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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Mattupetty Machan<br />
| image = Mattupetty Machan.jpg<br />
| image_size = 235px<br />
| caption = Theatrical release poster<br />
| director = [[Jose Thomas]]<br />
| producer = Gopikrishnan<br>Vinu Kiriyath<br>Kannan Nair<br />
| story = Rajan Kiriyath<br>Vinu Kiriyath<br />
| screenplay = [[Udaykrishna–Sibi K. Thomas]]<br />
| starring = [[Mukesh (actor)|Mukesh]]<br>[[Baiju Santhosh]]<br>[[Kalabhavan Navas]]<br>[[Jagathy Sreekumar]]<br>[[Oduvil Unnikrishnan]]<br>[[Sreelakshmi]]<br>[[Maathu(actress)|Maathu]]<br />
| music = C. Thankaraj<br />
| cinematography = Sree Shankar<br />
| editing = K. Rajagopal<br />
| studio = Gopurachithra Films<br />
| distributor = Gopurachithra Films Release<br />
| released = {{Film date|1998}}<br />
| runtime = 136 minutes<br />
| country = [[India]]<br />
| language = [[Malayalam]]<br />
| budget = <br />
| gross =<br />
}}<br />
'''''Mattupetty Machan''''' is a 1998 Indian [[Malayalam cinema|Malayalam language]] [[comedy film]] directed by [[Jose Thomas]] and written by [[Udaykrishna–Sibi K. Thomas]]. It has an [[ensemble cast]] including [[Mukesh (actor)|Mukesh]], [[Baiju Santhosh]], [[Jagathy Sreekumar]], [[Oduvil Unnikrishnan]], [[Kalabhavan Navas]], [[Sreelakshmi]] and [[Maathu(actress)|Maathu]]. The film was a commercial success at the box office. It was remade in [[Tamil language|Tamil]] as ''[[Banda Paramasivam]]'', in [[Telugu language|Telugu]] as ''[[Hungama (2005 film)|Hungama]]'' and in Hindi as ''[[Housefull 2]]''.<br />
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==Synopsis==<br />
{{more plot|date=September 2020}}<br />
Kumar Kubera and Prabhakara Prabhu are former friends, business rivals and bitter enemies. They want to outdo each other in everything, especially when it comes to marrying off their daughters. Manoharan the marriage broker brings them many good suitors for their daughters, but Kubera and Prabhu are hellbent on not letting the other's daughter get married first.<br />
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One day, Manoharan brings a Middle Eastern NRI to see Prabhu's daughter. He works in [[Oman]], but Prabhu finds him unsuitable and insults him. He vows to take revenge and marry off Prabhu's daughter to the most unsuitable boy in the land. He enlists Manoharan's help to find such a suitor and Manoharan introduces him to Mattupetti Machan, a notorious coolie in the local market. Kannappan is the rival faction leader and the two often lock horns over unloading work.<br />
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== Cast ==<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
|+<br />
!Actor<br />
!Character<br />
|-<br />
|[[Mukesh (actor)|Mukesh]]<br />
|Mattupetti Machan/Balakrishnan<br />
|-<br />
|[[Baiju Santhosh]]<br />
|Kannappan/Kannan<br />
|-<br />
|[[Jagathy Sreekumar]] <br />
|Kumar Kubera/Kumaran<br />
|-<br />
|[[Oduvil Unnikrishnan]]<br />
|Prabhakara Prabhu/Prabhakaran<br />
|-<br />
|[[Kalabhavan Navas]]<br />
|Unnikrishnan<br />
|-<br />
|[[Captain Raju]]<br />
|Mattupetti Mahadevan<br />
|-<br />
|[[Sreelakshmi]]<br />
|Lakshmi Kubera<br />
|-<br />
|[[Maathu(actress)|Maathu]]<br />
|Parvathy Prabhu<br />
|-<br />
|[[Salim Kumar]] <br />
|Manoharan<br />
|-<br />
|[[Kottayam Nazir]]<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|[[Bobby Kottarakkara]]<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|[[Kochu Preman]] <br />
|Industries Minister Sankarankutty (Cameo role)<br />
|-<br />
|Tony<br />
|Rajappan<br />
|-<br />
|[[Kanakalatha]]<br />
|Prabhakara prabhu's wife<br />
|-<br />
|[[Sonia (actress)|Sonia]]<br />
|Chenthamara<br />
|}<br />
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== Songs ==<br />
The songs in the movie were written by [[Bichu Thirumala]] and composed by Thankaraj. The BGM was done by Rajamani. This was the debut film for Thankaraj.<br />
* "Chillu Janalinte Arikil" - [[M. G. Sreekumar]], [[K. S. Chithra]]<br />
* "Rasa Thaan Daa" - M. G. Sreekumar<br />
* "Kadukodachu" - M. G. Sreekumar, K. S. Chithra<br />
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==References==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* {{IMDb title|id=0273798}}<br />
* http://msidb.org/m.php?3411<br />
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{{Jose Thomas}}<br />
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[[Category:1998 films]]<br />
[[Category:Malayalam films remade in other languages]]<br />
[[Category:Indian films]]<br />
[[Category:Films directed by Jose Thomas]]<br />
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