Mr. Brahmachari

Mr. Brahmachari (transl. Mr. Celibate) is a 2003 Indian Malayalam-language comedy drama film directed by Thulasidas and written by J. Pallassery from a story by Mahesh Mithra. It was produced and distributed by M. Mani through the company Aroma Movie International. The film stars Mohanlal in the lead role, with Meena, Nedumudi Venu, Jagathi Sreekumar, Jagadish, Kaviyoor Ponnamma and K.R Vijaya in supporting roles.[1] The film released on 3 March 2003, and turned out to be a box-office hit.[2]

Mr. Brahmachari
Directed byThulasidas
Screenplay byJ. Pallassery
Story byMahesh Mithra
Produced byM. Mani
StarringMohanlal
Meena
Devan
Jagadish
Narrated byJ. Pallassery
CinematographyVenugopal Madathil
Edited byRanjan Abraham
Music byMohan Sithara
C. Rajamani (Score)
Production
company
Aroma Movie International
Distributed byAroma Release
Release date
  • 14 February 2003 (2003-02-14)
CountryIndia
LanguageMalayalam

Plot

A middle-aged man named Ananthan Thampi has made the decision never to get married in his life. He believes that marriage will cause him to lose his youth and masculinity. His main interests are bodybuilding and physique maintenance. Ananthan Thampi prefers to be a lifelong bachelor. Among his friends, Ananthan Thampi is referred to as "Thampi annan." The two steadfastly devoted assistants Rajappan and Varadappan stand by him and his principles even if they secretly want to wed their true loves.

His mother Subhadramma and father Shekharan Thampi constantly make sacrifices in temples in hopes that one day their son may reconsider and change his mind. As beneficiaries of Ananthan Thampi's considerable inheritance, his sister Nirmala and her husband Venugopalan Thampi (a.k.a. VVT) are delighted with Thampi's single status.

Ganga and her family move to the Thampi neighborhood. Vasumathi, an elderly teacher who arrives there on a transfer, rents a home by Shekharan Thampi. She has four daughters. Sindhu, the oldest, is already married, while the other three, Ganga, Yamuna, and Kaveri, live with their mother. When arriving at the rented house,  Ganga's family is unable to unload their furniture and other items from the lorry due to the local laborers demanding huge wages. To maintain Thampi's sister's pride, he had to unload all of Ganga's family's goods by himself.

One day, a man named Aravindan approaches Thampi and requests for a job at his cable firm. Thampi believes Aravindan to be Ganga's lover and offers to assist in arranging their nuptials. Confusions occur, and Thampi is forced to marry Ganga.

Cast

Production

The film's shooting took place in Thenkasi, Tamil Nadu, and in Shoranur, Kerala.[3][4]

Soundtrack

The film features songs composed by Mohan Sithara with lyrics by Girish Puthenchery. The soundtrack album was released by Manorama Music on 1 February 2003.[5] The background score was composed by C. Rajamani.

Mr. Brahmachari (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
No.TitleSinger(s)Length
1."Kaanana Kuyil"M. G. Sreekumar, Radhika Thilak5:14
2."Bhajare"K. S. Chithra5:06
3."Thidambeduthu"M. G. Sreekumar, Sujatha Mohan4:12
4."Ekanthamaay"Sunil4:46
5."Ninne Kandal"Sujatha Mohan4:22

Reception

The film was well received in theatres and was a commercial success at the box office.[2] Made on a budget of ₹1.40 crore, the film earned more than ₹2.50 crore in distributor's share alone.[6] The Telugu remake right of Mr. Brahmachari was bought by Chiranjeevi.[7]

References
  1. "Mr Brahmachari : Mohanlal plays a bachelor". Screen Weekly. 4 April 2003. Retrieved 21 July 2009.
  2. Warrier, Shobha. "'I may be the first actor brand of pickles!'". Rediff.com. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
  3. "Superstars running scared?". The Hindu. 25 November 2002. Archived from the original on 11 January 2003. Retrieved 20 July 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  4. "On the comeback trail". The Hindu. 17 March 2003. Archived from the original on 11 July 2004. Retrieved 20 July 2009.
  5. "Mr. Brahmachari (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)". iTunes. 1 February 2003. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
  6. Binukumar, P. M. (2003). "2003 Malayalam cinema box office Vellinakshatram report" (in Malayalam). Vellinakshatram. Archived from the original on 18 November 2019. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
  7. Jim, Josekutty (5 May 2003). "Malayalam beckons Shilpa". Rediff.com. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
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