Meesa Madhavan
| Meesha Madhavan | |
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| Directed by | Lal Jose |
| Written by | Ranjan Pramod |
| Produced by | Maha Subair Sudhish |
| Starring | Dileep Indrajith Sukumaran Kavya Madhavan Jagathy Sreekumar |
| Narrated by | Ranjith |
| Cinematography | S. Kumar |
| Edited by | Ranjan Abraham |
| Music by | Vidyasagar |
Production company | Moviekshetra |
| Distributed by | Kalasangham Films Kas Varnachithra |
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Running time | 160 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Malayalam |
| Budget | ₹1.45 crore |
| Box office | ₹21 crores |
Meesha Madhavan (lit. 'Moustache Madhavan') is a 2002 Indian Malayalam-language action comedy film directed by Lal Jose and written by Ranjan Pramod. The film stars Dileep in the title role, while Indrajith Sukumaran, Kavya Madhavan, Jagathy Sreekumar, Harisree Asokan and Cochin Haneefa play supporting roles. It was the highest-grossing Malayalam film of the year. The success of the movie catapulted Dileep to superstardom in Malayalam cinema. It was remade in Telugu as Dongodu (2003) starring Ravi Teja, in Kannada as Hori (2011) starring Vinod Prabhakar and in Tamil as Kollaikaran (2012) starring Vidharth.