| Mazha Peyyunnu Maddalam Kottunnu | |
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| Directed by | Priyadarshan |
| Screenplay by | Sreenivasan |
| Story by | Jagadish |
| Produced by | Edappazhanji Velappan |
| Starring | Mohanlal Mukesh Lissy Sreenivasan Jagathi Sreekumar Kuthiravattam Pappu Maniyanpilla Raju |
| Cinematography | S. Kumar |
| Edited by | N. Gopalakrishnan |
| Music by | K. J. Joy |
Production company | Chithradesham Productions |
| Distributed by | Saj Movies |
Release date |
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Running time | 129 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Malayalam |
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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