2013 Indian film
Nadodimannan (transl. The Vagabond/Immigrant king) is a 2013 Indian Malayalam-language satirical action comedy film directed by Viji Thampi, starring Dileep, Sayaji Shinde, Nedumudi Venu, Ananya, Archana Kavi and Mythili.with Asif Ali in Archived footage Cameo appearance. Dileep and Viji Thampi collaborated after 17 years in this movie. The film is a satire that portrays how corruption and favoritism engulfs a place and how it is curbed.
Plot
The movie starts with Vinayachandran, an environmentalist getting killed by an influential real estate criminal, Pushpam Prakashan as Vinayachandran was opposing Prakashan's dream project- Pushpam Mall citing environmental and societal reasons. Prakashan has the backing of the ruling party, police and a corrupt Mayor Purushothaman for all his wrongdoings as he helps them financially whenever they are in need. Once his eyes cast on something, Prakashan will try to acquire it by any means for his gains. His next target is an old man Damodaran's house and its surrounding plot occupied by Damodaran and his granddaughter Meera for developing another project. Even though Damodaran approaches higher-ranked officials including Mayor to save from the advances of Prakashan, he now realizes that they all are nothing but associates of Prakashan. One night, Prakashan's henchmen attacked him and tried to kidnap Meera. In the tussle, Damodaran stabs himself and Prakashan's henchmen hospitalized him as his death will bring trouble to Prakashan.
The film then focuses to Palakkad where Padmanabhan hails from. Padmanabhan is a carefree and cheerful guy who along with his friends do roadside shows, artificial political rallies, marches and hail and hoot for movies in theatres for daily wages. One day, he gets a call from Thiruvananthapuram to get his gang for organizing a political rally in support of Mayor Purushothaman to boost his image in the upcoming election. Padmanabhan and his gang leaves to Thiruvananthapuram the next day and he gets injured in a bomb blast and is hospitalized.
Padmanabhan knowingly and unknowingly involves in various issues happening there. When the people found a leader's characteristics in Padmanabhan, they and Thiruvithancore (Travancore) Thirumanassu force him to contest in the upcoming election. He wins the election and becomes the next mayor. Being the mayor in the city, Padmanabhan is loved by everybody and he starts building public parks, toilets and facilities for the common people. He also asks the people to give away the places which really belong to the government. By seeing all these changes, Prakashan gets furious and tries to kill Padmanabhan but the plan doesn't go as planned when Padmanabhan's mother and his chauffeur Subair get killed in the accident made by Prakashan's henchman Kannappan.
Padmanabhan devises a plan to get revenge on Prakashan. He decides to destroy Pushpam Mall for good. He calls on a demolition firm and sets the equipments for demolition all throughout the building. But when there is only 15 minutes left for demolition,
Prakashan calls Padmanabhan saying that he has kidnapped Thirumanassu. Padmanabhan rushes into the building and fights off Prakashan and Kannappan. During the fight, Kannappan is accidentally shot by Prakashan when he tries to shoot Padmanabhan. When Padmanabhan is about to kill Prakashan, Thirumanassu stops him, saying to him "let god decide his fate", but Padmanabhan cuts Prakashan's thumb for accessing the elevator and they escape just in time and the building is demolished killing Prakashan along with it. The mall is now converted into a public park.
Cast
- Dileep as Mayor Padmanabhan
- Sayaji Shinde as Pushpam Prakashan, a corrupt real estate of Thiruvananthapuram, and main antagonist
- Nedumudi Venu as Thiruvithancore Maharaja Udaya Varma Thampuran Thirumannasu
- Ananya as Meera, Padmanabhan's love interest
- Archana Kavi as Athira, a medical college doctor and Thirumannasu's granddaughter
- Mythili as Rima, a journalist
- Shobha Mohan as Jalaja, Padmanabhan's mother
- Asif Ali as Arun, Rima's Husband,(Archive Footage) in Cameo Appearance
- Janardhanan as Damodaran, Meera's grandfather
- Suraj Venjaramoodu as Sarasappan, Padmanabhan's friend
- Salim Kumar as Ravi, Padmanabhan's brother-in-law
- Riyaz Khan as CI George T. V., Pushpam Prakashan's associate
- Vijayaraghavan as former Mayor Purushothoman, a corrupt mayor of Trivandrum and Pushpam Prakashan's associate
- Saikumar as Chief Minister Thomas Chacko
- Shammi Thilakan as CI Karadi Johnny
- Shivaji Guruvayoor as SI Hameed
- Kalabhavan Prajod as Subair
- Sreelatha Namboothiri as Shahina, Subair's mother
- Mohan Jose as Finance Minister K. A. Paulose
- Ashokan as Vinayachandran (extended cameo)
- Balachandran Chullikadu as KRP
- Sunil Sukhada as Varijakshan
- Manu Varma as Joseph Kuruvilla
- Kozhikode Narayanan Nair as Swami, Thirumannasu's associate
- Chali Pala as Peelipose, Pushpam Prakashan's associate
- Abu Salim as Kannappan, Pushpam Prakashan's henchmen
- Kulappulli Leela as Leela
- Sreekala Sasidharan as Deepa, Vinayachandran's wife
- Murali as Sakhavu Madhavan, Padmanabhan's late father (Photo archive)
- Kalabhavan Haneef as Vasu
- Shiju as Chandrakumar, Owner of Demolition Company
- Narayanankutty
- Vettoor Purushan as Krishnankutty
- Koottickal Jayachandran as Santhosh, Padmanabhan's friend
- A. S. Joby as Krishnankutty
- Kalabhavan Rahman
- Gayathri (Malayalam actress) as Padmanabhan's sister
- Manu Raj as George
Music
The film features three tracks composed by Vidyasagar.
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