Rasikan

Rasikan
Directed by	Lal Jose
Written by	Murali Gopy
Produced by	Sudhish
Starring	Dileep Murali Gopy Biju Menon Samvrutha Sunil Sidharth Bharathan Kalabhavan Abi Aniyappan
Cinematography	Rajeev Ravi
Edited by	Ranjan Abraham
Music by	Vidyasagar
Production company	Trinity
Distributed by	Kalasangham Films
Release date	16 December 2004 (2004-12-16)
Running time	140 minutes
Country	India
Language	Malayalam

Rasikan (transl. Funny Guy) is a 2004 Indian Malayalam-language action comedy film directed by Lal Jose and written by Murali Gopy starring Dileep in the lead role with Murali Gopy, Biju Menon, Samvrutha Sunil, Sishwa, Sidharth Bharathan, Sukumari, Kalabhavan Abi, Aniyappan and Jagathy Sreekumar in the supporting roles.^[1] This was Murali Gopy's and Samvrutha Sunil's debut film. The movie was an average hit.^[2]

Sivankutty is a big fan of Super star Mohanlal. A part-time eletrician, Sivankutty ekes out a living selling movie tickets in the black. It is at this stage that comely Karishma Menon walks into his life. Karishma is an engineering student who happens to be staying in a hostel near Sivankutty's house. In no time, Sivankutty is bowled over by Karishma's curls and charms. But Sivankutty's cousin Thanki alias Parvathi is in love with him, which Sivankutty is unaware.

Meanwhile, Theliparambil Kaala Bhaskaran, a dreaded gangster has killed a policeman Ramabhadran and is in jail. Beside herself with grief, Ramabhadran's mother goes mad. Since Bhaskaran was a terror in the village, no one is ready to testify against him. But the plight of the old woman moves Sivankutty, who musters courage to give evidence against Bhaskaran. A pep talk by the local inspector Kapil Dev also gives Sivankutty the courage to take on Bhaskaran. The daring deed makes him a hero in the village.

Soon Sivankutty learns that Bhaskaran will be released on parole and going to kill him. Sivankutty develops a cold feet.

When Bhaskaran gets released and comes to kill Sivankutty, to everyone's surprise, though injured, Sivankutty retaliates by fighting Bhaskaran and his men back and defeating them. Bhaskaran's man creates a chaos and tries helping him to kill Sivankutty, but Sivankutty kills Bhaskaran, in the chaos. The villagers become happy and celebrates Bhaskaran's death.

The film was an average grosser at box office. Later this received positive response from the audience after the release of its DVD. Prathiba Joy of Deccan Herald wrote, "Disappointing is the one word that can sum up Rasikan, as Lal Jose fail to recreate the magic of their earlier film Meesha Madhavan. With a wafer-thin story line, Rasikan tells the story of die-hard Mohanlal fan Sivankutty, a part-time TV mechanic. He supplements his income by doing jobs like sticking film posters and selling cinema tickets in black."^[3]

• Rasikan at IMDb