''Mattupetty Machan'' is a 1998 Indian

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directed by

Jose Thomas Jose Thomas is an Indian film director in Malayalam movies. He directed more than 20 Malayalam movies. His popular movies are Mattupetti Machan, Kanjirapally Kariyachan, Udayapuram Sulthan, Mayamohini ''Mayamohini'' is a 2012 Indian Malay ...

and written by Udaykrishna–Sibi K. Thomas. It has an

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including

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and Maathu. The film was a commercial success at the box office. It was remade in

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as '' Banda Paramasivam'', in Telugu as '' Hungama'' and in Hindi as '' Housefull 2''.

Synopsis

Kumar Kubera and Prabhakara Prabhu are former friends, business rivals and bitter enemies. They want to outdo each other in everything, especially when it comes to marrying off their daughters. Manoharan, a marriage broker brings them many good suitors for their daughters, but Kubera and Prabhu are hellbent on not letting the other's daughter get married first. One day, Manoharan brings a Middle Eastern NRI to see Prabhu's daughter. He works in

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, but Prabhu finds him unsuitable, assaults and insults him, his family and Manoharan. He vows to take revenge and marry off Prabhu's daughter to the most unsuitable man in the land, with conditions saying that the man should be very poor, savage and an orphan. He enlists Manoharan's help to find such a suitor and Manoharan introduces him to Mattupetti Machan, a notorious coolie in the local market. Kannappan is the rival faction leader and the two often lock horns over unloading work.

Cast

Songs

The songs in the movie were written by

Bichu Thirumala Bhaskaran Sivasankaran Nair, popularly known as Bichu Thirumala (13 February 1942 – 26 November 2021), was an Indian lyricist and poet. He is known for creating the style of arranging beautiful words in Malayalam film songs. In Malayalam cinem ...

and composed by Thankaraj. The BGM was done by Rajamani. This was the debut film for Thankaraj. * "Chillu Janalinte Arikil" - M. G. Sreekumar,

K. S. Chithra Krishnan Nair Shantakumari Chithra (born 27 July 1963) is an Indian playback singer and Carnatic musician. In a career spanning around five decades, she has recorded over 25,000 Songs in various Indian languages languages such as Tamil, Kann ...

* "Rasa Thaan Daa" - M. G. Sreekumar * "Kadukodachu" - M. G. Sreekumar, K. S. Chithra

References

External links

* {{Jose Thomas 1998 films Malayalam films remade in other languages Films directed by Jose Thomas 1990s Malayalam-language films Indian comedy films