{{more citations needed|date=March 2012}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2015}} {{Use Indian English|date=November 2015}} {{Infobox film | name = Mookilla Rajyathu | image = Mookilla Rajyathu.jpg | caption = | director = [[Ashokan (film director)|Ashokan]]-[[Thaha]] | producer = Rohini Arts | writer = B. Jayachandran | starring = [[Mukesh (actor)|Mukesh]] <br />[[Thilakan]] <br />[[Jagathy Sreekumar]] <br />[[Siddique (actor)|Siddique]] | editing = G. Venkitaraman | studio = Rohini Arts | distributor = Rohini Arts | music = [[Ouseppachan]] | released = {{Film date|df=yes|1991}} | runtime = | country = India | language = Malayalam }} '''''Mookilla Rajyathu''''' ({{Translation|In the country of the noseless}}) is a 1991 Indian [[Malayalam]]-language [[slapstick comedy]] film directed by the [[Ashokan (film director)|Ashokan]]-[[Thaha]] duo and written by B. Jayachandran. It stars [[Mukesh (actor)|Mukesh]], [[Thilakan]], [[Jagathy Sreekumar]], [[Siddique (actor)|Siddique]], and [[Vinaya Prasad]]. The film features music composed by [[Ouseppachan]]. The plot revolves around four patients escaped from a [[Lunatic asylum|mental asylum]] and the troubles they cause in their attempts to start a new life in a sane society. Thilakan's performance was widely appreciated and it is considered one of his best performances in a comical role.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Thilakan excluded from Mookkilla Rajyathu? {{!}} മൂക്കില്ലാരാജ്യത്ത് 2: തിലകനെ ഒഴിവാക്കി?|url=https://malayalam.webdunia.com/film-gossip-in-malayalam/%E0%B4%AE%E0%B5%82%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%95%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%B2%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B2%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%9C%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%AF%E0%B4%A4%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%A4%E0%B5%8D-2-%E0%B4%A4%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%B2%E0%B4%95%E0%B4%A8%E0%B5%86-%E0%B4%92%E0%B4%B4%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%B5%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%95%E0%B4%BF-110071200056_1.htm|access-date=2021-06-14|website=malayalam.webdunia.com}}</ref>
The film is a classic of the [[Golden age (metaphor)|golden age]] of [[Malayalam cinema|Malayalam comedy film]] (the comedy era started around 1983-1985 and went into decline in the late 1990s).
==Plot==
The film starts by displaying an antic of Keshavan who is an inmate of the [[Kakkanad]] [[Psychiatric hospital|Mental Hospital]]. Two other inmates are Benny and Krishnankutty. By profession Benny is an painter, Krishnankutty is an auto-mechanic and Keshavan has retired from military service. The trio chance to come across a newspaper report that the [[Bollywood]] film star [[Amitabh Bachchan]] is visiting [[Ernakulam]] city for a film shooting, which is close to where they stay. They are soon joined by a new inmate Venu, who takes him to the mental hospital. Venu is a good singer but suffers from a compulsive obsession for music. All the four share a passion for Amitabh Bachchan.
Driven by a desire to see Amitabh Bachchan the four manage to escape from the mental hospital that night by outsmarting the cell warden Ameen. They reach Ernakulam city in a bus but are disappointed to learn that Amitabh Bachchan had gone back after the film shooting which was a month ago and that they had in fact seen an old newspaper report. When they wake up the next morning, they find Venu missing. They go searching for him alone. Benny meets his former college mate and lover Leena in the city. Keshavan goes to a politician's rally and undresses in support of the [[Swadeshi movement]], only to be saved by Benny. Krishnankutty drinks at a bar, but finds that he does not have money to pay for it, and is assaulted. Finally, they find Venu having found employment as a singer, and he is chased by Balan, his older brother and Ameen. They decide to live by finding suitable employments. They find shelter in a rented house owned by a young dance teacher, whom Leena mistakes as Benny's new lover. Benny becomes a painter, Krishnankutty a mechanic, and Keshavan a security guard. Leena's father is unwilling to give his daughter in marriage to Benny because of his insanity, and even unsuccessfully hires a [[goonda]] Bheem Singh to assault him.
Two conmen Vasu and Abdullah who use the pseudonyms Sundaran Pillai and Gireesh Puri, are in the disguise of a TV serial producer and director, respectively. Their intention is to rob a bank near the house rented by the four by making a tunnel through their house while they are busy. They hire the four under the pretext of their TV serial and send them to learn various skills like [[martial arts]], [[rock climbing]], [[tree climbing]] and [[break dance]] among other things. They manage to keep them away from the house during daytime while the excavation is going on under the supervision of another gang member Bruno.
However, a police officer is tracking their activities. In the end, their vicious scheme is busted up by the police officer, assisted by the four who wake up to the reality. The bank robbers end up in police custody.
==Cast== {{Cast listing| * [[Mukesh (actor)|Mukesh]] as Benny * [[Thilakan]] as Keshavan / Keshu * [[Jagathy Sreekumar]] as Krishnan * [[Siddique (actor)|Siddique]] as Venu * [[Vinaya Prasad]] as Leena * [[Paravoor Bharathan]] as Oomen, father of Leena * [[Kuthiravattam Pappu]] as Vasu / Sundaran Pillai * [[Rajan P. Dev]] as Abdullah * [[Suchitra Murali]] as House Owner / Dance Teacher * [[Jagadish]] as Santhosh, the Police Inspector * [[Mala Aravindan]] as Ameen * [[N. L. Balakrishnan]] as Balan * [[Kunchan (actor)|Kunchan]] as Bruno * [[Krishnan Kutty Nair (actor)|Krishnan Kutty Nair]] as Bheem Singh * [[Philomina]] as Insane Lady * [[Oduvil Unnikrishnan]] as Dr. V. N. Sharma * [[Hakim Rawther]] as Charlie, inmate at mental hospital }}
== Music == {{infobox album | name = Mookkilla Rajyathu | type = Soundtrack | artist = [[Ouseppachan]] | cover = | alt = | released = 1991 | recorded = | venue = | studio = A.V.M RR | genre = [[Film soundtrack|Feature film soundtrack]] | length = 11:52 | language = [[Malayalam]] | label = Millennium Audios | producer = [[Ouseppachan]] | prev_title = [[Pookkalam Varavayi]] | prev_year = 1991 | next_title = [[Aayushkalam]] | next_year = 1992 }}
The soundtrack was composed by [[Ouseppachan]]. It features three songs which were sung by [[M. G. Sreekumar]] and [[K. S. Chithra]]. The lyrics were written by [[Kaithapram Damodaran]] and [[Poovachal Khader]].
{{track listing | headline = Track listing | extra_column = Singer(s) | total_length = 11:52 | title1 = Kaashithumbakkavay | lyrics1 = [[Kaithapram Damodaran]] | extra1 = [[M. G. Sreekumar]] | length1 = 4:09 | title2 = Varnam Vaarichoodum | lyrics2 = [[Poovachal Khader]] | extra2 = [[K. S. Chithra]] | length2 = 4:11 | title3 = Break Break Dance | lyrics3 = [[Kaithapram Damodaran]] | extra3 = [[K. S. Chithra]] | length3 = 3:32 }}
== See also ==
* ''[[Krazzy 4]]'', a 2008 Indian Hindi-language remake
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{IMDb title|id=0353753|title=Mookkilyarajyathu}}
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