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{{short description|Malayalam movie}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2015}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2015}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Meesha Madhavan
| image = Meesha Madhavan.jpg
| alt =
| caption = VCD cover
| director = [[Lal Jose]]
| producer = [[Maha Subair]]<br>Sudhish
| writer = [[Ranjan Pramod]]
| narrator = [[Ranjith (director)|Ranjith]]
| starring = [[Dileep]]
| music = [[Vidyasagar (composer)|Vidyasagar]]
| cinematography = [[S. Kumar (cinematographer)|S. Kumar]]
| editing = [[Ranjan Abraham]]
| studio = Moviekshetra
| distributor = [[Kalasangham Films]]<br>Kas<br>Varnachithra
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2002|7|4}}
| runtime = 160 minutes
| country = India
| language = Malayalam
| budget = {{INRConvert|1.45|c}}<ref>{{cite news|author=Sreedhar Pillai|title=Magic on the wane|url=http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/fr/2002/08/23/stories/2002082300170100.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030129184241/http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/fr/2002/08/23/stories/2002082300170100.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=29 January 2003|access-date=29 October 2016|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=23 August 2002}}</ref>
| gross = 15 cr
}}
'''''Meesha Madhavan''''' ({{Literal translation|Mustache Madhavan}}) is a 2002 Indian [[Malayalam]]-language [[action comedy film]] directed by [[Lal Jose]] and written by [[Ranjan Pramod]]. The film stars [[Dileep (actor)|Dileep]] in the title role, while [[Kavya Madhavan]], [[Jagathy Sreekumar]], [[Indrajith Sukumaran]] and [[Jyothirmayi]] in supporting roles. It was the highest-grossing Malayalam film of that time and ended up being an industrial hit. Meesha Madhavan raised Dileep's stardom to a whole new level and developed a [[cult]] following in [[Malayalam cinema]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-01-25|title=Meesha Madhavan {{!}} ചേക്കിലെ മാധവന്റെയും പട്ടാളം പുരുഷുവിന്റെയും വീടുകൾ കണ്ടിട്ടുണ്ടോ? വീഡിയോ ഇതാ|url=https://malayalam.news18.com/news/film/take-a-look-at-the-shooting-locations-in-meesha-madhavan-movie-mm-341013.html|access-date=2021-06-11|website=News18 Malayalam}}</ref> It was remade in Telugu as [[Dongodu]] (2003) starring [[Ravi Teja]] and in [[Kannada]] as Hori (2010) starring Vinod Prabhakar and in Tamil as [[Kollaikaran]] starring Vidharth.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nowrunning.com/movie/8893/kannada/hori/3075/review.htm|title = Hori Review | Hori Kannada Movie Review by V.S. Rajapur}}</ref>

==Plot==
{{More plot|date=March 2022}}
Madhavan is a clever thief who robs for a living and is well known in the village. He is following the principles of his mentor Mullani Pappan who trained him to be a thief when Madhavan was a young boy. Meesa Madhavan got his name by the popular saying that if Madhavan rolls his Moustache (Meesa in Malayalam) looking at someone, he will rob his house that night.

His enemy is the local money lender Bhageerathan Pillai who refuses to give back his father's property despite Madhavan paying back the loan with interest years ago. Madhavan falls in love with Bhageerathan Pillai's daughter Rukmini. Despite being childhood friends, in the beginning of the movie Rukmini hates Madhavan as he is a well known thief in the locality.

But later on when she realizes that Madhavan's sisters marriage was cancelled because of her father, she slowly started falling for him and later both fall in love with each other. The sub inspector in the village Eappen Pappachi has an eye on Rukmini.

Eappan steals the idol from the local [[Temple]] with the intention of selling it and puts the blame on Madhavan. It becomes Madhavan's responsibility to find the culprits and he does that with his mentor's help and thus uniting with his girl friend, with the blessing of her father, Bhageerathan Pillai.

==Cast==
*[[Dileep (actor)|Dileep]] as Madhavan Nair (Meesa Madhavan)
*[[Kavya Madhavan]] as Rukmini
*[[Indrajith Sukumaran|Indrajith]] as Eappen Pappachi (S.I. of Police)
*[[Jagathy Sreekumar]] as Krishnavilasom Bhageerathan Pillai
*[[Harisree Ashokan]] as Sugunan (Madhavan's friend)
*[[Cochin Haneefa]] as Thrivikraman
*[[Mala Aravindan]] as Mullani Pappan
*[[Oduvil Unnikrishnan]] as Constable Achuthan Namboothiri (Prabha's father)
*[[Jyothirmayi]] as Prabha
*[[Karthika Mathew]] as Malathi (Madhavan's younger sister)
*[[Sukumari]] as Sumathi, Madhavan's mother
*[[James (Malayalam actor)|James]] as Pattalam Purushu
*[[Salim Kumar]] as Advocate Mukundanunni
*[[Machan Varghese]] as Lineman Lonappan
* [[Manikandan Pattambi]] as Vazhipaadu announcer
*[[Ajaykumar]] as Tea Boy (as Unda Pakru)
*[[Sanusha]] as Rukmini Jr.
* Jayesh Pazhanimala as Meesa Madhavan's childhood friend
*Kalabhavan Prachod as Prabha's husband
*[[Ambika Mohan]] as Santhamma (Bhageerathan Pillai's wife)
* [[Gayathri (Malayalam actress)|Gayathri]] as Sarasu (Pattalam Purushu's wife)
* Meena Ganesh
* Yamuna as Madhavan's sister in law
* [[Dinesh Prabhakar]]
* Vijayan Peringode as Warrier
*[[Kozhikode Narayanan Nair]] as Advocate
*[[Lal Jose]] (Cameo)

==Soundtrack==
{{Infobox album
| name = Meesha Madhavan
| type = soundtrack
| artist = [[Vidyasagar (composer)|Vidyasagar]]
| cover =
| alt =
| caption = Album cover for ''Meesha Madhavan''
| released = {{start date|df=yes|2002|06}}
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = [[Film soundtrack|Feature film soundtrack]]
| length =
| label = [[Satyam Audios]]
| producer = [[Vidyasagar (composer)|Vidyasagar]]
| prev_title = [[Neetho]]
| prev_year = 2002
| next_title = [[Karmegham]]
| next_year = 2002
}}

The music album of ''Meesa Madhavan'' happens to be one of the most popular works of [[Vidyasagar (composer)|Vidyasagar]]. The lyrics were written by [[Gireesh Puthenchery]]. A part of the song "Karimizhi Kuruviye" was reused in "Aasai Aasai Ippoluthu" in ''[[Dhool]]''.

{|class="wikitable"
! Track !! Song Title !! Singers !! Raga(s)
|-
| 1 || "Ente Ellamellam" || [[K. J. Yesudas]], [[Sujatha Mohan]], [[Sreeja Ravi]](Dialogues) || Desh
|-
| 2 || "Karimizhi Kuruviye" || [[Sujatha Mohan]], V. Devanand || Kapi
|-
| 3 || "Penne Penne" || [[M. G. Sreekumar]], [[K. S. Chithra]], Kalyani Menon. || Valachi
|-
| 4 || "Chingamaasam" || [[Shankar Mahadevan]], [[Rimy Tomy]] || [[Shanmukhapriya]]
|-
| 5 || "Theme Music" || Instrumental ||
|-
| 6 || "Elavathooru" || [[P. Madhuri]] ||
|-
| 7 || "Pathiri Chuttu" || Machad Vasanthi ||
|-
| 8 || "Ente Ellam" || [[K. J. Yesudas]] ||
|-
| 9 || "Karimizhi Kuruviye" || [[Sujatha Mohan]] || Kapi
|-
| 10 || "Vaaleduthal" || [[Vidhu Prathap]], [[Anuradha Sriram]] || Kharaharapriya
|-
|}

== Reception ==
The film was commercial success at the box office<ref>{{cite web|url=https://m.timesofindia.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/did-you-know/did-you-know-dileeps-real-name-is-gopalakrishnan/articleshow/78891376.cms|title=Did you know Dileep's real name is Gopalakrishnan?|work=[[The Times of India]]|date=27 October 2020}}</ref> and became the highest-grossing Malayalam film of that time and ended up being an industrial hit.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/kerala-actress-assault-dileep-s-vengeance-rise-to-power-in-film-industry/story-v6qknrIPui8gVxhkyGc0gL_amp.html|title=Kerala actress assault: Dileep's controversial rise to power in film industry|work=[[Hindustan Times]]|author=Naveen Nair|date=19 July 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/sathyan-anthikad-and-lal-jose-winning-hearts-malayalam-family-audience-64648?amp|title=Sathyan Anthikad and Lal Jose: Winning the hearts of the Malayalam 'family' audience|work=[[The News Minute]]|date=4 July 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://m.timesofindia.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/photo-features/mollywoods-most-famous-star-kids/photostory/63485567.cms|title=Mollywood's most famous star kids|work=[[The Times of India]]|date=27 March 2018}}</ref> It had completed 250 days in theatres.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.onmanorama.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/2020/07/04/dileep-july-4-connection-fans-golden-day-of-dileep-on-twitter.amp.html|title=Dileep and July 4 connection: Fans trend #GoldenDayOfDileep on Twitter|work=[[Malayala Manorama]]|date=4 July 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/lf/2002/10/25/stories/2002102501740200.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161221002142/http://www.thehindu.com/lf/2002/10/25/stories/2002102501740200.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=21 December 2016|title='Meesa Madhavan'|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=25 October 2002}}</ref> The film raised Dileep's stardom to a [[superstar|Super Star]] level.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/lf/2003/02/15/stories/2003021502360200.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161221190650/http://www.thehindu.com/lf/2003/02/15/stories/2003021502360200.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=21 December 2016|title=A filmi shot in the arm|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=15 February 2003}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sify.com/movies/malayalam/interview.php?id=13723260&cid=2406|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170903214123/http://www.sify.com/movies/malayalam/interview.php?id=13723260&cid=2406|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 September 2017|title="I have more enemies than friends": Dileep|work=[[Sify]]|date=21 April 2004}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://m.sify.com/movies/dileep-kavya-in-new-zealand-news-malayalam-kkfvvBiiibesi.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180318184636/http://m.sify.com/movies/dileep-kavya-in-new-zealand-news-malayalam-kkfvvBiiibesi.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 March 2018|title=Dileep-Kavya in New Zealand!|publisher=[[Sify]]|date=8 January 2006}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://m.sify.com/news/malayalam-actor-dileep-not-paying-service-tax-news-national-nmvwEpajdgbsi.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180319084515/http://m.sify.com/news/malayalam-actor-dileep-not-paying-service-tax-news-national-nmvwEpajdgbsi.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=19 March 2018|title=Malayalam actor Dileep not paying service tax|publisher=[[Sify]]|date=21 December 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://m.sify.com/movies/dileep-s-lucky-date-news-malayalam-kkfv31jfhjjsi.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180318184626/http://m.sify.com/movies/dileep-s-lucky-date-news-malayalam-kkfv31jfhjjsi.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 March 2018|title=Dileep's lucky date!|publisher=[[Sify]]|date=14 June 2006}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0353725|Meesa Madhavan}}

{{Lal Jose}}

[[Category:2000s Malayalam-language films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:2002 romantic comedy films]]
[[Category:Indian romantic comedy films]]
[[Category:2002 films]]
[[Category:Malayalam films remade in other languages]]
[[Category:Films scored by Vidyasagar]]
[[Category:Films directed by Lal Jose]]

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