Chathikkatha Chanthu

Chathikkatha Chanthu
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Directed by	Rafi Mecartin
Produced by	Lal
Written by	Rafi Mecartin
Starring	Jayasurya Vineeth Lal Navya Nair Bhavana Madhu Cochin Haneefa Siddique Salim Kumar Janardhanan
Music by	Alex Paul
Cinematography	Saloo George
Edited by	Harihara Puthran
Production company	Lal Creations
Distributed by	Lal Release
Release date	14 April 2004
Running time	130 minutes
Country	India
Language	Malayalam

Chathikkatha Chanthu (Malayalam: ചതിക്കാത്തചന്തു, lit. "Chanthu Who Never Cheats") is a 2004 Malayalam musical-comedy film written and directed by Rafi Mecartin, and produced by Lal. It stars a huge cast consisting of Jayasurya, Vineeth, Lal, Navya Nair, Bhavana, Madhu, Cochin Haneefa, Salim Kumar, Siddique, and Janardhanan. The music is composed by Alex Paul.

The film was remade in Kannada as Kal Manja starring Komal.

Chandu (Jayasurya) has a problem with his name: Everyone who hears it instantly believes that he is a cheat (Chathiyan Chandu).

He wants to be a famous script writer. He approaches all directors, but his stories are flops. So he decides to write his own story.

Chandu is the son of a servant who works in a big mansion. The master's (Janardhanan) daughter Indira (Bhavana) is in love with Chandu. But Chandu doesn't want to "hurt" his master. So he refuses Indira's love, but Indira never gives up. One day Janardhanan gets hold of the love story and wants Chandu to give up. He asks Chandu to write letters that will describe his love with an imaginary "Vasumathi" in an imaginary "Thottakkattukara" village. Janardhanan purposefully gives Bhavana the letters which makes her heartbroken. In one of those letters Janardhanan asks Chandu to write that he is planning to leave town with "Vasumathi" which completely breaks Indira's heart. But she posts all the letters after reading them. Thampuran (Janardhanan) then asks Chandu to leave town.