# Senior Mandrake

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{{Infobox film
| name           = Senior Mandrake
| image          = Senior Mandrake.jpg
| alt            = 
| caption        = 
| director       = [Ali Akbar](/source/Ali_Akbar_(director))
| producer       = {{ubl|Mummy Century|Shameer Thukalil}}
| screenplay     = [Ali Akbar](/source/Ali_Akbar_(director))
| story          = [Ali Akbar](/source/Ali_Akbar_(director))
| narrator       = 
| starring       = {{ubl|[Jagadeesh](/source/Jagadeesh)|[Jagathy Sreekumar](/source/Jagathy_Sreekumar)|[Kalpana](/source/Kalpana_(Malayalam_actress))}}
| music          = Hari Venu Gopal
| cinematography = Raju V. Krishna
| editing        = [Ali Akbar](/source/Ali_Akbar_(director))
| studio         = 
| distributor    = 
| released       = {{Film date|2010|01|29|df=yes}}
| runtime        = 151 min
| country        = [India](/source/India)
| language       = [Malayalam](/source/Malayalam)
| budget         = <!--Must cite a reliable published source with a reputation for fact-checking. No blogs, no IMDb. no fan-sites.-->
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'''''Senior Mandrake''''' is a [2010](/source/List_of_Malayalam_films_of_2010) Indian [Malayalam](/source/Malayalam_cinema)-language [comedy-drama](/source/comedy-drama) film directed by [Ali Akbar](/source/Ali_Akbar_(director)).<ref>{{Cite web|title=Director Ali Akbar selected for 8th Saraswathi Award|url=https://english.mathrubhumi.com/movies-music/movies/director-ali-akbar-selected-for-8th-saraswathi-award-1.5139998|access-date=2021-01-27|website=Mathrubhumi|archive-date=30 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030084251/https://english.mathrubhumi.com/movies-music/movies/director-ali-akbar-selected-for-8th-saraswathi-award-1.5139998|url-status=dead}}</ref> It is a sequel to the 1997 film ''[Junior Mandrake](/source/Junior_Mandrake)''. [Jagathy Sreekumar](/source/Jagathy_Sreekumar), [Jagadish](/source/Jagadish) and [Kalpana](/source/Kalpana_(Malayalam_actress)) plays the lead roles.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Palicha|first=Paresh C.|title=Review: Avoid Senior Mandrake|url=http://movies.rediff.com/review/2010/feb/01/south-review-senior-mandrake.htm|access-date=2021-01-27|website=Rediff}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/malayalam/review/11727.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100206131430/http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/malayalam/review/11727.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=6 February 2010|title = Malayalam Cinema News &#124; Malayalam Movie Reviews &#124; Malayalam Movie Trailers - IndiaGlitz Malayalam}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sify.com/movies/senior-mandrake-review-malayalam-pclx1ffcehgfj.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180325055357/http://www.sify.com/movies/senior-mandrake-review-malayalam-pclx1ffcehgfj.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=25 March 2018|title=Senior Mandrake|website=[Sify](/source/Sify)|access-date=3 February 2021}}</ref> The film bombed at the box office.

== Plot ==
Kuttan has become enviably rich, and has disposed of the ill-fated statue, but soon it finds its way back to the money lender's doorstep. Without any further delay, the world starts crumbling around him, and he frantically scurries around to hand it over to some unfortunate soul.

== Cast ==
* [Jagathy Sreekumar](/source/Jagathy_Sreekumar) as Omanakuttan
* [Kalpana](/source/Kalpana_(Malayalam_actress)) as Vandana
* [Jagadish](/source/Jagadish) as Pradeep
* [Kalabhavan Navas](/source/Kalabhavan_Navas) as Sandeep
* [Suraj Venjaramood](/source/Suraj_Venjaramood) as S.I. kidukkan
* [Mamukkoya](/source/Mamukkoya)
* [Salim Kumar](/source/Salim_Kumar)
* [Bijukuttan](/source/Bijukuttan)
* [Kochu Preman](/source/Kochu_Preman)
* [Bindu Panicker](/source/Bindu_Panicker)
* [Indrans](/source/Indrans) as Gopalan
* Sidharaj as Senior Mandrake
* [Mala Aravindan](/source/Mala_Aravindan) as Maniyan Vaidyan
* [Kanakalatha](/source/Kanakalatha)
* Appa Haja
* Jaffar Idukki

==Reception==
The film received highly negative reviews criticizing direction, art direction, location, camera, lighting, background, effects, graphics, editing and very poor level of making. Rediff.com rated the film 1 out of 5 stars and wrote "Avoid Senior Mandrake" <ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.rediff.com/movies/review/south-review-senior-mandrake/20100201.htm | title=Review: Avoid Senior Mandrake }}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*{{IMDb title|12828580}}
* https://web.archive.org/web/20101204055501/http://popcorn.oneindia.in/title/7229/senior-mandrake.html

Category:2010 films
Category:2010 Malayalam-language films
Category:2010 Indian films
Category:Indian sequel films
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