# Rasikan > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Rasikan > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Rasikan.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rasikan > Source revision: 1357201350 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) 2004 Indian film Rasikan Directed by Lal Jose Written by Murali Gopy Produced by Sudhish Starring Dileep Murali Gopy Biju Menon Samvrutha Sunil Sidharth Bharathan Kalabhavan Abi Aniyappan Cinematography Rajeev Ravi Edited by Ranjan Abraham Music by Vidyasagar Production company Trinity Productions Distributed by Kalasangham Films Release date 16 December 2004 (2004-12-16) Running time 140 minutes Country India Language Malayalam ***Rasikan*** (transl. *Funny Guy*[a]) is a [2004](/source/List_of_Malayalam_films_of_2004) Indian [Malayalam](/source/Malayalam_cinema)-language [action comedy](/source/Action_comedy) film directed by [Lal Jose](/source/Lal_Jose) and written by [Murali Gopy](/source/Murali_Gopy) starring [Dileep](/source/Dileep_(actor)) in the lead role with [Murali Gopy](/source/Murali_Gopy), [Biju Menon](/source/Biju_Menon), [Samvrutha Sunil](/source/Samvrutha_Sunil), Sishwa, [Sidharth Bharathan](/source/Sidharth_Bharathan), [Sukumari](/source/Sukumari), [Kalabhavan Abi](/source/Kalabhavan_Abi), Aniyappan and [Jagathy Sreekumar](/source/Jagathy_Sreekumar) in the supporting roles.[1] This was the debut film for both [Murali Gopy](/source/Murali_Gopy) and [Samvrutha Sunil](/source/Samvrutha_Sunil). The movie was an average hit.[2] ## Synopsis Sivankutty is a big fan of superstar [Mohanlal](/source/Mohanlal). A part-time [electrician](/source/Electrical_technician), 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](/source/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 - [Dileep](/source/Dileep_(actor)) as B. Sivankutty - [Murali Gopy](/source/Murali_Gopy) as Thelliparambil '[Kaala](/source/Bull)' Bhaskaran, the main antagonist - [Biju Menon](/source/Biju_Menon) as [SI](/source/Sub-inspector) Kapil Dev - [Sidharth Bharathan](/source/Sidharth_Bharathan) as Sudhi, Sivankutty's friend - Aniyappan as Jango, Sivankutty's friend - [Kalabhavan Abi](/source/Kalabhavan_Abi) as Abu, Sivankutty's rival turned friend - [Samvrutha Sunil](/source/Samvrutha_Sunil) as Parvathy (Thanki), Sivankutty's fiancée - Sishwa as Karishma Menon, Sivankutty's ex-lover - [Dinesh Prabhakar](/source/Dinesh_Prabhakar) as Mohanan Kodumpara, Sivankutty's friend - [Sukumari](/source/Sukumari) as Bhargaviyamma, Sivankutty's mother - [Jagathy Sreekumar](/source/Jagathy_Sreekumar) as Thomas Chacko (Varathan Thoma) - [Mala Aravindan](/source/Mala_Aravindan) as Thanki's father - [Neena Kurup](/source/Neena_Kurup) as Shailaja, Sivankutty's sister - [Harimurali](/source/Harimurali) as Unnikkuttan, Sivankutty's nephew - [Manikandan Pattambi](/source/Manikandan_Pattambi) as Nana Vasudevan, Sivankutty's friend - [Suraj Venjaramoodu](/source/Suraj_Venjaramoodu) as Abu's friend - [Hakim Rawther](/source/Hakim_Rawther) as Maari - [Ambika Mohan](/source/Ambika_Mohan) as Madhavi, Thanki's mother - [Nishanth Sagar](/source/Nishanth_Sagar) as Arjun - [Kalabhavan Shajohn](/source/Kalabhavan_Shajohn) as Head Constable P.K. Ramabhadran (Guest appearance) - [Narayanankutty](/source/Narayanankutty) as Postman Annachi - [Salim Kumar](/source/Salim_Kumar) as Paramu, Sivankutty's brother-in-law (Guest appearance) - [Machan Varghese](/source/Machan_Varghese) as PC Velu - [Madampu Kunjukuttan](/source/Madampu_Kunjukuttan) as Bharathan, Sivankutty's father - [Abu Salim](/source/Abu_Salim_(actor)) as Cyber Anto - [Ajith Kollam](/source/Ajith_Kollam) as Bhaskaran's henchman - [Santhakumari](/source/Santhakumari_(Malayalam_actress)) as Ramabhadran's mother - [J. Pallassery](/source/J._Pallassery) as Astrologer - Priya Mohan as Karishma Menon's friend - Vishnu Prasad as Akhilesh Nair ## Soundtrack All lyrics are written by [Gireesh Puthenchery](/source/Gireesh_Puthenchery) except where noted; all music is composed by [Vidyasagar](/source/Vidyasagar_(composer)). No. Title Lyrics Artist(s) Length 1. "Thotturummi" V. Devanand, Sujatha Mohan 2. "Nee Vaada" Biju Narayanan, Vidhu Prathap 3. "Marimazha" Karthik, Veena Haridas 4. "Maama Nee" M. G. Sreekumar, Vineeth Sreenivasan 5. "Thotturummi" (Female) Sujatha Mohan 6. "Chanju Nilkunna" M. D. Ashok Murali Gopy 7. "Dhalava Theruvile" Shankar Mahadevan 8. "Hara Hara" 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](/source/Deccan_Herald)* wrote, "Disappointing is the one word that can sum up *Rasikan*, as [Lal Jose](/source/Lal_Jose) fail to recreate the magic of their earlier film *[Meesha Madhavan](/source/Meesa_Madhavan)*. With a wafer-thin story line, *Rasikan* tells the story of die-hard [Mohanlal](/source/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."[3] ## Notes 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** In this film, Rasikan is an equivalent to the [Tamil](/source/Tamil_language) word Rasigan (ரசிகனஂ;transl. Fan). ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Rasikan"](https://web.archive.org/web/20220312105440/https://www.sify.com/movies/rasikan-review-malayalam-pclvFedjaahfb.html). *[Sify](/source/Sify)*. Archived from [the original](https://www.sify.com/movies/rasikan-review-malayalam-pclvFedjaahfb.html) on 12 March 2022. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Rasikan Review | Rasikan Malayalam Movie Review by Paresh C. Palicha"](https://www.nowrunning.com/movie/1877/malayalam/rasikan/367/review.htm). 5 December 2004. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Joy, Prathiba (4 February 2005). ["Rasikan"](https://web.archive.org/web/20050204222545/http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/jan022005/mr6.asp). *[Deccan Herald](/source/Deccan_Herald)*. Archived from [the original](http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/jan022005/mr6.asp) on 4 February 2005. Retrieved 23 March 2023. ## External links - [*Rasikan*](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0425389/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier)) v t e Films by Lal Jose Oru Maravathoor Kanavu (1998) Chandranudikkunna Dikkil (1999) Randam Bhavam (2001) Meesa Madhavan (2002) Pattalam (2003) Rasikan (2004) Chanthupottu (2005) Achanurangatha Veedu (2006) Classmates (2006) Arabikatha (2007) Mulla (2008) Neelathaamara (2009) Elsamma Enna Aankutty (2010) Spanish Masala (2012) Diamond Necklace (2012) Ayalum Njanum Thammil (2012) Immanuel (2013) Pullipulikalum Aattinkuttiyum (2013) Ezhu Sundara Rathrikal (2013) Vikramadithyan (2014) Nee-Na (2015) Velipadinte Pusthakam (2017) Thattumpurath Achuthan (2018) Nalpathiyonnu (41) (2019) Meow (2021) Solomonte Theneechakal (2022) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Rasikan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rasikan) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rasikan?action=history)). 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