Thandavam
| Thandavam | |
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| Directed by | Shaji Kailas |
| Produced by | Johnny Sagarika |
| Written by | Suresh Babu |
| Starring |
Mohanlal Kiran Rathod Saikumar Nedumudi Venu Manoj K. Jayan Jagadish |
| Music by |
Perumbavoor G. Raveendranath M. G. Sreekumar |
| Edited by | L. Bhoominathan |
| Distributed by | Johnny Sagarika |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Malayalam |
Thandavam is a 2002 Indian Malayalam action film directed by Shaji Kailas, starring Mohanlal, Kiran Rathod, Nedumudi Venu, Captain Raju, Saikumar, Manoj K. Jayan, and Jagadish. Though, Thandavam had one of the best initial pull in the history of Malayalam cinema, it failed to maintain it further. The film was dubbed into Tamil and released as Erumugam.
The story centers on Kasinathan (Mohanlal), a pragmatic but playful businessman keen on general welfare of his men also running a resort and massage parlour as a side business. Kasinathan is the younger brother of Swaminathan (Nedumudi Venu), the heir to Valiyamangalam Malika and the head of erstwhile feudal Midhilapuri. Midhilapuri is an idyllic village prospered through judicious use of agriculture as the path to good life. Kasinathan is powerful in his own right and is tipped to succeed influential politician Menon (Janardhanan) in Kerala politics. Kasinathan has a secret admirer in the form of a mysterious girl (Kiran Rathod) who drops messages and love hints every day. But Kasinathan has still better issues to worry about! The burning issue of providing drinking water supply to Udayankara colony is time and again sabotaged by Cherpunkal Shankar Das (Saikumar), a wily and unscrupulous politician of crassiest morals who is intent on teaching a lesson to the alleged loyalty of the people who continue to support righteous politicians. The reciprocal justice is carried out by Kasinathan who in a strategic move corners Shankar Das in a compromising position with a serial actress (Maya Viswanath)and blackmails him to release permission for water supply in the village. Shankar Das is forced to resign from the cabinet. Ensuing celebration is amply enjoyed in a rain dance song by Kasinathan with all and sundry of his devoted satellites including characters Murugan (Jagadish), Vellapulli Mathachan (Jagathy Sreekumar), Tomi (Vijayakumar), Basheer (Salim Kumar) Pushpakumaran (Maniyanpilla Raju) etc. Kasinathan's secret lover turns out to be Meenakshi the only sister of his good friend DYSP Rajeevan (Captain Raju)
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