Palakkattu Madhavan

<p>Palakattu Madhavan ( ) is a lazy, irresponsible man. Embarrassed that his wife Lakshmi ( ) earns more than he does, he quits his job out of spite. He then adopts the old woman Pattu Maami ( ) as a surrogate mother because she offers to pay cash for the opportunity. The film began production in June 2014, with M Chandramohan opting to direct a film to be produced by TCM starring in the lead role. gave the film four out of five stars, noting the film engages the audience due to the presence of actor in the lead role. generally praised the film but declared its writing somewhat weak and wrote “[t]he entire first half is wasted with redundant scenes that try to tell us what a lazy person Madhavan is.” A flaw was noted in writer/director M Chandramohan not developing his characters and letting them remain caricatures. Also, a lack of consistency in their behaviors prevented viewers from caring about them as much as was wished, and it was disliked that the director repeatedly had actor Vivek break the for the sake of comedy. The film collected (US$9,500) in on first day turning out to be a disappointment. The film collected (US$140,000) in the Box Office. Music is composed by Srikanth Deva. has sung “Uchimela” for which Vivek wrote the lyrics.</p>