{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2015}} {{Use Indian English|date=November 2015}} {{Infobox film | name = Rasikan | image = Rasikan.gif | alt = | caption = | director = [[Lal Jose]] | producer = Sudhish | writer = [[Murali Gopy]] | screenplay = | narrator = | story = | based_on = | starring = [[Dileep (actor)|Dileep]]<br/>[[Murali Gopy]]<br/>[[Biju Menon]]<br/>[[Samvrutha Sunil]]<br/>[[Sidharth Bharathan]]<br/>[[Kalabhavan Abi]]<br/>Aniyappan | music = [[Vidyasagar (composer)|Vidyasagar]] | cinematography = [[Rajeev Ravi]] | editing = [[Ranjan Abraham]] | studio = Trinity Productions | distributor = [[Kalasangham Films]] | released = {{Film date|2004|12|16|df=yes}} | runtime = 140 minutes | country = India | language = Malayalam | budget = | gross = }}
'''''Rasikan''''' ({{translation|''Funny Guy''}}{{Efn|In this film, Rasikan is an equivalent to the [[Tamil language|Tamil]] word Rasigan (ரசிகனஂ;{{translation|Fan}}).}}) is a [[List of Malayalam films of 2004|2004]] Indian [[Malayalam cinema|Malayalam]]-language [[action comedy]] film directed by [[Lal Jose]] and written by [[Murali Gopy]] starring [[Dileep (actor)|Dileep]] in the lead role with [[Murali Gopy]], [[Biju Menon]], [[Samvrutha Sunil]], Sishwa, [[Sidharth Bharathan]], [[Sukumari]], [[Kalabhavan Abi]], Aniyappan and [[Jagathy Sreekumar]] in the supporting roles.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sify.com/movies/rasikan-review-malayalam-pclvFedjaahfb.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220312105440/https://www.sify.com/movies/rasikan-review-malayalam-pclvFedjaahfb.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=12 March 2022|title = Rasikan|website=[[Sify]] }}</ref> This was the debut film for both [[Murali Gopy]] and [[Samvrutha Sunil]]. The movie was an average hit.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nowrunning.com/movie/1877/malayalam/rasikan/367/review.htm|title = Rasikan Review | Rasikan Malayalam Movie Review by Paresh C. Palicha|date = 5 December 2004}}</ref>
==Synopsis== Sivankutty is a big fan of superstar [[Mohanlal]]. A part-time [[Electrical technician|electrician]], Sivankutty ekes out a living selling movie tickets in the black. It is at this stage that comely Karishma Menon walks into his life. Karishma is an engineering student who happens to be staying in a hostel near Sivankutty's house. Sivankutty is bowled over by Karishma's curls and charms. But Sivankutty's cousin Thanki alias Parvathi is in love with him, which Sivankutty is unaware about.
Meanwhile, Theliparambil Bhaskaran, a dreaded gangster and criminal has killed a policeman Ramabhadran and is in spending life imprisonment in jail. Besides her grief, Ramabhadran's mother goes insane. Since Bhaskaran was a terror in the village, no one was ready to testify against him. But the plight of the old woman moves Sivankutty, who musters the courage to give evidence against Bhaskaran. A pep talk by the local [[inspector]] Kapil Dev also gives Sivankutty the courage to take on Bhaskaran. The daring deed makes him a hero in the village. Soon, Sivankutty learns that Bhaskaran will be released on parole and going to kill him. Sivankutty develops a cold feet.
When Bhaskaran gets released and comes to kill Sivankutty, to everyone's surprise, though injured, Sivankutty retaliates by overpowering and defeating Bhaskaran and his men. One of Bhaskaran's men creates a chaos and tries to help him kill Sivankutty, but Sivankutty accidentally kills Bhaskaran in the chaos. The villagers become happy and celebrates Bhaskaran's death.
==Cast== {{colbegin}} *[[Dileep (actor)|Dileep]] as B. Sivankutty *[[Murali Gopy]] as Thelliparambil '[[Bull|Kaala]]' Bhaskaran, the main antagonist *[[Biju Menon]] as [[Sub-inspector|SI]] Kapil Dev *[[Sidharth Bharathan]] as Sudhi, Sivankutty's friend *Aniyappan as Jango, Sivankutty's friend *[[Kalabhavan Abi]] as Abu, Sivankutty's rival turned friend *[[Samvrutha Sunil]] as Parvathy (Thanki), Sivankutty's fiancée *Sishwa as Karishma Menon, Sivankutty's ex-lover *[[Dinesh Prabhakar]] as Mohanan Kodumpara, Sivankutty's friend *[[Sukumari]] as Bhargaviyamma, Sivankutty's mother *[[Jagathy Sreekumar]] as Thomas Chacko (Varathan Thoma) *[[Mala Aravindan]] as Thanki's father *[[Neena Kurup]] as Shailaja, Sivankutty's sister *[[Harimurali]] as Unnikkuttan, Sivankutty's nephew *[[Manikandan Pattambi]] as Nana Vasudevan, Sivankutty's friend *[[Suraj Venjaramoodu]] as Abu's friend *[[Hakim Rawther]] as Maari *[[Ambika Mohan]] as Madhavi, Thanki's mother *[[Nishanth Sagar]] as Arjun *[[Kalabhavan Shajohn]] as Head Constable P.K. Ramabhadran (Guest appearance) *[[Narayanankutty]] as Postman Annachi *[[Salim Kumar]] as Paramu, Sivankutty's brother-in-law (Guest appearance) *[[Machan Varghese]] as PC Velu *[[Madampu Kunjukuttan]] as Bharathan, Sivankutty's father *[[Abu Salim (actor)|Abu Salim]] as Cyber Anto *[[Ajith Kollam]] as Bhaskaran's henchman *[[Santhakumari (Malayalam actress)|Santhakumari]] as Ramabhadran's mother *[[J. Pallassery]] as Astrologer *Priya Mohan as Karishma Menon's friend *Vishnu Prasad as Akhilesh Nair {{colend}}
== Soundtrack ==
{{Track listing
| extra_column = Artist(s)
| all_lyrics = [[Gireesh Puthenchery]] except where noted | all_music = [[Vidyasagar (composer)|Vidyasagar]]
| title1 = Thotturummi | extra1 = V. Devanand, [[Sujatha Mohan]]
| title2 = Nee Vaada | extra2 = [[Biju Narayanan]], [[Vidhu Prathap]]
| title3 = Marimazha | extra3 = [[Karthik (singer)|Karthik]], Veena Haridas
| title4 = Maama Nee | extra4 = [[M. G. Sreekumar]], [[Vineeth Sreenivasan]]
| title5 = Thotturummi | note5 = Female | extra5 = Sujatha Mohan
| title6 = Chanju Nilkunna | lyrics6 = M. D. Ashok | extra6 = [[Murali Gopy]]
| title7 = Dhalava Theruvile | extra7 = [[Shankar Mahadevan]]
| title8 = Hara Hara | extra8 = [[Kalyani Menon]], Dinesh, Roji Varghese, Savitha
}}
== Reception == The film was an average grosser at box office. Later this received positive response from the audience after the release of its DVD. Prathiba Joy of ''[[Deccan Herald]]'' wrote, "Disappointing is the one word that can sum up ''Rasikan'', as [[Lal Jose]] fail to recreate the magic of their earlier film ''[[Meesa Madhavan|Meesha Madhavan]]''. With a wafer-thin story line, ''Rasikan'' tells the story of die-hard [[Mohanlal]] fan Sivankutty, a part-time TV mechanic. He supplements his income by doing jobs like sticking film posters and selling cinema tickets in black."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Joy |first=Prathiba |date=2005-02-04 |title=Rasikan |url=http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/jan022005/mr6.asp |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050204222545/http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/jan022005/mr6.asp |archive-date=2005-02-04 |url-status=dead |access-date=2023-03-23 |website=[[Deccan Herald]]}}</ref> == Notes == {{Notelist}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{IMDb title|0425389|Rasikan}} {{Lal Jose}}
[[Category:2004 Malayalam-language films]] [[Category:2004 action comedy films]] [[Category:2004 films]] [[Category:Films directed by Lal Jose]] [[Category:Indian action comedy films]] [[Category:Indian gangster films]] [[Category:Films shot in Thiruvananthapuram]] [[Category:Films with screenplays by Murali Gopy]] [[Category:Films scored by Vidyasagar (composer)]] [[Category:2004 comedy films]] [[Category:Films distributed by Kalasangham Films]]