Makante Achan

Makante Achan (transl. Son's father) is a 2009 Indian Malayalam-language comedy drama film directed by V. M. Vinu, written by Samjad Narayanan, and produced by Seven Arts International. It stars Vineeth Sreenivasan, Sreenivasan and Suhasini in the lead roles^[1][2]

Makante Achan
Film poster
Directed by	V. M. Vinu
Written by	Samjad Narayanan
Produced by	Seven Arts International G.P. Vijayakumar (executive producer)
Starring	Sreenivasan Vineeth Sreenivasan
Cinematography	Manoj Pillai
Edited by	P. C. Mohanan
Music by	M. Jayachandran (songs) Ouseppachan (score)
Production company	Seven Arts
Distributed by	Seven Arts Release
Release date	23 January 2009 (2009-01-23)
Running time	140 minutes
Country	India
Language	Malayalam

Plot

Viswanathan is a village officer who desires for his son Manu to become an engineer. However, Manu's aspiration is to become a singer. Viswanathan sends him to a coaching centre ran by KC Francis, a strict principal who watches every child through CCTV cameras. Manu often asks his mother Rema to let him to go home and participate in reality TV shows. However, Viswanathan disagrees. Meanwhile, a fake sanyasi named Himaval Swami opens an Asram in their village. Krishnankutty, Viswanathan's friend, and his wife Santhanavally visit Himaval Swami to earn his blessings so that they can have a child. Some disciples of Himaval Swami visit Viswanathan to sanction a project worth 90 acres. However, Viswanathan realises that the project is illegal and refuses to sanction it.

Manu fails his engineering entrance exam, causing Viswanathan to slap him and call him a cheat. An upset Manu leaves home. Two days later, Viswanathan finds Manu working as a waiter in a hotel, causing Viswanathan to become heartbroken and begin drinking. Unknown to him, Manu has been participating in a reality show. Once Viswanathan returns home, Himaval Swami attacks him as he didn't sanction the project. The police find Viswanathan lying in a hospital, and he gives a statement, leading to Himaval Swami and his followers to get arrested. A few people led by Krishnankutty set the Ashram on fire.

Before the final round, Manu and Viswanathan reunite and he wins the reality show.

Cast

• Sreenivasan as Viswanathan, a village officer
• Vineeth Sreenivasan as Manu Viswanathan, Viswanathan's son
• Suhasini as Rema Viswanathan, Viswanathan's wife and Manu's mother
• Salim Kumar as Krishnan Kutty
• Jagathy Sreekumar as Himaval Chithanya Swami
• Janardhanan as Kurup
• Thilakan as K. C. Francis
• Suresh Krishna as Police Officer
• Varada as Ann
• Revathy Sivakumar as Dhanya Viswanathan, Manu's sister
• Bindu Panicker as Santhanavally, Krishnankutty's wife
• Augustine as Vachaspathy (Kooman Kumaran)
• Sreelatha Namboothiri as Kurup's wife
• Sharreth as himself (cameo appearance)
• Ouseppachan as himself (cameo appearance)
• Chitra Iyer as herself (cameo appearance)
• Sreekala Sasidharan as herself (archive footage)

Soundtrack

• "Ee Vennilavint" - Vineeth Sreenivasan
• "Himaval Swami" - Kavalam Sreekumar
• "Othorumichoru" - Vineeth Sreenivasan

Reception

The film was a commercial success at the box office and was one of the highest-grossing Malayalam films of that year.^[3] Sreenivasan won the Asianet Film Award for Best Supporting Actor for the film.