Rafi–Mecartin

Rafi and Mecartin
NationalityIndian
Occupations
Years active1992 – present
RelativesShafi (brother of Rafi)

Rafi and Mecartin are a screenwriter and director duo best known for comedy films in Malayalam cinema. Raffi's younger brother Shafi is also a well-known film director. Raffi is also the nephew of director Siddique from the Siddique–Lal duo. He has scripted and directed successful films such as Puthukkottayile Puthumanavalan (1995), Superman (1997), Punjabi House (1998), Thenkasipattanam (2000), Chathikkatha Chanthu (2004), Pandippada (2005), and Hallo (2007). The duo has also written the scripts for Aniyan Bava Chetan Bava (1995), Aadyathe Kanmani (1995), Dilliwala Rajakumaran (1996), Kusruthi Kuruppu (1998), One Man Show (2001), Thilakkam (2003), and Mayavi (2007) among others, for other directors.[1]

Filmography

Director

Year Title Cast
1995 Puthukkottayile Puthumanavalan Jayaram, Prem Kumar, Annie, Captain Raju, Innocent
1997 Superman Jayaram, Shobhana, Jagadheesh
1998 Punjabi House Dileep, Mohini, Cochin Haneefa, Harisree Asokan, Lal
2000 Sathyam Sivam Sundaram Kunchacko Boban, Ashwathi Menon, Balachandra Menon, Nassar
Thenkasipattanam Suresh Gopi, Lal, Dileep, Samyuktha Varma, Geethu Mohandas, Kavya Madhavan
2002 Thenkasi Pattanam (Tamil) R. Sarathkumar, Napolean, Samyuktha Varma, Devayani, Ashwathi Menon
2004 Chathikkatha Chanthu Jayasurya, Navya Nair, Vineeth, Lal, Salim Kumar, Bhavana
2005 Pandippada Dileep, Navya Nair, Prakash Raj, Rajan P.Dev
2007 Hallo Mohanlal, Parvati Melton, Jagathy Sreekumar, Siddique,Madhu, K. B. Ganesh Kumar
2009 Love In Singapore Mammootty, Jayasurya, Nedumudi Venu, Suraj Venjaramoodu, Navaneet Kaur
2011 China Town Mohanlal, Jayaram, Dileep, Kavya Madhavan, Pradeep Rawat
2014 Ring Master⊥[2][3] Dileep, Keerthy Suresh, Honey Rose, Kalabhavan Shajohn,Vijayaraghavan,Suraj Venjaramoodu,Guinness Pakru,Aju Varghese,Abu Salim
2017 Role Models⊥ Fahadh Faasil, Namitha Pramod, Vinayakan, Vinay Forrt
2023 Voice Of Sathyanathan⊥ Dileep, Joju George, Veena Nandakumar,Jagapathi Babu,Anupam Kher

⊥ Rafi Alone

Screenwriter only

[5]

Assistant director

Acting credits of Rafi

Mecartin as an Actor

References

  1. ^ Hindu.com
  2. ^ George, Vijay (21 May 2016). "It's a dog's life". thehindu.com.
  3. ^ "Rafi's Ring Master". IndiaGlitz. 21 September 2013. Archived from the original on 25 December 2013.
  4. ^ Shrijith, Sajin (4 June 2019). "Parenthood is central theme in Children's Park: Rafi-Shafi". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
  5. ^ "Nadirshah set to direct the comedy thriller 'Once Upon a Time in Kochi' featuring Mubin Raffi's debut". The Times of India. 27 December 2023. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 20 January 2024.