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{{short description|1987 film by Joshiy}}
{{other uses|New Delhi (disambiguation)}}
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2015}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2015}}
{{Infobox film
| name = New Delhi
| image = Newdelhi1987film.jpg
| caption = Poster designed by [[Gayathri Ashokan]]
| director = [[Joshi (director)|Joshiy]]
| producer = Joy Thomas and G. Thyagarajan
| writer = [[Dennis Joseph]]
| starring = [[Mammootty]] [[Sumalatha]] [[Suresh Gopi]] [[Thiagarajan]] [[Urvashi (actress)|Urvashi]] [[Devan (actor)|Devan]] [[Vijayaraghavan (actor)|Vijayaraghavan]] [[Mohan Jose]]
| narrator =
| music = [[Shyam (composer)|Shyam]]
| cinematography = [[Jayanan Vincent]]
| editing = [[K. Sankunni]]
| studio = [[Jubilee Productions]]
| distributor = [[Jubilee Productions]]
| released = {{Film date|1987|7|24|df=y}}
| runtime = 143 minutes
| country = India
| language = Malayalam
| gross = ₹ 2.5 crore<ref>{{Cite web|title=DYK Mammootty's 'New Delhi' was highest grossing film in Mollywood in 1987?|url=https://www.republicworld.com/entertainment-news/regional-indian-cinema/dyk-mammoottys-new-delhi-was-highest-grossing-film-in-mollywood-in-1987.html|access-date=2021-06-02|website=Republic World|language=en}}</ref>
}}

'''''New Delhi''''' is a 1987 [[Malayalam cinema|Malayalam]] language [[neo-noir]] [[crime thriller]] film written by [[Dennis Joseph]] and directed by [[Joshi (director)|Joshiy]] and produced by Joy Thomas. It stars [[Mammootty]], [[Sumalatha]], [[Suresh Gopi]], [[Urvashi (actress)|Urvashi]], [[Thiagarajan|B. Thiagarajan]], [[Siddique (actor)|Siddique]], [[Vijayaraghavan (actor)|Vijayaraghavan]], [[Mohan Jose]], [[Devan (actor)|Devan]], and [[Jagannatha Varma]].<ref>{{cite web|title=New Delhi Film details|url=http://www.malayalachalachithram.com/movie.php?i=1966|publisher=malayalachalachithram|access-date=20 October 2014}}</ref>

''New Delhi'' became the highest-grossing Malayalam film at that time. Making a box office collection of ₹ 2.5 crores, ''New Delhi'' broke all previous years' records.<ref>{{Cite web|title=DYK Mammootty's 'New Delhi' was highest grossing film in Mollywood in 1987?|url=https://www.republicworld.com/entertainment-news/regional-indian-cinema/dyk-mammoottys-new-delhi-was-highest-grossing-film-in-mollywood-in-1987.html|access-date=2021-06-02|website=Republic World|language=en}}</ref> The film was remade and released in [[Telugu language|Telugu]] as ''[[Antima Teerpu (1988 film)|Anthima Theerpu]]'', which was directed by Joshiy himself. Joshiy also directed the Hindi and Kannada versions titled ''New Delhi''. Lead roles were played by [[Jeetendra]] in its [[New Delhi (1988 Hindi film)|Hindi version]] and [[Ambareesh]] in the [[New Delhi (1988 Kannada film)|Kannada version]], respectively, Gopi made his debuts in the Telugu, Kannada and Hindi film Industries through the remakes in those languages but he played different roles. The story is loosely based on the novel ''The Almighty'' by [[Irving Wallace]].<ref>https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/remembering-writer-director-dennis-joseph/article34556775.ece</ref>

[[Thiagarajan]], who played the role of Salem Vishnu in ''New Delhi'', later produced and directed a [[Tamil film]] titled ''[[Salem Vishnu]]'' which showcased the prequel story of his character. The film rose [[Mammootty]] to ''Mega Star'' status after consecutive failures in 1986.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Malayalam film scriptwriter Dennis Joseph passes away; Mammootty, Mohanlal tweet condolences|url=https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/malayalam-film-scriptwriter-dennis-joseph-passes-away-mammootty-mohanlal-tweet-condolences-9610261.html/amp|website=[[Firstpost]]|date=11 May 2021|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Malayalam Hitmaker Screenwriter-Director Dennis Joseph Passes Away|url=http://www.kalakaumudi.com/english/film/Hitmaker-Malayalam-Screenwriter-Director-Dennis-Joseph-Passes-Away-2021-05-11.php|website=[[Kerala Kaumudi]]|date=11 May 2021|language=en}}</ref> The film was a critical and commercial success and the highest-grossing Malayalam film at that time. It earned ''cult status'' and is considered one of the best film made ever in India.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/lf/2002/08/29/stories/2002082900550200.htm|date=29 August 2002|access-date=29 August 2002|work=[[The Hindu]]|title=Architect of blockbusters}}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/spectacular-comebacks-of-mollywood/photostory/52479089.cms|title=Spectacular comebacks of Mollywood|work=[[Times of India]]|date=28 May 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/entertai/2000/sep/07joshi.htm|title='He is king!'|work=[[Rediff]]|date=7 September 2000}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/malayalam/malayalam-screenwriter-dennis-joseph-passes-away-7309859/|date=10 May 2021|agency=[[The Indian Express]]|title=Malayalam screenwriter-director Dennis Joseph passes away}}</ref>

==Plot==

G. Krishnamoorthy, aka G.K., is a cartoonist and investigative journalist working in [[New Delhi]]. [[Urvashi (actress)|Urvashi]] plays the role of his sister, Uma, who is also a journalist. G.K. falls in love with a New Delhi dancer Maria Fernandes. C. R. Panikkar and Shankar, two political bigwigs, book a show with Maria on the eve of [[Republic Day (India)|Republic Day]] and brutally rape her in a hotel room.

G.K. attempts to report the incident in the newspaper, but the effort is foiled by his chief editor, who notifies the villains. After being arrested on fake charges, G.K. is brought to trial to face many false witnesses including Fernandes, her father, who claims nobody harmed his daughter. G.K. is deemed mentally unfit and sentenced to one and a half years in a mental asylum, as well as five years in prison. Here, he is mercilessly tortured, subjected to electric shock, and beaten up to the point where his right limbs become useless, under Shankar's orders to "make sure this man will never write or walk properly again". G.K. meets Ananthan, Siddiq and Appu, whom he acquainted at the jail. He was once selected to be set free from prison on Republic day, but he was denied the chance by Shankar.

Nataraj Vishnu is a murderer who was sentenced to death by the court. G.K., who already has a plan of revenge, meets Vishnu and offers to help him break out of jail. After completing the five-year period, G.K. is free. Maria is all set, ready with a new newspaper, the New Delhi Diary, which she dedicates to G.K. He arranged help for Vishnu, Ananthan, Siddiq, and Appu to break out of jail. G.K. delays the issuing of his newspaper even though the newspaper had all the facilities and trained journalists, including Uma and Suresh, Uma's fiancée. He wants his newspaper to release only after getting sensational news. He also informs that he has appointed a reporter named Viswanath who will provide sensational news to him, if available.

When the team breaks out of jail, they head towards the residence of former judge and newly appointed ambassador to USA, Mr Aggarwal who had sentenced G.K. to prison, and kill him according to G.K.'s instructions. The newspaper is released immediately and has a grand reception by the people since this sensational news. G.K.'s newspaper soon becomes the leading newspaper in India.

Uma and Suresh have doubts about how the news being published in their newspaper so early by the "unknown" reporter Viswanath. G.K. instructs the team of four to kill C. R. Panikkar. He is electrocuted and killed, the torturing method G.K. faced in the mental asylum. The killing is witnessed by Suresh and team notices it. G.K. instructs the team to kill Suresh who has some evidences and photos about this. G.K., who later came to know about the affair between Uma and Suresh, tries to rescue Suresh but could not. Siddiq gets killed while Appu gets caught by the police.

The last prey of G.K.'s series of killings was Shankar, who is a central minister. G.K., as usual, instructs the team ( now limited to Ananthan and Vishnu) to kill Shankar, and he publishes a news about Minister Shankar's murder. But the team could not cross the tight security to kill him. They both were killed in an encounter with police. G.K., who was all set to release his next day's newspaper, is arrested by the police for conspiring to attack Shankar. Shankar comes to the office of G.K. to harass him. Soon, Maria Fernandes shoots Shankar with the pistol as a revenge for rape. The police try to lock her, but she succeeds in killing him. In the end both Maria and G.K. are arrested by the police.

==Cast==
*[[Mammootty]] as G. Krishnamoorthy aka G.K
*[[Sumalatha]] as Maria Fernandez
*[[Suresh Gopi]] as Suresh
*[[Urvashi (actress)|Urvashi]] as Uma
*[[Thiagarajan]] as Nataraj Vishnu/[[Salem Vishnu]]
*[[Devan (actor)|Devan]] as Shankar
*[[Jagannatha Varma]] as C.R. Panikkar
*[[Prathapachandran]] as Jailor
*[[Vijayaraghavan (actor)|Vijayaraghavan]] as Ananthan
*[[Siddique (actor)|Siddique]] as Siddique
*[[Mohan Jose]] as Appu
*[[P. K. Abraham]] as Fernandez, Maria's Father
* James

==Production==
The film was shot in [[New Delhi]].

==Remake==
The movie was remade into different Languages such as [[Cinema of Andhra Pradesh|Telugu]], [[Bollywood|Hindi]] & [[Cinema of Karnataka|Kannada]].
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;"
! Year
! Film
! Language
! Cast
! Director
|-
| 1988
|''[[Antima Teerpu (1988 film)|Antima Teerpu]]''
|[[Cinema of Andhra Pradesh|Telugu]]
|[[Krishnamraju]], [[Thiagarajan]], [[Sumalatha]], [[Urvashi (actress)|Urvashi]], [[Prabhakar Reddy]], [[Ranganath (actor)|Ranganath]]
|[[Joshiy]]
|-
| 1988
| ''[[New Delhi (1988 Hindi film)|New Delhi]]''
|[[Bollywood|Hindi]]
|[[Jeetendra]], [[Sumalatha]], Urvashi, [[Raza Murad]], [[Thiagarajan]]
|Joshiy
|-
| 1988
|''[[New Delhi (1988 Kannada film)|New Delhi]]''
|[[Cinema of Karnataka|Kannada]]
|[[Ambareesh]], Sumalatha, Urvashi, Thiagarajan
|Joshiy
|-
|}

==Release==
The film released on 24 July 1987.

===Box office===
The film was a commercial success at the box office.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/2003/nov/01south.htm|date=1 November 2003|access-date=1 November 2003|agency=[[Rediff.com]]|title=Dileep's stroke of luck}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://archives.deccanchronicle.com/121109/entertainment-mollywood/article/mammootty%E2%80%99s-gk-back|title=Mammootty's GK is back|work=[[Deccan Chronicle]]|date=23 October 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sify.com/movies/thyagarajan-plays-nayantharas-dad-news-tamil-kkfs7Maecbhsi.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141126202407/http://www.sify.com/movies/thyagarajan-plays-nayantharas-dad-news-tamil-kkfs7Maecbhsi.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=26 November 2014|date=17 December 2008|access-date=17 December 2008|agency=[[Sify]]|title=Thyagarajan plays Nayanthara's dad!}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/mammootty-and-mohan-lal-emerge-as-unprecedented-superstars-of-malayalam-films/1/330129.html|date=31 December 1988|agency=[[India Today]]|title=Celluloid sultans of Kerala}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/screenwriter-dennis-joseph-passes-away/article34529766.ece/amp/|date=10 May 2021|agency=[[The Hindu]]|title=Screenwriter Dennis Joseph passes away}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.onmanorama.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/2019/08/30/joshiy-hit-machine-three-decades-needs-reboot.amp.html|date=30 August 2019|agency=[[Malayala Manorama]]|title=Dress Circle - Joshiy, hit machine of 3 decades, needs reboot}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://english.mathrubhumi.com/mobile/movies-music/movie-news/mamootty-joshiy-join-hands-again-after-a-decade-1.3437449|title=Mamootty, Joshiy join hands again after a decade|work=[[Mathrubhumi]]|date=30 December 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ibtimes.co.in/mammootty-manju-warrier-pair-joshiy-movie-614414|title=Mammootty and Manju Warrier to Pair Up in Joshiy Movie?|work=[[International Business Times]]|date=18 November 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/quest-for-perfection/article2455824.ece|title=Quest for perfection|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=15 September 2011}}</ref> ''New Delhi'', starring Mammootty became the highest-grossing Malayalam film at that time.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/celebrities/story/the-southern-superstars-85631-2010-11-16|title=The Southern superstars|work=[[India Today]]|date=16 November 2010}}</ref> ''New Delhi'' making a box office collection of ₹ 2.5 crores and broke all previous years' records.<ref>{{Cite web|title=DYK Mammootty's 'New Delhi' was highest grossing film in Mollywood in 1987?|url=https://www.republicworld.com/entertainment-news/regional-indian-cinema/dyk-mammoottys-new-delhi-was-highest-grossing-film-in-mollywood-in-1987.html|access-date=2021-06-02|website=Republic World|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/malayalam/malayalam-screenwriter-dennis-joseph-passes-away-7309859/|date=10 May 2021|agency=[[The Indian Express]]|title=Malayalam screenwriter-director Dennis Joseph passes away}}</ref> The film ran over 200 days in Kerala box office<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.filmibeat.com/malayalam/news/2016/mammootty-10-movies-which-completed-200-days-at-the-theatres-247132.html|date=15 November 2016|agency=Filmibeat|title=10 Mammootty Movies Which Completed 200 Days At The Theatres}}</ref> and also was the first Malayalam film to ran over 100 days in 2 centres in Tamil Nadu box office.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://malayalam.filmibeat.com/features/lesser-known-facts-about-megastar-mammootty-s-blockbuster-movie-new-delhi-073665.html|date=25 July 2021|agency=Filmibeat|title=മമ്മൂട്ടിയുടെ ബ്ലോക്ക്ബസ്റ്റര്‍ ചിത്രത്തെ കുറിച്ച് അധികമാര്‍ക്കും അറിയാത്ത കാര്യങ്ങള്‍, വൈറല്‍ കുറിപ്പ്‌}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0246809|New Delhi}}
{{Joshiy}}

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[[Category:1980s Malayalam-language films]]
[[Category:Films about corruption in India]]
[[Category:Films set in Delhi]]
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[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Malayalam films remade in other languages]]
[[Category:Films directed by Joshiy]]
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