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{{Infobox film

| name = Mayamohini

| image = Mayamohini poster.jpg

| caption = Theatrical release poster

| director = Jose Thomas

| producer = Madhu Warrier
P. Sukumar

| writer = Udaykrishna
Siby K. Thomas

| based_on =

| narrator =

| starring = Dileep

| music = Berny-Ignatius (Songs)
Sarath Vayalar (Songs lyrics)
Bijibal (Background Score)

| cinematography = Anil Nair

| editing = Johnkutty

| studio = Color Factory

| distributor = Kalasangham Films
Manjunatha Release & PJ Entertainments Europe

| released =

| runtime = 165 minutes

| country = India

| language = Malayalam

| budget =

| gross = 22 crore

}}

'Mayamohini' is a 2012 Indian Malayalam-language action comedy film directed by Jose Thomas and written by Udayakrishna and Siby K. Thomas, starring Dileep in the lead role with Biju Menon, Mohan Sharma, Baburaj, Mythili and Spadikam George in supporting roles. The film was the highest grossing Malayalam film of the year.[http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/taste-of-comedy/article4339809.ece Taste of comedy][http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/boss-of-the-box-office/article4097946.ece Boss of the box office] The movie was remade in Kannada as 'Jai Lalitha'.

Plot



A plane accident occurs in which a small child narrowly escapes, while his parents are killed. He is then looked after by his maternal uncle Appukuttan Nair, and all the family's wealth will be inherited by 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 named Balakrishnan, who is unsuccessful in anything he does.

He falls in love with Maya, the daughter of a wealthy businessman named Raj Kumar Patella, who is settled in Mumbai. When Patella learns about their relationship, he objects; Maya elopes with Balakrishnan. In the meantime Balakrishnan's friend Lakshminarayanan aka Lakshmi, tries to convince Appukuttan 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 Appukuttan to know that his wife left him, so he hires a woman Mayamohini to act as his wife, but it is revealed that Mayamohini is a man named Mohanakrishnan, whom the cops 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 working as a club dancer known by the name Katreena.

She agrees to help them and tells all truth about Pattela, that he is actually a fraudster 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, a temple priest, was killed by Pattela and his manager Sanjay to get hold of their property. Pattela is opening a new business (which is a fraud company) 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

* Biju Menon as Balakrishnan

* Baburaj as Advocate Lakshmi Narayanan

* Mohan Sharma as Raj Kumar Pattala

* Vijayaraghavan as Appukuttan Nair

* Mythili as Sangeetha Raghavan

* Lakshmi Rai as Maya aka Kathreena

* Spadikam George as SP "Tiger" Raghavan IPS

* Unnikrishnan Namboothiri as Bhaskaran Nair

* Balachandran Chullikkad as Shankaradi Melpathoor

* Madhu Warrier as ASP Anwar IPS

* Joju George as CI Johny

* Kazan Khan as Sanjay Mishra

* Kochu Preman as "Make up Man" Pappan Parapokkara

* Aju Varghese as Keezh Shanthi Vishnu

* 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

* V.K Baiju as Police Officer

* Naveen Arakkal as Police Officer

* Abu Salim as Theepori Paili

* Santhosh Nair as Sub Registar

* Riyaz Khan (Special appearance in "Mayamohini" song)

* Nishanth Sagar (Special appearance in "Mayamohini" song)

* Mafia Sasi (Special appearance in "Mayamohini" song)

* Sajitha Betti

Music



There are four tracks in the movie, BernyIgnatius was music director.

Track listing



Reception



Critical response

'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." '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."

Box office

The film was commercial success. The film grossed 16.5 crore from 25 days in Kerala box office. In 50 days it grossed 18 crore from Kerala box office. The film collected 15,631 from UK box office. The film grossed a total of 22 crore from the box office.

References




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