Dasan and Vijayan

Dasan and Vijayan
Mohanlal and Sreenivasan as Dasan and Vijayan from Nadodikkattu
First appearance	Nadodikkattu (1987)
Last appearance	Akkare Akkare Akkare (1990)
Created by	Siddique–Lal
Portrayed by	Mohanlal (Dasan) Sreenivasan (Vijayan)
In-universe information
Full name	Ramadas (Dasan) & Vijayan
Gender	Male
Occupation	Detective
Nationality	Indian

Dasan and Vijayan (or Ramadas and Vijayan) are the protagonists of the Nadodikkattu trilogy. The comical characters were created by directors Siddique–Lal and are portrayed by Mohanlal (Dasan) and Sreenivasan (Vijayan). They first appeared as unemployed workers, later becoming detectives by profession working in the Crime Investigation Department (CID) in Tamil Nadu Police, India. The characters first appeared in the 1987 black comedy film Nadodikkattu and later in its sequels Pattanapravesham (1988), and Akkare Akkare Akkare (1990).^[1]

The first two films in the series was directed by Sathyan Anthikad and the later by Priyadarshan, the trilogy was scripted by Sreenivasan. Since the release of Nadodikkattu, the characters have achieved a cult status in the popular culture of Kerala, along with some other characters in the film, such as Anandan Nambiar (Thilakan), Gafoorka (Mamukkoya), Pavanai (Captain Raju), Prabhakaran (Karamana Janardanan Nair) and several dialogues in the film has become catchphrases. The characters were first introduced as unemployed youth.