Meppadiyan

Meppadiyan
Theatrical poster
Directed byVishnu Mohan
Written byVishnu Mohan
Produced byUnni Mukundan
StarringUnni Mukundan
Anju Kurian
Saiju Kurup
CinematographyNeil D'Cunha
Edited byShameer Muhammed
Music byRahul Subramaniyan
Production
company
Unni Mukundan Films
Release date
  • 14 January 2022 (2022-01-14) (India)
CountryIndia
LanguageMalayalam

Meppadiyan (transl. Above-mentioned) is a 2022 Indian Malayalam-language drama thriller film written and directed by Vishnu Mohan and produced by Unni Mukundan Films.[1] The film stars Unni Mukundan, Anju Kurian,[2] Kottayam Ramesh, Saiju Kurup,[3] Aju Varghese, Nisha Sarang and Kalabhavan Shajohn.[4][5][6]

The songs and background score for the film was composed by Rahul Subrahmanian. Filming took place in Aruvithura and Poonjar in late 2020. The film released on 14 January 2022 to mixed reviews.[7] At the 69th National Film Awards 2019, the film won the Best First Film of a Director trophy.[8] This film is noted as the last film appearance of actor Kundara Johny, who died in 2023

  1. ^ "Unni Mukundan launches his own production house". Cinema Express. 9 August 2020. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  2. ^ "Anju Kurian is Unni Mukundan's heroine in 'Meppadiyan'". Sify. Archived from the original on 11 November 2020. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
  3. ^ "Saiju Kurup joins Unni Mukundan's; Meppadiyan' sets". New Indian Express. 6 November 2020. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
  4. ^ "Unni Mukundan's next, Meppadiyan, announced". Cinema Express. 12 February 2019. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
  5. ^ "ഉണ്ണി മുകുന്ദന്റെ 'മേപ്പടിയാൻ'; മോഷൻ പോസ്റ്റർ". Manorama Online. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
  6. ^ "Unni Mukundan's 'Meppadiyan' teaser released". Times of India. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
  7. ^ "ഉണ്ണി മുകുന്ദന്റെ 'മേപ്പടിയാന്‍' ജനുവരി പതിനാലിന് തിയേറ്ററിലെത്തും". Mathrubhumi. 4 December 2021.
  8. ^ "69th National Film Awards 2023 complete winners list: Rocketry, Alia Bhatt, Kriti Sanon, Allu Arjun, RRR, Gangubai Kathiawadi win big". 24 August 2023.