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{{short description|2022 Indian drama thriller film}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2019}}
{{Infobox film
| image = Meppadiyan Poster.Png
| caption = Theatrical poster
| director = Vishnu Mohan
| writer = Vishnu Mohan
| producer = Unni Mukundan
| starring = [[Unni Mukundan]]<br>[[Anju Kurian]]<br>[[Saiju Kurup]]
| cinematography = Neil D'Cunha
| editing = [[Shameer Muhammed]]
| music = Rahul Subramaniyan
| studio = Unni Mukundan Films
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2022|1|14|India|ref1=}}
| country = India
| language = Malayalam
}}

'''''Meppadiyan''''' ({{translation|Above-mentioned}}) is a 2022 Indian [[Malayalam]]-language [[drama thriller film]] written and directed by Vishnu Mohan and produced by Unni Mukundan Films.<ref name="cinemaexpress">{{cite web|url= https://m.cinemaexpress.com/stories/news/2020/aug/18/unni-mukundan-launches-his-own-production-house-19862.amp |title=Unni Mukundan launches his own production house |website=[[Cinema Express]]|access-date=18 August 2020}}</ref> The film stars [[Unni Mukundan]], Kottayam Ramesh, [[Saiju Kurup]],<ref name="saiju kurup">{{cite web|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/malayalam/2020/nov/06/saiju-kurup-joins-unni-mukundans-meppadiyan-sets-2219847.html|title=Saiju Kurup joins Unni Mukundan's ;Meppadiyan' sets|website=[[New Indian Express]]|access-date=November 6, 2020}}</ref> [[Aju Varghese]], [[Anju Kurian]],<ref name="Anju kurian">{{cite web|url=https://www.sify.com/movies/anju-kurian-is-unni-mukundans-heroine-in-meppadiyan-news-malayalam-ullfIjbeaigbh.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111142611/https://www.sify.com/movies/anju-kurian-is-unni-mukundans-heroine-in-meppadiyan-news-malayalam-ullfIjbeaigbh.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 November 2020|title=Anju Kurian is Unni Mukundan's heroine in 'Meppadiyan'|work=Sify|access-date=November 11, 2020}}</ref> [[Nisha Sarang]] and [[Kalabhavan Shajohn]].<ref name="Unni">{{cite web|url=https://www.cinemaexpress.com/stories/news/2019/feb/12/unni-mukundans-next-meppadiyan-announced-10071.html|title=Unni Mukundan's next, Meppadiyan, announced|website=Cinema Express|access-date=February 12, 2019}}</ref><ref name="Unni2">{{cite web|url=https://www.manoramaonline.com/movies/movie-news/2019/02/12/meppadiyan-motion-poster-unni-mukundan.html|title=ഉണ്ണി മുകുന്ദന്റെ 'മേപ്പടിയാൻ'; മോഷൻ പോസ്റ്റർ|work=Manorama Online|access-date=February 12, 2019}}</ref><ref name="Unni3">{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/news/unni-mukundans-meppadiyan-teaser-released/articleshow/67942527.cms|title=Unni Mukundan's 'Meppadiyan' teaser released|website=[[Times of India]]|access-date=February 11, 2019}}</ref>

The songs and background score for the film was composed by Rahul Subrahmanian. Filming took place in [[Aruvithura]] and [[Poonjar]] in late 2020. The film released on 14 January 2022 to mixed reviews.<ref>{{Cite web|date=4 December 2021|title=ഉണ്ണി മുകുന്ദന്റെ 'മേപ്പടിയാന്‍' ജനുവരി പതിനാലിന് തിയേറ്ററിലെത്തും|url=https://www.mathrubhumi.com/mobile/movies-music/news/meppadiyan-to-release-on-january-14-1.6238763|website=[[Mathrubhumi]]}}</ref> At the [[69th National Film Awards]] 2019, the film won the [[Indira Gandhi Award for Best Debut Film of a Director|Best First Film of a Director]] trophy.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/69th-national-film-awards-2023-winners-list-8907028/|title=69th National Film Awards 2023 complete winners list: Rocketry, Alia Bhatt, Kriti Sanon, Allu Arjun, RRR, Gangubai Kathiawadi win big|date=24 August 2023}}</ref>

==Plot ==
Jayakrishnan enters into real estate business with Varkey; however, it becomes a trap for him and he loses his own home and land. The land that he ends up buying happens to be a property that the Central Government had marked for a Railway project. Jacob and Stella hides this fact about their property in order to get the money in any way possible for their daughter's marriage. With the help of a political shark Xavier, he sells that property to Ashraf Hajji, who had bought Jayakrishnan's ancestral home for a lower than fair market price by exploiting his dire situation. The film shows how an easy going person like Jayakrishnan changes into an animal of a corrupt society where bureaucracy and deceitful schemes wins over honesty and compassion.

==Cast==
{{Cast listing|
* [[Unni Mukundan]]<ref name="Unni"/> as Jayakrishnan,<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|title=Shoot of Unni Mukundan starrer 'Meppadiyan' is in progress; here's a glimpse - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/news/shoot-of-unni-mukundan-starrer-meppadiyan-is-in-progress-heres-a-glimpse/articleshow/78933472.cms|access-date=2021-08-07|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref> an automobile mechanic
* Kottayam Ramesh as Ayyapan Aashaan
* [[Saiju Kurup]]<ref name="saiju kurup"/> as Varkey
* [[Aju Varghese]]<ref name="AjuVarghese">{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/news/aju-vargheses-character-in-meppadiyan-is-all-mass-and-class/articleshow/79296201.cms|title=Aju Varghese's character in Meppadiyan is all 'mass' and class|work=timesofindia|access-date=November 19, 2020}}</ref> as Thadathil Xavier,<ref>{{Cite news|title=Aju Varghese's character in Meppadiyan is all 'mass' and class - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/news/aju-vargheses-character-in-meppadiyan-is-all-mass-and-class/articleshow/79296201.cms|access-date=2021-08-07|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref> youth leader of the Democratic Malayora Congress (D.M.C.)<ref name=":4">{{Citation|title=Kannil Minnum Video Song {{!}} Meppadiyan Movie {{!}} Karthik {{!}} Nithya Mammen {{!}} Rahul|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joCQZHdb6o0|language=en|access-date=2021-08-07}}</ref>
* [[Anju Kurian]]<ref name="Anju kurian"/> as Renuka
*[[Kundara Johny]]<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=Unni Mukundan's thriller 'Meppadiyan' based on true events|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/malayalam/2019/dec/03/unni-mukundans-thriller-meppadiyan-based-on-true-events-2070397.html|access-date=2021-08-07|website=The New Indian Express}}</ref> as Jacob
* [[Nisha Sarang]] as Stella
* Manohari Joy<ref name=":3" /> as Lakshmi, Jayakrishnan's mother
* Jordi Poonjar<ref name=":4" /> as Satheesan
* [[Indrans]] as Ashraf Hajji<ref name="indrans">{{cite web|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/malayalam/2020/dec/05/its-a-wrap-for-unni-mukundans-meppadiyan-2231885.html|title=It's a wrap for Unni Mukundan's Meppadiyan|work=newindianexpress|access-date=December 5, 2020}}</ref>
* [[Sreejith Ravi]]<ref name=":3" /> as [[Sub Inspector]] Stephen
* [[Major Ravi]]<ref name="Major Ravi">{{cite news|url= https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/news/major-ravi-is-happy-to-be-part-of-meppadiyan/articleshow/79329017.cms |title=Major Ravi is happy to be part of Meppadiyan |work=timesofindia.indiatimes|access-date=20 November 2020}}</ref> as [[Advocate#India|Adv.]] Thomas Tharakan
* [[Kalabhavan Shajohn]]<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|date=2021-07-16|title=Meppadiyan: ഉണണി മകനദന നായകനാകനന മേപപടിയാൻ പരദർശനതതിനൊരങങനന|url=https://zeenews.india.com/malayalam/movies/unni-mukundans-film-meppadiyan-got-u-certificate-63652|access-date=2021-08-07|website=Zee News Malayalam|language=ml}}</ref>
* [[Arya Rohit|Arya]] as Aannie
* Krishna Prasad<ref name=":3" />
* [[Pauly Valsan]]<ref name=":3" />
*[[Shanker Ramakrishnan]]<ref name=":4" /> as Doctor Ashok
* Aparna Janardhanan<ref name=":1" />
*Naveen Illath<ref>{{Citation|title=Naveen Illath on Facebook Watch|url=https://ne-np.facebook.com/100063493299332/videos/meppadiyan-censored-with-clean-u-meppadiyan-comingsoon/543575977006608/|language=ne|access-date=2021-08-07}}</ref><ref name=":4" />
* Ansar Subair as Kevin}}

==Production==
The film was shot around 48 different locations across [[Aruvithura]] and [[Pala, Kerala|Pala]] with an ensemble cast.<ref name="announcement">{{cite web|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/motion-poster-unni-mukundan-s-meppadiyan-released-96594|title=Motion poster of Unni Mukundan's 'Meppadiyan' released|work=thenewsminute|date=12 February 2019 |access-date=February 12, 2019}}</ref> Filming began on 26 October 2020 in Aruvithura.<ref name="Rolling">{{cite web|url=https://english.mathrubhumi.com/movies-music/movie-news/unni-mukundan-s-meppadiyan-starts-rolling-1.5158434|title=Unni Mukundan's 'Meppadiyan' starts rolling|work=mathrubhumi|access-date=October 26, 2020}}</ref>

==Soundtrack==

The music of the film is composed by [[Rahul Subrahmanian]]. All lyrics are written by [[Joe Paul (lyricist)|Joe Paul]] except Ayyappa Song was written by [[Vinayak Sasikumar]] and Niramizhiyode was written by [[Ajeesh Dasan]].

{{Track listing
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| title1 = Kannil Minnum
| extra1 = [[Karthik (singer)|Karthik]] & [[Nithya Mammen]]
| length1 = 03:57
| title2 = Mele Vaanil
| extra2 = [[Vijay Yesudas]]
| length2 = 04:20
| title3 = Ayyappa Song
| extra3 = [[Unni Mukundan]]
| length3 = 03:05
| title4 = Niramizhiyode
| extra4 = [[Sooraj Santhosh]]
| length4 = 04:15
}}

==Release==
The release of the film was postponed several times due to [[COVID-19 pandemic in India]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=4 December 2021|title=മേപ്പടിയാനിൽ ഉണ്ണി മുകുന്ദൻ പാടിയ അയ്യപ്പഭക്തിഗാനം പുറത്ത്; ഏറ്റെടുത്ത് ആരാധകർ|url=https://www.manoramaonline.com/music/music-news/2021/12/04/ayyappa-song-from-the-movie-meppadiyan.html|website=[[Manorama Online]]}}</ref> The film had a theatrical release on 14 January 2022.<ref>{{Cite web|date=4 December 2021|title=ഉണ്ണി മുകുന്ദന്‍ ആലപിച്ച അയ്യപ്പ ഭക്തിഗാനം അവതരിപ്പിച്ച് മോഹന്‍ലാല്‍; 'മേപ്പടിയാന്‍' റിലീസ് പ്രഖ്യാപിച്ചു|url=https://www.asianetnews.com/music/unni-mukundan-ayyappa-song-launched-by-mohanlal-meppadiyan-r3kq2i|website=[[Asianet News]]}}</ref>

==Critical response==
''[[The Times of India]]'' rated 3.5 out of 5 and said that "The writer-director manages to really drive the tension to a peak with simply showing how our courts and particularly, government servants can make us sweat blood out of pure pettiness and arrogance ... Unni Mukundan is so wow that he is not Unni Mukundan, but Jayakrishnan ... This movie offers not just a glimpse at society, but also good character studies. It is a good film for the family to enjoy and discuss together".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Mathews |first1=Anna |title=Meppadiyan Movie Review: A suspenseful everyman's story |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movie-reviews/meppadiyan/movie-review/88897992.cms |access-date=23 January 2022 |work=[[The Times of India]] |date=14 January 2022}}</ref> ''[[Malayala Manorama]]'' also rated 3.5 out of 5 and wrote: "Unni Mukundan follows his character with a well-balanced gait and has been able to deliver in total the tribulations ... The makers have been able to pull off a high drama by adopting scenarios of simple and real life events ... It may not be a highly thrilling drama but is nevertheless an engrossing tale that keeps viewers hooked till the credits roll up".<ref>{{cite news |title='Meppadiyan' Review: Red tape in multi-colours in real life |url=https://www.onmanorama.com/entertainment/movie-reviews/2022/01/13/unni-mukundan-meppadiyan-movie-review.html |access-date=23 January 2022 |work=[[Onmanorama]] |date=13 January 2022}}</ref> ''[[The New Indian Express]]'' rated 3 out of 5 stars and said that the film is "supposed to be a respite from the action-heavy, macho posturing roles Unni did before, and in that regard, yes, the film lives up to its promise ... It's nice to see an actor like Unni making sincere efforts to change the audience’s perception of his acting capabilities".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Shrijith |first1=Sajin |title='Meppadiyan': Unni Mukundan impresses with an earnest turn |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/review/2022/jan/15/meppadiyan-unni-mukundan-impresses-with-an-earnest-turn-2406924.html |access-date=23 January 2022 |work=[[The New Indian Express]] |date=15 January 2022}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|tt13919696}}

{{National Film Award Best First Film of a Director|state=collapsed}}
[[Category:2020s Malayalam-language films]]
[[Category:Indian thriller films]]
[[Category:Indian films based on actual events]]
[[Category:Best Debut Feature Film of a Director National Film Award winners]]
[[Category:2022 films]]
[[Category:Films shot in Kottayam]]

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