Rafi–Mecartin Explained

Rafi and Mecartin
Nationality:	Indian
Years Active:	1992 present
Relatives:	Shafi (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

• Ellarum Chollanu (1992) (writer)
• Mr & Mrs (1992) (writer)
• Aniyan Bava Chetan Bava (1995) (writer)
• Aadyathe Kanmani (1995) (screenplay and dialogue)
• Dilliwala Rajakumaran (1996) (writer)
• The Car (1997) (story)
• Kusruthi Kuruppu (1998) (Story, Screenplay,Dialogues)
• One Man Show (film) (2001) (writer)
• Thilakkam (2003) (writer)
• Romeoo (2007) (dialogue, screenplay, story)
• Mayavi (2007) (writer)
• Two Countries (2015) (Rafi

alone)

• Children's Park (2019)^[4]
• Once Upon Time In Kochi (2024)^[5]

Assistant director

• Godfather (1991)
• Vietnam Colony (1993)
• Customs Diary (1993)

Acting credits of Rafi

• Puthukkottayile Puthumanavalan (1995) (guest appearance)
• Ring Master (2014)
• Villali Veeran (2015)
• Two Countries (2015)
• Shajahanum Pareekuttiyum (2016)
• Role Models (2017)
• Sherlock Toms (2017)
• Vikadakumaran(2018)
• Sakalakalasala (2018)
• Children's Park (2019)
• Ganagandharvan (2019)
• Shylock (2020) Director&Film Producer Chacko
• Naaradan

Mecartin as an Actor

• Sathyam Sivam Sundaram (2000)

Notes and References

1. https://web.archive.org/web/20121109045230/http://www.hindu.com/fr/2011/04/15/stories/2011041511110100.htm Hindu.com
2. News: George . Vijay . It's a dog's life . thehindu.com . 21 May 2016.
3. News: Rafi's Ring Master . IndiaGlitz . 21 Sep 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131225123922/http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/malayalam/article/97829.html . 25 December 2013 .
4. Web site: Shrijith . Sajin . 2019-06-04 . Parenthood is central theme in Children’s Park: Rafi-Shafi . 2024-01-20 . The New Indian Express . en.
5. News: 2023-12-27 . Nadirshah set to direct the comedy thriller ‘Once Upon a Time in Kochi’ featuring Mubin Raffi’s debut . 2024-01-20 . The Times of India . 0971-8257.