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Crime File
Crime File
	File:Crime File (film).jpg
Directed by	K. Madhu
Produced by	A. Ramakrishnan; Sajan Varghese;
Written by	A. K. Sajan; A. K. Santhosh;
Starring	Suresh Gopi; Siddique; Sangita Madhavan Nair; Vijayaraghavan; Rajan P. Dev;
Music by	Rajamani
Cinematography	Saloo George
Edited by	K. Sankunny
Distributed by	Aiswarya Productions
Release date	25 October 1999
Country	India
Language	Malayalam

Latest revision as of 17:57, 28 September 2021

Crime File is a 1999 Indian Malayalam-language action crime thriller film by K. Madhu starring Suresh Gopi, Siddique and Sangita Madhavan Nair. The film is loosely based on the 1992 murder of Sister Abhaya in Kerala.

Plot[edit]

Sister Amala, a nun, is found dead in the well of the convent where she was staying. The police discover that she was murdered. Idamattom Palackal Easo Panickar (pronounced as E-sho) and his team find out the truth behind Sr. Amala's murder. The suspects include Fr. Clement Kaliyar and the local legislator Monayi, and a hitman - Cardinal Carlos.

Things get worse when Fr. Kaliyar and one of the police officers, Ezhuthachan, are killed. Then, Easow Panickar arrests, the collector Paul Varghese, with the support of the Chief Minister. On torturing and questioning him, he arrests the MLA Monayi. Later, the hitman Cardinal Carlos is taken into custody too.

Cast[edit]

Suresh Gopi as DIG Idamattom Palackal Easo Panickar IPS
Siddique as SP Anwar Rawther IPS
Vijayaraghavan as Fr. Clement Kaliyar
Sangita as Adv Sr. Amala (voice by Sreeja )
Rajan P. Dev as Mamala Mamachan
Janardhanan as Kaliyar Pathrose Vaidyan
Santhosh as CI Karthav
Kalabhavan Mani as SI Ezhuthachan
Cochin Haneefa as CI Jamal
N. F. Varghese as IG James George IPS
Vijayakumar as MLA Monayi
Meghanathan as Stephen
Kundara Johny as Pappi
Jagannatha Varma as Bishop Punnassery
Babu Namboothiri as Chief Minister of Kerala
Subair as District Collector Paul Varghese IAS
K. B. Ganesh Kumar as Raju Namasivayam
Rizabawa as Minister Thomas
Spadikam George as Cardinal Carlose
Chandni Shaju as Sr. Vimala
Mohan Jose as Fr. Rector
Ravi Menon as Priest
Ashokan as Simon
M. S. Thripunithura as Namasivayam Swami
Priyanka as Deenamma
Zeenath as Mother Superior
Suma Jayaram as 'Stay' Madhavi
Santhakumari as Sr. Fisto

References[edit]

External links[edit]

Crime File on IMDb

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 ==Plot==
-Sister Amala, a nun, is found dead in the well of the convent where she was staying. The police discover that she was murdered. Idamattom Palackal Esso Panickar (pronounced as E-sho) and his team find out the truth behind Sr. Amala's murder. The suspects include Fr. Clement Kaliyar and the local legislator Monayi, and a hitman - Cardinal Carlos.
+Sister Amala, a nun, is found dead in the well of the convent where she was staying. The police discover that she was murdered. Idamattom Palackal Easo Panickar (pronounced as E-sho) and his team find out the truth behind Sr. Amala's murder. The suspects include Fr. Clement Kaliyar and the local legislator Monayi, and a hitman - Cardinal Carlos.
 Things get worse when Fr. Kaliyar and one of the police officers, Ezhuthachan, are killed.
 Then, Easow Panickar arrests, the collector Paul Varghese, with the support of the Chief Minister. On torturing and questioning him, he arrests the MLA Monayi. Later, the hitman Cardinal Carlos is taken into custody too.
- After this, Esso Panickar arrests Stephen, whose uncle is Mamala Mammachan. It is revealed in the climax that Kaliyar Pathrose Vaidyan, the older brother of Fr. Clement Kaliyar, is the one who killed Sr. Amala.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-02-19|title=Crime File: The fastest Hankie in the East|url=https://www.2gb.com/podcast/crime-file-the-fastest-hankie-in-the-east/|access-date=2021-02-28|website=2GB|language=en}}</ref>
 ==Cast==
-* [[Suresh Gopi]] as D.I.G Idamattom Palackal Esso Panickar IPS
+* [[Suresh Gopi]] as [[Deputy Inspector General of Police#India|DIG]] Idamattom Palackal Easo Panickar [[Indian Police Service|IPS]]
-* [[Siddique (actor)|Siddique]] as S.P Anwar Rawther IPS
+* [[Siddique (actor)|Siddique]] as [[Superintendent of Police#India|SP]] Anwar Rawther [[Indian Police Service|IPS]]
-* [[Sangita Madhavan Nair]] as Adv Sr. Amala (voice by [[Sreeja Ravi|Sreeja]] )
 * [[Vijayaraghavan (actor)|Vijayaraghavan]] as Fr. Clement Kaliyar
+* [[Sangita Madhavan Nair|Sangita]] as Adv Sr. Amala (voice by [[Sreeja Ravi|Sreeja]] )
 * [[Rajan P. Dev]] as Mamala Mamachan
 * [[Janardhanan (actor)|Janardhanan]] as Kaliyar Pathrose Vaidyan
-* [[Santhosh (actor)|Santhosh]] as C.I Karthav
+* [[Santhosh (actor)|Santhosh]] as [[Circle Inspector|CI]] Karthav
-* [[N. F. Varghese]] as I.G. James George IPS
+* [[Kalabhavan Mani]] as [[Circle Inspector|SI]] Ezhuthachan
-* [[Kalabhavan Mani]] as S.I Ezhuthachan
+* [[Cochin Haneefa]] as [[Circle Inspector|CI]] Jamal
-* [[Cochin Haneefa]] as C.I Jamal
+* [[N. F. Varghese]] as [[Inspector General of Police#India|IG]] James George [[Indian Police Service|IPS]]
-* [[Vijayakumar (Malayalam actor)|Vijayakumar]] as M.L.A Monayi
+* [[Vijayakumar (Malayalam actor)|Vijayakumar]] as [[Member of Legislative Assembly#India|MLA]] Monayi
 * [[Meghanathan]] as Stephen
 * [[Kundara Johny]] as Pappi
 * [[Jagannatha Varma]] as Bishop Punnassery
-* [[Babu Namboothiri]] as Chief Minister
+* [[Babu Namboothiri]] as [[Chief Minister]] of [[Kerala]]
-* [[Subair]] as District Collector Paul Varghese IAS aka Kundan Paul
+* [[Subair]] as [[District Collector]] Paul Varghese [[Indian Administrative Service|IAS]]
 * [[K. B. Ganesh Kumar]] as Raju Namasivayam
 * [[Rizabawa]] as Minister Thomas