Manu Uncle is a 1988 superhit Malayalam film written and directed by Dennis Joseph starring Mammootty in title role. The film is regarded as the best children's film ever in Malayalam Cinema. The film was awarded the Kerala State Film Award for Best Children's Film in 1989.
Cast and Crew
Language: Malayalam
Genre: Adventure | Family
Banner: Jubilee Productions
Director: Dennis Joseph
Producer: Joy Thomas
Story: Shibu Chakravarthi
Screenplay, Dialogue: Dennis Joseph
Cinematography: Jayanan Vincent
Art director: Sabu Pravda
Editor: K. Sankunni
Stunt: A. R. Basha
Lyrics: Shibu Chakravarthi
Music: Shyam
Make up: Thomas
Costume Design: Kumar
Disribution: Jubilee Release
Release Year: 1988
Runtime: 123 min
Certification: U
Cast: Mammootty, Mohanlal (Guest Role), Suresh Gopi, Lissy, Thyagarajan, Soman, Prathapachandran, Azeez, Mohan Jose, K.P.A.C. Lalitha, Master Anoosh, Master Sreeram, Master Sandeep, Lisy, Lalitha K P A C, Baby Sonia
Mammootty plays the lead role Manu,M.A.,L.L.B.,BTech Electronics who is researching in astronomy. Manu's father (played by M. G. Soman) is a police officer. Lisi plays the role of Manu's sister Uma. Prathapachandran plays Ravunni, a family friend of Manu's. Antony (Azeez) and Mary (K. P. A. C. Lalitha) are neighbours of Manu. Their children are Dany aka Lother and Ikru. Manu's elder sister (Jalaja)'s children comes from Delhi to enjoy their vacation. They with Dany and Ikru make up a four member team headed by Dany. They happened to visit the Art Museum on the very same time when the Marthandavarma's crown was stolen. Ikru noticed the robbers, Gomas, Appu and Kittu but was not able to describe them to his grandpa. Manu who has a well equipped communication system once was happened to hear the conversation between Kittu and Gomas planning to loot the Marthandavarmas's crown. Manu and his father rushed to the palace but Manu was stabbed by Gomas so that Manu's father had to follow the robbers alone. But the police officer was killed by the robbers in a planned lorry accident. The viewers are just now able to know who the mastermind behind the robbery was and that was Ravunni, a close family friend of the killed police officer. But, the incident was witnessed by Khader, a young orphan who was happened to be in that lorry. The robbers saw the boy and they planned to kill him. The boy escaped and met the four children and he told them that their grandpa was not dead in an accident but was killed. The curious children decided to investigate the murder. Ikru who had already met Gomas drew his picture which was noticed by Manu and Ravunni. Ravunni was shocked and Manu started developing doubts about Ravunni after watching the tensed face of Ravunni. Manu went Ravunni's house when he was not their and made sure his doubts where true. The children as per the instruction by Khader, reached the gang's place. They were shocked to see Ravunni leading the gang. The gang saw the children who crossed their fence and Ravunni directed to kill them. But, soon Manu reached there and saved the children. The climax scene have a very funny fight scenes which was enhanced by the funny inspector role of Suresh Gopi as Minnal Prathapan. The movie ends when the robber gang was arrested by the police. Mohanlal and Suresh Gopi had special appearance in the film. Mohanlal played the role of himself and Suresh Gopi as SI Minnal Prabhakaran.
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