My Dear Karadi
My Dear Karadi | |
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Directed by | Sandhya Mohan |
Written by | Udayakrishna Siby K. Thomas |
Produced by | Gopikrishna Vinu Kiriyeth |
Starring |
Kalabhavan Mani Jagathy Sreekumar Premkumar |
Cinematography | Anil Nair |
Edited by | K. Rajagopal |
Music by | C.Thankaraj Film score: S. P. Venkatesh |
Production company |
Gopurachithra |
Distributed by | Gopurachithra |
Release date |
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Country | India |
Language | Malayalam |
My Dear Karadi (Malayalam: മൈ ഡിയർ കരടി) (English: My Dear Bear) is a 1999 Malayalam comedy drama film written by the duo Udayakrishna-Siby K. Thomas and directed by Sandhya Mohan with Kalabhavan Mani in the lead role. Kalabhavan Mani appears as a bear in major parts of the film. The film was remade in Tamil as Shiva Poojayil Karadi (unreleased), and in Malay as Cinta Beruang (2012) by Rama Narayanan. Mammooty reprises in flash back scenes his character, Varunni from the film Mrigaya.
Plot
Manikantan is a zoo-keeper. A bear accidentally escapes the zoo, for which the hero is held responsible. He would lose his job if the bear is not found, and unemployment would considerably damage the prospect of his getting married with the girl he loves. The movie is all about how Manikantan dresses up as a bear to secure his job and marry his girlfriend.
Cast
- Kalabhavan Mani as Manikandan
- Jagathi Sreekumar as Vasu Manikandan's best friend
- Premkumar as Tarzan Kittunni, Varunni's younger brother
- Baiju as Rajappan
- Captain Raju as SI Keshavan (Karadi Keshavan)
- Salim Kumar as Constable Ujwallan
- Anitha Nair as Anju Keshavan
- A. C. Zainuddin as Peethambaran, zoo supervisor
- Kalabhavan Navas as Appukkuttan
- Kottayam Nazir as Philippose
- Salu Kuttanadu as Sundaran Arpookkara
- Meena Ganesh
- Santhosh as Sathyanathan
- Baiju Ezhupunna as Rozario
- Maniyanpilla Raju as Nelson Fernandez
- Kalabhavan Shajohn as Rangan. Also body double for Mani
- M G Sreekumar - cameo appearance
- K. T. S. Padannayil as grandfather of Anju
- Madhavi Chandran
- Mammootty as Varunni (as flashback from the movie, Mrigaya)