My Dear Karadi

1999 Indian film

1999 (1999)

CountryIndiaLanguageMalayalam

My Dear Karadi (Malayalam: മൈ ഡിയർ കരടി) (English: My Dear Bear) is a 1999 Malayalam comedy drama film written by the duo Udayakrishna-Siby K. Thomas and directed by Sandhya Mohan with Kalabhavan Mani in the lead role.^[1] Kalabhavan Mani appears as a bear in major parts of the film.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5] The film was remade in Tamil as Shiva Poojayil Karadi (unreleased),^[6] and in Malay as Cinta Beruang (2012) by Rama Narayanan.^[7] Mammooty reprises in flash back scenes his character, Varunni from the film Mrigaya.

Plot

Manikantan is a zoo-keeper. A bear accidentally escapes the zoo, for which the hero is held responsible. He would lose his job if the bear is not found, and unemployment would considerably damage the prospect of his getting married with the girl he loves. The movie is all about how Manikantan dresses up as a bear to secure his job and marry his girlfriend.

Cast

Kalabhavan Mani as Manikandan
Jagathi Sreekumar as Vasu Manikandan's best friend
Premkumar as Tarzan Kittunni, Varunni's younger brother
Baiju as Rajappan
Captain Raju as SI Keshavan (Karadi Keshavan)
Salim Kumar as Constable Ujwallan
Anitha Nair as Anju Keshavan
A. C. Zainuddin as Peethambaran, zoo supervisor
Kalabhavan Navas as Appukkuttan
Kottayam Nazir as Philippose
Salu Kuttanadu as Sundaran Arpookkara
Meena Ganesh as Manikandan's mother
Santhosh as Sathyanathan
Baiju Ezhupunna as Rozario
Maniyanpilla Raju as Nelson Fernandez
Kalabhavan Shajohn as Rangan. Also body double for Mani
M G Sreekumar - cameo appearance
K. T. S. Padannayil as grandfather of Anju
Madhavi Chandran
Mammootty as Varunni (as flashback from the movie, Mrigaya)

References

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