Mazha Peyyunnu Maddalam Kottunnu

Mazha Peyyunnu Maddalam Kottunnu
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Directed byPriyadarshan
Screenplay bySreenivasan
Story byJagadish
Produced byEdappazhanji Velappan
StarringMohanlal
Mukesh
Lissy
Sreenivasan
Jagathi Sreekumar
Kuthiravattam Pappu
Maniyanpilla Raju
CinematographyS. Kumar
Edited byN. Gopalakrishnan
Music byK. J. Joy
Production
company
Chithradesham Productions
Distributed bySaj Movies
Release date
  • 25 January 1986 (1986-01-25)
Running time
129 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageMalayalam

Mazha Peyyunnu Maddalam Kottunnu (transl. It is raining and Maddalam is playing) is a 1986 Indian Malayalam-language comedy film directed by Priyadarshan and written by Sreenivasan from a story by Jagadish. It stars an ensemble cast led by Mohanlal, Mukesh, Sreenivasan, Jagathi Sreekumar, Maniyanpilla Raju, Kuthiravattam Pappu, and Lissy. Mammootty appears in a brief cameo role. The film was one of the highest-grossing Malayalam films of the year. It is now considered one of the best comedy films in Malayalam cinema.[1][2][3] The film was remade in Telugu as Saradaga Kasepu (2010) and in Tamil as Manandhal Mahadevan (1989).

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