Ladies and Gentleman

Ladies and Gentleman
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Siddique
Produced by	Antony Perumbavoor C. J. Roy
Written by	Siddique
Starring	Mohanlal Mamta Mohandas Meera Jasmine Mithra Kurian Padmapriya Krish. J. Sathaar Kalabhavan Shajon
Music by	Songs: Ratheesh Vegha Background Score: Deepak Dev
Cinematography	Satheesh Kurup
Edited by	K. R. Gowri Shanker
Production company	Aashirvad Cinemas Confident Group
Distributed by	Maxlab Cinemas and Entertainments (India)
Release date	12 April 2013 (2013-04-12)
Running time	156 minutes
Country	India
Language	Malayalam
Budget	₹10 crore (US$1.5 million)

Ladies and Gentleman is an Indian Malayalam comedy drama film written and directed by Siddique and starring Mohanlal, Krish. J. Sathaar and Mamta Mohandas in the lead roles. Produced by Antony Perumbavoor and Dr. C. J. Roy under the banners of Aashirvad Cinemas and Confident Group. The film's soundtrack was composed by Ratheesh Vegha and film score by Deepak Dev. It was released on 12 April 2013 as a festival release during the time of Vishu in India.

Chandrabose (Mohanlal) whose wife's (Meera Jasmine) death has led him to become an alcoholic. Chandrabose likes to keep a low profile and lives a rather carefree life. When he comes to Kochi, he saves a young IT professional (Krish. J. Sathaar) out of committing suicide and joins in the firm passing out positive philosophy which takes the firm from a struggling start-up to the top, and makes an impression on Anu (Mamta Mohandas), Jyothi (Padmapriya) and Chinnu (Mithra Kurian).

Siddique and Mohanlal planned the film eight years back, and Siddique had the theme in his mind back then. But he was busy with other films.Siddique was collaborating with Mohanlal after two decades since Vietnam Colony (1992), which he co-directed with Lal. Krish. J. Sathaar, son of actors Sathaar and Jayabharathi, makes his debut in films playing the role of Sarath. Siddique had seen Krish's photo a while ago and it was his face that came to his mind while he was searching for that character. About the film Siqqique says, "Ladies and Gentleman is essentially about the generation gap. Often, the older generation is set in their ways while the new generation is eager to believe that they are always right. Young achievers of today are mostly self-made and have a different attitude towards life". There were four heroines in the film - Meera Jasmine, Mamta Mohandas, Mithra Kurian, and Padmapriya Janakiraman. While Meera plays the CEO of a company, Mamta and Mithra plays two software professionals, and Padmapriya is a flight attendant. "Lalettan's[Mohanlal] character Chandrabose is a workaholic who lives abroad, giving more preference to making money in life than anything else. Meera's character is the one who changes his life and makes him understand that it is not money but relationships, values and happiness in life that really matter. Then he tries to pass on that message to a group of youngsters from the IT field who are business-minded and chase happiness in a materialistic life", says the director.