''Mayilattam'' is a 2004

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-language

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directed by

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. It stars

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in a dual roles along with Rambha,

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, and

Jagathy Sreekumar Sreekumar P. K. (born 5 January 1951), better known by his stage name Jagathy Sreekumar or simply Jagathy, is an Indian actor, director and playback singer, who has appeared in over 1500 Malayalam films in a career spanning almost four decad ...

in the pivotal roles. The film was a commercial success at the box office. It was an Onam release of 2004.

Plot

The life of a normal villager Devan (

) changes when he becomes the single witness of a murder committed by a local goon (

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). Upon this, he's forced to flee from the village as he accidentally harms the goon as a part of self defense when the goon came at night to finish him. He, along with his brother-in-law (

), escapes to Singanallur in

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and there he meets his look alike Pazhani. As per his brother-in-law's instruction, he stays back at

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and sends Pazhani with his brother-in-law. As soon as he reaches Singanallur, he starts to face problems there, being unknown to the villagers that he's not Pazhani.

Cast

in a dual role as Devan and Pazhani *

as Dasan, Devan's friend * Sai Kumar as Thevar * Rambha as Mythili *

as Meenakshi *

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as Kannan Mash *

as Ripper *

Bindu Panicker Bindu Panicker is an Indian actress who has more than 200 films to her credit. She has played both comedy and character roles in Malayalam cinema. She won the Kerala State Film Award for the best supporting actress in 2001 for Soothradharan. S ...

as Bindu *

Maniyanpilla Raju Sudheer Kumar (born 20 April 1955), better known by his stage name Maniyanpilla Raju (Malayalam:മണിയൻപിള്ള രാജു), is an Indian actor and producer who works in Malayalam film industry.Augustine Augustine of Hippo ( , ; la, Aurelius Augustinus Hipponensis; 13 November 354 – 28 August 430), also known as Saint Augustine, was a theologian and philosopher of Berbers, Berber origin and the bishop of Hippo Regius in Numidia (Roman pr ...

as Murukan *

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as Ponnamma Dasan's wife *

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as Police Officer *

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as Mythili's mother * Poornima Anand * Bindu Ramakrishnan *

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as Meenakshi *

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as Young Mythili

Soundtrack

Music:

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. Lyrics:

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* "Kaattaadi Kiliye Vaa" -

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, V. M. Ajith * "Maamazhayile" (F) -

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* "Maamzhayile" (M) -

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* "Maattupetti Koyilile" -

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* "Muthu Maniye Mutham Vechuko" -

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, Sujatha Mohan * "Thakkida Tharikida" (Kacha Ketti Thaada) - M. G. Sreekumar,

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mayilattam (Film) 2004 films 2000s Malayalam-language films Indian action comedy films Films shot in Coimbatore Films directed by V. M. Vinu Films scored by M. Jayachandran