Mayamohini

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For the television series, see Mayamohini (TV series).
Mayamohini
File:Mayamohini poster.jpg
Film poster
Directed by Jose Thomas
Produced by Madhu Warrier
P.Sukumar
Written by Udaykrishna
Siby K. Thomas
Starring Dileep
Biju Menon
Lakshmi Rai
Mythili
Baburaj
Spadikam George
Music by Berny-Ignatius (Songs)
Sarath Vayalar (Songs lyrics)
Bijibal (Background Score)
Cinematography Anil Nair
Edited by Lijo Paul
Production
company
Color Factory
Distributed by Manjunatha Release & PJ Entertainments Europe
Release dates
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  • 7 April 2012 (2012-04-07)
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Running time
 145 minutes
Country India
Language Malayalam
Box office ₹22 crore (US$3.3 million)

Mayamohini is a 2012 Malayalam comedy film directed by Jose Thomas and written by Udayakrishna and Siby K. Thomas, starring Dileep in the lead role with Biju Menon, Lakshmi Rai, Baburaj, Mythili and Spadikam George in supporting roles.[2][3] The film was one of the highest grossing films of the year.[4][5][6] The movie was remade in Kannada as Jai Lalitha. The film got a 'U' certificate despite the fact that, it had many sex jokes.

Plot

The film starts with a plane accident in which a small child narrowly escapes. He is then looked after by his maternal uncle (Vijayaraghavan), and all the family's wealth will be inherited to him. As per their astrologer, in the future he should marry a young woman whose star is Chothi Nakshatra, only then will he prosper in life. The boy grows up to be a young man Balakrishnan (Biju Menon), who is unsuccessful in anything he does.

He falls in love with Maya (Lakshmi Rai), the daughter of a wealthy businessman named Raj Kumar Patella (Mohan Sharma), who is settled in Mumbai. When Patella gets to know about their relation, he objects; Maya elopes with Balakrishnan. In the meantime Lakshminarayanan alias Lakshmi (Baburaj), a friend of Balakrishnan tries to convince Balakrishnan's uncle about the marriage and the uncle agrees to visit the couple. But then, on the second day of the marriage Maya leaves him and returns to Mumbai.

Balakrishnan didn't want his uncle to know that his wife left him, so he hires a woman Mayamohini (Dileep) to act as his wife. The story continues with many twists and later it is revealed that Mayamohini is actually a man named Mohanakrishnan, who the Kerala police had been searching for. He had been put into a trap by Patella and his men. Balakrishnan agrees to help him in his quest. They travel to Mumbai and there they meet Maya who was working as a club dancer and she agrees to help them. She tells all truth about Pattela. In the flashback it turns out that Mohanakrishnan's father, Sankaran Potti (Nedumudi Venu), a temple priest, was killed by Pattela and his manager Sanjay (Kazan Khan) to get hold of their property. Pattela is opening a new business in town and on the inauguration day has arranged some dance as well. Mohan gets dressed up as Mayamohini again. Pattela invites her to his room and tries to have sex with her. In the meantime, the cops arrive to arrest Mohan. Pattela dies in the shootout that follows, and later Mohan is released of his charges.

Later, Lakshmi's family comes for an alliance with Mayamohini, not knowing the truth. His sister was also with him and her star is revealed to be Chothi much to the delight of Balakrishnan.

Cast

Reception

Metro Matinee rated the film as Entertaining and said "Mayamohini certainly follows the same old formula, but even then it is a fairly enjoyable ride."[8] Sify rated the film as a Comedy Caper and said "With a briskly paced first half and a more serious second half, Mayamohini still turn out to be a nice option, for the summer holidays."[9]

Box office

The film was the highest grosser of 2012.[10][11][12][13] The film got an huge initial first day collection of ₹90 lakh (US$130,000) from Kerala box office.[14]The film grossed ₹16.5 crore (US$2.5 million) in 25 days with a share of ₹7.15 crore (US$1.1 million).[15] The film grossed ₹22 crore (US$3.3 million) at the Worldwide box office.[16][17]

References

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