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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Highway<br />
| image = Highway (1995) film.jpg<br />
| caption = Pre-release poster<br />
| director = [[Jayaraaj]]<br />
| producer = [[Prem Prakash]]<br />
| screenplay = [[Sab John]]<br />
| story = Jayaraaj<br />
| starring = [[Suresh Gopi]]<br>[[Banupriya]]<br>[[Vijayaraghavan (actor)|Vijayaraghavan]]<br>[[Sukumari]]<br />
| music = [[S. P. Venkatesh]]<br />
| cinematography = [[P. Sukumar]]<br />
| editing = [[B. Lenin]]<br>[[V. T. Vijayan]]<br />
| studio = Heyday Films<br />
| distributor = Century Release<br />
| released = {{Film date|1995|3|3|India|df=y}}<br />
| runtime = 146 minutes<br />
| country = India<br />
| language = Malayalam<br />
| budget = <br />
| gross = <br />
}}<br />
'''''Highway''''' is a 1995 Indian [[Malayalam]]-language [[action thriller film]] directed by [[Jayaraaj]], produced by [[Prem Prakash]], and written by [[Sab John]]. The film stars [[Suresh Gopi]] and [[Bhanupriya]], with [[Biju Menon]], [[Vijayaraghavan]] and [[Janardhanan (actor)|Janardhanan]] in supporting roles. The film's original songs were composed by [[S. P. Venkatesh]], while cinematography was handled by [[P. Sukumar]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Aravind |first=C. V. |date=2 May 2018 |title='Bhayanakam' director Jayaraj, Malayalam cinema's non-conformist who treads his own path |url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/bhayanakam-director-jayaraj-malayalam-cinemas-non-conformist-who-treads-his-own-path-80546 |url-status=live |website=[[The News Minute]]}}</ref><br />
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The film follows Sreedhar Prasad (Gopi), who is a [[Research and Analysis Wing|RAW]] officer assigned with the task of investigating a bomb blast that killed 30 innocent college students. The blast occurs in the outskirts of the city and near a township called Wintergreen. He disguises himself under the codename Mahesh Aravind to bring the people behind the blast to justice.<ref>{{Cite web |title=ഹൈവേ |url=https://m3db.com/film/high-way |access-date=2022-05-20 |website=M3DB.COM |language=en}}</ref> <br />
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The film was released on 3 May 1995. The film was a commercial success at the box office. It's dubbed Telugu version was also a box office success in [[Andhra Pradesh]].<ref name=":0" /><br />
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==Plot==<br />
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Sreedhar Prasad is a [[Research and Analysis Wing|RAW]] officer assigned with the task of investigating a bomb blast that killed 30 innocent college students. He operates under the name Mahesh Aravind, a planter from [[Udumbanchola]] and chooses a township Wintergreen as his temporary residence during the course of the investigation. Meera, a resident of the same township, falls in love with Mahesh and wishes to marry him. Mahesh establishes a friendly relation with the Assi. Commissioner of Police Mr. George Alexander, who was the official in charge of the criminal investigation. As the investigation proceeds, it is understood that the bomb blast was connected with a chain of crimes that happened in the area including the missing of a scientist Guhan Menon from Baddapur space research organization (Who is later revealed to be killed). It is revealed that Shankar Dev Rana, an established businessman and educationist in the common front is actually a traitor and drug lord in his parallel life. The rest of the story revolves around how Sreedhar Prasad and his subordinate Moorthy solves the cases and wins against the "great" Shankar Dev Rana and his gang of "pungis".<br />
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==Cast==<br />
* [[Suresh Gopi]] as Sreedhar Prasad/Mahesh Aravind (RAW officer)<br />
* [[Bhanupriya]] as Meera<br />
* [[Vijayaraghavan (actor)|Vijayaraghavan]] as Moorthy/Unnithaan (RAW Officer)<br />
* [[Janardhanan (actor)|Janardhanan]] as [[Assistant Commissioner of Police #India|ACP]] George Alexander [[Indian Police Service|IPS]]<br />
* [[Biju Menon]] as [[Sub Inspector #India|SI]] Pavithran<br />
* Eliyas Babu as Shankar Dev Rana<br />
* [[Jose Prakash]] as Kartha (Meera's father)<br />
* [[Augustine (actor)|Augustine]] as Sukumaran/Sukhbir (Hanuman) Singh<br />
* Kamal Gaur as Henchman of Shankar Dev Rana<br />
* [[Kunchan (actor)|Kunchan]] as Vasco<br />
* [[Sukumari]] as Vasco's mother<br />
* [[Spadikam George]] as [[Inspector-general of police#India|IG]]<br />
* [[Vineeth]] as Vinod Menon/Apache (One among the students who gets killed in the blast)<br />
* [[Prem Prakash]] as Sivanandan <br />
* [[Silk Smitha]] as [[Dancer]]<br />
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==Music==<br />
{{Infobox album<br />
| name = Highway<br />
| type = Soundtrack<br />
| artist = [[S. P. Venkatesh]]<br />
| genre = [[Film soundtrack]]<br />
| length = {{Duration|22:56}}<br />
| label = [[Magnasound Records|Magnasound]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Highway Audio CD |url=http://www.indiatowngifts.com/aksharam-manikya-chempazhuka-highway-president-magnasound-omi-cd-malayalam-made-in-canada-1995/ |website=India Town Gifts}}</ref><br />[[Sony Music India]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Highway (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) - EP |url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/highway-original-motion-picture-soundtrack-ep/657377126 |website=[[Apple Music]]}}</ref><br />
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The soundtrack album was composed by [[S. P. Venkatesh]] for the lyrics penned by [[Gireesh Puthenchery]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Highway (1995) - MSIDb |url=https://en.msidb.org/m.php?41 |website=Malayalasangeetham.info}}</ref><br />
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! Track !! Song Title !! Singer(s) !! Length<br />
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| 1 || ''Dolo Dolakku'' || [[K. S. Chithra]], [[Mano (singer)|Mano]] || 4:53<br />
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| 2 || ''Oru Thari Kasthoori'' || [[Swarnalatha]], [[Choir|Chorus]] || 5:15<br />
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|-<br />
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| 3 || ''Kikkili Kili'' || [[Malgudi Subha]], [[Sangeethaa-Sangeetha Sajith (singer)|Sangeethaa-Sangeetha Sajith]] || 4:07<br />
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| 4 || ''Kunji Kurumbin'' || K. S. Chithra, Chorus || 4:51<br />
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| 5 || ''Adipoli'' || [[Suresh Peters]] || 3:49<br />
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|}<br />
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==Box office==<br />
The film was a commercial success in Kerala and also in [[Andhra Pradesh]]. According to producer Khader Hassan, it created hype in Andhra Pradesh even before release due to the previous success of Suresh Gopi's dubbed films, and that after the success of Highway, many older Malayalam movies in which Suresh Gopi appeared in supporting roles too were marketed in the [[Tamil cinema|Tamil]] and the [[Telugu cinema|Telugu]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Here is how Suresh Gopi became the 'Supreme Star' of Telugu cinema |url=https://www.onmanorama.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/2020/06/28/suresh-gopi-supreme-star-telugu-cinema.html |url-status=live |website=[[Malayala Manorama|OnManorama]]}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
{{IMDb title|0353534|Highway}}<br />
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[[Category:Films about the Research and Analysis Wing]]<br />
[[Category:Indian crime thriller films]]<br />
[[Category:1995 films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian films]]<br />
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