter (Doordarshan) *Comedy Ulsavam (Flowers TV) *O Henry Stories (Do ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
