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My Dear Karadi
My Dear Karadi
	VCD cover
Directed by	Sandhya Mohan
Written by	Udayakrishna; Siby K. Thomas
Produced by	Gopikrishna; Vinu Kiriyeth
Starring	Kalabhavan Mani; Jagathy Sreekumar; Premkumar
Cinematography	Anil Nair
Edited by	K. Rajagopal
Music by	C.Thankaraj; Film score:; S. P. Venkatesh
Production; company	Gopurachithra
Distributed by	Gopurachithra
Release date	1999;
Country	India
Language	Malayalam

My Dear Karadi (Malayalam: മൈ ഡിയർ കരടി) (English: My Dear Bear) is a 1999 Malayalam comedy drama film written by the duo Udayakrishna-Siby K. Thomas and directed by Sandhya Mohan with Kalabhavan Mani in the lead role.^[1] Kalabhavan Mani appears as a bear in major parts of the film.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5] The film was remade in Tamil as Shiva Poojayil Karadi (unreleased),^[6] and in Malay as Cinta Beruang (2012) by Rama Narayanan.^[7] The film also reuses scenes from the film Mrugaya.

Plot

Manikandan is a zoo-keeper. A bear accidentally escapes the zoo, for which Manikandan is held responsible. He would lose his job if the bear is not found, and unemployment would considerably damage the prospect of his getting married with the girl he loves. The movie is all about how Manikantan dresses up as a bear to secure his job and marry his girlfriend.

Cast

Kalabhavan Mani as Manikandan
Jagathi Sreekumar as Zoo Vasu, Manikandan's best friend
Premkumar as Tarzan Kittunni, Varunni's younger brother
Baiju as Rajappan
Captain Raju as SI Keshavan (Karadi Keshavan)
Salim Kumar as Head Constable Ujwallan
Anitha Nair as Anju Keshavan
A. C. Zainuddin as Peethambaran, zoo supervisor
Kalabhavan Navas as Appukkuttan
Kottayam Nazir as Philippose
Salu Kuttanadu as Sundaran Arpookkara
Meena Ganesh as Manikandan's mother
Santhosh as Sathyanathan
Baiju Ezhupunna as Rozario
Maniyanpilla Raju as Nelson Fernandez
Kalabhavan Shajohn as Rangan. Also body double for Mani
M G Sreekumar - cameo appearance
K. T. S. Padannayil as grandfather of Anju
Madhavi Chandran
Mammootty as Varunni (as flashback from the movie, Mrigaya)

References

^ "My Dear Karadi". Cinemaofmalayalam.net. Retrieved 6 March 2011.
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^ "Peal of Laughter Will Ring on". 7 March 2016. Archived from the original on 6 November 2023. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
^ "Shajohn's sojourns". 29 January 2019. Archived from the original on 6 November 2023. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
^ George, Vijay (5 September 2019). "'Brother's Day' is a family thriller, says Kalabhavan Shajohn". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 23 October 2023. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
^ "Shiva in a comedy flick". Behindwoods. 26 February 2011. Archived from the original on 5 July 2023. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
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