Chronic Bachelor

Chronic Bachelor is a 2003 Indian Malayalam-language romantic comedy film, written and directed by Siddique. The film stars Mammootty in the titular role as Sathyaprathapan, a wealthy and successful businessman and also a chronic bachelor and somewhat a misogynist due to some unpleasant and disastrous incidents which happened in his childhood. Mukesh, Rambha, Indraja, Bhavana, Innocent, Lalu Alex and Biju Menon plays supporting roles. Jyothika was signed as the lead actress but later was replaced by Rambha. The movie was produced by Fazil. The film was a commercial success. It was later remade in Tamil as Engal Anna starring Vijayakanth and in Telugu as Kushi Kushiga with Jagapati Babu. The film opens with a flashback showing a feud between the families of Sathyaprathapan and Bhavani. Sathyaprathapan's sister, Geetha and Bhavani's cousin, Vishnu are in love. The murder of Vishnu is wrongly blamed on Balagangadharan, father of Sathyaprathapan.