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Mayavi is a film of genre Drama directed by Shafi with Mammootty

Mayavi (2007)

Mayavi
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Genres Drama,    Thriller,    Comedy,    Romantic comedy,    Action
Rating67% 3.393513.393513.393513.393513.39351

Mayavi is a 2007 Malayalam masala film directed by Shafi and written by the Rafi Mecartin duo, starring Mammootty in the title role with Salim Kumar, Manoj K Jayan, Gopika, Vijayaraghavan, and Saikumar. It was the highest grossing Malayalam film of 2007. The film was remade in Tamil titled Vallakottai starring Arjun which was directed by A. Venkatesh in 2010.

Synopsis

Small time criminal, Mahi (Mammootty) gets released from prison early. He has a reputation of beating up his rivals in the darkness. Mahi wants to help fellow inmate Balan's (Manoj K. Jayan) whose brother Satheesh (Manikuttan) is in need of money for a life saving operation. A fellow crook, Giri (Suraj Venjaramood) proposes an assignment for Mahi which will earn him enough money for the operation. Thottappally Surendran (Vijayaraghavan) plans to murder Sivasankaran Pillai (Saikumar) to settle an old score. Sivasankaran is serving life sentence for killing Surendran's father and is due to be released on short term parole. As part of a master plot, Surendran wants another man to accept the criminal charge and punishment.

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