Rajavinte Makan

Rajavinte Makan (1986)

രാജാവിന്റെ മകൻ

The film follows underworld don Vincent Gomas (Mohanlal) and his rivalry against the Kerala Home minister N. Krishnadas (Ratheesh).

Date of release
1986-07-16
TMDB
7.4 / 10 (7)
Runtime
2h 12m
Genres
Crime, Drama
Director
Thampi Kannanthanam

Casting

Interesting facts

Rajavinte Makan is a 1986 Indian Malayalam-language gangster film directed and produced by Thampi Kannanthanam from a screenplay written by Dennis Joseph and based on the 1980 novel Rage of Angels by Sidney Sheldon. It was remade in Tamil as Makkal En Pakkam. It stars Mohanlal, Ratheesh, Ambika and Mohan Jose. In the film, Vincent Gomes sets out to exact revenge against Home Minister N. Krishnadas.

Production

Thampi Kannanthanam and Dennis Joseph had earlier collaborated in the revenge drama, Aa Neram Alppa Dooram (1985). However, the film was a critical and commercial failure. Following this, Kannanthanam stopped receiving offers for direction from producers. This plunged him into financial crisis.

After talking with his friend, Joshiy, Kannanthanam decided to venture into production by directing his first production venture. On Joshiy's request Kannanthanam met Dennis Joseph in Madras (now known as Chennai) to brainstorm ideas for a new film. Dennis had suggested that they do a film set in a tribal background, similar to Madhumati (1958). However, Kannanthanam wasn't keen on the idea as the theme had already been explored by J.

Dennis Joseph wanted Mammootty to play the role of Vincent Gomes in the film. He narrated the script to Mammootty, which the latter liked. However, on learning that the film was being produced and directed by Kannanthanam, Mammootty backed out. In a 2018 interview with Safari TV, Dennis Joseph told that the failure of Kannanthanam's Aa Neram Alppa Dooram affected Mammootty very much and he was not keen on working with Kannanthanam again.

For the role of Vincent Gomes' right-hand man, Kannanthanam suggested a few names to Dennis. However, they rejected the role citing that they did not want to play right hand to Mohanlal. Dennis Joseph then suggested that the role be split into two. For one of them, Dennis suggested K. G. George's relative, Mohan Jose. For the second role, they decided to cast a new face.

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