Manathe Vellitheru

Manathe Vellitheru is a 1994 Indian Malayalam-language film written and directed by Fazil, starring Vineeth, Shobana, Mukesh, Lakshmi, Sanup Kumar and Sreenivasan. The film was dubbed in Tamil as Murattu Kaadhal.^[1]

Manathe Vellitheru
Directed by	Fazil
Written by	Fazil
Produced by	P.Khais
Starring	Vineeth Shobana Mukesh Sreenivasan Lalu Alex Sanup Kumar Lakshmi
Cinematography	Anandakuttan
Edited by	T.R.Shekhar
Music by	Johnson
Release date	11 November 1994 (1994-11-11)
Country	India
Language	Malayalam

Plot

Merlin, a successful pop singer, gets stalked by an eccentric fan, Ramesh, whose strange obsession he himself cannot explain. Officer Babu Mohan unravels the mystery once he finds out how her songs awaken memories from Ramesh's traumatic childhood.

Cast

• Vineeth as Ramesh
• Shobana as Merlin Fernandez
• Mukesh as Commissioner Babu Mohan
• Sreenivasan as CI Appukkuttan
• Lalu Alex as Thomas Jacob
• Rekha Harris as Julie
• Lakshmi as Yasodhamma, Ramesh's mother
• Sanup Kumar as Childhood Ramesh
• N. F. Varghese as Abdulla
• Anjali Nair
• V. K. Sreeraman as Ramesh's father
• Jose Pellisseri as Merlin's Make Up Man
• T. P. Madhavan as Underworld Don
• Mafia Sasi as Sathyan

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Johnson, with lyrics by Shibu Chakravarthy.^[2]

Song	Singers
Anthimaanachoppu	Chandrasekhar, K S Chithra
Ethaanarangennu	Yesudas, K S Chithra
Maanathe Vellitheril	Yesudas, K S Chithra
Manassin Madiyile	Vani Jairam
Manassin Madiyile [Duet]	K S Chithra, Vani Jairam
Moovanthi	Mano, Malgudi Subha

Reception

The movie was well received by the audience and critics praised the performance of Vineeth as the stalker of Merlin (played by Shobhana).^[3]