Mulla () is a 2008 Indian Malayalam-language drama film directed by Lal Jose, starring Dileep, Meera Nandan, Biju Menon, and Saiju Kurup.
Plot Lachi is a hard-working 19-year-old girl who supports her family after her father's mysterious death. While she was traveling on a train, Mulla, a gangster and his men from a local colony named Karakkattu Colony enter. They argue over silly issues, and he discovers a baby in a bag on the train. They try to find the baby's parents but fail. Mulla decides to adopt the child and eventually, Mulla and Lachi fall in love.
Lachi's uncle, CI Bharathan, who murdered Lachi's father and the baby's parents, wants to break up the two to keep his secrets. He kills Mulla's friend, Ambi, who helped Bharathan kill Lachi's father to ensure that Lachi does not learn who killed his father. Finally, Mulla and Bharathan get into a fight, where Mulla kills Bharathan and avenges Ambi's death. However, Lachi tells the police that she committed the murder and goes to prison. After five years, when she returns, she finds that Mulla has lost a leg in a fight between the colony residents and the police. The colony residents had started a new business, and they all are having a good life now. The only thing they lacked was Lachi's presence. Lachi and Mulla finally unite.
Cast
Dileep as Mulla Meera Nandan as Lachi Saiju Kurup as CI Bharathan (Main Antagonist) Biju Menon as Ambi Suraj Venjaramood as Bijumon Shruthy Menon as Vasanthi Bhavana as a lunatic woman (cameo appearance) Salim Kumar as 'Thotti' Sasi
Guinness Pakru as Chandran Chali Pala Rizabawa as Venu Sukumari as Akka Shivaji Guruvayoor as Bhadran Joju George as Babu Vanitha Krishnachandran as Lachi's mother Sudheer Karamana Mala Aravindan Reena Basheer as Malathi Anoop Chandran as Idiyappam Bala Singh Ashok in a special appearance in the song "Katteda" Suja Varunee in a special appearance in the song "Katteda" Japan Kumar in a special appearance in the song "Katteda"
Production The film was shot on a rented train for 16 days.
Soundtrack
Reception G. Jayakumar of The Hindu wrote that "The film, directed by Lal Jose, has an interesting storyline, about a thug who becomes a law-abiding citizen. But the transformation is not expressed convincingly enough". A critic from Rediff.com wrote that "Mulla may be one of the worst films of Lal Jose in his decade old career. Yes, this from the man who gave us Meesa Madhavan, Classmates, Achanurangatha Veedu and Arabikkadha". A critic from Sify wrote that "On the whole the Lal Jose- Dileep team has delivered a dud with Mulla as it has far too many gaping plot holes, no story to say, and drags big time".
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