Mr. Marumakan

Mr. Marumakan (lit. 'Mr. Son-in-law') is a 2012 Malayalam-language comedy-drama film written by the duo Udayakrishna-Siby K. Thomas and directed by Sandhya Mohan .[2][3] The movie stars Dileep and Sanusha in the lead roles and Bhagyaraj, Khushbu Sundar, Sheela, Biju Menon, Nedumudi Venu and Riyaz Khan in supporting roles.[4][5]

Mr. Marumakan
Theatrical poster
Directed by	Sandhya Mohan
Produced by	Maha Subair Nelson Ipe
Written by	Udayakrishna Siby K. Thomas
Starring	Dileep Sanusha Bhagyaraj Khushbu Sundar Sheela Biju Menon Nedumudi Venu
Music by	Suresh Peters
Cinematography	P. Sukumar
Edited by	Mahesh Narayan
Production company	Varnachitra Big Screen
Distributed by	PJ Entertainments Europe
Release date	18 August 2012
Running time	177 minutes
Country	India
Language	Malayalam
Box office	₹26crore[1]

The film is a remake of the 1989 Telugu film Attaku Yamudu Ammayiki Mogudu, and tells the story of three rich women, Raja Kokila, her adopted daughter Raja Mallika and her daughter Raja Lakshmi who believe that a woman can survive without the help of a man. However, the entry of a lawyer-trained drama director Ashok Raj into their lives forces them to revise their opinions. Critical reactions to the film were mostly mixed, but the film managed to become a hit at the box office.[6]

Plot

The movie is about an Advocate Ashok Chakravarthy (Dileep), who enters into the life of three women who are all of the belief that a woman can survive without a man in her life. Their thoughts are changed when one of the three, Ashok Raj, marries Raja Lakshmi (Sanusha). Into his life also enters a banking Ombudsman Balasubramanyam (Bhagyaraj), his father Raja Gopalan Thampi's (Nedumudi Venu) childhood friend. The three women's business entity is known as Raja's Groups of Company as they are Raja Kokila (Sheela), who is Chairperson of Raja's Groups of Company, Raja Mallika (Kusboo) and Raja Lakshmi. His entry into their family later reveals that Raja Kokila is step-mother to Raja Mallika, who was adopted when she was minor. Also, after the death of Raja Kokila's husband, she became the sole owner of her husband's assets and changed her name from Kokila to Raja Kokila. It is also revealed that the mother of Raja Mallika is their maid Bhavaniyamma(Kaviyoor Ponnamma). The movie ends with the reunion of Raja Mallika with both her husband and mother.

Cast

• Dileep as Ashoka Chakravarthy / Ashok Raj
• Bhagyaraj as Balasubrahmanyam, Mallika's husband/Lakshmi's father
• Khushbu Sundar as Raja Mallika, Ombudsman's wife/Lakshmi's mother
• Sheela as Raja Kokila, Chairperson of Raja's Group.
• Sanusha as Raja Lakshmi, Ashok Raj's childhood friend/Mallika's Daughter/Ashok Raj's wife
• Kaviyoor Ponnamma as Bhavani Amma, Raja Mallika's birth mother
• Biju Menon as Babu Raj, elder brother of Ashok Raj, eldest son of Raja Gopalan Thampi
• Salim Kumar as Sankaranunni, Ashok's Friend
• Suraj Venjaramoodu as Chantha Hamsa
• Harisree Ashokan as Keshu, Mallika's assistant
• Nedumudi Venu as Rajagopalan Thampy
• Baburaj as Adv. K.V. Panickar, Raja Mallika's legal advisor
• Mallika as Ashok's sister
• Sajitha Betti as Adv. K.V. Panicker's sister
• Lakshmipriya as Adv. K.V. Panicker's wife
• Riyaz Khan as A.C.P. Madhuram Ramachandran IPS
• Saikumar as Ramachandran,Ashok Chakravarthy's instructor
• Thesni Khan as Raja Mallika's assistant
• Ambika Mohan as Ambika, Raja Gopalan Thampi's wife/Ashok Raj's and Baburaj's mother
• Meghna Nair as Minmini, PA of Mallika

Critical reception

Metro Matinee gave the movie a verdict of "Time-Pass Entertainer", concluding that "On the whole, 'Mr. Marumakan' is a crowd-pleaser that knows exactly who its audience is. For die-hard fans of Dileep, this old-fashioned entertainer is a treat and delivers enough entertainment for your buck".[7]

Sify the movie a verdict of "Strictly for Dileep fans!", commenting that "Mr. Marumakan is as archaic as formula is to films and it is packaged as an old-school masala potboiler aimed at Dileep fans. It is exaggerated and formulaic, but relies squarely on the charm of its leading man to pull off its over-the-top tone. And when you walk out of the theatres, you realize why Dileep is called the Janapriya Nayakan."[8]

Paresh C. Palicha of Rediff gave the movie 2/5 stars, stating that "Mr. Marumakan is a typical Dileep film, not one expected from someone who is recently honoured as the Best Actor by the Kerala State Government."[9]

Veeyen of Now Running gave the movie 2/5 stars, saying that "'Mr. Marumakan' offers little wackiness when it comes to humor since the jokes never build up. It has little on offer when it comes to emotions as the situations progress from clumsy to worse. The antics that he is up to make for tedious viewing, and this supposedly fun-in-law is in short, no won-in-law".[10]

Box office

It earned ₹26 crore (US$3.6 million) in five weeks. The film completed 8000 shows and ran more than 100 days at the box office.

Awards

Ceremony	Category	Nominee	Result	Ref.
2nd South Indian International Movie Awards	SIIMA Award for Best Comedian	Suraj Venjaramood	Won	[11]

References

1. Malayalam Films of 2013
2. "Mr Marumakan – Movie Details". MalluCritiC.com.
3. "Scripting blockbusters". The Hindu. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 5 March 2011.
4. "Sanusha opposite Dileep in Mr. Marumakan". Yahoo. 3 March 2011. Retrieved 5 March 2011.
5. "K Bhagyaraj in Dileep's Mr Marumakan". Sify.com 24 January 2011. Retrieved 5 March 2011.
6. "'Run Baby Run' to 'Trivandrum lodge', Mohanlal is giving back to back hits"
7. "Mr. Marumakan Movie Review". 18 August 2012. Archived from the original on 22 August 2012. Retrieved 21 August 2012.
8. Moviebuzz (20 August 2012). "Movie Review: Mr. Marumakan". Sify. Retrieved 21 August 2012.
9. Paresh C Palicha (20 August 2012). "Review: Mr. Marumakan is crude". Rediff. Retrieved 21 August 2012.
10. Veeyen (18 August 2012). "Mr. Marumakan Review". Now Running. Retrieved 21 August 2012.
11. Sudish Kamath. "Stars in Sharjah". The Hindu. Retrieved 15 September 2013.