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'Mr. Brahmachari' is a 2003 Indian Malayalam-language comedy drama film directed by Thulasidas and written by J. Pallassery from a story by Mahesh Mithra. It was produced and distributed by M. Mani through the company Aroma Movie International. The film stars Mohanlal and Meena, with Nedumudi Venu, Jagathi Sreekumar, Jagadish, Kaviyoor Ponnamma, and K.R Vijaya in supporting roles. The film released on 3 March 2003, and turned out to be a box-office hit.

Plot



A middle-aged man named Ananthan Thampy has made the decision never to get married in his life. He believes that marriage will cause him to lose his youth and masculinity. His main interests are bodybuilding and physique maintenance. Ananthan Thampy prefers to be a lifelong bachelor. Among his friends, Ananthan Thampi is referred to as "Thampi annan." The two steadfastly devoted assistants Rajappan and Varadappan stand by him and his principles even if they secretly want to wed their true loves.

His mother Subhadramma and father Shekharan Thampy constantly make sacrifices in temples in hopes that one day their son may reconsider and change his mind. As beneficiaries of Ananthan Thampy's considerable inheritance, his sister Nirmala and her husband Venugopalan Thampi (a.k.a. VVT) are delighted with Thampy's single status.

Ganga and her family move tothe Thampi neighborhood. Vasumathi, an elderly teacher who arrives there on atransfer,rentsa home by Shekharan Thampy. She has four daughters. Sindhu, the oldest, is already married, while the other three, Ganga, Yamuna, and Kaveri, live with their mother. When arriving at the rented house, Ganga's family is unable to unload their furniture and other items from the lorry due to the local laborers demanding huge wages. To maintain Thampy's sister's pride, he had to unload all of Ganga's family's goods by himself.

One day, a man named Aravindan approaches Thampi and requests for a job at his cable firm. Thampi believes Aravindan to be Ganga's lover and offers to assist in arranging their nuptials. Confusions occur, and Thampy is forced to marry Ganga.

Cast



* Mohanlal as Ananthan Thampi / Thampi Annan/Thampi Aliyan

* Meena as Ganga

* Nedumudi Venu as Sekharan Thampi, Ananthan's father

* Jagathi Sreekumar as V. Venugopalan Thampi a.k.a. V. V. T. Anathan Thambi's brother-law

* Kaviyoor Ponnamma as Subhadramma, Ananthan's mother

* Devan as Raghavan

* Jagadish as Rajappan

* Sindhu Menon as Sevanthi

* Mohan Raj as Masthan Majeebhai

* Bindu Panikkar as Nirmala Anathan Thambi's Sister

* Kalpana as Anasooya

* Prem Kumar as Varadappan

* Vijayakumar as Aravindan

* K. R. Vijaya as Vasumathi Ganga's mother

* Jose Prakash as Aravindan's father

* Rajasree Nair as Vimala as Sindhu

* Sruthi Nair (Devika Rani) as Yamuna

* Nivia Rebin as Kaveri

* Jagannatha Varma as Thirumeni

* Saju Kodiyan as Shokkalingam

* Kozhikode Narayanan Nair

* Sajan Palluruthy as Milk seller

* Krishna Prasad

* Bayilvan Ranganathan

Production



The film's shooting took place in Thenkasi, Tamil Nadu, and in shoranur, kerala.

Soundtrack



The film features songs composed by Mohan Sithara with lyrics by Girish Puthenchery. The soundtrack album was released by Manorama Music on 1 February 2003. The background score was composed by C. Rajamani.

Reception



The film was well received in theatres and was a commercial success at the box office. Made on a budget of 1.40 crore, the film earned more than 2.50 crore in distributor's share alone. The Telugu remake right of 'Mr. Brahmachari' was bought by Chiranjeevi.

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