Malappuram Haji Mahanaya Joji

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Malappuram Haji Mahanaya Joji
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Poster
Directed by Thulasidas
Screenplay by Thulasidas
Dialogue : Rajan Kiriyath
Vinu Kiriyath
Story byBabu G. Nair
Produced byBabu
Najeeb
Starring Mukesh
Siddique
Madhu
Jagathy Sreekumar
Maathu
CinematographyVijayaKumar
Thangar Bachan
Edited byG. Murali
Music by Johnson
Production
company
Shine Productions
Distributed byGayathri release
Release date
  • 1994 (1994)
Running time
130 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageMalayalam

Malappuram Haji Mahanaya Joji (transl. Malappuram Haji, the great Joji) is a 1994 Indian Malayalam-language comedy film screen play and directed by Thulasidas and dialogues by Rajan Kiriyath and Vinu Kiriyath from a story by Babu G. Nair. The film stars Mukesh, Siddique, Madhu, Jagathy Sreekumar, and Maathu. The music for the film was composed by Johnson. The film was remade in Tamil as Raman Abdullah (1997) and in Telugu as Golmaal (2003). [1] The scene where Jagathy Sreekumar's character was shot was shown in Poove Unakkaga (1996) with R. S. Shivaji's character getting stabbed. [1]

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Plot

Kunjalikutty, who is a Muslim gets both a visa to Dubai and a job offer at a school managed by his father's friend, Malappuram Hajiyar in Malappuram at the same time. His father refuses to let him go to Dubai and wants him to take the teaching job. So Kunjalikutty sends his friend Joji a handsome and well-educated Hindu, in his place to the school, and goes to Dubai without his parents knowledge.

Malappuram Hajiyar is a bold and religious man having a huge public appeal, with no tolerance towards deception. Thus people approach him with awe. Hajiyar's code of conduct scares Joji to the core that he has to conceal his own identity while living as Kunjalikkutty's impostor. A hilariously hostile relationship develops between Joji and Aliyar, who is the physical education teacher, and later, Joji's roommate. Joji soon gets into the good books of Hajiyar, while Aliyar remains stuck in the rut of being too slack for a teacher, for instance, coming late for the school.

Things do not go easy for Joji. He nearly blew his cover at times, which triggers Aliyar's suspicion. On one such occasion, he is accidentally confronted by Gouri, who hails from a reputed Hindu family, when he goes to the temple and is caught by her and the priest. The story enters a serious turn, when Kunjalikutty shows up, telling Joji that he has become a victim of a visa scam run by Jafer Khan, who now targets Kunjalikutty for extermination.

Unable to face his own strict father, while avoiding Jafer Khan's goons, Kunjalikutty decides to stay with Joji, as Joji. Thus Kunjalikutty and Joji lives together with Aliyar, under swapped identities. Aliyar, who cannot stand Joji further, becomes desperate to get into the bottom of things.

Cast

Soundtrack

Music: Johnson; Lyrics: Bichu Thirumala

  1. "Maanam Mutte" M. G. Sreekumar, Sujatha, C. O. Anto
  2. "Penkiliye" G. Venugopal, K. S. Chithra

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