Mayabazar (2008 film)

Mayabazar is a 2008 Indian Malayalam-language action comedy film directed by Thomas Sebastian with Mammootty in the lead role.^[1][2] In the film, Rameshan, a man who is the leading vendor of a salvaged car bazaar helps patients at a local hospital with the money he earns. One day, he stumbles upon the dead body of his lookalike and his life takes a turn.

Mayabazar
Directed by	Thomas Sebastian
Screenplay by	T. A. Razzaq
Story by	Govind Ramdas
Produced by	Ayngaran International Akhil films
Starring	Mammootty
Cinematography	Manoj Pillai
Edited by	Bijith Bala
Music by	Original Songs: Rahul Raj Background Score: Mohan Sithara
Release date	4 October 2008 (2008-10-04)
Country	India
Language	Malayalam

The film received mixed reviews.^[3][4]

Plot

Maya Bazaar is in a village called Mayannoor where people buy salvaged vehicles for their parts. Rameshan is a leading man of the bazaar. With the money he earns, he feeds patients at the local hospital. A young woman who lives in Maya Bazaar called Maya loves Rameshan, but Rameshan does not have any feelings for her. Rameshan has a rival gang led by Bhadran and Bhadran wants to marry Maya.

One day Rameshan happens to see the body of a person killed in a road accident. The person looks exactly like him, and his name is Lakshmi Narayanan. The rest of the movie is about the mystery associated with the dead man.

Cast

• Mammootty in a dual role as:
  • Rameshan
  • Lakshmi Narayanan (Swamy)
• Sheela Kaur as Maya
• Tisca Chopra as Neena Kurian
• Kalabhavan Mani as Bhadran
• Saikumar as Simon Joseph
• Lalu Alex as Dr.Koshy
• Suraj Venjaramoodu as Pachu
• Salim Kumar as Govindan
• Rajan P. Dev as Aakri Divakaran
• Janardhanan as Kurian
• Bijukuttan as Girijan
• Vincent Asokan as Andrews
• T. G. Ravi as Jose
• Mala Aravindan as Kumarankutty Aasan
• Augustine as Police Officer
• Anoop Chandran as Vijayan
• Anil Murali as Kallavandi Vikraman
• Sabitha Anand as Ponnutty
• Ambika Mohan as Annakutty Kurian
• Vijay Kumar as Stephen
• Yamini Sharma in an item number

Soundtrack

• "Mizhiyil Mizhiyil" - Sujatha Mohan, Sreenivas, Rahul Raj
• "Jiliu Jillu Nee" - Vineeth Sreenivasan, Cicily, Sayanora Philip
• "Mizhiyil Mizhiyil" (F) - Sujatha Mohan

Release

The film was released on 4 October 2008 and became an average grosser. Later the film was dubbed in Telugu under the title Nenunnanu.^[5]