Makante Achan

Makante Achan is a 2009 Indian Malayalam-language comedy drama film directed by V. M. Vinu, written by Samjad Narayanan, and produced by Seven Arts International. It stars Vineeth Sreenivasan, Sreenivasan and Suhasini in the lead roles

Plot

Viswanathan is a village officer who desires for his son Manu to become an engineer from NIT Calicut. However, Manu's aspiration is to become a singer. Viswanathan sends him to a coaching centre ran by KC Francis, a strict principal who watches every child through CCTV cameras. Manu often asks his mother Rema to let him to go home and participate in reality TV shows. However, Viswanathan disagrees. Meanwhile, a fake sanyasi named Himaval Swami opens an Asram in their village. Krishnankutty, Viswanathan's friend, and his wife Santhanavally visit Himaval Swami to earn his blessings so that they can have a child. Some disciples of Himaval Swami visit Viswanathan to sanction a project worth 90 acres. However, Viswanathan realises that the project is illegal and refuses to sanction it.
Manu fails his engineering entrance exam, causing Viswanathan to slap him and call him a cheat. An upset Manu leaves home. Two days later, Viswanathan finds Manu working as a waiter in a hotel, causing Viswanathan to become heartbroken and begin drinking. Unknown to him, Manu has been participating in a reality show. Once Viswanathan returns home, Himaval Swami attacks him as he didn't sanction the project. The police find Viswanathan lying in a hospital, and he gives a statement, leading to Himaval Swami and his followers to get arrested. A few people led by Krishnankutty set the Ashram on fire.
Before the final round, Manu and Viswanathan reunite and he wins the reality show.

Cast

Sreenivasan as Viswanathan, a village officer
Vineeth Sreenivasan as Manu Viswanathan, Viswanathan's son
Suhasini as Rema Viswanathan, Viswanathan's wife and Manu's mother
Salim Kumar as Krishnan Kutty
Jagathy Sreekumar as Himaval Chithanya Swami, main antagonist
Janardhanan as Kurup
Thilakan as K. C. Francis
Suresh Krishna as Police Officer
Varada as Ann
Revathy Sivakumar as Dhanya Viswanathan, Manu's sister
Bindu Panicker as Santhanavally, Krishnankutty's wife
Augustine as Vachaspathy
Sreelatha Namboothiri as Kurup's wife
Sharreth as himself
Ouseppachan as himself
Chitra Iyer as herself
Sreekala Sasidharan as herself

Soundtrack

"Ee Vennilavint" - Vineeth Sreenivasan
"Himaval Swami" - Kavalam Sreekumar
"Othorumichoru" - Vineeth Sreenivasan

Reception

The film was a commercial success at the box office and was one of the highest-grossing Malayalam films of that year. Sreenivasan won the Asianet Film Award for Best Supporting Actor for the film.