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After losing their jobs, Dasan and Vijayan have no hope of finding work in Kerala. They plan to escape to Dubai, but end up in Chennai. Can they find luck there?
Good for
- Date night
- Family movie night
- Friends night
Where to watch
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Critics vs audiences
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Audiences 88GoodWatch 84
IMDb8.8
Running time
2 h 38 min
Longer than 9 in 10 comedies, +58 min on the typical 100
typical 100158Half of all comedies run 91–111 min.
Released
1987
May 6, 1987
39 years ago
Genre
ComedyLanguage
Malayalam
Original language
Made in
India
21 of 21
MohanlalDasan
SreenivasanVijayan
ShobanaRadha
ThilakanAnanthan Nambiar
InnocentBalagopalan
JanardhananKovai Venkatesan
Captain RajuPavanayi
MamukkoyaGafoor
C I PaulInspector
Kundara JohnyVarghese, Nambiar's henchman
SeemaHerself (Cameo)
I V SasiHimself (Cameo)
M G SomanHimself (Cameo)
T. P. MadhavanManaging Director- KNKothuku NanappanOffice staff
SankaradiRamankutty
Ajith KollamJohnny
Santha DeviRamdas's Mother
Bobby KottarakkaraCharlie
K P UmmerHimself
MeenaLathika
Directing · 1
- Sathyan Anthikad Director
Writing · 3
- Sreenivasan Writer
- Lal Story
- Siddique Story
Production · 5
- Mammootty Producer
- Mohanlal Producer
- Seema Producer
- I V Sasi Producer
- Century Kochumon Producer
Editing · 1
- K. Narayanan Editor
Sound · 1
- Shyam Music
Other crew · 1
- Vipin Mohan Cinematography
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