Rafi and Mecartin are a

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and director duo best known for comedy films in

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. Raffi's younger brother Shafi is also a well-known film director. Raffi is also the nephew of director Siddique from the

Siddique–Lal Siddique–Lal are a screenwriter and director duo, consisting of Siddique and Lal. They were active together in Malayalam cinema during 1986–1995. They were initially assistant directors to director Fazil. Particularly known for making fil ...

duo. He has scripted and directed successful films such as '' Puthukkottayile Puthumanavalan'' (1995), ''

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'' (1997), '' Punjabi House'' (1998), '' Thenkasipattanam'' (2000), ''

Chathikkatha Chanthu ''Chathikkatha Chanthu'' () is a 2004 Indian Malayalam-language comedy-drama 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 Na ...

'' (2004), '' Pandippada'' (2005), and '' Hallo'' (2007). The duo has also written the scripts for ''

Aniyan Bava Chetan Bava ''Aniyan Bava Chetan Bava'' () is a 1995 Indian Malayalam-language comedy-drama film directed by Rajasenan and written by Rafi Mecartin. It stars Jayaram, Narendra Prasad, Rajan P. Dev, Kasturi and Sangita. The movie was remade in Telugu as ''S ...

'' (1995), ''

Aadyathe Kanmani ''Aadyathe Kanmani'' () is a 1995 Indian Malayalam-language family drama film directed by Rajasenan. Plot Balachandran Unnithan (Jayaram) is a singer who falls in love with Ambika( Sudha Rani), a singer from his own troupe and they both get ma ...

'' (1995), ''

Dilliwala Rajakumaran ''Dillivala Rajakumaran'' ( ''Delhiite Prince'' ) is a 1996 Malayalam film by Rajasenan starring Jayaram and Manju Warrier. The movie tells a fictional story inspired from Travancore Royal Family's famous Padiyettam ceremony (Royal adoption) wh ...

'' (1996), '' Kusruthi Kuruppu'' (1998), '' One Man Show'' (2001), '' Thilakkam'' (2003), and ''

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'' (2007) among others, for other directors.

Filmography

Director

^⊥ Rafi Alone

Screenwriter only

* '' Ellarum Chollanu'' (1992) (writer) * '' Mr & Mrs'' (1992) (writer) * ''

'' (1995) (writer) * ''

'' (1995) (screenplay and dialogue) * ''

'' (1996) (writer) * '' The Car'' (1997) (story) * '' Kusruthi Kuruppu'' (1998) (Story, Screenplay,Dialogues) * ''

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, Samyuktha Varma, Lal, Manya, Kalabhavan Mani and Narendra Prasad. The ...

'' (2001) (writer) * '' Thilakkam'' (2003) (writer) * ''

Romeoo ''Romeo'' is a 2007 Malayalam romantic comedy film written by Rafi Mecartin and directed by Rajasenan, starring Dileep, Vimala Raman, Sruthi Lakshmi and Samvrutha Sunil in the lead roles Romeo was a commercial success at the box-office. Plot M ...

'' (2007) (dialogue, screenplay, story) * ''

'' (2007) (writer) * ''

Two Countries ''Two Countries'' is a 2015 Indian Malayalam-language romantic comedy film written by Rafi and directed by Shafi. The film stars Dileep and Mamta Mohandas in the lead roles, with Suraj Venjarammoodu, Mukesh, Aju Varghese and Jagadish appearing ...

'' (2015) (Rafi alone) *'' Children's Park'' (2019) *''Once Upon Time In Kochi'' (2024)

Assistant director

* '' Godfather'' (1991) * '' Vietnam Colony'' (1993) * ''Customs Diary'' (1993)

Acting credits of Rafi

* ''Puthukkottayile Puthumanavalan (1995)'' (guest appearance) * '' Ring Master'' (2014) *''

Villali Veeran ''Villali Veeran'' is a 2014 Indian Malayalam Action comedy film, produced by Super Good Films under the banner of Remya Release and directed by Sudheesh Shanker. The film stars Dileep (actor), Dileep in the lead role along with Namitha Pramod, ...

'' (2015) * ''

Shajahanum Pareekuttiyum ''Shajahanum Pareekuttiyum'' () is a 2016 Indian Malayalam-language romantic comedy drama film directed by Boban Samuel. The film stars Kunchacko Boban, Jayasurya and Amala Paul in the lead roles. Nikki Galrani made a cameo appearance. Principal ...

'' (2016) * ''

Role Models ''Role Models'' is a 2008 American comedy film directed by David Wain, who co-wrote it with Timothy Dowling, Paul Rudd and Ken Marino. The film follows two energy drink salesmen who are ordered to perform 150 hours of community service as punis ...

'' (2017) * '' Sherlock Toms'' (2017) * ''

Vikadakumaran ''Vikadakumaran'' is a 2018 Indian Malayalam-language comedy film directed by Boban Samuel and written by Y. V. Rajesh. The film stars Vishnu Unnikrishnan and Manasa Radhakrishnan. It was produced by Arun Ghosh and Bijoy Chandran under the ba ...

''(2018) * ''Sakalakalasala'' (2018) * '' Children's Park'' (2019) *

Ganagandharvan Ganagandharvan () is a 2019 Indian Malayalam comedy film directed by Ramesh Pisharody and written by Pisharody and Hari P. Nair. Mammootty is playing a ‘ganamela’ singer named Kalasadhan Ullas. Debutante Vanditha Manoharan play the female lea ...

(2019) * ''

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'' (2020) Director&Film Producer Chacko * ''

Naaradan ''Naradan'' is a 2022 Indian Malayalam-language neo-noir psychological thriller film directed by Aashiq Abu starring Tovino Thomas, Anna Ben and Sharafudheen in main roles. The film was originally scheduled to be released in April 2021, but ...

Mecartin as an Actor

* '' Sathyam Sivam Sundaram'' (2000)

References

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