Mookilla Rajyathu

Mookilla Rajyathu
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Directed by	Ashokan-Thaha
Produced by	Rohini Arts
Written by	B. Jayachandran
Starring	Mukesh Thilakan Jagathy Sreekumar Siddique
Music by	Ouseppachan
Edited by	G. Venkitaraman
Production company	Rohini Arts
Distributed by	Rohini Arts
Release date	1991 (1991)
Country	India
Language	Malayalam

Mookilla Rajyathu (transl. In the country of no-nosed) is a 1991 Indian Malayalam-language slapstick comedy film directed by the Ashokan-Thaha duo and written by B. Jayachandran. It stars Mukesh, Thilakan, Jagathy Sreekumar, Siddique, and Vinaya Prasad. The film features music composed by Ouseppachan. The plot revolves around four patients escaped from a mental asylum and the troubles they cause in their attempts to start a new life in a sane society. Thilakan's performance was widely appreciated in the movie and it is considered one of his career best performances in the comical role. The movie also has a cult following several years after its release.

Plot

The film starts by displaying an antic of Keshavan (Thilakan) who is an inmate of the Kakkanad Mental Hospital. Two other inmates are Benny (Mukesh) and Krishnankutty (Jagathy Sreekumar). By profession Benny was an artist, Krishnankutty was an auto-mechanic and Keshavan had retired from military service. The trio chance to come across a newspaper report that the Hindi film star Amitabh Bachchan is visiting Ernakulam city for a film shooting, which is close to where they stay. They are soon joined by a new inmate Venu (Siddique), brother of Balan who takes him to the mental hospital. Venu is a good singer but suffers from a compulsive obsession to singing. All the four share a passion for Amitabh Bachchan.

Driven by a desire to see Amitabh Bachchan the four manage to escape from the mental hospital that night by outsmarting the cell warden Ameen (Mala Aravindan). They reach Ernakulam city in a bus, but are disappointed to learn that Amitabh Bachchan had gone back after the film shooting which took place a month ago, and they had in fact seen an old newspaper report. When they wake up the next morning, they find Venu missing. They go searching for him alone. Benny meets his former college mate and lover Leena (Vinaya Prasad) in the city. Keshavan goes to a politician's rally and undresses in support of the Swadeshi movement, only to be saved by Benny. Krishnankutty drinks at a bar, but finds that he does not have money to pay for it, and is assaulted. Finally, they find Venu having found employment as a singer, and he is chased by Balan, who is a wrestler, and Ameen. They decide to live by finding suitable employments. They find shelter in a rented house owned by a young dance teacher (Suchitra), whom Leena mistakes as Benny's new lover. Benny becomes a painter, Krishnankutty a mechanic, and Keshavan a security guard. Leena's father is unwilling to give his daughter in marriage to Benny because of his insanity, and even unsuccessfully hires a goonda Bheem Singh (Krishnankutty Nair) to assault him.

Two conmen Vasu (Kuthiravattam Pappu) and Abdullah (Rajan P. Dev) who use the pseudonyms Sundaran Pillai and Gireesh Puri, are in the disguise of a TV serial producer and director, respectively. Their intention is to rob a bank near to the home rented by the four, by making a tunnel through their home while they are busy. For that they hire the four supposedly for their TV serial and send them to learn various skills like martial arts, rock climbing, tree climbing, break dance among other things. They manage to keep them away from the house during daytime while the excavation is going on under the supervision of another gang member Bruno (Kunchan).

However, a police officer (Jagadish) is tracking their activities. In the end their vicious scheme is busted up by the police officer, assisted by the four who wake up to the reality at last, and the bank robbers end up in police custody.

Cast

• Mukesh as Benny
• Thilakan as Keshavan / Keshu
• Jagathy Sreekumar as Krishnankutty
• Siddique as Venu
• Vinaya Prasad - Leena
• Paravoor Bharathan - Father of Leena
• N. L. Balakrishnan - Balan
• Krishnan Kutty Nair - Bheem Singh
• Kuthiravattam Pappu - Vasu / Sundaran Pillai
• Rajan P. Dev - Abdullah
• Kunchan - Bruno
• Philomina - Insane Lady
• Oduvil Unnikrishnan - Dr. V. N. Sharma
• Mala Aravindan - Ameen
• Suchitra Murali - House Owner / Dance Teacher
• Jagadish - Police Inspector
• Hakim Rawther - Inmate at mental hospital

Music

Mookkilla Rajyathu
Soundtrack album by Ouseppachan
Released	1991
Studio	A.V.M RR
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Length	11:52
Language	Malayalam
Label	Millennium Audios
Producer	Ouseppachan
Ouseppachan chronology
Pookkalam Varavayi (1991) Mookkilla Rajyathu (1991) Aayushkalam (1992)

The soundtrack was composed by Ouseppachan. It features three songs which were sung by M. G. Sreekumar and K. S. Chithra. The lyrics were written by Kaithapram Damodaran and Poovachal Khader.

Track listing
No.	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Kaashithumbakkavay"	M. G. Sreekumar	4:09
2.	"Varnam Vaarichoodum"	K. S. Chithra	4:11
3.	"Break Break Dance"	K. S. Chithra	3:32
Total length:			11:52

External links

• Mookkilyarajyathu on IMDb