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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = F.I.R<br />
| image = F.I.R film poster.jpg<br />
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| alt = <br />
| caption = <br />
| director = [[Shaji Kailas]]<br />
| producer = [[M. Mani]]<br />
| writer = [[Dennis Joseph]]<br />
| narrator = <br />
| starring = [[Suresh Gopi]]<br>[[Rajeev (Tamil actor)|Rajeev]]<br>[[Biju Menon]]<br>[[Indraja (actor)|Indraja]]<br />
| music = Rajamani<br />
| cinematography = [[Anandakuttan]]<br />
| editing = [[A. Sreekar Prasad]]<br />
| studio = [[M. Mani|Sunitya Productions]]<br />
| distributor = Aroma Release<br />
| released = {{Film date|1999|1|21|India}}<br />
| runtime = 170 minutes<br />
| country = India<br />
| language = Malayalam<br />
| budget = <!--Must be attributed to a reliable published source with an established reputation for fact-checking. No blogs, no IMDb.--><br />
| gross = <!--Must be attributed to a reliable published source with an established reputation for fact-checking. No blogs, no IMDb.--><br />
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'''''F.I.R''''' is a 1999 Indian [[Malayalam]]-language [[action thriller film]] directed by [[Shaji Kailas]], written by [[Dennis Joseph]] and produced by [[M. Mani]]. It stars [[Suresh Gopi]], [[Rajeev (Tamil actor)|Rajeev]], [[Biju Menon]], [[Indraja (actor)|Indraja]], [[N. F. Varghese]] and [[Maniyan Pillai Raju]]. ''F.I.R'' is the first [[Malayalam film]] to introduce [[Machine Gun]] [[AK-47]].<br />
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==Plot==<br />
Roy Alex, an [[investigative journalist]] writes on [[Hawala|hawala money]] from the [[Middle East]], where he meets former [[Member of Parliament|M.P.]] and [[business tycoon]] Rahim Haji as invited by Haji's driver Basheer. Haji had lost his M.P. post a year ago after a write-up by Roy Alex in a magazine. Being an expert and a previous ace trader of the flow of foreign currency reserves to [[Kerala]], Haji states to Roy that, most of the foreign reserves are mainly concentrated along the Gulf-American belt starting from [[Kottayam]] and extending till the coastal town of [[Varkala]]. He invited Roy as a part of reviving his failed business, and to eliminate his business rival Narendra Shetty, whom he considers as responsible for destroying his business.<br />
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Roy follows a van carrying a drama troupe, which reaches a home far away as a part of a drama, where he sees the owner of the home, a businessman and Chakrapani, the drama director, having demands of [[Black market|black money]], and he captures it. However, Chakrapani finds them and kills him with his dogs. While passing through a nearby road at the same time, Rahim Haji tries to contact Roy, but soon learns about his death, and soon leaves to see Shetty, who fatally shoots down him for trespassing through his territory. It is later seen that Basheer has betrayed Haji as he is in cahoots with Shetty. Haji's assassination comes as a serious blow to his party.<br />
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The [[Chief Minister of Kerala|C.M.]] Nair appoints Mohammed Sarkar, an IPS officer in [[Tripura]] cadre, as the [[Superintendent (police)|SP]] to investigate the assassination. At the same time, the party undergoes a fast headed by [[Member of Legislative Assembly|MLA]] Kunjalavi, which results in a serious rift between the police officers and party workers. After interrogating Chakrapani and Basheer, Mohammed Sarkar manages to gather evidence against Shetty and a final confrontation occurs where Mohammed Sarkar kills Chakrapani. Shetty tries to kill Mohammed Sarkar, but his colleague [[Circle Inspector|CI]] Gurumoorthy gets killed. Enraged, Mohammed Sarkar kills Shetty and [[Brigadier]] Giridhar Baruva by destroying the warehouse.<br />
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==Cast==<br />
{{Cast listing|<br />
* [[Suresh Gopi]] as [[Superintendent of Police#India|SP]] Mohammed Sarkar [[Indian Police Service|IPS]]<br />
* [[Biju Menon]] as [[Circle Inspector|CI]] Gregory<br />
* [[Rajeev (Tamil actor)|Rajeev]] as Narendra Shetty (Voiceover by [[Vijay Menon]])<br />
* [[Maniyanpilla Raju]] as [[Circle Inspector|CI]] Gurumoorthy<br />
* [[Indraja (actor)|Indraja]] as Laila Gafoor, Mohammed Sarkar's wife<br />
* [[N. F. Varghese]] as Retd. [[Inspector General of Police#India|IG]] Bhargavan Panicker [[Indian Police Service|IPS]]<br />
* [[Janardhanan (actor)|Janardhanan]] as V. K. Nair, [[Chief Minister]] of [[Kerala]]<br />
* [[Bheeman Raghu]] as Chakrapani, Narendra Shetty's henchmen<br />
* [[Narendra Prasad]] as Rahim Haji<br />
* [[Sai Kumar (Malayalam actor)|Sai Kumar]] as [[Lance Naik#India|Lance Naik]] Shivaram<br />
* [[K. B. Ganesh Kumar]] as Roy Alex<br />
* [[Devan (actor)|Devan]] as [[Brigadier#India|Brigadier]] Giridhar Baruva (Gireesh Bhaskar Mangattuserry)<br />
* [[Mohan Jose]] as Basheer<br />
* [[Kozhikode Narayanan Nair]] as Thahir Sahib<br />
* [[K. P. A. C. Azeez]] as [[Deputy Superintendent of Police#India|DYSP]] John Varghese<br />
* [[Augustine (actor)|Augustine]] as Kunjalavi [[Member of Legislative Assembly#India|MLA]]<br />
* [[Karamana Janardanan Nair]] as Fr. Paulouse<br />
* [[Paravoor Ramachandran]] as [[Home Minister]] of [[Kerala]] <br />
* Kumarakam Reghunath as Ramachandra Adiga<br />
* [[Kunchan (actor)|Kunchan]] as Mollakka<br />
* [[T. P. Madhavan]] as Editor Marar<br />
* [[Ravi Vallathol]] as Judge<br />
* [[Kanakalatha]] as Madhavi/Maria<br />
* [[Rajendran]] as BSS Soldier<br />
* Priyanka Anoop as Alice<br />
* [[Chali Pala]] as Nagappa <br />
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== Production ==<br />
The film was shot at Thiruvananthapuram and Chennai.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=12 March 1999|title=FIR: Kailas to direct Suresh Gopi |url=http://www.screenindia.com/old/march12/south.htm |url-status=dead |magazine=[[Screen (magazine)|Screen]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101126142142/http://www.screenindia.com/old/march12/south.htm |archive-date=26 November 2010 |access-date=7 November 2024}}</ref><br />
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==Soundtrack==<br />
The background score was composed by C. Rajamani<br />
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==Reception==<br />
''[[Sify]]'' wrote sarcastically that "There are no songs only background music. No duets and running around trees. A boring film in short".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sify.com/movies/fir-review-tamil-pcltR4ebajgbi.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220422061607/https://www.sify.com/movies/fir-review-tamil-pcltR4ebajgbi.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=22 April 2022|title=FIR|date=25 April 2003|work=[[Sify]]}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
{{Shaji Kailas}}<br />
{{Dennis Joseph}}<br />
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[[Category:1999 Malayalam-language films]]<br />
[[Category:Films directed by Shaji Kailas]]<br />
[[Category:Indian action thriller films]]<br />
[[Category:Fictional portrayals of the Kerala Police]]<br />
[[Category:Films with screenplays by Dennis Joseph]]<br />
[[Category:1999 action thriller films]]<br />
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