Mamakiki

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]

Mamakiki
Film poster
Directed by	Shree Karthick G. Radhakrishnan Sameer Bharath Ram Karthik Siva Vadivel
Produced by	Sameer Bharath Ram
Starring	Preetha Anandan Ramesh Thilak Maanas Chavali Dev Ramnath
Cinematography	S. Srirama Santhosh Sujith Sarang Jagadeesh Sundaramurthy
Edited by	Athiappan 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]
Country	India
Language	Tamil

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

List of short films

The film additionally features three unnamed short films.

Title	Director/Writer	Producer	Cinematographer	Editor	Music
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 storyline	Mani's storyline	Kranthi's storyline	Childhood Diaries by Shree Karthick Kishore's storyline
Preetha Anandan as Madhu Madhuvanti Arun as Madhu's mother Kishore Rajkumar as Madhu's prospective groom Shabeer Kallarakkal as Madhu's prospective groom	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	Dev Ramnath as Kishore Jayaditya Kang as young Kishore Amrutha Srinivasan as Rita Miss Nithyaraj as Kishore's school friend

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

Year	Event	Category	Recipient	Nominee	Result	Ref.
2017	Norway Tamil Film Festival	Best Short Film Story	Shree Karthick	Childhood Diaries	Won	[7]
		Best Short Film Child Artist	Jayaditya Kang		Won

Notes

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