Ee Pattanathil Bhootham
Ee Pattanathil Bhootham (Spirit in the city) is a 2009 comedy fantasy Malayalam film directed by Johny Antony. Ee Pattanathil Bhootham stars Mammootty, Kavya Madhavan, and Innocent.[1] The film is not based on the 1967 film Pattanathil Bhootham.[2] The film was later dubbed in Hindi as Hamara Dost Bhoot Uncle.
| Ee Pattanathil Bhootham | |
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| Directed by | Johny Antony |
| Produced by | Arul Margkerette |
| Written by | Udayakrishna Siby K. Thomas |
| Starring | Mammootty Kavya Madhavan Innocent |
| Music by | Songs: Shaan Rahman Background Score: C. Rajamani Lyrics for songs: Gireesh Puthenchery |
| Cinematography | Utpal V Nayanar |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Malayalam |
Plot
The film opens with a 'Manthravadi' (Thilakan) an evil magician (Mahadevan) to obey to his commands and make spiriting away a friendly ghost money through crime. Meanwhile, a group of kids and their benefactors are held hostage in a circus camp by the baddies, who has taken over the show.
Ancy (Kavya Madhavan) is coming back from London, to take charge of the circus company founded by her father Philipose (Janardhanan), who was found murdered. On reaching there, she is told that her father was stabbed to death by a bike-jumper named Jimmy (Mammootty).
In fact Jimmy, his foster father Krishnan (Innocent), aide Sisupalan (Suraj Venjarammood) and a gang of street children were all invited by Philipose to join his circus group.
Meanwhile, the ghost (Mammootty, in his other role) appears, becomes friendly with the kids and takes a more stylish shape of Jimmy. Thanks to the ghost, Ancy realizes that Jimmy was innocent in the whole issue. Now the battle between the good and evil.
The climax is found with Kora and his sidekicks being caught by the police and the 'Manthravaadi' being turned into a hippopotamus.
Cast
| Actor | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Mammootty | Jimmy & Bhootham (Spirit) | appeared in double role |
| Kavya Madhavan | Ancy | |
| Innocent | Krishnan | |
| Janardhanan | Philippose | |
| Rajan P Dev | Kora | Villain role |
| Suresh Krishna | Robins | |
| Salim Kumar | SI Madhavan Chenthrappinni | |
| Suraj Venjarammood | Sisupaalan | |
| Guinness Pakru | Balan | Child role |
| Nayanthara Chakravarthy | Child artist | |
| Bheeman Raghu | Circus master | |
| Kollam Ajith | Gunda | |
| Kollam Thulasi | Advocate | |
| Spadikam George | P.R.O Ramanathan | |
| Vijayaraghavan | ACP Neelakantan | |
| Mahadevan | Sathyatheerdhan | |
| Sudheer | Gunda leader | |
| Sajitha Betti | Rani | |
| Abu Salim | Security Guard | |
| Bindu Panicker | Susie | |
| Kalabhavan Shajon | Constable Sahadevan | |
| Baburaj | Commissioner | Cameo role |
| Thilakan | Senior Mantharavaadi | Cameo role |
| Vimal Raj | Michael | Cameo role |
| Baiju Ezhupunna | Jaffer | Cameo role |
| M. B. Padmakumar | Theja | |
Soundtrack
The film's soundtrack contains 6 songs, all composed by Shaan Rahman and Lyrics by Gireesh Puthenchery.
| # | Title | Singer(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Aaro Nilaavaay" | Vineeth Sreenivasan, Shweta Mohan |
| 2 | "Aaro Nilaavaay [Acoustic Guitar]" | Sumesh |
| 3 | "Adipoli Bhootham" | Divya S. Menon, Pradeep Palluruthy, Geethu Thulasi, Navin Prince, Noel Prince, V. Suha |
| 4 | "Maamarangale [D]" | Karthik, Sayanora Philip, Anakha Sadan |
| 5 | "Maamarangale [M]" | Vijay Yesudas |
| 6 | "Theme Music" | Shaan Rahman |
References
- "Mammootty in 'Ee Pattanathil Bhootham'". Express Buzz. 1 July 2009. Retrieved 26 July 2009.
- https://www.deccanherald.com/content/17103/ee-pattanathil-bhootham.html