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Lion is a film of genre Drama directed by Joshiy with Dileep

Lion (2006)

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Length 2h16
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Genres Drama
Rating67% 3.3890453.3890453.3890453.3890453.389045

Lion is a 2006 Malayalam film directed by Joshiy. The film stars Dileep and Kavya Madhavan in the lead roles. It was produced under the banner of N. N. S Arts by Noushad and has been distributed by Shan Entertainment. The film was the first super hit of Malayalam in the year 2006 and Fourth Highest grosser in that year.

The film was later remade in Tamil as Nam Naadu and in Telugu as Evadaithe Nakenti.

Synopsis

The film revolves round a socio-political family where Balagangadhara Menon (Kalashala Babu), the Education Minister lives with his son B.Krishnakumar a.k.a Unni (Dileep)-a Politician, his wife Lakshmi (Shoba Mohan), three daughters and two son-in-laws. Also with them is his P.A Joseph (Jagathy Sreekumar). Menon is always fond of his son-in-laws Pavithran IPS (Saikumar) and Gopinath IAS (Shammi Thilakan), and thinks that his son is a barrier to him as he tries to control their corrupt activities.

Actors

Dileep

(B.Krishnakumar)Kavya Madhavan

(Sharika / Shari)Kalasala Babu

(Balagangadhara Menon)Saikumar

(Pavithran)Jagathy Sreekumar

(Joseph)
And :
Innocent
Shammi Thilakan
Riyaz Khan
Salim Kumar
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