Rafi–Mecartin


Rafi and Mecartin are a screenwriter and director duo best known for comedy films in Malayalam cinema. Rafi's late younger brother Shafi was also a well-known film director. Rafi is also the nephew of director Siddique from the Siddique–Lal duo. He has scripted and directed successful films such as Puthukkottayile Puthumanavalan, Superman, Punjabi House, Thenkasipattanam, Chathikkatha Chanthu, Pandippada, and Hallo. The duo has also written the scripts for Aniyan Bava Chetan Bava, Aadyathe Kanmani, Dilliwala Rajakumaran, Kusruthi Kuruppu, One [Man Show (film)|One Man Show], Thilakkam, and Mayavi among others, for other directors.

Filmography

Director

YearTitleCast
1995Puthukkottayile PuthumanavalanJayaram, Prem Kumar, Annie, Captain Raju, Innocent
1997SupermanJayaram, Shobhana, Jagadheesh
1998Punjabi HouseDileep, Mohini, Cochin Haneefa, Harisree Asokan, Lal
2000Sathyam Sivam SundaramKunchacko Boban, Ashwathi Menon, Balachandra Menon, Nassar
2000ThenkasipattanamSuresh Gopi, Lal, Dileep, Samyuktha Varma, Geethu Mohandas, Kavya Madhavan
2002Thenkasi Pattanam R. Sarathkumar, Napolean, Samyuktha Varma, Devayani, Ashwathi Menon
2004Chathikkatha ChanthuJayasurya, Navya Nair, Vineeth, Lal, Salim Kumar, Bhavana
2005PandippadaDileep, Navya Nair, Prakash Raj, Rajan P.Dev, Harisree Ashokan
2007HalloMohanlal, Parvati Melton, Jagathy Sreekumar, Siddique,Madhu, K. B. Ganesh Kumar
2009Love In SingaporeMammootty, Jayasurya, Nedumudi Venu, Suraj Venjaramoodu, Navaneet Kaur
2011China TownMohanlal, Jayaram, Dileep, Kavya Madhavan, Suraj Venjaramoodu,Pradeep Rawat
2014Ring MasterDileep, Keerthy Suresh, Honey Rose, Kalabhavan Shajohn,Vijayaraghavan,Suraj Venjaramoodu,Guinness Pakru,Aju Varghese,Abu Salim
2017Role ModelsFahadh Faasil, Namitha Pramod, Vinayakan, Vinay Forrt, Renji Panicker
2023Voice Of SathyanathanDileep, Joju George, Veena Nandakumar,Jagapathi Babu,Anupam Kher, Siddique, Johny Antony

Rafi alone

Screenwriter only

Assistant director

Acting credits of Rafi

Mecartin as an Actor