Thappana,
directed
by
Johny
Antony,
and
starring
Mammootty
and
Charmi
in
the
lead
is
a
comedy
entertainer
and
narrates
the
story
of
an
innocent
person
named
Monai
(played
by
Mammootty)
who
renders
help
to
any
one
in
need.
In
Thappana,
Mammootty
essays
the
character
of
a
person
who
fights
for
justice
all
the
time
and
in
the
process
gets
involved
in
other
people's
problems.
Monai
fights
for
others
seeking
justice
and
ends
up
getting
arrested.
All
the
main
jails
are
like
home
for
him
and
police
are
his
friends.
He
is
an
artist
and
is
acknowledged
as
best
artist
of
the
prison
three
times.
Monai,
who
loved
Mary
kutty
(Charmi)
while
he
was
a
teenager
happens
to
meet
her
again
as
an
adult
on
one
of
the
days
of
his
release
from
the
prison.
Monai
spots
Mallika
who
too
got
released
from
the
women's
cell.
Monai
views
it
as
his
responsibility
to
escort
her
home.
She
refuses
to
utter
a
word
to
him
during
the
journey
back
to
her
home.
Monai
soon
realises
that
Mary
kutty's
life
is
a
complicated
one.
Mammooty
plays
Monai
and
Charmi
essays
the
role
of
Mallika.
Screenplay
is
penned
by
Sindhuraj.
The
shooting
for
Thappana
has
begun
at
Ernakualm
and
will
later
be
shifted
to
Palakkad.
Vidya
Sagar
has
scored
the
music
for
the
film
while
the
lyrics
is
penned
by
Anil
Panachooran,
Santhosh
Varma
and
Murukan
Kattakada.
The
rest
of
the
star
cast
for
Thapanna
includes
Murali
Gopi,
Lakshmi
Priya,
Vijaya
Kumari
and
others.
The
film
will
be
produced
by
Milan
Jaleel
under
the
banner
of
Galaxy
films.