My Dear Karadi

My Dear Karadi (Malayalam: മൈ ഡിയർ കരടി) (English: My Dear Bear) is a 1999 Malayalam comedy drama film written by the duo Udayakrishna-Siby K. Thomas and directed by Sandhya Mohan with Kalabhavan Mani in the lead role. Kalabhavan Mani appears as a bear in major parts of the film. Kalabhavan Shajohn played Mani's bear role.

My Dear Karadi
Directed by	Sandhya Mohan
Produced by	Gopikrishna Vinu Kiriyeth
Written by	Udayakrishna Siby K. Thomas
Starring	Kalabhavan Mani Jagathy Sreekumar Premkumar
Music by	C.Thankaraj Film score: S. P. Venkatesh
Cinematography	Anil Nair
Edited by	K. Rajagopal
Production company	Gopurachithra
Distributed by	Gopurachithra
Release date	1999 (1999)
Country	India
Language	Malayalam

Plot

Manikantan (Kalabhavan Mani) is a zoo-keeper. A bear from the zoo accidentally escapes out of the zoo, for which the hero is held responsible. He would lose his job if the bear is not to be found, and the losing of his job would lessen the prospect of his getting married with the girl he loves. The movie is all about how Manikantan dresses up as a bear to be able to secure his job and marry his girlfriend.

Cast

• Kalabhavan Mani as Manikantan
• Jagathi Sreekumar as Zoo Vasu
• Premkumar as Vettakkaran Tarzan Kittunni
• Baiju as Rajappan
• Captain Raju as SI Keshavan (Karadi Keshavan)
• Salim Kumar as Constable Ujwallan
• Anitha Nair as Anju Keshavan
• A. C. Zainuddin as zoo supervisor
• Kalabhavan Navas as Appukkuttan
• Kottayam Nazir as Philippose
• Salu Kuttanadu as Sundaran Arpookkara
• Meena Ganesh
• Baiju Johnson as Rozario
• Maniyanpilla Raju as Nelson Fernandez
• Kalabhavan Shajohn as Rangan/ Karadi throughout the movie
• M G Sreekumar-cameo appearance
• K. T. S. Padannayil
• Madhavi Chandran
• Kalabhavan Shajohn as Mani's double body

External links

• My Dear Karadi on IMDb