Angel John (2009)

Maradonna (Shanthnoo) 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). He likes to take the easy way out and lacks focus in his life. He is the only son of Joseph (Lalu Alex), a Banker and Mary (Ambika), who dotes on him. The only person who has a soft corner for him is the beautiful Sofia (Nithya Menon) 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).

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Top billed cast

Shanthanu BhagyarajMaradonna Joseph
MohanlalAngel John
Lalu AlexJoseph
Nithya MenenSofia
VijayaraghavanJames Kuruvilla
Jagathy SreekumarKhater Moosa
AmbikaMary Joseph
Baiju SanthoshKarate Master
Salim KumarMoneylender
Prem KumarFireman

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