Mister Butler

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{{Infobox film
| name = Mister Butler
| image = Mr Butler.jpg
| caption = Theoretical poster
| director = [[Sasi Shanker]]
| producer = K. Pradeep Kumar
| writer =
| screenplay = [[Sasi Shanker]]
| story = [[Pandiarajan]]
| narrator =
| starring = [[Dileep]] [[Ruchita Prasad]] [[Innocent (actor)|Innocent]] [[Nedumudi Venu]] [[Jagathy Sreekumar]]
| music = [[Vidyasagar (music director)|Vidyasagar]]
| cinematography = Chandramouli
| editing = A. Sukumaran
| studio = Master Creations
| distributor = Master Release Blue Moon Release
| released = April 2000
| runtime = 130 minutes
| country = India
| language = [[Malayalam]]
| budget =
| gross =
}}

'''''Mister Butler''''' is a 2000 Indian [[Malayalam]]-language [[comedy-drama]] film scripted and directed by [[Sasi Shanker]]. It is a remake of the 1996 [[Tamil language|Tamil]] film ''[[Gopala Gopala (1996 film)|Gopala Gopala]]''. The film stars [[Dileep]] and [[Ruchita Prasad]]. The music was composed by [[Vidyasagar (music director)|Vidyasagar]]. Though failed to find audience initially later became sleeper hit due to positive word of mouth.

== Plot ==
{{More plot|date=November 2019}}
Gopalakrishnan ([[Dileep]]) a chef by profession arrives at a flat and mesmerises all the housewife's in the building with his amazing skills in cooking. He solves several problems within the houses of several families living in the flat and thus gains trust of everyone. In a food fest he impresses one of the customers who is the director of a channel and gets an opportunity to perform a food show on the channel. He goes to th channel office where he has to go to perform a cooking show. But the show gets cancelled and he gets trapped in the lift there with Radhika Menon ([[Ruchita Prasad]]). Inside it he befriends Radhika with his innovative ideas for light and food. Soon they fall in love and they marry with the support of his neighbours and Radhika's rich household. In the middle of their marriage Radhika learns that Gopalakrishnan has already married a girl named Mallika and she asked permission from Gopalakrishnan to go with her lover as she was pregnant with her lover's child. Further it is also shown that Gopalakrishnan has already informed Radhika's father about this. Her father moved by his honest nature gave him the permission for marriage. Although Gopalakrishnan's and Radhika's marriage had finished she refuses to live with him and asks for a divorce. During that time Gopalakrishnan's friend ([[Innocent (actor)|Innocent]]) arrives who is a cook in the army right now and acts as his father. He although is old has a love for girls and he creates many problems. Saddened by the events Gopalakrishnan tries to commit suicide by deliberately causing a road accident, but he reaches the hospital on time and his life is saved.Radhika on being informed about Gopalakrishnan's past and his talks with her father feels guilty for causing this immense pain for Gopalakrishnan. At the hospital Radhika asks for forgiveness and they reunite there.

== Cast ==
* [[Dileep]] as Gopalakrishnan
* [[Ruchita Prasad]] as Radhika Menon
* [[Innocent (actor)|Innocent]] as Captain K. G. Nair
* [[Jagathy Sreekumar]] as Achayan
* [[Nedumudi Venu]] as Radhika's father
* [[Kuthiravattam Pappu]] as Sivaraman
* [[Zeenath]] as Sivaraman's wife
* [[Janardhanan (actor)|Janardhanan]] as Ramakrishnan
* Renuka Banu as Manju, Ramakrishnan's wife
* [[Manju Pillai]] as Aanandham
* [[Cochin Haneefa]] as Thirupathy, Aanandham's husband
* [[Vijayan (actor)|Vijayan]] as Vijayan
* [[Chithra (actress)|Chithra]] as Vijayan's wife
* [[Lalithasree]]
* [[Philomina]] as Radhika's Grandmother
* Manka Mahesh as Radhika's mother
* [[Kalabhavan Mani]] as 'Major' Kuttan
* [[Sonia (actress)|Sonia]] as Gopalakrishnan's first wife
* [[Madhupal]] as Madhu

== Soundtrack ==
The film's soundtrack contains six songs composed by [[Vidyasagar (music director)|Vidyasagar]], with lyrics by [[Gireesh Puthenchery]]. It was released on 19 July 2003 by [[Satyam Audios]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Mr. Butler (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)|url=https://music.apple.com/in/album/mr-butler-original-motion-picture-soundtrack-ep/1474075066|publisher=[[iTunes]]|access-date=26 November 2019}}</ref>
{{Track listing
| headline = Mr. Butler (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
| extra_column = Singer(s)

| title1 = Virahini Raadhe
| extra1 = [[K. J. Yesudas]], [[K. S. Chitra]]
| length1 = 5:05

| title2 = Nizhalaadum Deepame
| extra2 = K. J. Yesudas
| length2 = 5:03

| title3 = Kunukku Penmaniye
| extra3 = [[M. G. Sreekumar]], K. S. Chithra, [[Innocent (actor)|Innocent]]
| length3 = 3:50

| title4 = Raara Venu
| extra4 = K. S. Chithra, [[Kalyani Menon]]
| length4 = 5:03

| title5 = Nizhalaadum Deepame
| extra5 = K. S. Chitra
| length5 = 5:04

| title6 = Muthaaram Muthundu
| extra6 = M. G. Sreekumar, [[Harini (singer)|Harini]]
| length6 = 4:47
}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|tt0283496}}

[[Category:2000 films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:2000s Malayalam-language films]]
[[Category:Films scored by Vidyasagar]]
[[Category:Malayalam remakes of Tamil films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Sasi Shanker]]

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