''My Dear Karadi'' ( ml, മൈ ഡിയർ കരടി) ( en, My Dear Bear) is a 1999

Malayalam Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry (Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of 22 scheduled languages of India. Malayalam was des ...

comedy drama Comedy drama, also known by the portmanteau ''dramedy'', is a genre of dramatic works that combines elements of comedy and Drama (film and television), drama. The modern, scripted-television examples tend to have more humorous bits than simple co ...

film written by the duo Udayakrishna-Siby K. Thomas and directed by

Sandhya Mohan Sandhya Mohan is a director, who mostly works in the Malayalam film industry. He is known for his comedy genre movies such as ''My Dear Karadi'' and ''Kilukkam Kilukilukkam''. Career Sandhya Mohan's debut movie was '' Ilanjippookkal'', which w ...

with

Kalabhavan Mani Kunnisseri Veettil Raman Mani (1 January 1971 – 6 March 2016), better known by his stage name Kalabhavan Mani, was an Indian actor and singer. Mani started his career as a mimicry artist with the Kalabhavan comedy troupe. He had starred in ov ...

in the lead role. Kalabhavan Mani appears as a bear in major parts of the film.

Kalabhavan Shajohn Shaji John, professionally credited by his stage name Kalabhavan Shajohn is an Indian actor, director and comedian who works primarily in Malayalam cinema. He started his career as a mimicry artist in Kalabhavan, Kochi. Making his debut in 1999 ...

played Mani's bear role.

Plot

Manikantan (

) is a zoo-keeper. A bear accidentally escapes the zoo, for which the hero is held responsible. He would lose his job if the bear is not found, and unemployment would considerably damage the prospect of his getting married with the girl he loves. The movie is all about how Manikantan dresses up as a bear to secure his job and marry his girlfriend.

Cast

as Manikandan *

Jagathi 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 decades. ...

as Vasu Manikandan's best friend * Premkumar as Vettakkaran Tarzan Kittunni * Baiju as Rajappan *

Captain Raju Raju Daniel (27 June 1950 – 17 September 2018), better known by his stage name Captain Raju, was an Indian army officer and Indian actor. He acted in more than 600 films in various languages, including Malayalam, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannad ...

as SI Keshavan (Karadi Keshavan) *

Salim Kumar Salim Kumar (born 10 October 1969) is an Indian actor, comedian, director and writer in Malayalam cinema. Mostly known for his comic and comedy roles, Salim Kumar is considered one of the best and most prominent comedians in the history of Mala ...

as Constable Ujwallan * Anitha Nair as Anju Keshavan * A. C. Zainuddin as zoo supervisor *

Kalabhavan Navas Kalabhavan Navas is an Indian stage, television, and film actor, singer, comedian, and mimicry artist.introduced to films by veteran director Balukiriyath in the film mimics action 500, along with 38 mimicry artists He is known for his roles i ...

as Appukkuttan *

Kottayam Nazir Kottayam Nazeer is an Indian actor, impressionist, and an artist from Kerala. Kottayam Nazeer started his career as a stage artist . Recently he also started his career in painting. Family Nazeer is married to Haseena. They have two sons, Moh ...

as Philippose * Salu Kuttanadu as Sundaran Arpookkara *

Meena Ganesh Meena Ganesh is an Indian actress who acts mostly in Malayalam movies.http://www.thirtysixmm.com/36mm/celebrity/meena-ganesh Filmography Malayalam TV Serials * Geethanjali * Devaragam * Snehatheeram * Velankani Mathavu * Ramayanam * Calc ...

* Baiju Johnson as Rozario *

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.Kalabhavan Shajohn Shaji John, professionally credited by his stage name Kalabhavan Shajohn is an Indian actor, director and comedian who works primarily in Malayalam cinema. He started his career as a mimicry artist in Kalabhavan, Kochi. Making his debut in 1999 ...

as Rangan/ Karadi throughout the movie *

M G Sreekumar Malabar Gopalan Sreekumar (born 25 May 1957), better known as M.G. Sreekumar is an Indian playback singer, composer, music producer, television presenter and film producer, who works predominantly in Malayalam cinema. He has sung more than 2000 ...

-cameo appearance *

K. T. S. Padannayil Kochuparambil Thai Subramanian Padannayil (1933 – 22 July 2021) was an Indian theatre artist and film actor who worked predominantly in Malayalam film industry. He began his acting career at the age of 21 as a theatre artist and made his film ...

* Madhavi Chandran *

as Mani's double body

References

External links

* 1990s Malayalam-language films Indian comedy films Films about bears Films shot in Thiruvananthapuram {{1990s-Malayalam-film-stub