Angel John is a 2009 Malayalam film directed by Jayasurya and starring Mohanlal

Mohanlal

Mohanlal Vishwanathan Nair , known mononymously as Mohanlal , is a National Award-winning Indian actor, producer, singer and writer who is well known for his versatile and natural acting in Indian cinema & hence widely known as the Universal Star...

 and Shanthnoo Bhagyaraj

Shanthnoo Bhagyaraj

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, who is making his debut in Malayalam. The cast also includes Vijayaraghavan, Lalu Alex

Lalu Alex

- Early life :Lalu Alex was born in a Jacobite Christian family in Piravom near Muvattupuzha, Kerala.-Career:He started his career as a supporting actor in early 1980s. He has started his career in supporting as well as in villanoeus roles in I. V...

, Jagathy Sreekumar

Jagathy Sreekumar

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, Salim Kumar, Ambika and Nithya Menon

Nithya Menon

Nithya Menen is an Indian film actress, who works mainly in the Malayalam film industry. She has also acted in Telugu, Tamil and Kannada films and tried playback singing.-Early life:...

. Plot of the film has got great resemblance to the Jim Carrey

Jim Carrey

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 film Bruce Almighty

Bruce Almighty

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(2003).

Plot

Maradonna (Santhanoo) is an aimless youngster who likes to waste his time doing practically nothing other than fooling around. For him everything in life is Oru Rasam (just fun) and wants to take the easy way out and lacks focus in his life.

He is the only son of Joseph (Lalu Alex

Lalu Alex

- Early life :Lalu Alex was born in a Jacobite Christian family in Piravom near Muvattupuzha, Kerala.-Career:He started his career as a supporting actor in early 1980s. He has started his career in supporting as well as in villanoeus roles in I. V...

) a Banker and Mary (Ambika) who dotes on him. The only person who has a soft corner for him is the beautiful Sofia (Nithya) who has a limp and is the daughter of a failed filmmaker Kuruvilla (Vijayaraghavan).

Maradonna messes up his life by getting into company of friends and starting an internet café that fails and to recoup his losses and attracted by ‘easy money’ he gets into drugs. Soon he is conned and loses everything after pledging his house to a ‘blade’ moneylender (Salim Kumar).

On hearing the news his father is hospitalized and his mother finally loses faith in him. A shattered Maradonna decides to commit suicide by jumping from a lighthouse into the sea. As he is about to jump, he is held back by a divine force in the form of Angel John (Mohanlal

Mohanlal

Mohanlal Vishwanathan Nair , known mononymously as Mohanlal , is a National Award-winning Indian actor, producer, singer and writer who is well known for his versatile and natural acting in Indian cinema & hence widely known as the Universal Star...

), who offers him a new lease of life.

External links

• http://www.angeljohnthemovie.com
• http://sify.com/movies/malayalam/review.php?id=14916424&ctid=5&cid=2428
• http://movies.rediff.com/report/2009/oct/23/south-malayalam-movie-review-angel-john.htm