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Mr Brahmachari

Cast: Mohanlal, Jagathy Sreekumar, Meena, Nedumudi Venu

Director: Thulasidas



This is the first time Mohanlal acts in a Thulasidas' film. Mr Brahmachari produced by Aroma Mani is said to be Mohanlal's first full-length comedy after two years. Mohanlal, desperately in need of a hit, has turned to comedy with this film. But the worst part is that the film has got nothing new. Each time a Mohanlal film is made, everybody (his fans) expect something scintillating. Compared to earlier films, there is no violence, no lewd scenes and filthy dialogues. The film is just average.

The story evolves around Puthenpurackkal Ananthan Thampy, a middle aged who has decided never to marry and is into body building. He thinks he will loose all his youthfulness and pleasing looks by marriage. But the fate has some other scenario for Ananthan Thampy, a staunch devotee of Hanuman. Ganga (Meena) and family comes to stay in neighborhood. Ananthan Thampy is nervous first and furious next. A highly humorous film in which Mohanlal returns to his best - comedy. It would be a treat to watch Mohanlal and Jagathy with their funny one-liners and rib tickling humour. His sister Nirmala (Bindu panikkar) and her husband is Venugopalan Thambi (Jagathy Sreekumar) are too happy about the decision, as they want their two daughters to inherit Thampi's properties. Thampi is a do-gooder who gets things done for the locals. He also owns a cable company.

Nirmala rents Thampi's outhouse to a teacher (K R Vijaya) and her three daughters. The eldest Ganga (Meena) soon becomes the favourite of everybody. One day a guy, Aravindan comes and pleads with Thampi for a job in his cable company. Thampi mistakes Aravindan to be Ganga's lover and promises him to help him marry her. But soon Aravindan goes away to join the army and Thampi and his men sabotage all marriage proposals of Ganga. But soon Thampi is forced by his parents and the teacher to marry Ganga. What happens when Aravindan comes back forms the climax of the film.

Mohanlal has nothing much to do, and he looks uncomfortable throughout. His scenes with Jagathy, Jagadhish and others are rehashes of earlier comedies. Meena is there for the song 'n' dance numbers. Almost all the scenes look uninteresting and predictable. The songs tuned by Mohan Sitara are just average.

Supporting cast has Nedumudy Venu, Kaviyoor Ponnamma, Jagathy Sreekumar, K RVijaya, Jagadheesh, Premkumar, Manoj KJayan, Kalpana and Sindhu Menon.The script is by J.Pallasery and the camera is by Venugopal. Mohan Sitara tunes the songs penned by Gireesh Puthencherry.

Responses:

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• From: sudheer (@ lobby203.lib.ucf.edu) on: Fri Apr 18 12:54:37 EDT 2003
  
  Dilip's Thilakkam is flopping ..
  
  
• From: Tim (@ adsl-62-167-83-122.adslplus.ch) on: Fri Apr 18 19:08:06 EDT 2003
  
  Hi Jibi,
  wonder where did u get that info abt the collection of kun*ikoonam and meesa? meesa with 22crores??!! that's hard to believe! and kun*ikoonam was an equal hit as rp??!!! I thought rp was clearly the megahit of the year 2001 ..btw, we should consider the inflation into this calculation all the time!!
  
  
• From: jibi (@ dialup-64.154.79.31.dial1.newyork1.level3.net) on: Sat Apr 19 00:44:24 EDT 2003
  
  don't know this is wht i got tim .. its may be hard to believe for u but i believe it ..just bec when i was kerala this is the info i got from verious sources . the producer or distri doesn't have to lie man .. bec they have to pay 33-40 % tax on this man ... the producer subir-sudder and the distributors kalasangham [m.m hamsam],kass[savyar] and varnachitra owned by the producer stated it ..also i believe is the first time a mal movie crossed 1 core in several theatures .. 3 i know ..i in koyikode,1 in tvm and shenayis in eranakulam the dist gets 55 % and now its 55-60% of the collection from the theatures..
  
  and ravanprabhu u know its distri by swargachitra they doesn't have to lie either .. arram thampuran by the same swragchitra had a bad welcome in the first 50 days and after tht t the movie emerged as a super hit .. out of the action pack narashimham got the best collection 60 days 12 cores i think.. i know tim rp was the most grosser in 2001 it didn't come close to mm
  if u look theature wise we can most of the lal,mammokka,dileep movies are hit bec the theatures in big towns like tvm,erankulam get good collection above 20 lakhs per movie ..u can't times it with the # of theatures ..bec the towns vary
  
  
• From: jibi (@ dialup-64.154.79.31.dial1.newyork1.level3.net) on: Sat Apr 19 00:47:49 EDT 2003
  
  mr.sudeer u can't decide now which movies will be flopping ..there are numerous news tht mr.branmachari clicked/not clicked
  read this
  
  http://www.weblokam.com/cinema/filmwonders/0304/18/1030418088_1.htm
  
  
• From: V (@ adsl-66-73-195-149.dsl.chcgil.ameritech.net) on: Sat Apr 19 08:36:50 EDT 2003
  
  aa reviewil joker king dileepinte padam maathram aanu mikacha nilavaram pularthunnathu. Dileepinte nilavaram pularthunnundavum thilakkathil just like other movies, aa nilavaram aanu eettavum valiya nilavaram engil, weblokathinte nilavaravum athraye ullu.
  
  
• From: sudheer (@ lobby218.lib.ucf.edu) on: Sat Apr 19 14:40:54 EDT 2003
  
  vince well said,,
  
  i know u jibi u will post wherever they have told great abt ur crap Dilip and his movies. yeah i have read that.. if u are a sincere film goer u
  
  would have posted KCM review by sify u havent done that.. but u have posted brahmachari review.. u havent posted kasthooriman review from sify.. why sify is ur favourite site no?? when they start putting good abt Dilip movies and they start criticising other actors movies at that instant u will post the link saying "here is the review" ithokke aare tholpikkaan????
  
  
• From: V (@ adsl-64-109-254-253.dsl.chcgil.ameritech.net) on: Sat Apr 19 22:19:15 EDT 2003
  
  Who is the actress that mukesh finally got married to in the movie PAKAL POORAM??
  
  
• From: jibi (@ dialup-209.246.77.159.dial1.newyork1.level3.net) on: Sun Apr 20 00:09:35 EDT 2003
  
  ohh mister branhamacharis the review of thilakkam already has posted by sr and wc .. u want to post it again . i'll do it for ur sake
  
  fact is fact man . u can't hide it with anything haahaa..
  
  anyway vince the actress name is dr.kavitha
  
  
• From: V (@ adsl-64-109-254-253.dsl.chcgil.ameritech.net) on: Sun Apr 20 08:48:13 EDT 2003
  
  Dr. Kavitha oru kunju charakku thanne.
  
  
• From: sudheer (@ lobby214.lib.ucf.edu) on: Sun Apr 20 14:44:00 EDT 2003
  
  fact is fact ha ha dilip is a komaal ha ha
  
  
• From: sudheer (@ lobby214.lib.ucf.edu) on: Sun Apr 20 14:44:06 EDT 2003
  
  fact is fact ha ha dilip is a komaaly ha ha
  
  
• From: sudheer (@ lobby214.lib.ucf.edu) on: Sun Apr 20 14:44:22 EDT 2003
  
  fact is fact ha ha dilip is a komaaly ha ha
  
  
• From: V (@ adsl-66-73-193-18.dsl.chcgil.ameritech.net) on: Sun Apr 20 15:37:34 EDT 2003
  
  pottiya thilakkam aanu weblokathil eettavum nalla nilavaram ulla padam. ithokke vaayichu review post cheyyunnavane theri vilikkanam.
  
  
• From: jibi (@ dialup-63.210.220.135.dial1.newyork1.level3.net) on: Mon Apr 21 01:13:37 EDT 2003
  
  even u didn't watch it man
  first watch it
  valippe thamasha sudeere ..arra eastrinu ethu padipichathu ..ohh april fool
  
  
• From: Mahesh (@ 61.1.229.99) on: Mon Apr 21 06:11:29 EDT 2003
  
  Brahmachari Flop??Enganne parayan kazhiyunnu nalla collectionil 40 days aya padathine kurichu parayan?1.5 crores ithu vare profit kitti.athayathu kalyanaramante 80 days share.Brahmachari flop aanenkil kunhikoonan,kalyanaraman,yathrkarude shraddaku ellam flop annu.
  
  
• From: sudheer (@ harris-c2-3.labs.cecs.ucf.edu) on: Mon Apr 21 13:02:57 EDT 2003
  
  yeah jibi the great Dilip with oscar ippom samadhaanamayo???
  
  
• From: sudheer (@ harris-c2-3.labs.cecs.ucf.edu) on: Mon Apr 21 13:04:53 EDT 2003
  
  jibi pichum peyum parayaathe ketto? Thilakkam is the worst film of all the vishu movies and its collections started dropping that is THE FACT
  
  
• From: V (@ adsl-66-73-199-28.dsl.chcgil.ameritech.net) on: Tue Apr 22 00:53:10 EDT 2003
  
  The fact is that THILAKKAM couldn't pull LKD)DA, and it becoming a straight out flat.
  
  
• From: jibi (@ dialup-209.246.80.241.dial1.newyork1.level3.net) on: Wed Apr 23 01:05:51 EDT 2003
  
  ya ya ya vince and sudeer . i can only wait and watch .kcm released in 38 and thilakkam in 31
  
  
• From: Viju (@ 202.88.231.232) on: Wed Apr 23 07:24:06 EDT 2003
  
  Fat actor Indeed ! When did we started to moan that actors who are fat or ugly or boyish aren't actors at all ? Can u or anybody here tell me a more brilliant performance by anyone except of mohanlal in Iruvar and Vanaprastham .Brahmachari may be a flop .But that is no reason to go hell bent on maligning one of the finest actors in India who was called the "Marlon Brando of India " by a great British Director.Now Meena What is ur answer?
  
  
• From: Cine_fan (@ gicout5.gic.gi.com) on: Wed Apr 23 17:45:08 EDT 2003
  
  You guys are right. Mohanlal is the best actor the world has ever produced. Even Tom hanks told this after seeing his performances. No other actor can even closely match his abilities. He will be back soon. Do not worry Mohanlal fans.
  
  
• From: Rakesh Nair (@ user-0ccep5f.cable.mindspring.com) on: Wed Apr 23 19:52:43 EDT 2003
  
  Cine_fan...i am a fan of mohanlal and would love to know the source where you heard tom hanks said this about lal.
  
  
• From: jOSE (@ damini.ne.client2.attbi.com) on: Wed Apr 23 19:59:59 EDT 2003
  
  WHAT ABT TERRRIFIC ROLES IN "THUVANA THUMBIKAL "AND "T P BALAGOPLAN MA" gUYS?? NO OTHER ACTOR IN INDIA WILL GET SUCH ROLES NOR ACT LIKE LAL...TOO BRILLIANT
  
  
• From: sudheer (@ lobby218.lib.ucf.edu) on: Wed Apr 23 20:37:47 EDT 2003
  
  cine fan if u are not bluffing i would like to know the source ... bcoz we should be proud if a hollywood actor commenting on malayalee legend and other indians(mainly tamilians) should know this they consider our actors and movies cheaply...
  
  
• From: Cine_Info (@ gicout5.gic.gi.com) on: Thu Apr 24 10:58:25 EDT 2003
  
  Sudheer and Rakesh Nair
  I am not bluffing.I saw this in one of the canadian magazines where he quoted about mohanalal after watching one of mohanlal's movies in toronto film festival. Now I am missing th link, will let you know if I get to see the link again.
  
  
  
  
• From: sr (@ 203.124.146.170) on: Fri Apr 25 03:31:52 EDT 2003
  
  Bhramachari is likely to fetch atleast Rs 1 crore as profit, says a vellinaksatram report (for sceptics, here is the link: http://www.vellinakshatram.com/719/more2.html).
  
  
• From: sreerag (@ 202.88.240.53) on: Wed May 7 06:18:43 EDT 2003
  
  I LOVE U MEENA BECAUSE YOUR SEXY NATURE AND MULLA
  
  
  
• From: hamzamoidu (@ ac9.emirates.net.ae) on: Mon Jan 5 06:13:07
  
  sexy seema
  
  

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