My Dear Karadi

My Dear Karadi
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;
Country	India
Language	Malayalam

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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.^[1] Kalabhavan Mani appears as a bear in major parts of the film.^[2]^[3] Kalabhavan Shajohn played Mani's bear role.^[4]^[5]

Plot[edit]

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[edit]

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

References[edit]

↑ "My Dear Karadi". Cinemaofmalayalam.net. Retrieved 6 March 2011.
↑ "Stealing the show with sniffs and trumpets: Malayalam cinema's favourite animals".
↑ "Peal of Laughter Will Ring on".
↑ "Shajohn's sojourns". 29 January 2019.
↑ George, Vijay (5 September 2019). "'Brother's Day' is a family thriller, says Kalabhavan Shajohn". The Hindu.

External links[edit]

My Dear Karadi on IMDb

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[1] "My Dear Karadi". Cinemaofmalayalam.net. Retrieved 6 March 2011.

[2] "Stealing the show with sniffs and trumpets: Malayalam cinema's favourite animals".

[3] "Peal of Laughter Will Ring on".

[4] "Shajohn's sojourns". 29 January 2019.

[5] George, Vijay (5 September 2019). "'Brother's Day' is a family thriller, says Kalabhavan Shajohn". The Hindu.

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