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{{short description|Indian Romantic film}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=November 2015}}
{{Infobox film
| name           = Chakkaramuthu
| image          = File:Chakkara Muthu.jpg
| image_size     = 
| alt            = 
| caption        = Film Poster
| director       = [[A. K. Lohithadas]]
| producer       = G. P. Vijayakumar
| writer         = A. K. Lohithadas
| narrator       = 
| starring       = {{ubl|[[Dileep (actor)|Dileep]]|[[Kavya Madhavan]]|[[Sai Kumar (Malayalam actor)|Sai Kumar]]|[[Jishnu Raghavan]]}}
| music          = [[M. Jayachandran]] (songs)<br />[[Ouseppachan]] (background music)
| cinematography = Raajaratnam
| editing        = [[Raja Mohammad]]
| studio         = 
| distributor    = 
| released       = {{Film date|df=yes|2006|11|17}}
| runtime        = 150 minutes
| country        = India
| language       = Malayalam
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'''''Chakkaramuthu''''' is a 2006 Indian [[Malayalam]]-language film directed by [[A. K. Lohithadas]] and starring [[Dileep (actor)|Dileep]], [[Sai Kumar (Malayalam actor)|Sai Kumar]], [[Jishnu Raghavan|Jishnu]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ndtv.com/entertainment/what-jishnu-raghavan-posted-on-facebook-days-before-he-died-1290548|title=What Jishnu Raghavan Posted on Facebook Days Before he Died|website=ndtv.com|date=26 March 2016 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.india.com/entertainment/malayalam-actor-jishnu-raghavan-breathes-his-last-1056788/|title=Malayalam Actor Jishnu Raghavan Breathes His Last!|website=www.india.com|date=25 March 2023|language=en}}</ref> and [[Kavya Madhavan]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.timesofindia.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/news/meenakshi-dileep-drops-a-lovely-photo-on-kavya-madhavans-birthday/amp_articleshow/94318216.cms|title=Meenakshi Dileep drops a lovely photo on Kavya Madhavan's birthday|website=[[The Times of India]] }}</ref> Made by Seven Arts International, and produced by G. P. Vijayakumar, the film was distributed by Seven Arts Release. The story, screenplay and dialogue are by A. K. Lohithadas. Dileep plays the role of a person with an intellectual disability.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rediff.com/movies/2006/nov/10chak.htm|title = Lohithadas disappoints with Chakkaramuthu |author=Paresh C Palicha |website=Rediff |date=10 November 2006}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.webindia123.com/movie/regional/nov2006/chakkara/index.htm|title=Chakkaramuththu (2006) |website=Webindia123}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/lohithadas-flays-ban/article3047543.ece|title=Lohithadas flays ban|newspaper=The Hindu|date=13 November 2006}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=An Onam sans Dileep: Mollywood stares at another first |url=https://english.manoramaonline.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/2017/08/29/dileep-no-onam-malayalam-movies-high-court-bail.html |access-date=6 February 2019 |work=[[Malayala Manorama]] |date=29 August 2017 |archive-date=7 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190207020037/https://english.manoramaonline.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/2017/08/29/dileep-no-onam-malayalam-movies-high-court-bail.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ritzmagazine.in/actor-jishnu-raghavan-still-an-inspiration/|title=Actor Jishnu Raghavan still an inspiration|website=ritzmagazine.in|date=25 March 2016|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=19 September 2017 |title=Kavya Madhavan turns 33 years old today: Controversies that rocked her life |work=[[The Indian Express]] |url=http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/malayalam/kavya-madhavan-turns-33-years-old-controversies-that-rocked-her-life-4849765/ |url-status=live |access-date=15 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180501230359/http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/malayalam/kavya-madhavan-turns-33-years-old-controversies-that-rocked-her-life-4849765/ |archive-date=1 May 2018}}</ref>

==Plot==
Aravindan is a sought-after tailor, specialising in blouses, working in a shop owned by Kumaran. Despite his evident mental difficulty, he is shown as worldly-wise, with his own way of dealing with things.

He loves Anitha deeply while she feels pity for him. In fact, he is known as her black cat security. One day, at the instigation of his friend Santosh, he tries to kiss her. She is shocked but later uses the incident to cover up her love with Jeevan from her strict mother, who wants her to marry a doctor, Rajiv.

Anitha's uncle, a police officer, and mother fix her marriage on learning about her affair. She elopes with Jeevan and goes to Bangalore with the help of Aravindan but soon realizes that Jeevan is a cheat. The rest of the film is oabout what happens to Anitha and Aravindan's deep love for her.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.filmibeat.com/malayalam/movies/chakkaramuthu/story.html |title =Chakkaramuthu |website=Filmibeat}}</ref>

==Cast==
{{Cast listing|
* [[Dileep (actor)|Dileep]] as Aravindan: Anitha's love interest
* [[Kavya Madhavan]] as Anitha: Jeevan's ex-lover; Aravindan's love interest
* [[Lakshmy Ramakrishnan]] as Anitha's mother (voice dubbed by Sreepriya)
* [[Jishnu Raghavan]] as Jeevan George: Anitha's fake lover 
* [[Sai Kumar (Malayalam actor)|Sai Kumar]] as Ramankutty IPS: Anitha's uncle
* [[Manikandan Pattambi]] as Shivanandan, Aravindan's brother
* [[Kalabhavan Navas]] as Santhosh: Anitha's friend
* [[Cochin Haneefa]] as Kumarettan
* [[Santhakumari (Malayalam actress)|Santhakumari]] as Servant
* [[Mahesh (actor)|Mahesh]] as Ravi: Anitha's uncle
* [[Malayalam|Sarath Das]] as Rajeev: Antitha's fiancé
* [[Sarayu (actress)|Sarayu]] as Dhanya
* Sukumari
* Lakshmipriya 
* Dimple Rose
* Ravindran
}}

==Awards and Nominations==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Category
! Recipient(s)
! Result
|-
! style="background:#bfd7ff;" colspan="3"|'''''[[Kerala Film Critics Association Awards]]'''''
|-
| [[Kerala Film Critics Association Awards|Special Jury Award for Acting]]
| [[Jishnu Raghavan]]
| {{Won}}
|-
! style="background:#bfd7ff;" colspan="3"|'''''[[Asianet Film Awards]]'''''
|-
| [[Asianet Film Awards|Best Character Actor]]
| [[Sai Kumar (Malayalam actor)|Sai Kumar]]
| {{Won}}
|-
| [[Asianet Film Awards|Best Actor in a Negative Role]]
| [[Jishnu Raghavan]]
| {{Nominated}}
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0924212|Chakkara Muthu}}

{{Kerala Film Critics Award for Special Jury Award}}
{{Asianet Film Award for Best Character Actor}}

[[Category:2000s Malayalam-language films]]
[[Category:Films scored by M. Jayachandran]]
[[Category:2006 romantic comedy films]]
[[Category:2006 films]]
[[Category:Films with screenplays by A. K. Lohithadas]]
[[Category:Indian romantic comedy films]]
[[Category:Films shot in Palakkad]]
[[Category:Films directed by A. K. Lohithadas]]