Malappuram Haji Mahanaya Joji

Malappuram Haji Mahanaya Joji
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Directed by	Thulasidas
Produced by	Babu Najeeb
Screenplay by	Thulasidas Dialogue : Rajan Kiriyath Vinu Kiriyath
Story by	Babu G. Nair
Starring	Mukesh Siddique Madhu Jagathy Sreekumar Maathu
Music by	Johnson
Cinematography	VijayaKumar Thangar Bachan
Edited by	G. Murali
Production company	Shine Productions
Distributed by	Gayathri release
Release date	1994 (1994)
Running time	130 minutes
Country	India
Language	Malayalam

Malappuram Haji Mahanaya Joji (transl. Malappuram Haji, the great Joji) is a 1994 Indian Malayalam-language comedy film screen play and directed by Thulasidas and dialogues by Rajan Kiriyath and Vinu Kiriyath from a story by Babu G. Nair. The film stars Mukesh, Siddique, Madhu, Jagathy Sreekumar, and Maathu. The music for the film was composed by Johnson. Malappuram Haji Mahanaya Joji was a commercial success at the box office.

Plot

Kunjalikutty(Siddique), who is a Muslim gets both a visa to Dubai and a job offer at a school managed by his father's friend, Malappuram Hajiyar in Malappuram at the same time. His father refuses to let him go to Dubai and wants him to take the teaching job. So Kunjalikutty sends his friend Joji(Mukesh) a handsome and well-educated Hindu, in his place to the school, and goes to Dubai without his parents knowledge.

Malappuram Hajiyar(Madhu) is a bold and religious man having a huge public appeal, with no tolerance towards deception. Thus people approach him with awe. Hajiyar's code of conduct scares Joji to the core that he has to conceal his own identity while living as Kunjalikkutty's impostor. A hilariously hostile relationship develops between Joji and Aliyar(Jagathy Sreekumar), who is the physical education teacher, and later, Joji's roommate. Joji soon gets into the good books of Hajiyar, while Aliyar remains stuck in the rut of being too slack for a teacher, for instance, coming late for the school.

Things do not go easy for Joji. He nearly blew his cover at times, which triggers Aliyar's suspicion. On one such occasion, he is accidentally confronted by Gouri(Maathu), who hails from a reputed Hindu family, when he goes to the temple and is caught by her and the priest(Indrans). The story enters a serious turn, when Kunjalikutty shows up, telling Joji that he has become a victim of a visa scam run by Jafer Khan, who now targets Kunjalikutty for extermination.

Unable to face his own strict father, while avoiding Jafer Khan's goons, Kunjalikutty decides to stay with Joji, as Joji. Thus Kunjalikutty and Joji lives together with Aliyar, under swapped identities. Aliyar, who cannot stand Joji further, becomes desperate to get into the bottom of things.

Cast

• Mukesh as Joji / Jonakkapparambil Jithendra Varma
• Siddique as Kunjalikkutty
• Madhu as Malappuram Hajiyar
• Jagathy Sreekumar as Physical Education Instructor Aliyar
• Narendra Prasad as Kuruppu
• Maathu as Gouri Kuruppu
• Meera as Mumtaz, Hajiyar's Daughter
• Prem Kumar as Sukumaran
• Usha as Sukumaran's wife, Premalatha
• Karamana Janardanan Nair as Kunjalikkutty's father
• Indrans as Sankaran
• Rizabawa as Jaffar Khan
• Santha Devi as Kunjalikutty's Mother
• Bobby Kottarakkara
• Kozhikode Narayanan Nair as Beerankutty
• Jose Pellissery as Mukundan Menon, school headmaster
• Santhakumari as Joji's Mother
• Meghanathan as Veeran
• Kalabhavan Haneef as Khader

Soundtrack

Music: Johnson; Lyrics: Bichu Thirumala

1. "Maanam Mutte" M. G. Sreekumar, Sujatha, C. O. Anto
2. "Penkiliye" G. Venugopal, K. S. Chithra

External links

• Malappuram Haji Mahanaya Joji on IMDb
• Malappuram Haji Mahanaya Joji at the Malayalam Movie Database