India Meesa Madhavan sits in the top 8% of India films on this catalog — ranked #149 of 1,983 by TMDB audience score.
Synopsis
മീശ മാധവൻ
Madhavan (Dileep) is a clever thief who does robbery for a living. He is following the principles of his mentor Mullani Pappan (Mala Aravindan). Meesa Madhavan got his name by the popular saying that if Madhavan rolls his Mustache (Meesa in Malayalam) looking at someone, he will rob his house that night. His enemy was a local money lender Bhageerathan Pillai (Jagathy Sreekumar) who refused to give back his father's property. Madhavan falls in love in Bhageerathan Pillai's daughter Rukmini (Kavya Madhavan). The sub inspector in the village Eappen Pappachi (Indrajith) has an eye on Rukmini. He steals the idol from the local Temple with the intention of selling it and puts the blame on Madhavan. It becomes Madhavan's responsibility to find the culprits and he does that with his mentor's help and thus uniting with his girl friend.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #149 of 1,983 India films indexed here (92nd percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +1.2 points above the India average of 6.4/10.
Among India Action productions specifically: #34 of 637 (top 5%).
Action + Comedy in India
129 India titles in our catalog blend the Action and Comedy genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Meesa Madhavan itself).
The 2001–2003 India Window
Among 109 India films we catalog from this window, Meesa Madhavan places #5 — near the top of its class.
The 2000s India Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2000s in India, 454 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Meesa Madhavan premiered alongside 36 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 36 other India films in 2002.
The 367th India title from India we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1913).
Our India catalog contains 1,983 titles in total (1,904 films).
Audience Engagement
23 audience reviews — more than 55% of India films in our index.
Review volume (55th percentile) outruns trending popularity (31th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Meesa Madhavan, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- moustache · 1
- sub inspector · 1
- father's property · 1
- thief · 23
- village · 46
Production Details
| Primary Country | India |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Malayalam |
| Production Companies | Moviekshetra |
| Runtime | 2h 45m |
| Release Date | July 4, 2002 |
| IMDb | tt0353725 |