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{{Infobox film
| name = In Harihar Nagar
| image = In Harihar Nagar.jpg
| caption =
| director = [[Siddique-Lal]]
| producer = Khais-Kuriachan
| writer = Siddique-Lal
| narrator =
| starring = [[Mukesh (actor)|Mukesh]]<br>[[Siddique (actor)|Siddique]]<br>[[Jagadish]]<br>[[Ashokan (actor)|Ashokan]]
| music = [[S. Balakrishnan (composer)|S. Balakrishnan]]
| cinematography = [[Venu (cinematographer)|Venu]]
| editing = Gaurishekar K. R.
| distributor = Swargachitra
| studio = Mohsin Priya Combines
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|1990}}
| runtime =
| country = India
| language = Malayalam
}}

'''''In Harihar Nagar''''' is a 1990 Indian [[Malayalam]]-language [[comedy thriller]] movie written and directed by [[Siddique-Lal]]. It stars [[Mukesh (actor)|Mukesh]], [[Siddique (actor)|Siddique]], [[Jagadish]] and [[Ashokan (actor)|Ashokan]] as four, happy-go-lucky, best friends competing to woo their new neighbor. The film's music was composed by [[S. Balakrishnan (composer)|S. Balakrishnan]].

The movie was a commercial success at the box office. It has been recognised as one of the iconic comedy movies in the Malayalam cinema.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/fr/2009/01/02/stories/2009010250630200.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090131103614/http://hindu.com/fr/2009/01/02/stories/2009010250630200.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=31 January 2009|title=Return to Harihar Nagar |author=Vijay George|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=2 January 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://entertainment.oneindia.in/malayalam/top-stories/2008/in-harihar-nagar-2-090908.html|title=In Harihar Nagar-2|date=9 September 2008|publisher=[[Oneindia.in]]|access-date=2 January 2011}}</ref> The film has spawned two sequels—''[[2 Harihar Nagar]]'' (2009) and ''[[In Ghost House Inn]]'' (2010), both directed by [[Lal (actor)|Lal]]. ''In Harihar Nagar'' was remade twice in [[Hindi]] as ''[[Parda Hai Parda (1992 film)|Parda Hai Parda]]'' and ''[[Dhol (film)|Dhol]]'', in [[Kannada]] as ''[[Nagaradalli Nayakaru]]'', in [[Tamil language|Tamil]] as ''[[MGR Nagaril (1991 film)|MGR Nagaril]]'', and in [[Telugu language|Telugu]] as ''Madhuranagarilo''.

==Plot==
Mahadevan ([[Mukesh (actor)|Mukesh]]), Govindan Kutty ([[Siddique (actor)|Siddique]]), Appukuttan ([[Jagadish]]), and Thomas Kutty ([[Ashokan (actor)|Ashokan]]) are four young men who live in a housing colony in [[Kochi]] named "Harihar Nagar". The movie starts with an incident that takes place in [[Mumbai|Bombay]], where burglar John Honai breaks into a house to look for a briefcase. In the next scene, the four young men appear and use their wits to impress young neighbourhood girls. Maya, a local girl ([[Geetha Vijayan]]), and her grandparents relocate to Harihar Nagar, and happen to be Mahadevan's new neighbours. The four men try to win Maya over on many occasions. They assault a bike owner and force him to blow air into it. One day, they bribe the postman to get hold of the letter she sent. They learn that Maya has come to Harihar Nagar to learn about the murder of her brother, Sethu Madhavan ([[Suresh Gopi]]).

Maya visits the mother a friend of her brother's whose name is Andrew ([[Sai Kumar (Malayalam actor)|Sai Kumar]]) at his home . She asks Ammachi, Andrew's mother ([[Kaviyoor Ponnamma]]), to contact her if she gets any information about her brother. The four men approach Andrew's mother and pretend to be Sethu's friends. They manage to get Sethu's photograph by telling him they wanted it for the colony's sports club. Maya gets this information from Ammachi and meets the four young men. She believes them to be Sethu's friends after seeing his photo at their house. The four fabricate a story about how Sethu had an affair with a girl, and make her believe it by saying that the bike owner's henchmen who assault them are those of the parents of the girl, who opposed to the affair. They fight back the henchmen.

Hearing that the four men are friends of Sethu, the burglar kidnaps them to retrieve the briefcase. Maya, in search of her brother's former lover, learns of Annie Philip ([[Rekha (South Indian actress)|Rekha]]), a friend of her brother's whom he knew from the library. Annie is now a nun in a convent, and has adopted the name Sister Josephine. Josephine reveals her history with Sethu. She tells her that Andrew's father was a businessman who was murdered by John Honai's father, and had built a business empire with the money stolen from Andrew's father. Andrew sought to cause trouble in the business to take revenge. Honai's father sold all of his assets and tried to run away with the money in the briefcase, but was murdered by Andrew on the way. Later, Andrew is seen dead on a beach.

After returning to Bombay, Sethu gives Honai a briefcase similar to the one given to Annie; when Honai opens it, he finds it is full of bricks. Furious, he murdered Sethu.

The four young men who were kidnapped by Honai manage to escape, but are chased by him and his associates. Maya and her grandparents are also kidnapped by Honai but the four young men rescue them. Ammachi finds out about Andrew's death from Sister Josephine, who gives her the briefcase. While Ammachi is cooking dinner, Honai comes to her house to get the briefcase. Ammachi removes a fuse and the lights go out. After trying to find Ammachi, Honai unknowingly lights a lighter near the lit gas stove and he quickly burns to death.

In the end, Maya and her grandparents are shown moving out. Maya gives the four young men the briefcase, which they open, finding it full of riches.

== Cast ==
* [[Mukesh (actor)|Mukesh]] as Mahadevan
* [[Siddique (actor)|Siddique]] as Govindan Kutty
* [[Jagadish]] as Appukuttan
* [[Ashokan (actor)|Ashokan]] as Thomas Kutty
* [[Riza Bava]] as John Honai
* [[Suresh Gopi]] as Sethumadhavan
* [[Sai Kumar (Malayalam actor)|Sai Kumar]] as Andrew
* [[Geetha Vijayan]] as Maya
* [[Rekha (Tamil actress)|Rekha]] as Sister Josephine / Annie Phillip
* [[Kaviyoor Ponnamma]] as Andrew's mother
* [[Philomina]] as Sethumadhava and Maya's grandmother
* [[Paravoor Bharathan]] as Sethumadhavan and Maya's grandfather
* Appa Haja as Cherian
* Thrissur Elsy as Mahadevan's mother

==Reception==
The film was commercial success.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://m.timesofindia.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/news/coronavirus-outbreak-tsunami-team-calls-off-shoot/amp_articleshow/74667480.cms|title=Coronavirus outbreak: ‘Tsunami’ team calls off shoot|work=[[The Times of India]]|date=17 May 2020}}</ref>

==Soundtrack==
The soundtrack features two songs composed by [[S. Balakrishnan (composer)|S. Balakrishnan]], with lyrics penned by [[Bichu Thirumala]]. The songs were remixed and used by [[Alex Paul]] for [[2 Harihar Nagar]], the first sequel of this film.
# "Ekantha Chandrike" - [[M. G. Sreekumar]], [[Unni Menon]]
# "Unnam Marannu" - [[M. G. Sreekumar]], [[Choir|Chorus]]

==Sequels==
Nineteen years after the release of the original, ''In Harihar Nagar'' had a sequel ''[[2 Harihar Nagar]]'' directed by Lal of the director-duo [[Siddique-Lal]]. It was released on 1 April 2009. After its success, its sequel, named ''[[In Ghost House Inn]]'', was released on 25 March 2010.

==Remakes==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;"
! Year
! Film
! Language
! Cast
! Director
! Ref
|-
| 1991
| ''[[MGR Nagaril (1991 film)|MGR Nagaril]]''
|[[Tamil cinema|Tamil]]
|[[Anand Babu]], [[Sukanya (actress)|Sukanya]], [[Vivek (actor)|Vivek]], [[Charle]], [[Shankar (actor)|Shankar]], [[Napoleon (actor)|Napoleon]]
| Alleppy Ashraf
|<ref>{{cite book|last= National Film Development Corporation of India |title= Cinema in India: Volume 2 |series=Cinema in India |year= 1991|location= India|isbn= 0-333-93410-5|page=85}}</ref>
|-
| 1991
| ''Madhuranagarilo''
|[[Telugu language|Telugu]]
|[[Meka Srikanth|Srikanth]], Nirosha
|[[Kodi Ramakrishna]]
|
|-
| 1992
| ''[[Nagaradalli Nayakaru]]''
|Kannada
|[[Malashri]], [[Chi. Guru Dutt]], Sunil, Balaraj, [[Betha Sudhakar|Sudhakar]]
|Om Sai Prakash
|
|-
| 1992
| ''[[Parda Hai Parda (1992 film)|Parda Hai Parda]]''
|[[Hindi cinema|Hindi]]
|[[Chunky Pandey]], [[Meena (actress)|Meena]], [[Laxmikant Berde]], [[Kiran Kumar]]
|[[K. Bapaiah]]
|
|-
| 2007
| ''[[Dhol (2007 film)|Dhol]]''
|[[Hindi cinema|Hindi]]
|[[Sharman Joshi]], [[Kunal Khemu]], [[Rajpal Yadav]], [[Tusshar Kapoor]], [[Tanushree Dutta]], [[Arbaaz Khan]]
|[[Priyadarshan]]
|<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/mp/2007/09/22/stories/2007092250530200.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121108160523/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2007/09/22/stories/2007092250530200.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=8 November 2012|title=Fun and frolic |author=Sreedhar Pillai|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=22 September 2007}}</ref>
|-
|}

* Another Tamil version of the film, titled ''Idhu MGR Illam'', was under production.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cinesouth.com/masala/hotnews/new/24022006-3.shtml|title=Raj Kiran's 'Idhu MGR Illam'|publisher=Cinesouth.com|date=24 February 2006}}</ref>

== References ==
{{reflist|30em}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0278501}}

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[[Category:1990 films]]
[[Category:Malayalam-language films]]
[[Category:1990s Malayalam-language films]]
[[Category:Indian comedy thriller films]]
[[Category:1990s comedy thriller films]]
[[Category:Malayalam films remade in other languages]]
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