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{{About|the Malayalam film|the aristocratic title|Madampi (Nair title)}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Madambi
| image = Madampi.jpg
| director = [[B. Unnikrishnan]]
| producer = B. C. Joshi
| writer = [[B. Unnikrishnan]]
| starring = [[Mohanlal]] [[Ajmal Ameer]] [[Siddique (actor)|Siddique]] [[Kavya Madhavan]] [[Mallika Kapoor]]
| narrator = [[Suresh Gopi]]
| editing = [[Manoj (film editor)|Manoj]]
| cinematography = Vijay Ulaganath
| music = [[M. Jayachandran]]
| studio = Surya Cinemas
| distributor = Vaisakha Release
| released = {{Film date|2008|07|04|df=y}}
| runtime = 139 minutes
| country = India
| language = [[Malayalam]]
| budget = 
| gross = ₹ 15.5 Crore
}}
'''''Madampi''''' ({{Translation|Feudal Lord}}) is a 2008 Indian [[Malayalam]]-language [[action drama]] film written and directed by [[B. Unnikrishnan]]. It stars [[Mohanlal]], [[Ajmal Ameer]], [[Siddique (actor)|Siddique]], [[Kavya Madhavan]], and [[Mallika Kapoor]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/fr/2008/07/04/stories/2008070450480100.htm |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100826094857/http://hindu.com/thehindu/fr/2008/07/04/stories/2008070450480100.htm |url-status= dead |archive-date= 26 August 2010 |title= Of banks and bankers |last= Nagarajan |first= Saraswathy |date= 4 July 2008 |work= [[The Hindu]] |accessdate= 2009-03-11}}</ref> The film was released on 4 July 2008.

== Plot ==
Gopalakrishna Pillai is a ruthless [[loan shark]] and the wealthiest person in a village called Elavattam in [[Pathanamthitta district]]. People consider him to be cold and money-minded, without having any emotional bond even towards his mother, Devaki, or his younger brother Ramakrishnan.

As the story moves along, we learn more about the hero. He is considered heartless, as he threw out his father, Madhava Menon, when he was a teenager, for his father's wayward lifestyle. His mother hates him for doing that and his brother hates him as he does not let him pursue his dream of being an actor and never gives him any freedom. His main antagonists are Sreedharan and his younger brothers. Jayalakshmi is a bank manager, who is seen as a threat to Gopalakrishnan's money-lending business.

It turns out that Ramakrishnan is in love with a girl from Gopalakrishnan's rival family. Though, Gopalakrishnan arranges the marriage forgetting the rivalry, he asks his brother to repay him the expenses he incurred for the wedding and prompts the newlyweds to sleep separately. With this, he becomes the most hated person to his brother and mother. Frustrated, Ramakrishnan leaves the house and joins his in-laws against Gopalakrishnan by saying that his money-lending business is illegal.

Ramakrishnan accuses his brother of possessing and appropriating the family wealth exclusively for himself. He gives false information to the Income Tax Department and files a suit against him in court. In the climax, it is revealed by Gopalakrishnan's advocate that Gopalakrishnan has kept his hard-earned wealth in the name of his younger brother and 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 Gopalakrishnan.

==Cast==
{{colbegin}}
* [[Mohanlal]] as Puthanveetil Gopalakrishna Pillai
** Ashwin as Young Gopalakrishnan
* [[Ajmal Ameer]] as Puthanveetil Ramakrishna Pillai
** Adwaith Shaji as Young Ramakrishnan
* [[Siddique (actor)|Siddique]] as Kottilakathu Sreedharan
* [[Sai Kumar (Malayalam actor)|Sai Kumar]] as Madhava Menon, Gopalakrishnan's and Ramakrishnan's father
* [[Jagathy Sreekumar]] as Advocate Mohan Kumar
* [[Suraj Venjaramoodu]] as Keedam Vasu
* [[Innocent (actor)|Innocent]] as Karayogam President Chandran Nair
* [[Kavya Madhavan]] as Jayalakshmi
** Swathi Sunil Kumar as Young Jayalakshmi
* [[Mallika Kapoor]] as Shymala, Parameswaran's daughter and Ramakrishnan's wife
* [[K. P. A. C. Lalitha]] as Puthanveetil Devakiyamma, Gopalakrishnan's and Ramakrishnam's mother
* [[Vijayakumar (Malayalam actor)|Vijayakumar]] as Aravindan, Kottilakathu Parameswaran's second son
* Kiran Raj as Raghu, Parameswaran's youngest son
* [[V. K. Sreeraman]] as Kottilakathu Parameswaran Kurup
* [[M. R. Gopakumar]] as Kottilakathu Raghavan, Parameswaran's younger brother
* [[Kozhikode Narayanan Nair]] as Saghavu Kumaran
* [[Madhu (actor)|Madhu]] as Justice Sukumara Kurup (Cameo)
* [[Biju Pappan]] as [[Sub-inspector|SI]] Vincent
* Deepika Mohan as Raghavan's wife
* Lakshmipriya as Lakshmi, Mohan Kumar's wife
* [[Krishna Praba]] as Bhavani
* [[Sivaji Guruvayoor]] as Keshavan, Jayalakshmi's father
* Tony Sigimon as Appu, Mohan Kumar's son
{{colend}}

==Production==
The filming was completed on 4 June 2008 in [[Ottapalam]]. Mohanlal had 47 days of shoot.<ref>{{cite web|title=Mohanlal completes Madambi|url=http://www.sify.com/movies/mohanlal-completes-madambi-news-malayalam-kkftyBgfehgsi.html|website=[[Sify]]|accessdate=25 June 2019|date=5 June 2008}}{{dead link|date=September 2022|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

==Soundtrack==
{{Infobox album
| name = Madampi
| type = soundtrack
| artist = [[M. Jayachandran]]
| cover =
| alt =
| released = 20 June 2008
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = [[Filmi]]
| length = 21:40
| label = [[Satyam Audios]]
| producer = B. C. Joshi
| prev_title = Anthiponvettam
| prev_year =
| next_title = [[Parthan Kanda Paralokam]]
| next_year =
}}

The film has four songs composed by [[M. Jayachandran]]. The lyrics are by [[Gireesh Puthenchery]] and [[Anil Panachooran]] (''Jeevitham Oru'').<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.hindu.com/2008/07/15/stories/2008071550430200.htm |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080718225024/http://www.hindu.com/2008/07/15/stories/2008071550430200.htm |url-status= dead |archive-date= 18 July 2008 |title= Tale of two fighting families |last= Jayakumar |first= G. |date= 15 July 2008 |work= [[The Hindu]] |accessdate= 2009-03-11}}</ref> The songs "Amma Mazhakarinu" and "Kalyanakacheri" were chartbusters.

{| class="wikitable" border="1"
! Track !! Song !! Singer(s) !! Duration !! Other notes
|-
| 1 || "Amma Mazhakkarinu" || [[K. J. Yesudas|Dr. K. J. Yesudas]] || 4.03 || [[Raga]]: Navakouns [[Kerala State Film Award for Best Music Director]] [[Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer - Malayalam|Filmfare Award for Best Singer]] [[Filmfare Award for Best Lyricist - Malayalam|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 {{INR}}1.37 crore from 61 screens in its first weekend (3 days) from Kerala.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sify.com/movies/boxoffice.php?id=14713618&cid=14625530|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140618102733/http://www.sify.com/movies/boxoffice.php?id=14713618&cid=14625530|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 June 2014|title=Kerala Box Office (July 4 to 6)|work=[[Sify]]|date=11 July 2008|access-date=1 March 2018}}</ref> It was made on a budget of {{INR}} 3.5 crores. The film got {{INR}} 1 crore 90 lakhs as distribution share, {{INR}} 1 crore 8 lakhs as satellite and video rights, {{INR}} 9 lakhs as audio rights, and {{INR}} 25 lakhs as overseas right. It got a gross collection of {{INR}} 7.5 crores within 30 days. The film collected {{INR}}100 million in total.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.malluforum.com/about13461_Madambi_rules_the_box_office_this_weekend.html|title=Madampi rules Box office}}</ref> The movie ran for more than 100 days in major centres.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://entertainment.oneindia.in/malayalam/news/2008/madambi-160-days-171008.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141021144137/http://www.filmibeat.com/|url-status=dead|archive-date=21 October 2014|title=Madampi 160 days celebrations}}</ref> ''Madampi'' became one of the highest-grossing Malayalam films of the year.<ref>{{cite web|title=2008- Top 5 Films at the box-office|url=http://www.sify.com/movies/2008-top-5-films-at-the-box-office-imagegallery-1-movies-jdwmUrgbfdbsi.html|website=[[Sify]]|accessdate=25 June 2019}}{{dead link|date=September 2022|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

==Awards==
;[[Kerala State Film Awards]]
* [[M. Jayachandran]] – [[Kerala State Film Award for Best Music Director|Best Music Director]] (Kalyanakacheri, Amma Mazhakkarinu)
* [[Shankar Mahadevan]] – [[Kerala State Film Award for Best Singer|Best Male Playback Singer]] (Kalyanakacheri)

;[[Filmfare Awards South]]
* [[K. J. Yesudas|Dr. K. J. Yesudas]] – [[Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer - Malayalam|Best Male Playback Singer]] (Amma Mazhakkarinu)
* [[Gireesh Puthenchery]] – [[Filmfare Award for Best Lyricist - Malayalam|Best Lyricist]] (Amma Mazhakkarinu)

;[[Asianet Film Award]]
* Best Actor – [[Mohanlal]]

;[[Vanitha Film Awards]]
*Best Actor – Mohanlal

;AMMA (Dubai) Award
* Best Actor – Mohanlal

==See also==
* [[Madampi (Nair title)|Madampi]] – aristocratic title equivalent to "[[lord]]" in English

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
*{{IMDb title|1263795|Madampi}}

[[Category:2008 films]]
[[Category:2008 Malayalam-language films]]
[[Category:Films scored by M. Jayachandran]]
[[Category:Indian family films]]
[[Category:Films shot in Ottapalam]]
[[Category:Films shot at Varikkasseri Mana]]
[[Category:Films shot in Thrissur]]
[[Category:Films directed by B. Unnikrishnan]]

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