| Mannar Mathai Speaking | |
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| Directed by | Mani C. Kappan |
| Written by | Siddique-Lal |
| Produced by | Mani C. Kappan |
| Starring | Mukesh Innocent Sai Kumar Vani Viswanath Biju Menon |
| Cinematography | Anandakuttan |
| Edited by | K. R. Gaurishankar S. Parivallal |
| Music by | S. P. Venkatesh |
Production company | O.K. Productions |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Malayalam |
Mannar Mathai Speaking is a 1995 Indian Malayalam-language comedy thriller film produced and directed by Mani C. Kappan and written by Siddique-Lal. The film stars Mukesh, Innocent, Sai Kumar, Vani Viswanath, Biju Menon, Geetha Vijayan, K. P. Ummer, Kaviyoor Ponnamma, Janardhanan, Indrans, Vijayaraghavan, Sukumari, Harisree Ashokan and Cochin Haneefa.[1] It is a sequel to the 1989 film Ramji Rao Speaking, and is followed by Mannar Mathai Speaking 2 (2014). Vani Viswanath made her debut in this film as a leading actress.[2]
The film was a commercial success. It is loosely based on Alfred Hitchcock's 1958 film Vertigo (which was an adaptation of the 1954 novel The Living and the Dead by Boileau-Narcejac).[3] Priyadarshan adapted certain subplots of the film for his Hindi film, Bhagam Bhag (2006), which went on to be remade in Telugu as Brahmanandam Drama Company.[4][5] Writer Siddique later reused the story and tweaked it for his Tamil film Sadhu Miranda (2008) and Telugu film Maaro (2011).[6]
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- ^ "Malayalam films remade in Hindi". The Times of India. 29 July 2015.
- ^ "Movie Review : Sadhu Miranda". Sify. Archived from the original on 10 February 2008. Retrieved 30 December 2010.