Meesha Madhavan (lit. 'Moustache Madhavan') is a 2002 Indian Malayalam-language action comedy film directed by Lal Jose and written by Ranjan Pramod. The film stars Dileep in the title role, while Kavya Madhavan, Indrajith Sukumaran, Jagathy Sreekumar, Harisree Asokan and Cochin Haneefa play supporting roles. It was the highest-grossing Malayalam film of the year and also subsequently became an industry hit after Thenkasipattanan. Meesha Madhavan raised Dileep's superstardom to a whole new level and developed a cult following in Malayalam cinema.[2] It was remade in Telugu as Dongodu (2003) starring Ravi Teja, in Kannada as Hori (2011) starring Vinod Prabhakar and in Tamil as Kollaikaran (2012) starring Vidharth In a short prelogue, a young boy is seen stealing from Bhageerathan Pillai's house, while escaping he comes across an old thief- "Mullani Pappan (Mala Aravindan) being chased through the fields by villagers with torches and sticks at night. Pappan helps him escape, when he learns that the boy Madhavan, stole from the village loan shark at night- only to payback a monthly interest due the next day. Set in the imaginary village of Chekk, Palakkad, the story begins 15 years later, on the traditional newyear according to malayalam calendar when we are introduced to Madhavan's family and friends. At dawn, Madhavan has a vivid nightmare in which he is bin Laden and his nemesis Bush has him trapped and surrounded. Madhavan and friends ruin the Vishu kani of his nemesis, Bhageerathan, by mooning, one of which was his friend Sugunan (Harisree Ashokan) dresses up as Lord Krishna painted blue. Directed by Lal Jose Written by Ranjan Pramod Produced by Maha Subair Sudhish Starring Dileep Kavya Madhavan Indrajith Sukumaran Jagathy Sreekumar Narrated by Ranjith Cinematography S. Kumar Edited by Ranjan Abraham Music by Vidyasagar Production company Moviekshetra Distributed by Kalasangham Films Kas Varnachithra Release date 4 July 2002 Running time 160 minutes Country India Language Malayalam Cast Dileep as "Meesha" Madhavan Nair Arun Kumar as Young Madhavan Indrajith Sukumaran as SI Eapen Pappachi, the main antagonist Kavya Madhavan as Rukmini, Madhavan's childhood friend and lover Sanusha as Young Rukmini Jagathy Sreekumar as Krishnavilasom Bhageerathan Pillai, Rukmini's father and a greedy moneylender who has eyes on Madhavan's property Harisree Ashokan as Sugunan, Madhavan's friend and a handyman working at village store Cochin Haneefa as Thrivikraman, Bhageerathan Pillai's adviser and a political member at Thiruvananthapuram Oduvil Unnikrishnan as Head Constable Achuthan Namboothiri, Prabha's father, a close friend of Madhavan's father Mala Aravindan as "Mullani" Pappan, Madhavan's mentor Salim Kumar as Advocate Mukundan Unni Jyothirmayi as Prabha, Achuthan's daughter Karthika Mathew as Malathi, Madhavan's younger sister Sukumari as Sumathi, Madhavan's mother James as Pattalam Purushu, a meathead soldier and friend of Madhavan E. A. Rajendran as Manikandan, Madhavan's elder brother and a post office employee Machan Varghese as Lineman Lonappan, an alcoholic powergrid worker who helps Madhavan by cutting off the power Manikandan Pattambi as Vazhipaadu Announcer Guinness Pakru as Tea Boy J. Pallassery as Gangadharan Nair, Madhavan's father Jayesh Pazhanimala as Madhavan's childhood friend Kalabhavan Prachod as Prabha's husband Ambika Mohan as Santhamma, Bhageerathan Pillai's wife and Rukmini's mother who is fond of Madhavan and supportive Gayathri as Sarasu, Purushu's wife Meena Ganesh as Kalmayi Thatha, the village match-maker who brings proposal for Malathi Yamuna as Sindhu, Manikandan's wife and Madhavan's sister-in-law Dinesh Prabhakar as a local youth who is Madhavan's friend Vijayan Peringode as Warrier, an Ambalavasi Kozhikode Narayanan Nair as a senior Advocate and legal aide to Bhageerathan Pillai Speed Audio Video Dubai brings you unlimited entertainment with super hit Malayalam Movies and also other Indian language movies dubbed in Malayalam. Don’t forget to subscribe and hit on the 🔔 icon to stay connected with us! Happy Entertainment! For enquiries contact: Speed Audio and Video P.O Box 67703, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. Email: speedaudioandvideoavs@gmail.com ©Speed Audio & Video Sharjah, UAE.

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