''Manthra Mothiram'' () is a 1997 Indian

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

film, directed by

Sasi Shanker Sasi Shanker (1957 – 10 August 2016) was an Indian film director. He directed a total of twelve films including ten Malayalam films and two Tamil films. He won the National Film Award for Best Film on Other Social Issues in 1993 for his direc ...

. The film stars

Dileep Gopalakrishnan Padmanabhan, better known by his stage name Dileep, is an Indian actor, producer, comedian and entrepreneur who predominantly works in the Malayalam film industry. He has also acted in Tamil, Hindi, and Kannada films. He has ...

Nedumudi Venu Kesavan Venugopal (22 May 1948 – 11 October 2021), better known by his stage name Nedumudi Venu, was an Indian actor and screenwriter from Kerala, who predominantly worked in Malayalam cinema. He acted in more than 500 films, primarily in M ...

and

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 Impersonator, mimicry artist with the Kalabhavan comedy troupe. He had ...

in the lead roles.Though failed to find audience initially later did good business due to positive word of mouth. The film has musical score by

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Plot

Kumaran is a barber who works for his employer Kurup. He is also an artist at his best friend Pappachan's drama troupe which consists of Abdukka, Sundareshan, Vakkachan supported by their Church priest Fr. Vattakuzhi.

Cast

as Kumaran *

as Pappachan *

as CM M.K.S Warrier, Kumaran's father * Rajan P. Dev as Achuthan, Meenakshi's brother *Seline as Lakshmi Kurup *

Sathyapriya Sathyapriya (born Sathyavathi; 4 March 1953) is an Indian actress who predominately works in Tamil and Kannada films along with few Telugu and Malayalam films. Career Some of her films are ''Pudhea Paadhai'' (1989), ''Chinna Gounder'' (1992), ...

as Meenakshi, Warrier's wife *

Keerthi Gopinath Keerthi Gopinath is an Indian actress who acts mainly in Malayalam movies and television serials. She made a comeback after 20 years through Ammayariyathe telecasting in Asianet. She acted as heroine in the comedy movie Junior Mandrake releas ...

as Bindhu, Warrier's daughter *

Indrans K. Surendran (born 16 March 1956), better known by his stage name Indrans, is an Indian actor and former costume designer, who appears in Malayalam films. He started his film career as a costume designer and actor in 1981 and got a breakthrough ...

as Sundareshan *

Mamukkoya Mamukkoya (5 July 1946 – 26 April 2023) was an Indian actor known for his work predominately in Malayalam cinema. He mostly appeared in comedic roles. His unique usage of Kozhikode dialect and style marked his presence in the industry. In a c ...

as Abdu *

Machan Varghese M. L. Varghese, (1960 – 3 February 2011) popularly known by stage name Machan Varghese, was a Malayalam film actor and mimicry artist. He started his career as a mimicry artist in Kalabhavan (house of arts) and debuted as an actor through '' ...

as Vakkachan *

Oduvil Unnikrishnan Oduvil Unnikrishnan (13 February 1943 – 27 May 2006) was an Indian actor who worked in Malayalam cinema. He has portrayed supporting roles in both dramatic and comedic roles.The HindMalayalam film actor Oduvil Unnikrishnan dead He is a four- ...

as Fr. Vattakuzhi * N. F. Varghese as Kurup *

Philomina Philomina (1926 – 2 January 2006) was an Indian actress, who worked in the Malayalam cinema, Malayalam film industry. She acted in more than 750 films in her career. She played mostly character and comedy roles, besides that of mother and gra ...

as Mariyamma, Pappachan's mother *

Kanakalatha Kanakalatha (24 August 1960 – 6 May 2024) was an Indian actress who worked predominantly in the Malayalam cinema. Personal life and death Kanakalatha was born to parents Parameshwaran Pillai and Chinnamma at Kollam, Kerala. She attended the ...

as Lakshmi's Mother *

Spadikam George George Antony, popularly credited as Spadikam George is an Indian actor who primarily works in Malayalam films. He came to the limelight with the 1995 film '' Spadikam'', after which his name was preceded by the name of that film. George's perf ...

as George Anthony * Ashokan as Prasad *Swapna Ravi as Kumaran's Mother *Manka Mahesh as Shakuntala *Kalady Jayan * Hakim Rawther - Cameo Appearance

Soundtrack

The music was composed by

References

External links

* * 1997 films 1990s Malayalam-language films Films directed by Sasi Shanker {{1990s-Malayalam-film-stub