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Wikipedia article
'Madampi' is a 2008 Indian Malayalam-language family drama film written and directed by B. Unnikrishnan. It stars Mohanlal, Siddique, Ajmal Ameer, Kavya Madhavan, Mallika Kapoor, and K. P. A. C. Lalitha. The film was released on 4 July 2008. It received positive reviews from critics and was a box office success.
Plot
Gopalakrishna Pillai (Mohanlal) is a rich money-lender in a village called Elavumthitta in Pathanamthitta district. People misunderstand him to be money-minded, without having any emotional bond even towards his mother Devaki Amma (KPAC Lalitha) or younger brother Ramakrishna Pillai (Ajmal Ameer).
As the story moves along, we learn more about the hero. He is considered heartless, as he threw out his father Madhava Menon (Sai Kumar) when he was a teenager, for his father's wayward lifestyle. His mother hates him for doing that and his brother hates him because he does not let his brother pursue his dream of being an actor and never gives him any freedom.
His main antagonists are Sreedharan (Siddique) and his younger brothers. Kavya Madhavan assumes the role of Jayalakshmi, a bank manager who is seen as a threat to Gopalakrishna Pillai's money lending business.
It turns out that Ramakrishna Pillai is in love with a girl (Mallika Kapoor) from Gopalakrishna Pillai's rival family. Though Gopalakrishnan Pillai arranges the marriage forgetting the rivalry, after marriage he asks his brother to repay him the expenses he incurred for the marriage and prompts the newlyweds to sleep separately. With this he becomes the most hated person of his brother and mother. Frustrated, Ramakrishna Pillai leaves the house and joins his in-laws against Gopalakrishna Pillai by saying that his money-lending business is illegal. Still that doesn't work.
Ramakrishna Pillai accuses his brother of processioning the family wealth alone and he gives false information to the Income Tax Department files a suite against him in court. In the climax it is revealed by Gopalakrishna Pillai's advocate (Jagathy Sreekumar) that Gopalakrishna Pillai has kept his hard-earned wealth in the name of his younger brother and he was always hard on him just to make him responsible. It also is revealed that his father was not thrown out, but committed suicide in Madurai due to his debts. The story ends happily as the brothers reunite and everyone apologises to Gopalakrishna Pillai.
Cast
* Mohanlal as Puthanveetil Gopalakrishna Pillai
* Siddique as Kottilakathu Sreedharan
* Ajmal Ameer as Puthanveetil Ramakrishna Pillai
* Mallika Kapoor as Shymala, Parameswaran's daughter and Ramakrishnan's wife
* Kavya Madhavan as Jayalakshmi
* K. P. A. C. Lalitha as Puthanveetil Devakiyamma, Gopalakrishna Pillai's and Ramakrishna Pillai's Mother
* Jagathy Sreekumar as Advocate Mohan Kumar
* Innocent as Karayogam President Divakaran Nair
* Vijayakumar as Aravindan, Kottilakathu Parameswaran's Second Son
* Kiran Raj as Raghu, Kottilakathu Parameswaran's Youngest Son
* Suraj Venjaramoodu as Keedam Vasu
* V. K. Sreeraman as Kottilakathu Parameswaran Kurup
* M. R. Gopakumar as Kottilakathu Raghavan, Parameswaran's younger brother
* Kozhikode Narayanan Nair as Saghavu Kumaran
* Sai Kumar as Madhava Menon, father of Gopalakrishna Pillai and Ramakrishna Pillai
*Tony Sigimon as Mohan Kumars son
* Madhu as Justice Sukumara Kurup (Cameo)
* Biju Pappan as S.I Vincent
* Deepika Mohan as Raghavan's wife
* Lakshmipriya as Mohan Kumar's wife
* Krishna Praba as Bhavani
* Ashwin Menon as Gopalakrishna Pillai (childhood)
* Swathy Sunilkumar as Jayalakshmi (childhood)
Production
Filming was completed on 4 June 2008 in Ottapalam. Mohanlal had 47 days of shoot.
Soundtrack
The film has four songs composed by M. Jayachandran. The lyrics are by Gireesh Puthenchery and Anil Panachooran ('Jeevitham Oru). The songs "Amma Mazhakarinu" and "Kalyanakacheri" were chartbusters.
Box office
The film collected 1.37 crore from 61 screens in its first weekend (3 days) from Kerala. The film was made on a budget of 3.5 crores. The film got 1 crore 90 lakhs as distribution share, 1 crore 8 lakhs as satellite and video rights, 9 lakhs as audio rights and 25 lakhs as overseas right. It got a gross collection of 7.5 crores within 30 days. The film collected 100 million in total. The movie ran more than 100 days in major centres. 'Madampi' became one of the highest-grossing Malayalam films of the year.
Awards
;Kerala State Film Awards
* M. Jayachandran Best Music Director (Kalyanakacheri, Amma Mazhakkarinu)
* Shankar Mahadevan Best Male Playback Singer (Kalyanakacheri)
;Filmfare Awards South
* Dr. K. J. Yesudas Best Male Playback Singer (Amma Mazhakkarinu)
* Gireesh Puthenchery Best Lyricist (Amma Mazhakkarinu)
;Asianet Film Award
* Best Actor Mohanlal
;Vanitha Film Awards
*Best Actor Mohanlal
;AMMA (Dubai) Award
* Best Actor Mohanlal
See also
* Madampi aristocratic title equivalent to "lord" in English
References
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