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{{About|the Malayalam film|the aristocratic title|Madambi (Nair title)}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Madambi
| image = Madampi.jpg
| director = [[B. Unnikrishnan]]
| producer = B. C. Joshi
| writer = [[B. Unnikrishnan]]
| starring = [[Mohanlal]] [[Siddique (actor)|Siddique]] [[Kavya Madhavan]] [[Ajmal Ameer]] [[Mallika Kapoor]] [[K. P. A. C. Lalitha]]
| narrator = [[Suresh Gopi]]
| editing = [[Manoj (film editor)|Manoj]]
| cinematography = [[Vijay Ulaganath]]
| music = [[M. Jayachandran]]
| studio = Surya Cinemas
| distributor = Vaisakha Release
| released = {{Film date|2008|07|04|df=y}}
| runtime = 139 minutes
| country = India
| language = [[Malayalam]]
| budget = 
| gross = 
}}
'''''Madampi''''' ({{Translation|Feudal Lord}}) is a 2008 Indian [[Malayalam]]-language [[family drama]] film written and directed by [[B. Unnikrishnan]]. It stars [[Mohanlal]], [[Siddique (actor)|Siddique]], [[Ajmal Ameer]], [[Kavya Madhavan]], [[Mallika Kapoor]], and [[K. P. A. C. Lalitha]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/fr/2008/07/04/stories/2008070450480100.htm |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100826094857/http://hindu.com/thehindu/fr/2008/07/04/stories/2008070450480100.htm |url-status= dead |archive-date= 26 August 2010 |title= Of banks and bankers |last= Nagarajan |first= Saraswathy |date= 4 July 2008 |work= [[The Hindu]] |accessdate= 2009-03-11}}</ref> The film was released on 4 July 2008. It received positive reviews from critics and was a box office success.

== Plot ==
Gopalakrishna Pillai ([[Mohanlal]]) is a rich money-lender in a village called Elavumthitta in [[Pathanamthitta district]]. People misunderstand him to be money-minded, without having any emotional bond even towards his mother Devaki Amma ([[K. P. A. C. Lalitha|KPAC Lalitha]]) or younger brother Ramakrishna Pillai ([[Ajmal Ameer]]).

As the story moves along, we learn more about the hero. He is considered heartless, as he threw out his father Madhava Menon ([[Sai Kumar (Malayalam actor)|Sai Kumar]]) when he was a teenager, for his father's wayward lifestyle. His mother hates him for doing that and his brother hates him because he does not let his brother pursue his dream of being an actor and never gives him any freedom.

His main antagonists are Sreedharan ([[Siddique (actor)|Siddique]]) and his younger brothers. [[Kavya Madhavan]] assumes the role of Jayalakshmi, a bank manager who is seen as a threat to Gopalakrishna Pillai's money lending business.

It turns out that Ramakrishna Pillai is in love with a girl ([[Mallika Kapoor]]) from Gopalakrishna Pillai's rival family. Though Gopalakrishnan Pillai arranges the marriage forgetting the rivalry, after marriage he asks his brother to repay him the expenses he incurred for the marriage and prompts the newlyweds to sleep separately. With this he becomes the most hated person of his brother and mother. Frustrated, Ramakrishna Pillai leaves the house and joins his in-laws against Gopalakrishna Pillai by saying that his money-lending business is illegal. Still that doesn't work.

Ramakrishna Pillai accuses his brother of processioning the family wealth alone and he gives false information to the Income Tax Department files a suite against him in court. In the climax it is revealed by Gopalakrishna Pillai's advocate ([[Jagathy Sreekumar]]) that Gopalakrishna Pillai has kept his hard-earned wealth in the name of his younger brother and he was always hard on him just to make him responsible. It also is revealed that his father was not thrown out, but committed suicide in a distant place due to his debts. The story ends happily as the brothers reunite and everyone apologises to Gopalakrishna Pillai.

==Cast==
{{colbegin}}
* [[Mohanlal]] as Puthanveetil Gopalakrishna Pillai
* [[Siddique (actor)|Siddique]] as Sreedharan, Kottilakathu Parameswaran's Eldest Son
* [[Ajmal Ameer]] as Puthanveetil Ramakrishna Pillai
* [[Mallika Kapoor]] as Shymala, Parameswaran's daughter and Ramakrishnan's wife
* [[Kavya Madhavan]] as Jayalakshmi
* [[K. P. A. C. Lalitha]] as Puthanveetil Devakiyamma, Gopalakrishna Pillai's and Ramakrishna Pillai's Mother
* [[Jagathy Sreekumar]] as Advocate Mohan Kumar
* [[Innocent (actor)|Innocent]] as Karayogam President Divakaran Nair
* [[Vijayakumar (Malayalam_actor)|Vijayakumar]] as Aravindan, Kottilakathu Parameswaran's Second Son
* Kiran Raj as Raghu, Kottilakathu Parameswaran's Youngest Son
* [[Suraj Venjaramoodu]] as Keedam Vasu
* [[V. K. Sreeraman]] as Kottilakathu Parameswaran Kurup
* [[M. R. Gopakumar]] as Kottilakathu Raghavan, Parameswaran's younger brother
* [[Kozhikode Narayanan Nair]] as Saghavu Kumaran
* [[Sai Kumar (Malayalam actor)|Sai Kumar]] as Madhavan Menon, father of Gopalakrishna Pillai and Ramakrishna Pillai
* [[Madhu (actor)|Madhu]] as Judge (Cameo)
* [[Biju Pappan]] as S.I Vincent
* Deepika Mohan as Raghavan's wife
* Lakshmipriya as Mohan Kumar's wife
* [[Krishna Praba]] as Bhavani
* Ashwin Menon as Gopalakrishna Pillai (childhood)
* Swathy Sunilkumar as Jayalakshmi (childhood)
{{colend}}

==Production==
Filming was completed on 4 June 2008 in [[Ottapalam]]. Mohanlal had 47 days of shoot.<ref>{{cite web|title=Mohanlal completes Madambi|url=http://www.sify.com/movies/mohanlal-completes-madambi-news-malayalam-kkftyBgfehgsi.html|publisher=[[Sify]]|accessdate=25 June 2019|date=5 June 2008}}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

==Soundtrack==
{{Infobox album
| name = Madampi
| type = soundtrack
| artist = [[M. Jayachandran]]
| cover =
| alt =
| released = 2008
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = [[Filmi]]
| length = 21:40
| label = [[Satyam Audios]]
| producer = B. C. Joshi
| prev_title = Anthiponvettam
| prev_year =
| next_title = [[Parthan Kanda Paralokam]]
| next_year =
}}

The film has four songs composed by [[M. Jayachandran]]. The lyrics are by [[Gireesh Puthenchery]] and [[Anil Panachooran]] (''Jeevitham Oru).<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.hindu.com/2008/07/15/stories/2008071550430200.htm |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080718225024/http://www.hindu.com/2008/07/15/stories/2008071550430200.htm |url-status= dead |archive-date= 18 July 2008 |title= Tale of two fighting families |last= Jayakumar |first= G. |date= 15 July 2008 |work= [[The Hindu]] |accessdate= 2009-03-11}}</ref> The songs "Amma Mazhakarinu" and "Kalyanakacheri" were chartbusters.

{| class="wikitable" border="1"
! Track !! Song !! Singer(s) !! Duration !! Other Notes
|-
| 1 || "Amma Mazhakkarinu" || [[K. J. Yesudas|Dr. K. J. Yesudas]] || 4.03 || [[Raga]]: Navakouns [[Kerala State Film Award for Best Music Director]] [[Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer - Malayalam|Filmfare Award for Best Singer]] [[Filmfare Award for Best Lyricist - Malayalam|Filmfare Award for Best Lyricist]]
|-
| 2 || "Kalyanakacheri" || [[Shankar Mahadevan]] || 4.27 || [[Raga]]: [[Bilahari]] [[Kerala State Film Award for Best Music Director]] [[Kerala State Film Award for Best Singer]]
|-
| 3 || "Ente Sharike" || Sudeep Kumar, [[Roopa Revathi]] || 4.30 ||
|-
| 4 || "Jeevitham Oru" || [[Mohanlal]] || 1.07 ||
|-
| 5 || "Amma Mazhakkarinu" || [[Shweta Mohan]] || 4.03 || [[Raga]]: Navakouns
|-
| 6 || "Ente Sharike" || Sudeep Kumar || 4.30 ||
|}

==Box office==
The film collected {{INR}}1.37 crore from 61 screens in its first weekend (3 days) from Kerala.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sify.com/movies/boxoffice.php?id=14713618&cid=14625530|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140618102733/http://www.sify.com/movies/boxoffice.php?id=14713618&cid=14625530|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 June 2014|title=Kerala Box Office (July 4 to 6)|work=[[Sify]]|date=11 July 2008|access-date=1 March 2018}}</ref> The film was made on a budget of {{INR}} 3.5 crores. The film got {{INR}} 1 crore 90 lakhs as distribution share, {{INR}} 1 crore 8 lakhs as satellite and video rights, {{INR}} 9 lakhs as audio rights and {{INR}} 25 lakhs as overseas right. It got a gross collection of {{INR}} 7.5 crores within 30 days. The film collected {{INR}}100 million in total.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.malluforum.com/about13461_Madambi_rules_the_box_office_this_weekend.html|title=Madampi rules Box office}}</ref> The movie ran more than 100 days in major centres.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://entertainment.oneindia.in/malayalam/news/2008/madambi-160-days-171008.html|title=Madampi 160 days celebrations}}</ref> ''Madampi'' became one of the highest-grossing Malayalam films of the year.<ref>{{cite web|title=2008- Top 5 Films at the box-office|url=http://www.sify.com/movies/2008-top-5-films-at-the-box-office-imagegallery-1-movies-jdwmUrgbfdbsi.html|publisher=[[Sify]]|accessdate=25 June 2019}}</ref>

==Awards==
;[[Kerala State Film Awards]]
* [[M. Jayachandran]] – [[Kerala State Film Award for Best Music Director|Best Music Director]] (Kalyanakacheri, Amma Mazhakkarinu)
* [[Shankar Mahadevan]] – [[Kerala State Film Award for Best Singer|Best Male Playback Singer]] (Kalyanakacheri)

;[[Filmfare Awards South]]
* [[K. J. Yesudas|Dr. K. J. Yesudas]] – [[Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer - Malayalam|Best Male Playback Singer]] (Amma Mazhakkarinu)
* [[Gireesh Puthenchery]] – [[Filmfare Award for Best Lyricist - Malayalam|Best Lyricist]] (Amma Mazhakkarinu)

;[[Asianet Film Award]]
* Best Actor – [[Mohanlal]]

;[[Vanitha Film Awards]]
*Best Actor – Mohanlal

;AMMA (Dubai) Award
* Best Actor – Mohanlal

==See also==
* [[Madampi (Nair title)|Madampi]] – aristocratic title equivalent to "[[lord]]" in English

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
*{{IMDb title|1263795|Madampi}}

[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:2008 films]]
[[Category:2000s Malayalam-language films]]
[[Category:Films directed by B. Unnikrishnan]]
[[Category:Films shot in Ottapalam]]
[[Category:Films shot at Varikkasseri Mana]]

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