# Rafi–Mecartin

Rafi and Mecartin are a screenwriter and director duo best known for comedy films in Malayalam cinema. Raffi's late younger brother Shafi was 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.

## 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 |
| 2000 | 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$^⊥$ | 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 (2001) (writer)
* Thilakkam (2003) (writer)
* Romeo (2007) (Story, Screenplay,Dialogues)
* Mayavi (2007) (writer)
* Two Countries (2015) (Rafi alone)
* Children's Park (2019)
* Once Upon Time In Kochi (2024)
* Thaanara (2024)

#### Assistant director

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

### Acting credits of Rafi

* Puthukkottayile Puthumanavalan (1995) (guest appearance)
* Ring Master (2014) as Director Ravishankar
* Villali Veeran (2015) as Aiswarya's uncle
* Two Countries (2015) as Daniel
* Shajahanum Pareekuttiyum (2016) as Joseph
* Role Models (2017) as Dr Krishnadev
* Sherlock Toms (2017) as Saghav Lazar
* Vikadakumaran(2018) as Magistrate Solomon Mathew Puthanpallil
* Sakalakalasala (2018)
* Children's Park (2019) as Adv. Thomas Augustine
* Ganagandharvan (2019) as Samson
* Shylock (2020) as Director & Film Producer Chacko
* Naaradan (2022) as Pillachettan
* Thundu (2024) as CPO Raghavan
* Adios Amigo (2024) as Paul Kurian
* Extra Decent (2024) as Dr Ajmal
* Rifle Club (2024) as Adv. Koshi

### Mecartin as an Actor

* Sathyam Sivam Sundaram (2000)