Rajamanikyam

Rajamanikyam
Promotional poster
Directed byAnwar Rasheed
Written byT. A. Shahid
Produced byValiyaveettil Siraj
StarringMammootty
CinematographySanjeev Shankar
Edited byRanjan Abraham
Music byAlex Paul
Production
company
Valiyaveettil Movie International
Distributed byValiyaveettil Release & PJ Entertainments
Release date
  • 1 November 2005 (2005-11-01)[1]
(Kerala)
Running time
126 minutes
CountryIndia
Budget₹2.30 crore[2]
Box office₹25 crore[3]

Rajamanikyam is a 2005 Indian Malayalam-language action comedy film directed by Anwar Rasheed and written by T. A. Shahid. It stars Mammootty as the titular businessman, along with Rahman,[4] Manoj K Jayan, Cochin Haneefa, Ranjith, Salim Kumar, Sai Kumar, Bheeman Raghu, Sindhu Menon, and Padmapriya in supporting roles. The music is composed by Alex Paul.

It tells the story of Rajamanikyam aka Bellary Raja (Mammootty), a Karnataka based illiterate businessman who tries to unite his warring siblings.[5][6] The film was remade in Bengali in 2008 as Rajkumar and in Kannada in 2009 as Bellary Naga. Rajamanikyam was the highest grossing Malayalam movie until 2008.[7] The film was released on 1 November during Deepawali. The film was dubbed and released in Tamil with same name in 2007.

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  2. ^ "'Rajamanickam'-A sequel". Sify. 7 December 2005. Archived from the original on 14 November 2016.
  3. ^ "വമ്പൻ ഉയര്‍ത്തെഴുന്നേല്‍പ്പ്, മമ്മൂട്ടി തുടങ്ങിവെച്ച കോടി ക്ലബുകള്‍, മലയാളത്തിന്റെ റെക്കോര്‍ഡ് നേട്ടങ്ങള്‍". Asianet News. 20 December 2023.
  4. ^ Soman, Deepa. "Mammootty advised Rahman to take Rajamanikyam". Times of India. Retrieved 15 June 2015.
  5. ^ "Rajamanikyam Review". Now Running. Retrieved 3 August 2005.
  6. ^ "Rajamanickam". Sify. Moviebuzz. Archived from the original on 2 November 2015.
  7. ^ "Mammootty - Forbes India Magazine". Forbes India. Retrieved 12 June 2021.