Rafi and Mecartin are a

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and

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duo best known for

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s in

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. Raffi's late younger brother

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was also a well-known film director. Raffi is also the nephew of director Siddique from the Siddique–Lal duo. He has scripted and directed successful films such as '' Puthukkottayile Puthumanavalan'' (1995), ''

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'' (1997), '' Punjabi House'' (1998), '' Thenkasipattanam'' (2000), ''

Chathikkatha Chanthu ''Chathikkatha Chanthu'' () is a 2004 Indian Malayalam-language romantic comedy slasher film written and directed by Rafi Mecartin and produced by Lal under the banner of Lal Creations. It stars Jayasurya in the title role, along with Vineeth ...

'' (2004), ''

Pandippada ''Pandippada'' () is a 2005 Indian Malayalam-Tamil bilingual action comedy film written and directed by Rafi Mecartin. The film stars Dileep in the lead role while Navya Nair, Prakash Raj, Rajan P. Dev, Harisree Ashokan, Salim Kumar, Cochin Ha ...

'' (2005), and '' Hallo'' (2007). The duo has also written the scripts for '' Aniyan Bava Chetan Bava'' (1995), '' Aadyathe Kanmani'' (1995), '' Dilliwala Rajakumaran'' (1996), '' Kusruthi Kuruppu'' (1998), ''

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'' (2001), '' Thilakkam'' (2003), and ''

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'' (2007) among others, for other directors.

Filmography

Director

^⊥ Rafi Alone

Screenwriter only

* '' Ellarum Chollanu'' (1992) (writer) * Mr & Mrs (1992) (writer) * '' Aniyan Bava Chetan Bava'' (1995) (writer) * '' Aadyathe Kanmani'' (1995) (screenplay and dialogue) * '' Dilliwala Rajakumaran'' (1996) (writer) * '' The Car'' (1997) (story) * '' Kusruthi Kuruppu'' (1998) (Story, Screenplay,Dialogues) * ''

'' (2001) (writer) * '' Thilakkam'' (2003) (writer) * ''

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'' (2007) (Story, Screenplay,Dialogues) * ''

'' (2007) (writer) * '' Two Countries'' (2015) (Rafi alone) * '' Children's Park'' (2019) * Once Upon Time In Kochi (2024) * Thaanara (2024)

Assistant director

* '' Godfather'' (1991) * '' Vietnam Colony'' (1993) * ''Customs Diary'' (1993)

Acting credits of Rafi

* ''Puthukkottayile Puthumanavalan (1995)'' (guest appearance) * '' Ring Master'' (2014) as Director Ravishankar *'' Villali Veeran'' (2015) as Aiswarya's uncle * '' Two Countries'' (2015) as Daniel * '' Shajahanum Pareekuttiyum'' (2016) as Joseph * ''

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'' (2017) as Dr Krishnadev * '' Sherlock Toms'' (2017) as Saghav Lazar * '' Vikadakumaran''(2018) as

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Solomon Mathew Puthanpallil * ''Sakalakalasala'' (2018) * '' Children's Park'' (2019) as Adv. Thomas Augustine * Ganagandharvan (2019) as Samson * ''

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'' (2020) as Director & Film Producer Chacko * '' Naaradan'' (2022) as Pillachettan * '' Thundu'' (2024) as CPO Raghavan *'' Adios Amigo'' (2024) as Paul Kurian * '' Extra Decent'' (2024) as Dr Ajmal Khan *'' Rifle Club'' (2024) as Adv. Koshi

Mecartin as an Actor

* '' Sathyam Sivam Sundaram'' (2000)

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Rafi-Mecartin Malayalam film directors Malayalam screenwriters Indian filmmaking duos Living people Indian male screenwriters Indian screenwriting duos Film directors from Kochi 20th-century Indian people 21st-century Indian people Screenwriters from Kochi Year of birth missing (living people)