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 lead roles
Plot
Viswanathan is a village officer. He wants to make his son Manu, an engineer. But Manu wants to become a singer. Viswanathan sends him to a coaching centre where KC Francis is the principal. KC Francis is a very strict principal he watches every child through CCTV cameras. Manu often felt it is like a torture but he suffers all the strict principles. Manu often tells his mother Rema to allow him to go and participate in reality TV shows. But Viswanathan doesn't agree with it. In this time, a fake sanyasi named Himaval Swami starts an Asram in their village. Viswanathan didn't believed in such Godmans. Krishnankutty, Viswanathan's friend and his wife Santhanavally visits Himaval Swami for blessings to get a child. But Santhanavally faced a bad experience from Himaval Swami. Some disciples of Himaval Swami visited Viswanathan for a sanction of a project in a 90 acres. But Viswanathan realised some illegal issues in the project so that he didn't give sanction to the project.
When the entrance exam results come, Manu fails. Viswanathan calls him a cheat and slaps him. Manu leaves his house. After two days Viswanathan finds out that Manu is working as a waiter in a hotel. Viswanathan's heart is broken and he becomes a drunkard. But Manu also participates in a reality show. Once when he returned home, Himaval Swami attacked him as he didn't sanction the project. The police found Viswanathan in a hospital. Viswanathan gives a police statement and Himaval Swami and his men gets arrested. Some people led by Krishnankutty put fire on Ashram. Seeing this incident, Himaval Swami faints
Before the final stage, Manu and Viswanathan reunite and he wins the first prize in 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
Bindu Panicker as Santhanavally, Krishnankutty's wife
Jagathy Sreekumar as Himaval Chithanya Swami
Janardhanan as Kurup
Thilakan as K. C. Francis
Suresh Krishna as Police Officer
Varada as Ann
Revathy Sivakumar as Manu's sister
Augustine
Sreelatha Namboothiri as Kurup's Wife
Sharreth as himself (cameo) Ouseppachan as himself (cameo) Chitra Iyer as herself (cameo) Sreekala Sasidharan as herself (archived footage)
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.
