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{{Infobox film
| name = Collector
| image = Collector (film)2.jpg
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| caption =
| director = Anil C. Menon
| producer = V. V. Sajan Abdul Azeez
| writer =
| starring = [[Suresh Gopi]], [[Nedumudi Venu]], [[Balachandran Chullikkadu]], [[Baburaj (actor)|Baburaj]], [[Kollam Thulasi]], [[Mohini (Tamil actress)|Mohini]], Yamini Verma, [[Ambika (actress)|Ambika]]
| music = [[Reghu Kumar]]
| cinematography = [[Manoj Paramahamsa]] Gunasekharan
| editing = V.T Sreejith
| studio = A Qube
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2011|7|15}}
| runtime = 160 Minutes
| country = India
| language = Malayalam
| budget =
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'''''Collector''''' is a 2011 [[Malayalam]] political action thriller directed by Anil C. Menon with [[Suresh Gopi]] in the lead.<ref>[http://malayalam.allnews.in/news/women/%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%81%E0%B4%B0%E0%B5%87%E0%B4%B7%E0%B5%8D%E2%80%8C%E0%B4%97%E0%B5%8B%E0%B4%AA%E0%B4%BF-%E0%B4%95%E0%B4%B2%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%9F%E0%B4%B1%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%81%E0%B4%A8%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%A8%E0%B5%81%E2%80%8D/74543.html "സുരേഷ്‌ഗോപി കലക്ടറാകുന്നു"]</ref><ref>[http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/malayalam/article/24716.html "Suresh Gopi - A Collector now"]</ref> The film has Suresh Gopi playing the title role. The film is a socio-political thriller that takes a look at the contemporary social scene in the state. Tamil actor [[Rajeev (Tamil actor)|Rajeev]] played the villain.

==Plot==

Avinash Varma ([[Suresh Gopi]]) is the District Collector of [[Ernakulam]]. He takes on several anti-social elements who rule the underworld of [[Kochi]] . Of them, Williams ([[Adithya (actor)|Adithya Menon]]), who is a real estate businessman, is his biggest opponent. ACP Revathy and social activist Arundhati are there to support Avinash Varma. The City Police Commissioner, the Lady Mayor Sethulakshmi ([[Mohini (Tamil actress)|Mohini]]) of Kochi Corporation, and a couple of corrupt ministers and officials are supporting the illegal activities of Williams. In the age-old battle between the 'Good' and the 'Evil', Avinash Varma wins as expected, and his truth and honesty are rewarded.

==Production==
The film ran into financial troubles when its shooting was a mid way. ''Collector'' is the seventh directorial venture of Anil C. Menon. The production Controller of the Collector is [[Shibu G Suseelan]].

==Cast==
* [[Suresh Gopi]] as Avinash Varma IAS, District Collector
* [[Rajeev (Tamil actor)|Rajeev]] as John Christopher
* Yamini Sharma as Revathy IPS, Assistant Commissioner
* [[Baburaj (actor)|Baburaj]] as George Mathew IPS, City Police Commissioner
* [[Nedumudi Venu]] as Mahendra Varma
* [[Adithya (actor)|Adithya Menon]] as John Willams
* [[Lakshmi Sharma]] as Gouri
* [[Mohini (Tamil actress)|Mohini]] as Mayor Sethulakshmi
* [[Kaviyoor Ponnamma]] as Avinash Varma's Mother
* [[Maniyanpilla Raju]] as Sulaiman Mohammed
* [[Janardhanan (actor)|Janardhanan]] as Chief Minister
* [[Kalashala Babu]] as Minister Kurishumoottil Mathachan
* [[Subair]] as Krishnamohan
* [[Abu Salim (actor)|Abu Salim]] as CI Xavier
* [[Anil Murali]] as CI Musthafa
* [[Biju Pappan]] as CI Soman
* [[Krishnakumar]] as Chandran
* [[Chali Pala]] as Adv. Habeebulla
* Sreehari as Prabhakaran
* Prof. Aliyar as Ninan Koshy
* [[T. P. Madhavan]] as Shankaran Namboothiri
* [[Sudheesh]] as Rameshan S Namboothiri
*[[Sajid Yahiya]] as Dilshen Mendisco
* [[Ambika Mohan]]

==Reception==

===Critical response===
The film received mostly mixed to negative reviews upon release. Veeyen of nowrunning.com gave a negative review and said, "Collector fits into the socio-political thriller genre in Malayalam films to the 'T'. The film tries to speak a lot, but the fact is that not many are in a mood to listen. For, we have seen it all" and gave 1.5 stars of 5.

Indiaglitz gave a positive review and said, "The highlights of the movie are the brilliant production values starting from its awesome title graphics to excellent cinematography by Manoj Paramahamsa. Some of the dialogues in the former half and climax are indeed interesting, though that is not the case with the entire movie."

Sify.com rated the movie as positive and said, "Collector is loud, formulaic and tailor made for those who are addicted to the age old good versus evil sagas. For those who get thrilled when the hero renders lines of dialogues to virtually everyone around and takes on a dozen hunks with sheer grit, this may be a fine film. For the rest of the world, this may not be such an exciting experience. The choice is yours!".

==Soundtrack==
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| name = Collector
| type = soundtrack
| artist = [[Reghu Kumar]]
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| released = {{Start date|df=y|2011|07|15}}
| recorded = A Qube, [[Chennai]]
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| length = 14:31
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The soundtrack features four songs composed by [[Reghu Kumar]]. The songs, as well as the choreography, received largely positive reviews. The songs managed to average the music charts in the initial weeks. This was the last work of Reghu Kumar, who died in 2014.

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! Track # !! Song !! Singer(s)!! Duration
|-
| 1
| "Maayum Maaya"
| [[K.J.Yesudas]]
| 5:39
|-
| 2
| "Raudhram"
| [[Madhu Balakrishnan]]
| 4:19
|-
| 3
| "Rengi Nare"
| [[Renjini Jose]]
| 5:20
|-
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:2010s Malayalam-language films]]
[[Category:2011 crime action films]]
[[Category:2011 crime thriller films]]
[[Category:2010s political thriller films]]
[[Category:2011 action thriller films]]
[[Category:2011 films]]
[[Category:Indian crime thriller films]]
[[Category:Indian crime action films]]
[[Category:Indian political thriller films]]
[[Category:Political action films]]
[[Category:Indian action thriller films]]

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