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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Inspector Garud<br />
| image = InspectorGarudposter.jpg<br />
| image_size = 250px<br />
| caption = Theatrical release poster<br />
| director = [[Johny Antony]]<br />
| producer = Milan Jaleel<br />
| writer = [[Udayakrishna-Siby K. Thomas|Udayakrishna<br/>Siby K. Thomas]]<br />
| starring = [[Dileep (actor)|Dileep Pillai]]<br /> [[Kavya Madhavan]]<br />
| music = Alex Paul<br />
| cinematography = [[P. Sukumar]]<br />
| editing = Ranjan Abraham<br />
| studio = [[Galaxy Films]]<br />
| distributor = Galaxy Films<br />
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2007|01|29|[[India]]}}<br />
| runtime = 137 minutes<br />
| country = [[India]]<br />
| language = [[Malayalam]]<br />
| budget = <br />
| gross = <br />
}}<br />
'''''Inspector Garud''''' is a [[Cinema of India|2007 Indian]] [[Malayalam cinema|Malayalam-language]] [[Action film|action]] [[Comedy film|comedy]] [[Police drama|police]] [[Drama film|drama]] [[film]] directed by [[Johny Antony]], starring [[Dileep (actor)|Dileep Pillai]] and [[Kavya Madhavan]] as the lead roles. The film was a commercial success at the [[box office]].<br />
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==Synopsis==<br />
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Inspector Garud has Police [[Inspector#India|Inspector]] Madhavan Kutty ([[Dileep (actor)|Dileep Pillai]]) as a very corrupt officer, known as Garud as he is fast as a [[falcon]] who would do any dirty work for money. He became Inspector not through the right channel but by paying 15 lakhs as bribe. So he is now bound on getting his money back through bribes.<br />
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A consignment of arms reaches [[Kochi]] meant for [[LTTE]] and the villain, Karaikkudy Arumuga Palaniyappa Chettiyar is keeping it in a colony run by him. An honest cop Rajan Joseph ([[Lalu Alex]]) discovers the plot but is sacked by the Home minister. Garud saves Chettiar and at the same time rips him off. Meanwhile, Madhavan Kutty is humiliated by the new [[District Collector|Sub Collector]] Sethulakshmi ([[Kavya Madhavan]]) who makes him apologize to her in front of the ''[[Women Commission]]''. He takes revenge by working out a marriage with Sethulakshmi under pressure leading to further complications.<br />
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==Cast==<br />
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* [[Dileep (actor)|Dileep Pillai]] as C I Madhavan Kutty/ [[Inspector Garud]]<br />
* [[Kavya Madhavan]] as Sub collector Sethulakshmi<br />
* [[Vijayaraghavan (actor)|Vijayaraghavan]] as Karaikudi Arumukha Palaniyappa Chettiyar<br />
* [[Innocent (actor)|Innocent]] as Constable Raghavan<br />
* [[Cochin Haneefa]] as Govindan, Sub Collector's uncle<br />
* [[Harisree Ashokan]] as Kuttappan<br />
* [[Lalu Alex]] as CI Rajan Joseph<br />
* [[Shammi Thilakan]] as Commissioner Gopinath<br />
* [[Sadiq (Indian actor)|Sadiq]] as Shekharan<br />
* [[Kalasala Babu]] as Achuthan<br />
* [[Janardhanan (actor)|Janardhanan]] as Krishnan Nampoothiri<br />
* [[Kochu Preman]] as Sivan Pilla<br />
*[[Nawab Shah (actor)|Nawab Shah]]<br />
* [[Urmila Unni]] as Sethulakshmi's mother<br />
* [[Ponnamma Babu]] as Vanitha commission member<br />
* [[Anand (actor)|Anand]] as Saravanan<br />
* [[T. P. Madhavan]] as Minister<br />
* [[Machan Varghese]] as Kunjunni,a thief<br />
* [[N. L. Balakrishnan]]<br />
* [[Salim Kumar]] as Lonappan<br />
* [[Jagannatha Varma]] as I.G<br />
* [[Kalabhavan Shajon]] as Chacko<br />
* [[Abu Salim (actor)|Abu Salim]] as Karinchantha Vasu<br />
* [[Aishwarya (actress)|Aishwarya]] as Collector Maya Gopinath<br />
* Kalabhavan Haneef as Auto driver<br />
* [[Kodiyeri Balakrishnan|Bineesh Kodiyeri]] as Anand, Sethulakshmi's younger [[brother]]<br />
* Suja Menon as Saritha<br />
* [[Jeny Susan Joseph]] as Parvathi<br />
* Rani<br />
* Mini Arun as Susan<br />
* Deepika Mohan<br />
* [[Nayanthara Chakravarthy|Baby Nayanthara]]<br />
*Sudheer Sukumaran<br />
* Beena Sabu<br />
* Vimal kumar as Police constable<br />
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==Music==<br />
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''Inspector Garud'' has music given by [[Alex Paul]]. The lyrics were written by [[Vayalar Sarath Chandra Varma]]. The film has six songs. The playback singers are Jyotsna, Franko, [[Vineeth Sreenivasan]], [[Rimi Tomy]], Afsal, Reju Joseph, Pradeep Babu and [[Dileep (actor)|Dileep]] himself. [[Afsal]] sings the song "Kanthari Penne".<br />
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{| class="wikitable tracklist" style="font-size:95%;"<br />
! Track # !! Song !! Singer(s)<br />
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| 1 || "Nishayile Salabhamaai" || Jyotsna<br />
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| 2 || "Kannathe Penne" || Franko<br />
|-<br />
| 3 || "Manmadhanalle" || [[Vineeth Srinivasan]], [[Rimi Tomy]], [[Dileep (actor)|Dileep]]<br />
|-<br />
| 4 || "Kanthari Penne" || Afsal<br />
|-<br />
| 5 || "Pathi Kadichu" || Reju Joseph, Pradeep Babu<br />
|-<br />
| 6 || "Kannum Chimmi Chimmi" || [[Vineeth Srinivasan]]<br />
|}<br />
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==References==<br />
* [http://www.nowrunning.com/movie/3590/malayalam/inspector-garud/index.htm Nowrunning article]<br />
* [https://archive.is/20130218124633/http://popcorn.oneindia.in/title/1855/inspector-garud.html OneIndia article]<br />
* [http://www.artkerala.com/node/4016 ArtKerala article]<br />
* [http://www.metromatinee.com/movies/index.php?FilmID=41-Inspector%20Garud Metromatinee article]<br />
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==External links==<br />
*{{IMDb title|0896817}}<br />
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[[Category:2007 romantic comedy films]]<br />
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[[Category:Films directed by Johny Antony]]<br />
[[Category:Films about police officers]]<br />
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