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{{short description|2005 Indian Malayalam-language film}}
{{missing info|the film's critical reception|date=September 2017}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2015}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2015}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Thommanum Makkalum
| image = Thommanum Makkalum.jpg
| alt =
| caption = VCD cover
| director = [[Shafi (director)|Shafi]]
| producer = [[Lal (actor)|Lal]]
| writer = [[Benny P Nayarambalam]]
| narrator =
| starring = [[Mammootty]] <br/>Lal<br/> [[Rajan P. Dev]]
| music = [[Alex Paul]]
| cinematography = Sanjeev Sankar
| editing = Harihara Puthran
| studio = [[Lal Creations]]
| distributor = Lal Release
| released = {{Film date|2005|03|18|df=y}}
| runtime = 130 minutes
| country = India
| language = Malayalam
| budget = 
| gross = 
}}
'''''Thommanum Makkalum''''' ([[English language|English]]: ''Thomman and Sons'') is a 2005 Indian [[Malayalam]]-language [[action comedy film]] directed by [[Shafi (director)|Shafi]], written by [[Benny P. Nayarambalam]], and produced by [[Lal (actor)|Lal]] under his production house Lal Creations. The film stars [[Mammootty]], Lal, and [[Rajan P. Dev]]. It tells the story of Thomman (Rajan P. Dev) and his two adopted sons Shivan (Mammootty) and Sathyan (Lal).

Shafi remade the film in [[Tamil cinema]] as ''[[Majaa]]'' (2005).<ref name="Now Running">[http://www.nowrunning.com/film/review.asp?movieNo=2142&mv=Thommanum%20Makkalum Now Running]</ref> and in Kannada as ''[[Kaamannana Makkalu]]'' with [[Sudeep]].

==Plot==
The movie revolves around Thomman, who is a thief, and his two adopted sons, Shivan and Sathyan. The story begins when they decide to mend their ways and lead a hardworking life. They own a lorry now and want to find work. Their lorry breaks down near Udumalpet. There the twists start. Sathyan steals the food from Panicker's house. Actually the rice is mixed with poison by Panicker due to oppression from the village head Thevar because Panicker's son cheats him and his daughter and go with Thevar's Money. Thomman eats the food and is hospitalized. After returning from hospital Thomman and sons come to Panickers house to know the truth. Now there is also Thomman and his sons with Panicker to help them and they defeat Thevar gang and take Thevar's Aid ''Rajakkannu'' or ''Rajappan'' as their ''Adima'', meaning Slave. Later Thevar's daughter Poonkavanam falls in love with Shivan. Thevar arranges Shivan's marriage with his daughter. There Kaaliyappan who Poonkavanam's maternal uncle comes to stop the marriage. His plan succeeds. At the marriage night Sathyan becomes a thief who robs the groom's Ornaments. Then Shivan and Sathyan Separates due to this incident. Actually Kaliyappan was its master brain. He tries to kill Sathyan and tell everyone that he escaped with the money. He killed Panicker's son by this way. But now Kaliyappan fails. Shivan comes and helps Sathyan. They go to Thevar's house and reveals to him the truth about Panicker's son and all misdeeds of Kaliyappan. After all goes well, there is a bad news for Shivan and Sathyan by Rajakkannu that Thomman, due to his son's separation, attempts to suicide from a big mountain. His ''sons'' come there and Thomman tell that they would fight and Defeat him then only he stops his suicide attempt. At Last ''The Comical Climax Takes Place''. Shivan and Sathyan beats Thomman and Thomman says -''Ningalu thommanne makkalu thanne''.

==Cast==
* [[Rajan P. Dev]] as Thomman
* [[Mammootty]] as Shivan
* [[Lal (actor)|Lal]] as Sathyan
* [[Laya (actress)|Laya]] as Poonkavanam
* [[Sindhu Menon]] as Sheela
* [[Salim Kumar]] as Rajakannu
* [[Janardhanan (actor)|Janardhanan]] as Panikkar
* [[Kalasala Babu]] as Thevar
* [[Besant Ravi]] as Thangavelu
* [[Mohan Jose]] as Pillai
* [[Anand (actor)|Anand]] as Kaliyappan
* [[Boban Alummoodan]] as Gopi Krishnan
* [[Kochu Preman]] as Doctor
* [[Abu Salim (actor)|Abu Salim]] as Manikyan

== Soundtrack ==
The film's soundtrack contains 7 songs, all composed by [[Alex Paul]] and Lyrics by [[Kaithapram]].

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! # !! Title !! Singer(s)
|-
| 1
| "Aadya Raathri"
| [[K. J. Yesudas]]
|-
| 2
| "Karppaka Malare"
| [[Afsal]], [[Madhu Balakrishnan]], [[Pradeep Palluruthy]], Savitha Krishnamoorthy, Vipin
|-
| 3
| "Nerinazhaku"
| [[P. Jayachandran]], [[Mano (singer)|Mano]]
|-
| 4
| "Nerinazhaku [D]"
| [[Biju Narayanan]], [[Manjari (Indian singer)|Manjari]]
|-
| 5
| "Punyavan"
| [[Pradeep Palluruthy]]
|-
| 6
| "Vattolakkuda"
| [[K. J. Yesudas]], [[K. S. Chitra]]
|-
| 7
| "Vattolakkuda (F)"
| [[K. S. Chitra]]
|}

==Release==
The film was released on 18 March 2005.

===Critical Reception===
The film received positive reviews from the critics. [[Sify]] gives Verdict: Paisa Vasool meaning film is worth watching. The idea of Shafi the director and Lal the producer is to just string together a plot taken from various films and put together to provide a fun movie.

===Box office===
The film was commercial success<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/fr/2005/12/30/stories/2005123001380100.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161206164931/http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/fr/2005/12/30/stories/2005123001380100.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=6 December 2016|title=Boom year for mollywood|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=30 December 2005}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/picture-isn-t-perfect-in-mollywood-106031501120_1.html|title=Picture isn't perfect in Mollywood|work=[[Business Standard]]|date=15 March 2006|last1=John|first1=Nevin}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Mammootty and director Shafi team up again|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/malayalam/2009/jul/23/mammootty-and-director-shafi-team-up-again-70387.amp|work=[[The New Indian Express]]|date=23 July 2009|language=en-IN}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/fr/2005/11/04/stories/2005110401910100.htm|title=All set for the new season|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=4 November 2005}}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=The hit maker is back|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/malayalam/2011/nov/02/the-hit-maker-is-back-306197.html|work=[[The New Indian Express]]|date=2 November 2011 |language=en-IN}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=First Look: Mammootty's Venicile Vyapari|url=https://m.rediff.com/amp/movies/report/first-look-mammoottys-venicile-vyapari/20110906.htm|work=[[Rediff.com]]|date=6 September 2011 |language=en-IN}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Mammootty's Chattambinadu|url=http://movies.rediff.com/report/2009/dec/01/south-malayalam-first-look-mammoottys-chattambinadu.htm|work=[[Rediff.com]]|date=1 December 2009 |language=en-IN|author=Meghna George}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=It's raining Malayalam films this Christmas|url=http://movies.rediff.com/slide-show/2009/dec/15/slide-show-1-south-malayalam-films-christmas.htm|work=[[Rediff.com]]|date=15 December 2009 |language=en-IN|author=Meghna George}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/man-of-the-masses/article2537486.ece/amp/|title=MAN of the MASSES|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=14 October 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/on-location-101-weddings-big-fat-malayali-wedding/article3811657.ece/amp/|title=On Location: 101 Weddings - Big fat Malayali wedding|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=23 August 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/entertainment/south-masala/vishu-offerings/articleshow/21399493.cms|title=Vishu Offerings|work=[[Bangalore Mirror]]|date=12 August 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://wap.business-standard.com/article-amp/companies/picture-isn-t-perfect-in-mollywood-106031501120_1.html|title=Picture isn't perfect in Mollywood|work=[[Business Standard]]|date=6 February 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sify.com/movies/malayalam-box-office-news-malayalam-kkfvwOffajhsi.html|title=Malayalam box-office|work=[[Sify]]|date=22 December 2005}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://m.rediff.com/movies/2005/jun/28maja.htm|title=First Look: Vikram's next|work=[[Rediff.com]]|date=28 June 2005}}</ref> and completed 100 days in theatres.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/entertai/2005/jun/28maja.htm?print=true|title=First Look: Vikram's next|work=rediff.com|date=28 June 2005}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/fr/2005/12/30/stories/2005123001380100.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161206164931/http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/fr/2005/12/30/stories/2005123001380100.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=6 December 2016|title=I want to play lead roles|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=22 July 2005}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ibtimes.co.in/kunchacko-boban-biju-menon-come-together-again-bhayya-bhayya-602688|title=Kunchacko Boban, Biju Menon Come Together Again for 'Bhayya Bhayya'|work=[[International Business Times]]|date=20 June 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://english.manoramaonline.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/telugu-actress-laya-injured-in-a-car-accident-in-us.html|title=Actress Laya denies accident rumour, says she' fine|work=onmanorama|date=23 September 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sify.com/entertainment/movies/tamil/boxoffice/fullstory.php?id=13720873|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160629190840/http://www.sify.com/entertainment/movies/tamil/boxoffice/fullstory.php?id=13720873|url-status=dead|archive-date=2016-06-29|title=Vikram grabs 'Thommanum Makkalum'!|work=Sify|date=April 2005}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/2005/11/21/stories/2005112100440200.htm|title=Setting a record of sorts|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=21 November 2005}}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

==Remakes==
Following its success in Malayalam, the movie was later remade in [[Tamil language|Tamil]] as ''[[Majaa]]'', starring [[Vikram (actor)|Vikram]] and [[Asin Thottumkal]]. It is also remade in Kannada as ''[[Kaamannana Makkalu]]'' with [[Sudeep]].

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- style="background:#ccc; text-align:center;"|-

! Year
! Film
! Language
! Cast
! Director
|-
| 2005
| ''[[Majaa]]''
| Tamil
| [[Vikram (actor)|Vikram]], [[Asin]]
| [[Shafi (director)|Shafi]]
|-
| 2006
| ''[[Kaamannana Makkalu]]''
| Kannada
| [[Sudeep]]
|
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb title|0441902|Thommanum Makkalum}}
{{Shafi}}

[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:2000s Malayalam-language films]]
[[Category:2000s romantic comedy films]]
[[Category:Malayalam films remade in other languages]]
[[Category:Films directed by Shafi]]

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