Benny P. Nayarambalam

Advocate Kurishummoottil Mariamma is known for her rhetoric and volatile temper while in court. Her only son is Vava, a proud and arrogant brat who looks after the family farm when he is not engaged in fisticuffs in the neighbourhood. Though he is the village bully, in front of his mother he is as tame as a house cat, and never does anything against her wishes. Pothen Vava tells the story of the relationship between the two, and has an ample dose of action, humour and melodrama. (Now Running)

'Chota Mumbai' is the story about a gang of freewheeling youngsters, living in a colony near Fort Kochi, dubbed Chota Mumbai. The gang, lead by Vasco da Gama (Mohanlal), also include Padakkam Basheer (Jagathi Sreekumar), Chandrappan (Siddique), Tommichan (Indrajith), Sainu (Manikuttan) and Susheelan (Biju kuttan). (keralapals.com)

Brothers Ramankutty (Dileep) & Achuthankutty (Lal) are wedding planners. During a wedding at Thampi's (Lalu Alex) house, where Ramankutty was in charge, the marriage gets canceled at the last minute due to the reason that girl was dumb. Good men at heart, Ramankutty & Achuthankutty ask their brother, a doctor, to marry the helpless girl. Soon Ramankutty also falls in love with the girl's sister Gowri (Navya Nair), but she pretends to be in love with her uncle's son (Kunchakko Boban).

Appu & Achchu (Mammootty) are the twin sons of Ravunni (Janardanan), a ballet artist. While Appu is noisy & talkative, Achchu is forced to silence as he was born dumb. These differences resulted in hostility brewing between them & their father had to let them grow up apart. Appu grew up in Pollachi, whilst Achchu grew up with his father in Palghat & is now the main artist in his father's ballet troupe. The two brothers are still enemies, but their friends & family wishes to see them united.

At Manikyasseri Kovilakam, pregnant maid Ganga (Mayuri) gets burned alive by the patriarch after his son Devan (Madhupal) falls in love with her, but Ganga's spirit returns & kills him. The great sorcerer Meppaadan (Rajan P. Dev) exorcises the spirit & traps it in a tree. Years later, a college girl Daisy (Divya Unni), unleashes the spirit by mistake, which possesses her & seeks revenge at the males of Manikyasseri. Daisy befriends Unni (Riyaz) of Manikyasseri & makes him fall in love with her.

Financier Gunasekaran (N.F. Varghese) & barber Pappu (Rajan P. Dev) had been lifelong friends, but when it came to keeping his word about marrying off his town-educated daughter Sunanda (Kaveri) to Pappu's son Chakrapani (Jagadish), Gunasekaran reneges on his word, causing an angry Pappu to ask Chakrapani to woo Sunanda, by hook or crook. An equally agitated Gunasekaran tries to twart Chakrapani's efforts, but soon the rivalry turns into a communal issue, because of their caste differences.

When Kumaran (Dileep), a barber by trade who grew up as a bastard, finally learns that he is the illicit son of Kerala Chief Minister M.K.S. Warrier (Nedumudi Venu), he procures a job as a gardener at the minister's residence, to be close to his father, after Warrier expressed reluctance in publicly accepting him. But when news leaks out about Kumaran, Warrier's political rival George Antony (Sphadikam George) tries to exploit the situation by kidnapping Kumaran, & putting the blame on Warrier.

Franko (Prithviraj) who doted on his sister Jenny (Roma) has to hide his love for Rosabella (Bhavana), as Jenny hated Rosabella. Paanji (Jayasurya), a petty thief turned mechanic at Franko's garage, loved Jenny, but is devastated when Jenny falls for Abey (Kunchako Boban), a shrink. Jenny also irons out her differences with Rosabella & Jenny & Abey, & Franko & Rosabella get engaged. A mad Paanji causes misunderstandings between the pairs & splits them up. Later Franko asks Jenny to marry Paanji.

Rich gangster Vijendra Mallayya (Mammootty) returns to the village of Chembattunadu, popularly known as "Chattambinadu" (land of goons), from where he had once run away as a teenager, falsely accused of a crime. This time he had bought the house belonging to Mallanchira family, much to the chagrin of their warring enemies, the Kaattappalli family, headed by Kaattapalli Nagendran (Siddique). Nagendran tries to drive Mallayya away, whilst Mallaya tries to break Nagendra's hegemony in the village.

Radhakrishnan (Dileep), although a male, was brought up like a girl by his grandmother who badly wanted a girl child in the family. However, as he matures, he is ridiculed by everyone, gets branded as bad luck & left for dead at sea by Kumaran (Indrajith), who knew of Radhakrishnan's relationship with Malathi (Gopika), the girl whom Kumaran had an eye on. Rescued by Freddie (Biju Menon) & taken to his home beach, Radhakrishnan gets a new lease of life & some serious prodding to act like a man.

The powerful & affluent Thevakattu family of Avarachan (Janardanan) & his six sons are challenged by the upstart P.K. group led by Prakkaadan Kochousepp (Narendra Prasad) & his brothers Andrews (Sphadikam George) & Aloshi (Saikumar), to avenge an old family feud which had left their only sister Kochammini (Srividya) in a vegetative state.

Solomon (Dileep), a timid young man, gets constantly bullied by his lover Mary's (Bhavana) brothers who oppose their relationship. However his life changes when a beefy stranger (Biju Menon) lands in town whom he befriends & who puts a stop to people bullying Solomon. Solomon tells everyone, including his own family, that the stranger was his long lost brother Jose. Then Solomon learns that the stranger was an ex-con who had served time for rape & murder & he gets worried for his own family.

Pirappancode Prabhakaran (Jayaram) & Pindimana Paulraj (Jagadish), two out of work drama artists, finds themselves in a caper after they try to rescue rich heiress Yamuna (Anusha) who was illegally detained at a mental asylum by its owner Dr. Krishnakumar (Rizabawa), who was seeking revenge against Yamuna for jilting him. To get close to Yamuna, Prabhakaran poses as a madcap himself & gets admitted there, but things don't go per plan when Prabhakaran gets stuck there with no means of escape.

Mimicry artist Charlie (Dileep) lands in Spain looking for a job & due to his culinary skills, ends up in the kitchen of rich diplomat Phillip De' Alve & gets close to his beautiful but blind daughter Camila (Daniela Zacherl). Camila, who was still mourning the death of her lover Rahul (Kunchako Boban), finds a friend in Charlie & seeing their intimacy, Phillip decides to get them married. An rapt Charlie goes to India to inform his mom, but while is he away, Phillip dies & Rahul shows up alive.

In a fishing community, a young girl named Thamara (Namitha Pramod) lives on her own at the shore & fishes for a living after the death of her father. She rescues an old man called K.P. (Nedumudi Venu) from a suicide attempt & she feels a father-like bond towards him. However the old man turns out to be not quite what he seemed & keeps changing his story causing for Thamara & her friends to go on a quest to find out K.P.'s real identity.

Thoma (Dileep), living under the shadow of his martinetish & miserly father Plapparambil Paulo (Saikumar), faces ridicule & rejection from everyone, including the girl of his dreams, Sreelakshmi (Namitha Pramod), because of his cleft lip & deformed voice. Paulo had a bad reputation in town because of his stinginess, & was finding it difficult to get his elder son married off. Thoma devises a scheme to make Paulo look generous & but it backfires & makes things worse for Paulo's reputation.

Father Sunny Vadakkumthala (Siddique), in the search for the perfect face to play Jesus in his upcoming light & sound show, stumbles upon long-haired Cleetus (Mammootty), whom he hires for the job. Soon after though, Fr. Vadakkumthala gets a rude awakening when Cleetus actually turns out to be a criminal. The cast of the show decides to oust Cleetus, but he earns their trust after rescuing the daughter of a cast member, & they let him stay on in an attempt to reform him.

Johnny (Shreyas), a timid young man, gets constantly bullied by his lover Maria's (Madhurima Banerjee) brothers who oppose their relationship. However his life changes when a stranger (Nana Patekar) lands in town whom he befriends & who puts a stop to people bullying Johnny. Johnny tells everyone, including his own family, that the stranger was his long lost brother Sam. Then Johnny learns that the stranger was an ex-con who had served time for rape & murder & he gets worried for his own family.

Babumon (Kunchacko Boban) & his adopted brother, Bengali-born Baburam Chatterjee (Biju Menon), transport the body of one of their dead workers, Usar Ali Mandal, to Bengal. Tagging along was Babumon's patootie Angel Varkey (Nisha Agarwal), Baburam's soft spot Shanthi (Vinutha Lal) & their pal Udayippu Soman (Suraaj Venjarammoodu). Also part of the plan was for Babumon & Angel to marry & for Baburam to profess his love to Shanthi. In Bengal, they learn that Usar Ali was actually Bindra, a Maoist.

Unnikuttan (Dileep), who was born at the Viyyur Central Jail & lived there till 5 before he was moved to a juvenile facility, considers the jail his home & assumes responsibilities for crimes he didn't commit just to keep returning to the jail. Once in between sentences, he meets Radhika (Vedika), a girl from his village whom he falls in love with. Then when Radhika also ends up in jail alongside him, framed by a powerful politician, Unnikuttan turns his attention to helping Radhika.

A college professor, Michael Idicula (Mohanlal), who is also a pastor, suggests making a movie to fund the construction of 2 college hostels, based on the real-life story of the founder of the college, Bullet Vishwan (Anoop Menon). After finding it difficult to find the lead actor to play Vishwan, Idicula dons the role himself, but soon the lines between real life and his character blurs, and he starts to behave as Vishwan himself in real life.