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'Valyettan' ( Elder brother) is a 2000 Indian Malayalam-language action drama film directed by Shaji Kailas and scripted by Ranjith. It stars Mammootty, Shobana, Sai Kumar, N. F. Varghese, Siddique and Manoj K Jayan. It was remade in Kannada as 'Jyeshta' by director Suresh Krissna with Vishnuvardhan in the lead role.[http://www.vishnuvardhan.com/totlist.htm Movies list - Vishnuvardhan] The film was a blockbuster.

Plot



Arakkal Kuttikrishnan Nair loses a civil case against Arakkal Madhavanunni, his nephew, and has to give up the ancestral home, which he has been holding illegally for past long years. Patteri Sivaraman, son of Kuttikrishnan Nair, takes it as a prestige issue and decides to finish out Madhavanunni, with the help of Nedungadi, his trusted lieutenant. Sivaraman has a deep hatred and enmity towards Madhavanuni since childhood and both had involved in several fistfights from then. Nedungadi sends Varoli Abu to shoot down either Madhavanunni or one among his brothers on their arrival at the house. But the timely intervention of Madhavanunni saves all. Madhavanunni is a self made rich businessman, who owns several properties inside and outside Kerala. After the suicides of his parents, he alone had taken care of his younger brothers Raghu, Dasan (adopted brother), Appu and Shankaran Kutty, who all love and respect him. Ramankutty Kaimal, their well wisher and the old caretaker of their property also enjoys a good relationship with Madhavanunni. Appu, at his college, is harassed by Subair, the younger brother of Mambaram Bava Haji, a rival of Madhavanunni. With the help of Kattipalli Pappan, a notorious criminal, he thrashes him, but dies accidentally. Appu is arrested for the murder, but is released on bail. Kattipalli Pappan is arrested for the murder, who while going to jail requests Madhavanuni to take care of his sister Lakshmi, which Madhavanuni accepts. Madhavanunni brings Lakshmi to his home and is treated as a member of their family. Mambaram Bawa Haji is now looking for a chance to avenge Madhavanunni for his brother's death. Patteri Sivaraman lends a helping hand to Bawa Haji. One day Lakshmi is found dead at the pond and Dasan is arrested for it and later, Raghu surrenders for the same to save Dasan. Upon release from jail, Pappan returns to kill Raghu for murdering his sister. But he later discovers that not Raghu, but Patteri Shivaraman, killed. The rest of the story is how Madhavanunni retaliates against Shivaraman.

Cast



*Mammootty as Arakkal Madhavanunni

*Shobana as Devi, Madhavanunni's wife

*Sai Kumar as Patteri Sivaraman Nair

*N. F. Varghese as Mambaram Bava Haji

*Siddique as Raghu, Madhavanunni's younger brother

*Manoj K. Jayan as Dasan, Madhavanunni's adopted brother

*Sudheesh as Shankaran Kutty, Madhavanunni's younger brother

*Vijayakumar as Appu, Madhavanunni's youngest brother

*Innocent as Ramankutty Kaimal, Dasan's father

*Poornima Mohan as Lakshmi, Pappan's sister

*Bheeman Raghu as Nedungadi

*Sukumari as Kunjikavamma

*Augustine as Gangadharan

*Captain Raju as DySP Mohammed Ilias, Madhavanunni's friend

*Kalabhavan Mani as Kattipalli Pappan

*Kozhikode Narayanan Nair as Arakkal Kuttikrishnan Nair, Sivaraman's father and Madhavanunni's uncle

*V. K. Sreeraman as Soopi Haji

*G. K. Pillai as SP Purushothaman IPS

*Sadiq as Adv. Bharathan Marar

*Subair as SI Ajith Kumar

*Irshad as Subair, Bava's brother

*Ramu as CI Chandramohan

*Kunchan as Chathunni

*Valsala Menon as Sivaraman's mother

*Dhanya Menon as Thankamani

*Biyon as Young Madhavanunni

* Arun Kumar as Young Shankaran Kutty

*Ajith Kollam as Marodi Abu

*Thalapathy Dinesh as Goonda

*Yamuna as Sivaraman's wife

*Meena Ganesh as Chathunni's wife

*Santhakumari as Ajith Kumar's mother

*Remadevi as Vilasini Teacher

*Haseena Bhanu as Dancer in the song Sivamallipoo pozhikkum

*Ponnamma Babu as Bava's wife

* Nizzar as Soopi Haji's daughter's love

*Thalapathy Dinesh

The film was released in Kerala on 10 September 2000.

Box office



The film was the third highest grossing Malayalam film of the year 2000 after Narasimham and Thenkasipattanam.

Soundtrack



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