Mr. Fraud

Mr. Fraud
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	B. Unnikrishnan
Produced by	A.V. Anoop
Written by	B. Unnikrishnan
Starring	Mohanlal Dev Gill Vijay Babu Miya George Manjari Phadnis Pallavi Purohit
Music by	Gopi Sunder
Cinematography	Satheesh Kurup
Edited by	Manoj
Production company	A.V.A Productions
Distributed by	Maxlab Entertainments (India) PJ Entertainments (overseas)
Release date	17 May 2014 (2014-05-17) (India) 23 May 2014 (2014-05-23) (overseas)
Running time	138 minutes
Country	India
Language	Malayalam

Mr. Fraud is a 2014 Malayalam action-thriller heist film written and directed by B. Unnikrishnan and starring Mohanlal, Dev Gill, Vijay Babu, Miya George, Manjari Phadnis and Pallavi Purohit. The film is produced by A. V Anoop under the banner A. V. A Productions. The story is about a conman whose task is to plunder the treasure from a royal household.

The film's soundtrack and background score were composed by Gopi Sunder. Stunt choreography is by Stunt Silva. The film released on 17 May. Upon release the film received mixed reviews from critics.

The film begins with a flashback where two brothers Ravindra Varma(V. K. Sreeraman) and Mahendra Varma(Kalasala Babu) fighting for the royal family treasure along with their sons. During the fight a prism from the idol of the goddess explodes. The brothers get frightened and immediately stop the fight. After conducting certain rituals, they find that the goddess is angry because of the bloodshed that happened and it is decided that the treasure will be locked for 41 years.

Present - a conman called Bhai Ji(Mohanlal) disguises as John Cliff and successfully loots 10cr from a wedding along with his assistants Abbas(Vijay Babu) and Priya(Manjari Phadnis). At that time, his acquaintance Javed introduces him to Nikhil Adharva aka Nikki(Dev Gill) who tells Bhai Ji about the royal treasure and the story behind it. He shows him the list of royal family members who are inheriting the treasure. They are Ravindra Varma's sons Vasudeva Varma(P. Balachandran) and Sri Krishna Varma(Devan) and Mahendra Varma's sons Shekhara Varma(Vijayakumar) who is the royal head and Rajashekhara Varma(Siddique). Nikki tells that Rajashekhara Varma has moved to the court stating that the treasure should be given back to the government and used for helping the public rather than dividing among themselves. The case is pending in the court and this will be the right chance to steal it. Bhai Ji demands 500cr for doing the job and an advance of 250cr before doing it.