''Thommanum Makkalum'' (

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: ''Thomman and Sons'') is a 2005 Indian

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-language action comedy film directed by Shafi, written by

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, and produced by

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under his production house Lal Creations. The film stars

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, and

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in the titular roles. Shafi remade the film in

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as ''

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'' (2005).Now Running
/ref> and in Kannada as '' Kaamannana Makkalu'' with Sudeep.

Plot

The movie revolves around Thomman, who is a thief, and his two sons, Shivan and Sathyan. The story begins when they decide to mend their ways and lead a hardworking life. They own a lorry now and want to find work. Their lorry breaks down near Udumalpet. There the twists start. Sathyan steals some food from Panicker's house. The food is mixed with poison by Panicker due to oppression from the village head Thevar because Panicker's son cheats him and his daughter. Thomman eats the food and is hospitalized. After returning from the hospital, Thomman and his sons approach Panicker to know the truth. Thomman and his sons decides to help Panicker and they defeat Thevar's gang and take Thevar's henchman Rajakkannu as their slave. Later Thevar's daughter Poonkavanam falls in love with Shivan. Thevar arranges Shivan's marriage with his daughter. Kaliyappan who is Poonkavanam's maternal uncle successfully stops the wedding. At the wedding night Sathyan becomes a thief who robs the groom's ornaments, which makes the brothers to part ways. However, Kaliyappan was the real culprit. He tries to kill Sathyan and tell everyone that he escaped with the money. Panicker's son is killed by Kaliyappan. Shivan comes and helps Sathyan. They go to Thevar's house and reveal to him the truth about Panicker's son and all the misdeeds of Kaliyappan. After all goes well, it was revealed by Rajakkannu that Thomman, due to his son's separation, attempts to commit suicide from a cliff. His sons rushes to the cliffside and Thomman tell that they would fight and defeat him in order to reconsider his decision. at the climax, Shivan and Sathyan beats Thomman and the trio reunite.

Cast

aa Shivan *

as Thomman *

as Sathyan * Laya as Poonkavanam *

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as Sheela *

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as Rajakannu * Janardhanan as Panicker *

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as Thevar * Besant Ravi as Thangavelu *

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as Pillai *

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as Kaliyappan *

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as Gopi Krishnan (Cameo roll) *

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as Doctor Satheeshan * Abu Salim as Manikyan * Machan Varghese as Raghu *

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as S.I. Thankaraj

Soundtrack

The film's soundtrack contains 7 songs, all composed by Alex Paul and Lyrics by Kaithapram.

Release

The film was released on 18 March 2005.

Critical Reception

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'' gave it a rating of 3 out of 5.

Box office

The film was commercially successful. and completed 100 days in theatres.

Remakes

Following its success in Malayalam, the film was later remade in

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as ''

'', starring Vikram and Asin Thottumkal. It is also remade in Kannada as '' Kaamannana Makkalu'' with Sudeep.

References

External links

* {{Lal Films 2000s Malayalam-language films 2005 romantic comedy films Malayalam films remade in other languages Films directed by Shafi