Mr. Marumakan

Mr. Marumakan
File:Mr.marumakan.jpg Theatrical poster
Directed by	Sandhya Mohan
Written by	Udayakrishna Siby K. Thomas
Produced by	Maha Subair Nelson Ipe
Starring	Dileep Sanusha Bhagyaraj Khushbu Sheela
Cinematography	P. Sukumar
Edited by	Mahesh Narayan
Music by	Suresh Peters
Production company	Varnachitra Big Screen
Distributed by	PJ Entertainments Europe
Release date	18 August 2012 (2012-08-18)
Running time	177 minutes
Country	India
Language	Malayalam
Box office	₹26crore

Mr. Marumakan (lit. 'Mr. Son-in-law') is a 2012 Malayalam-language comedy-drama film written by the duo Udayakrishna-Siby K. Thomas and directed by Sandhya Mohan . The movie stars Dileep in the lead role with Sanusha, Bhagyaraj, Khushbu Sundar, Sheela, Biju Menon, Nedumudi Venu and Riyaz Khan in supporting roles. The film is a remake of the 1989 Telugu film Attaku Yamudu Ammayiki Mogudu. Some scenes of the film is borrowed from another 1971 Malayalam film Oru Penninte Kadha.

The film tells the story of three rich arrogant women, Raja Kokila, her adopted daughter Raja Mallika and her daughter Raja Lakshmi who believe that a woman can rule without the help of a man. However, the entry of a lawyer-trained drama director Ashok Raj into their lives forces them to revise their opinions. The film received mixed reviews. but the film got a decent collection, but become an average success at box office.

Plot

The movie is about an Advocate Ashok Chakravarthy (Dileep), who enters into the life of three arrogant women who are all of the belief that a woman can survive without a husband. Their thoughts are changed when one of the three, Ashok Raj, marries Raja Lakshmi (Sanusha). Into his life also enters a banking Ombudsman Balasubramanyam (Bhagyaraj), his father Raja Gopalan Thampi's (Nedumudi Venu) childhood friend. The three women's business entity is known as Raja's Groups of Company as they are Raja Kokila (Sheela), who is Chairperson of Raja's Groups of Company, Raja Mallika (Khushbu) and Raja Lakshmi. His entry into their family later reveals that Raja Kokila is step-mother to Raja Mallika, who was adopted when she was minor. Also, after the death of Raja Kokila's husband, she became the sole owner of her husband's assets and changed her name from Kokila to Raja Kokila. It is also revealed that the mother of Raja Mallika is their maid Bhavaniyamma (Kaviyoor Ponnamma). The movie ends with the reunion of Raja Mallika with both her husband and mother.

Cast

• Dileep as Ashoka Chakravarthy / Ashok Raj
• Bhagyaraj as Balasubrahmanyam (Ombudsman), Mallika's husband/Lakshmi's father
• Sanusha as Raja Lakshmi, Ashok Raj's childhood friend/Mallika's Daughter/Ashok Raj's wife (voice by Nithuna Nevil)
• Khushbu as Raja Mallika, Balasubrahmanyam's wife/Lakshmi's mother(Voice by Bhagyalakshmi)
• Sheela as Raja Kokila, Chairperson of Raja's Group.
• Biju Menon as Babu Raj, elder brother of Ashok Raj, eldest son of Raja Gopalan Thampi
• Nedumudi Venu as Rajagopalan Thampy
• Riyaz Khan as A.C.P. Madhuram Ramachandran IPS
• Sai Kumar as Ramachandran, Ashok Chakravarthy's instructor
• Kaviyoor Ponnamma as Bhavani Amma, Raja Mallika's birth mother
• Salim Kumar as Sankaranunni, Ashok's Friend
• Harisree Ashokan as Keshu, Mallika's former assist and Ashok's right hand man
• Suraj Venjaramoodu as Chantha Hamsa
• Baburaj as Adv. K.V. Panickar, Raja Mallika's legal advisor
• Meghna Nair as Minmini, PA of Mallika
• Mallika as Radhika, Ashok's sister
• Sajitha Betti as Adv. K.V. Bhavana, Panicker's sister
• Lakshmipriya as Adv. K.V. Panicker's wife
• Thesni Khan as Raja Mallika's assistant
• Ambika Mohan as Ambika, Raja Gopalan Thampi's wife/Ashok Raj's and Baburaj's mother

Critical reception

Metro Matinee gave the movie a verdict of "Time-Pass Entertainer", concluding that "On the whole, 'Mr. Marumakan' is a crowd-pleaser that knows exactly who its audience is. For die-hard fans of Dileep, this old-fashioned entertainer is a treat and delivers enough entertainment for your buck".

Sify the movie a verdict of "Strictly for Dileep fans!", commenting that "Mr. Marumakan is as archaic as formula is to films and it is packaged as an old-school masala potboiler aimed at Dileep fans. It is exaggerated and formulaic, but relies squarely on the charm of its leading man to pull off its over-the-top tone. And when you walk out of the theatres, you realize why Dileep is called the Janapriya Nayakan."

Paresh C. Palicha of Rediff gave the movie 2/5 stars, stating that "Mr. Marumakan is a typical Dileep film, not one expected from someone who is recently honoured as the Best Actor by the Kerala State Government."

Box office

It earned ₹26 crore (US$3.3 million) in five weeks. The film completed 8000 shows and ran more than 100 days at the box office.

Awards

Ceremony	Category	Nominee	Result	Ref.
2nd South Indian International Movie Awards	SIIMA Award for Best Comedian	Suraj Venjaramood	Won