Mamakiki

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Mamakiki
Mamakiki poster.jpg
Film poster
Directed by
Produced bySameer Bharath Ram
Starring
CinematographyS. Srirama Santhosh
Sujith Sarang
Jagadeesh Sundaramurthy
Edited byAthiappan Siva
Sreejith Sarang
Vel Murugan
Karthik R
Music by Jakes Bejoy
Vishal Chandrasekhar
M. S. Jones
Kalacharan
Surya Prasad
Production
company
Super Talkies
Distributed by ZEE5
Release date
  • 30 May 2020 (2020-05-30) [1]
Running time
97 minutes [2]
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Mamakiki [a] is a 2020 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy anthology film starring Preetha Anandan, Ramesh Thilak, Maanas Chavali and Dev Ramnath. [3] The film released on ZEE5 after being delayed for several years. [2]

Contents

The film consists of four parts based on each of the lead characters' past. [2]

List of short films

TitleDirector/WriterProducerCinematographerEditorMusic
Childhood Diaries Shree Karthick Dev Ramnath Sujith Sarang Sreejith Sarang Jakes Bejoy

Plot

Four college friends (Madhu, Mani, Kiranthi, and Kishore) meet again after a sabbatical of five years. [4] [2]

Cast

Madhu's storylineMani's storylineKranthi's storylineChildhood Diaries
by Shree Karthick
Kishore's storyline
  • Ramesh Thilak as Manimaran a.k.a. Mani
  • Nalan Kumarasamy as Director
  • Uriyadi Siva Perumal as Quarter
  • Subbu as Vallimuthu
  • Suja as Kokila
  • Shylaja Chethur as Kokila's mother
  • Abdool Lee as Ahmed
  • Maanas Chavali as Kiranthi
  • Cheenu Mohan as Kiranthi's father
  • Dev Ramnath as Kishore
  • Adithya Shivpink as Sandee
  • Sharath Ravi as the police inspector

Reception

The New Indian Express gave the film a rating of two out of five and wrote that "Overall, though weighed down by its flaws, Mamakiki is a middling feel-good comedy that makes us smile, if not laugh". [2] A review from ZEE5 called the film a "middling feel-good comedy". [5] Digital media company LetsOTT mentioned that the film had some "funny" sequences but also "stretched out writing and average performances". [6]

Awards

YearEventCategoryRecipientNomineeResultRef.
2017 Norway Tamil Film Festival Best Short Film Story Shree Karthick Childhood DiariesWon [7]
Best Short Film Child ArtistJayaditya KangWon

Notes

  1. The film's name is based off of the first Tamil letters of the four lead characters: Madhu (ம), Mani (ம), Kiranthi (கி), and Kishore (கி). [2]

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