Madampi

Madambi

Directed by	B. Unnikrishnan
Written by	B. Unnikrishnan
Produced by	B. C. Joshi
Starring	Mohanlal Ajmal Ameer Siddique Kavya Madhavan Mallika Kapoor
Narrated by	Suresh Gopi
Cinematography	Vijay Ulaganath
Edited by	Manoj
Music by	M. Jayachandran
Production company	Surya Cinemas
Distributed by	Vaisakha Release
Release date	4 July 2008 (2008-07-04)
Running time	139 minutes
Country	India
Language	Malayalam
Box office	₹ 11.5 Crore

Madampi (transl. Feudal Lord) is a 2008 Indian Malayalam-language family drama film written and directed by B. Unnikrishnan. It stars Mohanlal, Ajmal Ameer, Siddique, Kavya Madhavan and Mallika Kapoor.^[1] The film was released on 4 July 2008. It received positive reviews from critics and was a box office success.

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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
Ajmal Ameer as Puthanveetil Ramakrishna Pillai
Siddique as Kottilakathu Sreedharan
Sai Kumar as Madhava Menon, father of Gopalakrishna Pillai
Kavya Madhavan as Jayalakshmi
Mallika Kapoor as Shymala, Parameswaran's daughter and Ramakrishnan's wife
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 Chandran 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
Madhu as Justice Sukumara Kurup (Cameo)
Biju Pappan as S.I Vincent
Deepika Mohan as Raghavan's wife
Lakshmipriya as Lakshmi, Mohan Kumar's wife
Krishna Praba as Bhavani
Ashwin Menon as Gopalakrishna Pillai (childhood)
Swathy Sunilkumar as Jayalakshmi (childhood)
Sivaji Guruvayoor as Jayalakshmi's father
Tony Sigimon as Appu, Mohan Kumar's son

Production

Filming was completed on 4 June 2008 in Ottapalam. Mohanlal had 47 days of shoot.^[2]

Soundtrack

Madampi

Soundtrack album by

M. Jayachandran

Released

2008

Genre

Filmi

Length

21:40

Label

Satyam Audios

Producer

B. C. Joshi

M. Jayachandran chronology

Anthiponvettam

Madampi

Parthan Kanda Paralokam

The film has four songs composed by M. Jayachandran. The lyrics are by Gireesh Puthenchery and Anil Panachooran (Jeevitham Oru).^[3] The songs "Amma Mazhakarinu" and "Kalyanakacheri" were chartbusters.

Track	Song	Singer(s)	Duration	Other Notes
1	"Amma Mazhakkarinu"	Dr. K. J. Yesudas	4.03	Raga: Navakouns Kerala State Film Award for Best Music Director Filmfare Award for Best Singer Filmfare Award for Best Lyricist
2	"Kalyanakacheri"	Shankar Mahadevan	4.27	Raga: Bilahari Kerala State Film Award for Best Music Director Kerala State Film Award for Best Singer
3	"Ente Sharike"	Sudeep Kumar, Roopa Revathi	4.30
4	"Jeevitham Oru"	Mohanlal	1.07
5	"Amma Mazhakkarinu"	Shweta Mohan	4.03	Raga: Navakouns
6	"Ente Sharike"	Sudeep Kumar	4.30

Box office

The film collected ₹1.37 crore from 61 screens in its first weekend (3 days) from Kerala.^[4] 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.^[5] The movie ran more than 100 days in major centres.^[6] Madampi became one of the highest-grossing Malayalam films of the year.^[7]