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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{About|1993 Malayalam film|the 2012 Telugu film|Mithunam (2012 film)}}<br />
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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Mithunam<br />
| image = Mithunam (1993) film poster.jpg<br />
| caption = Print poster<br />
| director = [[Priyadarsan]]<br />
| producer = [[Mohanlal]]<br />
| writer = [[Sreenivasan]]<br />
| starring = [[Mohanlal]]<br>[[Urvashi (actress)|Urvashi]]<br />
| music = [[M. G. Radhakrishnan]]<br>[[S. P. Venkatesh]] {{small|(Score)}}<br />
| cinematography = [[S. Kumar (cinematographer)|S. Kumar]]<br />
| editing = N. Gopalakrishnan<br />
| studio = [[Pranavam Arts]]<br />
| distributor = Pranamam Pictures<br />
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|1993|03|25}}<br />
| runtime = 155 minutes<br />
| country = India<br />
| language = Malayalam<br />
}}<br />
'''''Mithunam''''' is a 1993 Indian [[Malayalam]]-language [[domestic drama]] film, directed by [[Priyadarshan]] and written by [[Sreenivasan]]. The film stars [[Mohanlal]] and [[Urvashi (actress)|Urvashi]]. It was produced by Mohanlal under the banner of [[Pranavam Arts]] and was distributed by Pranamam Pictures.<ref>{{cite news|title=Midhunam was produced by Mohanlal|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/did-you-know-/Midhunam-was-produced-by-Mohanlal/articleshow/40042909.cms|access-date=24 September 2016|work=[[The Times of India]]|agency=Times News Network|date=11 August 2014}}</ref> The film features songs composed by [[M. G. Radhakrishnan]] and background score by [[S. P. Venkatesh]].<ref>{{cite news|last=R.|first=Manoj Kumar|title=South Stream: Mohanlal's Mithunam|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/malayalam/south-stream-mohanlal-mithunam-6119678/|access-date=19 November 2019|work=[[The Indian Express]]|date=16 November 2019}}</ref><br />
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== Plot ==<br />
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Sethumadhavan has plans to start a biscuit factory, Dakshayani Biscuits, named after his late mother. But the bureaucracy and the corruption of the officials are the hurdles in front of him. Along with that he has to solve the problems in his [[dysfunctional family]], the fights between his brother and brother-in-law, other family problems.<br />
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He marries his long-term fiancée Sulochana, who always cribs that he does not have love towards her, which he had shown before their marriage. After a lot of comical incidents, Sethu establishes his factory and Sulochana realizes her mistakes and patches-up with Sethu, and head to [[Ooty]] to resume their honeymoon.<br />
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==Cast==<br />
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*[[Mohanlal]] as Sethumadhavan<br />
*[[Urvashi (actress)|Urvashi]] as Sulochana, wife of Sethu<br />
*[[Sreenivasan]] as Preman, friend and assistant to Sethu<br />
*[[Jagathi Sreekumar]] as Head Constable Sugathan, brother-in-law of Sethu<br />
*[[Innocent (Actor)|Innocent]] as Lineman K. T. Kurup, elder brother of Sethu<br />
*[[Thikkurisi Sukumaran Nair]] as Kurup Master, father of Sethu<br />
*[[Sankaradi]] as Sethu's maternal uncle<br />
*[[C. I. Paul]] as Chief Engineer<br />
*[[Janardhanan (actor)|Janardanan]] as Sivaraman, Sulochana's elder brother <br />
*[[Kuthiravattam Pappu]] as 'Palisha' Peethambaran<br />
*[[Nedumudi Venu]] as Cherkkonam Swamy<br />
*[[Meena (Malayalam actress)|Meena]] as housemaid<br />
*[[Sukumari]] as Swamini Amma<br />
*[[Zeenath]] as Subhadra, K. T. Kurup's wife<br />
*[[K. R. Vatsala]] as Renuka, Sethu's elder sister and Sugathan's wife<br />
*[[Kuttyedathi Vilasini]] as Shyama's Kunjamma<br />
*[[Kozhikode Narayanan Nair]] as Village Officer<br />
*[[Usha (actress)|Usha]] as Shyama<br />
*[[Kanakalatha]] as Sivaraman's wife<br />
*[[Kaveri (actress)|Kaveri]] as Sulochana's younger sister<br />
*[[Nandhu]] as Auto-rickshaw driver <br />
*[[James (Malayalam actor)|James]] as Pappi, Peethambaran's henchman<br />
*Vishal Menon as Rajesh, Sugathan's son<br />
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== Production ==<br />
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Major [[plot point]] in the film is when Sethumadhavan and Sulochana leaves for [[honeymoon]] with their entire family members. This incident was based on the honeymoon trip of actress [[Menaka (actress)|Menaka]] and film producer G. Suresh Kumar. They went to [[Ooty]] for honeymoon, Suresh Kumar's brother and his wife and son were also in the car with them, director Vijayan, producer Sanal Kumar and P. Radhakrishnan joined them along the way. They reached the destination after midnight and slept together at servants' dormitory of a hotel as rooms were unavailable. Menaka and Suresh Kumar told this incident to Priyadarshan, who decided to include this in the film.<ref>{{cite news|last=Sebastian|first=Shevlin|title=Menaka was treated like a queen|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/malayalam/2013/may/13/Menaka-was-treated-like-a-queen-476820.html|access-date=8 December 2019|work=[[The New Indian Express]]|date=13 May 2013}}</ref> [[Sabu Cyril]] served as the art director, while Kumar was the choreographer and Thyagarajan was the action director.<br />
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== Soundtrack ==<br />
The songs in the movie was composed by [[M. G. Radhakrishnan]] and written by [[O. N. V. Kurup]]. The songs were distributed by Magna Sound. The [[Film Score|background score]] for the movie was composed by [[S. P. Venkatesh]].<br />
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{{Track listing<br />
| extra_column = Artist(s)<br />
| all_music = [[M. G. Radhakrishnan]]<br />
| total_length = {{Duration|m=15|s=37}}<br />
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| title1 = Njattu Velakkiliye<br />
| note1 = Female version<br />
| extra1 = [[K. S. Chitra]]<br />
| length1 = 3:52<br />
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| title2 = Allimalar Kavil<br />
| extra2 = [[M. G. Sreekumar]]<br />
| length2 = 4:20<br />
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| title3 = Poomanjin Koodarathil<br />
| extra3 = [[M. G. Sreekumar]], [[Sujatha Mohan]]<br />
| length3 = 4:17<br />
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| title4 = Njattu Velakkiliye<br />
| note4 = Male version<br />
| extra4 = [[M. G. Sreekumar]]<br />
| length4 = 3:48<br />
}}<br />
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==In popular culture==<br />
In the 2014 film, ''[[Polytechnic (film)|Polytechnic]]'', the name of the biscuit factory in ''Mithunam'', Dakshayani Biscuits, was adapted for a defunct biscuit factory in the film, which the protagonist played by [[Kunchacko Boban]] buys.<ref>{{cite news|last=Pillai|first=Radhika C.|title=Kunchacko Boban becomes entrepreneur!|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/news/Kunchacko-Boban-becomes-entrepreneur/articleshow/27209673.cms|access-date=24 September 2016|work=[[The Times of India]]|date=11 December 2014}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{IMDb title|0255373}}<br />
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{{Mohanlal}}<br />
{{Priyadarshan}}<br />
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[[Category:1993 films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian films]]<br />
[[Category:1990s Malayalam-language films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian comedy-drama films]]<br />
[[Category:Films with screenplays by Sreenivasan]]<br />
[[Category:Pranavam Arts International films]]</div>
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