Mayamohini
| Mayamohini | |
|---|---|
 Film poster | |
| Directed by | Jose Thomas |
| Produced by |
Madhu Warrier P.Sukumar |
| Written by |
Udaykrishna Siby K. Thomas |
| Starring |
Dileep Biju Menon Lakshmi Rai Mythili Baburaj Spadikam George |
| Music by |
Berny-Ignatius (Songs) Sarath Vayalar (Songs lyrics) Bijibal (Background Score) |
| Cinematography | Anil Nair |
| Edited by | Lijo Paul |
Production company |
Color Factory |
| Distributed by | Manjunatha Release & PJ Entertainments Europe |
Release dates |
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Running time | 145 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Malayalam |
| Box office | ₹18 crore (US$2.7 million) |
Mayamohini is a 2012 Malayalam comedy film directed by Jose Thomas and written by Udayakrishna and Siby K. Thomas, starring Dileep in the lead role with Biju Menon, Lakshmi Rai, Baburaj, Mythili and Spadikam George in supporting roles.[2][3] The film was the highest grossing Malayalam film of the year.[4][5][6] The movie was remade in Kannada as Jai Lalitha.
Plot
The film starts with a plane accident in which a small child narrowly escapes. He is then looked after by his maternal uncle (Vijayaraghavan), and all the family's wealth will be inherited to him. As per their astrologer, in the future he should marry a young woman whose star is Chothi Nakshatra, only then will he prosper in life. The boy grows up to be a young man Balakrishnan (Biju Menon), who is unsuccessful in anything he does.
He falls in love with Maya (Lakshmi Rai), the daughter of a wealthy businessman named Raj Kumar Patella (Mohan Sharma), who is settled in Mumbai. When Patella gets to know about their relation, he objects; Maya elopes with Balakrishnan. In the meantime Lakshminarayanan alias Lakshmi (Baburaj), a friend of Balakrishnan tries to convince Balakrishnan's uncle about the marriage and the uncle agrees to visit the couple. But then, on the second day of the marriage Maya leaves him and returns to Mumbai.
Balakrishnan didn't want his uncle to know that his wife left him, so he hires a woman Mayamohini (Dileep) to act as his wife. The story continues with many twists and later it is revealed that Mayamohini is actually a man named Mohanakrishnan, who the Kerala police had been searching for. He had been put into a trap by Patella and his men. Balakrishnan agrees to help him in his quest. They travel to Mumbai and there they meet Maya who is actually working as a club dancer known by the name Katreena. She agrees to help them and tells all truth about Pattela, that Pattela is actually a gangster and she was cheated by him years ago when being tricked to work in his company. In the flashback it turns out that Mohanakrishnan's father, Sankaran Potti (Nedumudi Venu), a temple priest, was killed by Pattela and his manager Sanjay (Kazan Khan) to get hold of their property. Pattela is opening a new business(which is actually fraud business) in town and on the inauguration day has arranged some dance as well. Mohan gets dressed up as Mayamohini again. Pattela invites 'her' to his room and tries to have sex with 'her'. In the meantime, the cops arrive to arrest Mohan. Pattela dies in the shootout that follows, and later Mohan is released of his charges.
Later, Lakshmi's family comes for an alliance with Mayamohini, not knowing the truth. His sister was also with him and her star is revealed to be Chothi much to the delight of Balakrishnan.
Cast
- Dileep as Mayamohini/Mohanakrishnan [7]
- Biju Menon as Balakrishnan
- Mythili as Sangeetha
- Lakshmi Rai as Maya aka Kathreena
- Mohan Sharma as Raj Kumar Pattala
- Baburaj as Advocate Lakshmi Narayanan
- Spadikam George as SP Raghavan
- Madhu Warrier as ASP Anwar
- Abu Salim
- Vijayaraghavan as Appukuttan Nair
- Kochu Preman as "Make up Man" Pappan Parapokkara
- Aju Varghese as Keezh Shanthi Vishnu (Special Appearance)
- Kalabhavan Shajon as Shishubalan
- Sadiq as Koshi
- Nedumudi Venu as Sankaran Potti
- Ponnamma Babu as doctor
- Bindu Ramakrishnan as Lakshmi Narayanan's mother
- Ambika Mohan as Saraswathi Antharjanam
- Radhika as Swathi
- Joju George
- Riyaz Khan (Special appearance in Mayamohini song)
- Nishanth Sagar (Special appearance in Mayamohini song)
- Mafia Sasi (Special appearance in Mayamohini song)
- Sajitha Betti
Reception
Metro Matinee rated the film as Entertaining and said "Mayamohini certainly follows the same old formula, but even then it is a fairly enjoyable ride."[8] Sify rated the film as a Comedy Caper and said "With a briskly paced first half and a more serious second half, Mayamohini still turn out to be a nice option, for the summer holidays."[9]
Box office
The film grossed ₹16.5 crore (US$2.5 million) in 25 days with a share of ₹7.15 crore (US$1.1 million).[10] The film grossed ₹18 crore in 50 days from Kerala box office.[11]
References
- ↑ "MAYAMOHINI". Oneindia.
- ↑ "Mayamohini Index". Nowrunning.com. 2011-07-11. Retrieved 2012-02-28.
- ↑ "Mayamohini Malayalam Movie". Metromatinee.
- ↑ "top-10-highest-grossing-malayalam.html". Angel D. 12 December 2012.
- ↑ Taste of comedy
- ↑ Boss of the box office
- ↑ "I'm Mayamohini: Dileep". Times of India. 2011-12-14. Retrieved 2012-02-28.
- ↑ "Mayamohini Review Metro Matinee". metromatinee.com.
- ↑ "Mayamohini Review Sify". sify.com.
- ↑ "Kerala Box-Office (10 April to 2 May)". Sify. 8 May 2012.
- ↑ "Kerala BO - The summer of 2012 (April/May)". Sify. 5 June 2012.