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{{short description|Film series}}
{{short description|Film series directed by K. Madhu}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=September 2019}}
{{Infobox film
{{Infobox film
| name          = CBI
| name          = CBI Film Franchise
| image          =  
| image          =  
| caption        =  
| caption        = Poster of first film
| director      = [[K. Madhu]]  
| director      = [[K. Madhu]]
| producer      = M. Mani (''1 - 2'') <br> K. Madhu (''3 - 4'')
| producer      = [[M. Mani]] (''1 - 2'') <br> K. Madhu (''3 - 4'') <br> [[Swargachitra Appachan]] (''5'')
| writer        = [[S. N. Swami]]  
| writer        = [[S. N. Swamy]]
| starring      = [[Mammootty]]<br>[[Mukesh (actor)|Mukesh]]<br>[[Jagathy Sreekumar]]
| starring      = [[Mammootty]]<br>[[Mukesh (actor)|Mukesh]]<br>[[Jagathy Sreekumar]]
| music          = [[Shyam (composer)|Shyam]]
| music          = [[Shyam (composer)|Shyam]] (''[[Oru CBI Diary Kurippu|1]]'', ''[[Jagratha|2]]'', ''[[Sethurama Iyer CBI|3]]'', ''[[Nerariyan CBI|4]]'') <br> [[Jakes Bejoy]] (''[[CBI 5: The Brain|5]]'')
| editing        = [[V. P. Krishnan]] (''1 - 2'') <br> P. C. Mohanan (''3 - 4'')
| editing        = [[V. P. Krishnan]] (''1 - 2'') <br> P. C. Mohanan (''3 - 4'') <br> [[A. Sreekar Prasad]] (''5'')
| cinematography = [[Vipindas]] (''1 - 2'') <br> [[Saloo George]] (''3 - 4'')
| cinematography = [[Vipindas]] (''1 - 2'') <br> [[Saloo George]] (''3 - 4'') <br> Akhil George (''5'')
| studio        = Sunitha Productions (''1 - 2'') <br> Krishnakripa Release (''3 - 4'')
| studio        = Sunitha Productions (''1 - 2'') <br> Krishnakripa (''3 - 4'') <br> [[Swargachitra Appachan|Swargachithra Films]] (''5'')
| distributor    = Aroma Movies (''1 - 2'') <br> Swargachithra (''3 - 4'')
| distributor    = Aroma Movies (''1 - 2'') <br> Swargachithra Films (''3 - 5'')
| released      = 1988 - 1989 <br> 2004 - 2005
| released      = {{Film date|1988| | |''1''|1989| | |''2''|2004| | |''3''|2005| | |''4''|2022| | |''5''}}
| runtime        =  
| runtime        =  
| country        = India
| country        = India
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}}
}}


The '''''CBI''''' film series consists of four [[Malayalam films]] directed by K. Madhu and written by [[S. N. Swami]] featuring [[Mammootty]] as [[Sethurama Iyer]], a [[Central Bureau of Investigation]] (CBI) officer. The series started off in 1988 with ''[[Oru CBI Diary Kurippu]]''. The character Sethurama Iyer is said to have been inspired by a police officer named Radhavinod Raju, who in 2009 was appointed as the first chief of India's [[National Investigation Agency (India)|National Investigation Agency]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/nia-chief-inspired-hit-film-20-yrs-ago/story-6eOSyiefNxzc3pDL9e4gbO.html|title=NIA chief inspired hit film 20 yrs ago|date=18 January 2009|newspaper=Hindustan Times|accessdate=14 September 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindu.com/fline/fl1503/15030120.htm|title=A crack investigative team|publisher=hindu|accessdate=20 August 2010}}</ref>
'''''CBI Film Franchise''''' is an Indian [[Malayalam]]-language [[film series]] of [[mystery films]] directed by [[K. Madhu]] and written by [[S. N. Swamy]] featuring [[Mammootty]] as [[Sethurama Iyer]], a [[Central Bureau of Investigation]] (CBI) officer in the title role. The series started off in 1988 with ''[[Oru CBI Diary Kurippu]]''. The character Sethurama Iyer is said to have been inspired by a police officer named [[Radha Vinod Raju]], who in 2009 was appointed as the first chief of India's [[National Investigation Agency (India)|National Investigation Agency]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/nia-chief-inspired-hit-film-20-yrs-ago/story-6eOSyiefNxzc3pDL9e4gbO.html|title=NIA chief inspired hit film 20 yrs ago|date=18 January 2009|newspaper=Hindustan Times|accessdate=14 September 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindu.com/fline/fl1503/15030120.htm|title=A crack investigative team|publisher=hindu|accessdate=20 August 2010}}</ref>


== Films ==
== Films ==
The films depicts a team of three CBI officers led by [[Sethurama Iyer]] investigating into a murder case. All the films feature [[Mammootty]] as [[Sethurama Iyer]]. The other two members of the team vary in the series. All the four films so far released have ''Vikram'', the character played by [[Jagathy Sreekumar]] as a CBI officer. But he is not part of the three-men team in the third film but appears in the film for a short length. Chacko played by Mukesh appears in the first film but is not part of the team. But Chacko becomes part of the team from the second film onwards. Harry played by Suresh Gopi is present in the first movie as part of the team, but later transferred to Madras in the second sequel.
The films depicts a team of three CBI officers led by [[Sethurama Iyer]] investigating a murder case. All the films feature [[Mammootty]] as [[Sethurama Iyer]]. The other two members of the team vary in the series. All the five films that were released have ''Vikram'', the character played by [[Jagathy Sreekumar]] as a CBI officer. But he is not part of the three-man team in the third film and fifth film but appears in the films for a short length. Chacko played by Mukesh appears in the first film but is not part of the team. But Chacko becomes part of the team from the second film onwards. Harry played by Suresh Gopi is present in the first movie as part of the team, but later transferred to Madras in the second sequel.
 
The films of the franchise are:
{|class="wikitable" style="width:65%;"
! style="text-align:center;"|Year
! style="text-align:center;"|Film
! style="text-align:center;"|Director
! style="text-align:center;"|Screenwriter
! style="text-align:center;"|Producer
! style="text-align:center;"|Composer
|-
| 1988


{{Timeline of release years
| ''[[Oru CBI Diary Kurippu]]''
| title = CBI film series released timeline
| rowspan=5|[[K. Madhu]]
| 2005 = ''[[Nerariyan CBI]]''
| rowspan=5|[[S. N. Swamy]]
| 2004 = ''[[Sethurama Iyer CBI]]''
| rowspan=2|[[M. Mani]]
| 1989 = ''[[Jagratha]]''
| rowspan=4|[[Shyam (composer)|Shyam]]
| 1988 = ''[[Oru CBI Diary Kurippu|Oru CBI Diarykkurippu]]''
|-
| 2022 = [[CBI 5]]
| 1989
}}
| ''[[Jagratha]]''
|-
| 2004
| ''[[Sethurama Iyer CBI]]''
| rowspan=2|K. Madhu
|-
| 2005
| ''[[Nerariyan CBI]]''
|-
| 2022
| ''[[CBI 5: The Brain]]''
| [[Swargachitra Appachan]]
| [[Jakes Bejoy]]
|}


The films of the franchise are:
'''Sethurama Iyer''' ([[Malayalam]]: സേതുരാമയ്യര്‍) is a fictional character and the protagonist of the CBI film series. The character was played by [[Mammootty]] in all the films. He is an investigative officer of the [[Central Bureau of Investigation|Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)]]. Iyer's popularity is attributed to the fact that he uses his brain rather than brawn to solve cases.<br>
# '''''[[Oru CBI Diary Kurippu]]''''' ([[Malayalam]]: ഒരു സി ബി ഐ ഡയറി കുറിപ്പ്, 1988), featuring [[Mammootty]], [[Suresh Gopi]] and [[Jagathy Sreekumar]] as CBI officers. [[Mukesh (actor)|Mukesh]] plays the role of police constable Chacko, a relative of the murdered woman.
A sixth film in the franchise was announced by the director K. Madhu himself. The writer S. N. Swamy said he is not sure that whether he will be part of the crew.
# '''''[[Jagratha]]''''' ([[Malayalam]]: ജാഗ്രത, 1989), featuring [[Mammootty]], [[Mukesh (actor)|Mukesh]] and [[Jagathy Sreekumar]] as CBI officers.
# '''''[[Sethurama Iyer CBI]]''''' ([[Malayalam]]: സേതുരാമയ്യര്‍ സി ബി ഐ, 2004), featuring [[Mammootty]], [[Mukesh (actor)|Mukesh]] and ''Vineeth Kumar'' in the CBI team and [[Jagathy Sreekumar]] in a special appearance.
# '''''[[Nerariyan CBI]]''''' ([[Malayalam]]: നേരറിയാന്‍‌ സി ബി ഐ, 2005), featuring [[Mammootty]], [[Mukesh (actor)|Mukesh]] and [[Jagathy Sreekumar]] as CBI officers.
The production of the 5th movie of the series titled '''"Black Investigators"''' is under progress.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://cinequeen.com/commonnewsdetail.php?mid=0&cnid=90 | title=Mammootty back again as Sethurama Iyer | publisher=CineQueen.com | accessdate=6 December 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://2filmfanscity.blogspot.in/2013/04/black-investigators-malayalam-movie.html | title=Black Investigators Malayalam Movie ( 2013 ) - MAMMOOTTY , MUKESH | publisher=2filmfanscity | date=22 April 2013 | accessdate=6 December 2013}}</ref>


==Cast and characters==
== Cast and characters ==
[[File:Jagathy Mammootty Mukesh in Nerariyan Cbi.jpg|283x200px|thumb|left|Central characters Mammootty, Jagathy and Mukesh as CBI officers.]]
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; width:99%;"
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; width:99%;"
! style="width:15%;"| Character
! style="width:15%;"| Character
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! style="width:10.5%;" | ''[[Sethurama Iyer CBI]]''<br />(2004)
! style="width:10.5%;" | ''[[Sethurama Iyer CBI]]''<br />(2004)
! style="width:10.5%;" | ''[[Nerariyan CBI]]''<br />(2005)
! style="width:10.5%;" | ''[[Nerariyan CBI]]''<br />(2005)
! style="width:10.5%;" | ''[[CBI 5]]''<br />(2022)
|-
|-
! colspan="9" style="background-color:#ddf;" |
! colspan="9" style="background-color:#ddf;" |
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|-
|-
! scope="row" | [[Sethurama Iyer]]
! scope="row" | [[Sethurama Iyer]]
| colspan="4" | [[Mammootty]]
| colspan="5" | [[Mammootty]]
|-
|-
! scope="row" | SI Vikram
! scope="row" | Vikram
| colspan="4" | [[Jagathy Sreekumar]]
| colspan="5" | [[Jagathy Sreekumar]]
|-
|-
! scope="row" | Chacko
! scope="row" | Chacko
| colspan="4" | [[Mukesh (actor)|Mukesh]]
| colspan="5" | [[Mukesh (actor)|Mukesh]]
|-
|-
! scope="row" | CI Harry
! scope="row" | CI Harry
| colspan="2" | [[Suresh Gopi]]
| colspan="1" | [[Suresh Gopi]]
| colspan="2" {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="4" {{cEmpty}}
|-
|-
! scope="row" | DySP Devadas
! scope="row" | DySP Devadas
| colspan="2" | [[Sukumaran]]
| colspan="2" | [[Sukumaran]]
| colspan="2" {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="3" {{cEmpty}}
|-
|-
! scope="row" | K. A. Ouseppachan
! scope="row" | K. A. Ouseppachan
| colspan="3" | [[Janardhanan (actor)|Janardhanan]]  
| colspan="3" | [[Janardhanan (actor)|Janardhanan]]
| colspan="1" {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="2" {{cEmpty}}
|-
|-
! scope="row" | Narayanan
! scope="row" | Narayanan
| colspan="2" | [[Prathapachandran]]
| colspan="2" | [[Prathapachandran]]
| colspan="2" {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="3" {{cEmpty}}
|-
|-
! scope="row" | Omana  
! scope="row" | Omana
| colspan="1" |
| colspan="1" |
[[Lissy (actress)|Lissy]]
[[Lissy (actress)|Lissy]]
| colspan="3" {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="4" {{cEmpty}}
|-
|-
! scope="row" | Annie  
! scope="row" | Annie
| colspan="1" |
| colspan="1" |
[[Urvashi (actress)|Urvashi]]
[[Urvashi (actress)|Urvashi]]
| colspan="3" {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="4" {{cEmpty}}
|-
|-
! scope="row" | John Thomas
! scope="row" | John Thomas
| colspan="1" | [[Bahadoor]]
| colspan="1" | [[Bahadoor]]
| colspan="3" {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="4" {{cEmpty}}
|-
|-
! scope="row" | Joy Mathew
! scope="row" | Joy Mathew
| colspan="1" | [[Vijayaraghavan (actor)|Vijayaraghavan]]
| colspan="1" | [[Vijayaraghavan (actor)|Vijayaraghavan]]
| colspan="3" {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="4" {{cEmpty}}
|-
|-
! scope="row" | SP Prabhakara Varma
! scope="row" | SP Prabhakara Varma
| colspan="1" | [[Captain Raju]]  
| colspan="1" | [[Captain Raju]]
| colspan="3" {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="4" {{cEmpty}}
|-
|-
! scope="row" | SP of CBI
! scope="row" | SP of CBI
| colspan="2" | [[Jagannatha Varma]]
| colspan="2" | [[Jagannatha Varma]]
| colspan="2" {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="3" {{cEmpty}}
|-
|-
! scope="row" | C.I Alex
! scope="row" | C.I Alex
| colspan="2" | [[K. P. A. C. Sunny]]
| colspan="2" | [[K. P. A. C. Sunny]]
| colspan="2" {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="3" {{cEmpty}}
|-
|-
! scope="row" | Sunny
! scope="row" | Sunny
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| colspan="1" {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="1" {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="1" | [[Sreenath]]
| colspan="1" | [[Sreenath]]
| colspan="1" {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="2" {{cEmpty}}
|-
|-
! scope="row" | Bhargavan
! scope="row" | Home Minister Bhargavan
| colspan="2" | [[C. I. Paul]]
| colspan="2" | [[C. I. Paul]]
| colspan="2" {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="3" {{cEmpty}}
|-
|-
! scope="row" | Police Surgeon
! scope="row" | Police Surgeon
| colspan="2" | [[Kollam Thulasi]]
| colspan="2" | [[Kollam Thulasi]]
| colspan="2" {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="3" {{cEmpty}}
|-
|-
! scope="row" | Padathalam Mathai
! scope="row" | Padathalam Mathai
| colspan="1" | [[Poojappura Ravi]]
| colspan="1" | [[Poojappura Ravi]]
| colspan="3" {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="4" {{cEmpty}}
|-
|-
! scope="row" | Mary
! scope="row" | Mary
| colspan="1" | [[Adoor Bhavani]]  
| colspan="1" | [[Adoor Bhavani]]
| colspan="1" {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="1" {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="1" | [[Adoor Bhavani]]
| colspan="1" | [[Adoor Bhavani]]
| colspan="1" {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="2" {{cEmpty}}
|-
|-
! scope="row" | Sreedharan
! scope="row" | Sreedharan
| colspan="1" | [[T. P. Madhavan]]
| colspan="1" | [[T. P. Madhavan]]
| colspan="3" {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="4" {{cEmpty}}
|-
|-
! scope="row" | Driver Vasu
! scope="row" | Driver Vasu
| colspan="1" | [[Kundara Johny]]  
| colspan="1" | [[Kundara Johny]]
| colspan="3" {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="4" {{cEmpty}}
|-
|-
! scope="row" | Nun
! scope="row" | Nun
| colspan="1" | [[Sukumari]]  
| colspan="1" | [[Sukumari]]
| colspan="3" {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="4" {{cEmpty}}
|-
|-
! scope="row" | Mohammed
! scope="row" | Mohammed
| colspan="1" |[[Kothuku Nanappan]]  
| colspan="1" |[[Kothuku Nanappan]]
| colspan="3" {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="4" {{cEmpty}}
|-
|-
! colspan="9" style="background-color:#ddf;" |
! colspan="9" style="background-color:#ddf;" |
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| colspan="1"  {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="1"  {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="1" | [[Parvathy Jayaram]]
| colspan="1" | [[Parvathy Jayaram]]
| colspan="2"  {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="3"  {{cEmpty}}
|-
|-
! scope="row" | Babu
! scope="row" | Babu
| colspan="1"  {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="1"  {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="1" | [[Babu Antony]]
| colspan="1" | [[Babu Antony]]
| colspan="2"  {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="3"  {{cEmpty}}
|-
|-
! scope="row" | Adv. Janardanan Nair
! scope="row" | Adv. Janardanan Nair
| colspan="1"  {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="1"  {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="1" | [[Babu Namboothiri]]
| colspan="1" | [[Babu Namboothiri]]
| colspan="2"  {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="3"  {{cEmpty}}
|-
|-
! scope="row" | I.G
! scope="row" | I.G
| colspan="1"  {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="1"  {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="1" | [[K. P. A. C. Azeez]]
| colspan="1" | [[K. P. A. C. Azeez]]
| colspan="2"  {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="3"  {{cEmpty}}
|-
|-
! scope="row" | Vishwam
! scope="row" | Vishwam
| colspan="1"  {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="1"  {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="1" | [[Devan (actor)|Devan]]
| colspan="1" | [[Devan (actor)|Devan]]
| colspan="2"  {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="3"  {{cEmpty}}
|-
|-
! scope="row" | Kumar
! scope="row" | Kumar
| colspan="1"  {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="1"  {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="1" | [[K. B. Ganesh Kumar]]
| colspan="1" | [[K. B. Ganesh Kumar]]
| colspan="2"  {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="3"  {{cEmpty}}
|-
|-
! scope="row" | Mohan
! scope="row" | Mohan
| colspan="1"  {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="1"  {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="1" | [[Jose (actor)|Jose]]
| colspan="1" | [[Jose (actor)|Jose]]
| colspan="2"  {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="3"  {{cEmpty}}
|-
|-
! scope="row" | Anchor
! scope="row" | Anchor
| colspan="1"  {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="1"  {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="1" | [[Kaithapram Damodaran Namboothiri]]
| colspan="1" | [[Kaithapram Damodaran Namboothiri]]
| colspan="2"  {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="3"  {{cEmpty}}
|-
|-
! scope="row" | Kurupu
! scope="row" | Kurupu
| colspan="1"  {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="1"  {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="1" | [[M. S. Thripunithura]]
| colspan="1" | [[M. S. Thripunithura]]
| colspan="2"  {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="3"  {{cEmpty}}
|-
|-
! scope="row" | Thomas
! scope="row" | Thomas
| colspan="1"  {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="1"  {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="1" | [[Paravoor Bharathan]]
| colspan="1" | [[Paravoor Bharathan]]
| colspan="2"  {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="3"  {{cEmpty}}
|-
|-
! scope="row" | Vandana
! scope="row" | Vandana
| colspan="1"  {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="1"  {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="1" | [[Sreeja]]
| colspan="1" | [[Sreeja]]
| colspan="2"  {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="3"  {{cEmpty}}
|-
|-
! scope="row" | Rukmini
! scope="row" | Rukmini
| colspan="1"  {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="1"  {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="1" | [[Kanakalatha]]
| colspan="1" | [[Kanakalatha]]
| colspan="2"  {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="3"  {{cEmpty}}
|-
|-
! scope="row" | Fake policeman
! scope="row" | Fake policeman
| colspan="1"  {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="1"  {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="1" | [[James (Malayalam actor)|James]]
| colspan="1" | [[James (Malayalam actor)|James]]
| colspan="2"  {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="3"  {{cEmpty}}
|-
|-
! scope="row" | Suryan
! scope="row" | Suryan
| colspan="1"  {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="1"  {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="1" | Tony
| colspan="1" | Tony
| colspan="2"  {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="3"  {{cEmpty}}
|-
|-
! scope="row" | Rajendrababu
! scope="row" | Rajendrababu
| colspan="1"  {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="1"  {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="1" | Vishnuprakash
| colspan="1" | Vishnuprakash
| colspan="2"  {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="3"  {{cEmpty}}
|-
|-
! scope="row" | Hotel boy
! scope="row" | Hotel boy
| colspan="1"  {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="1"  {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="1" | Poojappura Radhakrishnan
| colspan="1" | Poojappura Radhakrishnan
| colspan="2"  {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="3"  {{cEmpty}}
|-
|-
! scope="row" | Union leader
! scope="row" | Union leader
| colspan="1"  {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="1"  {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="1" | Adinad Sasi  
| colspan="1" | Adinad Sasi
| colspan="2"  {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="3"  {{cEmpty}}
|-
|-
! colspan="9" style="background-color:#ddf;" |
! colspan="9" style="background-color:#ddf;" |
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| colspan="2"  {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="2"  {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="1" | [[Siddique (actor)|Siddique]]
| colspan="1" | [[Siddique (actor)|Siddique]]
| colspan="1"  {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="2"  {{cEmpty}}
|-
|-
! scope="row" | Isow Alex
! scope="row" | Isow Alex
| colspan="2"  {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="2"  {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="1" | [[Kalabhavan Mani]]
| colspan="1" | [[Kalabhavan Mani]]
| colspan="1"  {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="2"  {{cEmpty}}
|-
|-
! scope="row" | Ganesh
! scope="row" | Ganesh
| colspan="2"  {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="2"  {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="1" | [[Vineeth Kumar]]
| colspan="1" | [[Vineeth Kumar]]
| colspan="1"  {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="2"  {{cEmpty}}
|-
|-
! scope="row" | DySP Sathyadas
! scope="row" | DySP Sathyadas
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| colspan="1" | [[Sai Kumar (Malayalam actor)|Sai Kumar]]
| colspan="1" | [[Sai Kumar (Malayalam actor)|Sai Kumar]]
| colspan="1"  {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="1"  {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="1" | [[Sai Kumar (Malayalam actor)|Sai Kumar]]
|-
|-
! scope="row" | Mani
! scope="row" | Mani
| colspan="2"  {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="2"  {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="1" | [[Jagadish]]  
| colspan="1" | [[Jagadish]]
| colspan="1"  {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="2"  {{cEmpty}}
|-
|-
! scope="row" | Rachana
! scope="row" | Rachana
| colspan="2"  {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="2"  {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="1" | [[Navya Nair]]  
| colspan="1" | [[Navya Nair]]
| colspan="1"  {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="2"  {{cEmpty}}
|-
|-
! scope="row" | Reshmi
! scope="row" | Reshmi
| colspan="2"  {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="2"  {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="1" | [[Nandana (actress)|Nandana]]
| colspan="1" | [[Nandana (actress)|Nandana]]
| colspan="1"  {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="2"  {{cEmpty}}
|-
|-
! scope="row" | Adiyodi
! scope="row" | Adiyodi
| colspan="2"  {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="2"  {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="1" | [[Oduvil Unnikrishnan]]
| colspan="1" | [[Oduvil Unnikrishnan]]
| colspan="1"  {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="2"  {{cEmpty}}
|-
! scope="row" | CBI Director
| colspan="2"  {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="1" | [[Kalasala Babu]]
| colspan="2"  {{cEmpty}}
|-
|-
! scope="row" | Bahuleyan
! scope="row" | Bahuleyan
| colspan="2"  {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="2"  {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="1" | [[Rajan P. Dev]]
| colspan="1" | [[Rajan P. Dev]]
| colspan="1"  {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="2"  {{cEmpty}}
|-
|-
! scope="row" | Manikunju / Zakariah
! scope="row" | Manikunju / Zakariah
| colspan="2"  {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="2"  {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="1" | [[Paravoor Ramachandran]]
| colspan="1" | [[Paravoor Ramachandran]]
| colspan="1"  {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="2"  {{cEmpty}}
|-
|-
! scope="row" | Mosi
! scope="row" | Mosi
| colspan="2"  {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="2"  {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="1" | [[Geetha Vijayan]]
| colspan="1" | [[Geetha Vijayan]]
| colspan="1"  {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="2"  {{cEmpty}}
|-
|-
! scope="row" | Krishan Iyer
! scope="row" | Krishan Iyer
| colspan="2"  {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="2"  {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="1" | [[Kunchan (actor)|Kunchan]]
| colspan="1" | [[Kunchan (actor)|Kunchan]]
| colspan="1"  {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="2"  {{cEmpty}}
|-
|-
! scope="row" | Meenakshi Iyer
! scope="row" | Meenakshi Iyer
| colspan="2"  {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="2"  {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="1" | [[Urmila Unni]]
| colspan="1" | [[Urmila Unni]]
| colspan="1"  {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="2"  {{cEmpty}}
|-
|-
! scope="row" | Dr. Vijayalakshmi
! scope="row" | Dr. Vijayalakshmi
| colspan="2"  {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="2"  {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="1" | Poornima Anand
| colspan="1" | Poornima Anand
| colspan="1"  {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="2"  {{cEmpty}}
|-
|-
! scope="row" | Vijayamma
! scope="row" | Vijayamma
| colspan="2"  {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="2"  {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="1" | [[Kalpana (Malayalam actress)|Kalpana]]
| colspan="1" | [[Kalpana (Malayalam actress)|Kalpana]]
| colspan="1"  {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="2"  {{cEmpty}}
|-
|-
! scope="row" | Kuzhivetty Mathai
! scope="row" | Kuzhivetty Mathai
| colspan="2"  {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="2"  {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="1" | [[Mala Aravindan]]
| colspan="1" | [[Mala Aravindan]]
| colspan="1"  {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="2"  {{cEmpty}}
|-
|-
! scope="row" | Fr. Gomez
! scope="row" | Fr. Gomez
| colspan="2"  {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="2"  {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="1" | [[Bharath Gopi]]
| colspan="1" | [[Bharath Gopi]]
| colspan="1"  {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="2"  {{cEmpty}}
|-
|-
! scope="row" | Crime branch C.I
! scope="row" | Crime branch C.I
| colspan="2"  {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="2"  {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="1" | [[Shammi Thilakan]]
| colspan="1" | [[Shammi Thilakan]]
| colspan="1"  {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="2"  {{cEmpty}}
|-
|-
! scope="row" | Sharngadaran
! scope="row" | Sharngadaran
| colspan="2"  {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="2"  {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="1" | [[Subair]]
| colspan="1" | [[Subair]]
| colspan="1"  {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="2"  {{cEmpty}}
|-
|-
! scope="row" | Varkey
! scope="row" | Varkey
| colspan="2"  {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="2"  {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="1" | Punnapra Appachan  
| colspan="1" | Punnapra Appachan
| colspan="1"  {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="2"  {{cEmpty}}
|-
|-
! scope="row" | Broker
! scope="row" | Broker
| colspan="2"  {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="2"  {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="1" | [[Suraj Venjaramoodu]]
| colspan="1" | [[Suraj Venjaramoodu]]
| colspan="2"  {{cEmpty}}
|-
! colspan="9" style="background-color:#ddf;" |
===Introduced in ''Nerariyan CBI''===
|-
! scope="row" | Kapra Valiya Narayanan
| colspan="3"  {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="1" | [[Thilakan]]
| colspan="1"  {{cEmpty}}
|-
! scope="row" | Mythili
| colspan="3"  {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="1" | [[Samvrutha Sunil]]
| colspan="1"  {{cEmpty}}
|-
! scope="row" | Anitha
| colspan="3"  {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="1" | [[Gopika]]
| colspan="1"  {{cEmpty}}
|-
! scope="row" | Devaswam
| colspan="3"  {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="1" | [[Indrans]]
| colspan="1"  {{cEmpty}}
|-
! scope="row" | George C. Nair
| colspan="3"  {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="1" | [[Cochin Haneefa]]
| colspan="1"  {{cEmpty}}
|-
! scope="row" | DYSP Dhanapalan
| colspan="3"  {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="1" | [[Augustine (actor)|Augustine]]
| colspan="1"  {{cEmpty}}
|-
! scope="row" | [[Assistant Superintendent of Police|ASP]] Saikumar [[Indian Police Service|IPS]]
| colspan="3"  {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="1" | Jishnu
| colspan="1"  {{cEmpty}}
|-
! scope="row" | Velu
| colspan="3"  {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="1" | [[Mohan Jose]]
| colspan="1"  {{cEmpty}}
|-
! scope="row" | Dr. Krishnan Nair
| colspan="3"  {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="1" | [[P. Sreekumar]]
| colspan="1"  {{cEmpty}}
|-
! scope="row" | Mythili's Father
| colspan="3"  {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="1" | [[M. R. Gopakumar]]
| colspan="1"  {{cEmpty}}
|-
! scope="row" | Dr. Krishnan Nair
| colspan="3"  {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="1" | [[P. Sreekumar]]
| colspan="1"  {{cEmpty}}
|-
! scope="row" | Dr. Babu
| colspan="3"  {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="1" | [[Rizabawa]]
| colspan="1"  {{cEmpty}}
|-
! scope="row" | Banjamin C. Nair
| colspan="3"  {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="1" | [[Madhu Warrier]]
| colspan="1"  {{cEmpty}}
|-
! scope="row" | Poopparathy Vasu
| colspan="3"  {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="1" | [[Baburaj]]
| colspan="1"  {{cEmpty}}
|-
! scope="row" | Reshmi
| colspan="3"  {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="1" | [[Suja Karthika]]
| colspan="1"  {{cEmpty}}
|-
! scope="row" | Lakshmiyamma
| colspan="3"  {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="1" | Bindu Ramakrishnan
| colspan="1"  {{cEmpty}}
|-
! scope="row" | Elizabeth C. Nair
| colspan="3"  {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="1" | [[Bindu Panicker]]
| colspan="1"  {{cEmpty}}
|-
! scope="row" | Mythili's mother
| colspan="3"  {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="1" | [[Shobha Mohan]]
| colspan="1"  {{cEmpty}}
|-
! scope="row" | Anitha's Kin
| colspan="3"  {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="1" | [[Ambika Mohan]]
| colspan="1"  {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="1"  {{cEmpty}}
|-
|-
! scope="row" | Maya
| colspan="3"  {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="1" | [[Suvarna Mathew]]
| colspan="1"  {{cEmpty}}
|-
! colspan="9" style="background-color:#ddf;" |
===Introduced in ''CBI 5''===
|-
! scope="row" | Balagopal, C.B.I. Officer
| colspan="4"  {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="1" | [[Renji Panicker]]
|-
! scope="row" | I.G. Unnithan I.P.S
| colspan="4"  {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="1" | [[Anoop Menon]]
|-
! scope="row" | Adv. Prathibha Sathyadas
| colspan="4"  {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="1" | [[Asha Sarath]]
|-
! scope="row" | Paul Meijo / Mansoor / Sandeep
| colspan="4"  {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="1" | [[Soubin Shahir]]
|-
! scope="row" | Vinay, C.B.I. Officer
| colspan="4"  {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="1" | [[Ramesh Pisharody]]
|-
! scope="row" | Chief Minister
| colspan="4"  {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="1" | [[Dileesh Pothan]]
|-
! scope="row" | SI Iqbal
| colspan="4"  {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="1" | [[Sudev Nair]]
|-
! scope="row" | Mamman Varghese, C.B.I. Officer
| colspan="4"  {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="1" | [[Edavela Babu]]
|-
! scope="row" | Sudhi, C.B.I. Officer
| colspan="4"  {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="1" | [[Alexander Prasanth]]
|-
! scope="row" | Anwar
| colspan="4"  {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="1" | Ramesh Kottayam
|-
! scope="row" | CI Josemon
| colspan="4"  {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="1" | [[Jayakrishnan]]
|-
! scope="row" | Dr. George Abraham
| colspan="4"  {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="1" | [[Prathap Pothen]]
|-
! scope="row" | Home Minister Abdul Samad
| colspan="4"  {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="1" | [[G. Suresh Kumar]]
|-
! scope="row" | Journalist Bhasuran
| colspan="4"  {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="1" | Chandhu Karamana
|-
! scope="row" | D.Y.S.P. Babu Raj
| colspan="4"  {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="1" | [[Santhosh Keezhattoor]]
|-
! scope="row" | Susan George / Ambika Unnithan
| colspan="4"  {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="1" | [[Kaniha]]
|-
! scope="row" | Anitha, C.B.I. Officer
| colspan="4"  {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="1" | [[Ansiba Hassan]]
|-
! scope="row" | Aparna
| colspan="4"  {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="1" | [[Malavika Menon]]
|-
! scope="row" | Merlin
| colspan="4"  {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="1" | [[Swasika]]
|-
! scope="row" | Anuja
| colspan="4"  {{cEmpty}}
| colspan="1" | [[Malvika Nair]]
|}
|}


== Sethurama Iyer ==
== Timeline ==
{{Main|Sethurama Iyer}}
{{ Timeline of release years
'''Sethurama Iyer''' ([[Malayalam]]: സേതുരാമയ്യര്‍) is a fictional character and the protagonist of the CBI film series. The character was played by [[Mammootty]] in the first four films. He is an investigative officer of the [[Central Bureau of Investigation|Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)]]. Iyer's popularity is attributed to the fact that he uses his brain rather than brawn to solve cases.
| compressempty =yes
| title = CBI film series released timeline
| 2005 = ''[[Nerariyan CBI]]''
| 2004 = ''[[Sethurama Iyer CBI]]''
| 1989 = ''[[Jagratha]]''
| 1988 = ''[[Oru CBI Diary Kurippu|Oru CBI Diarykkurippu]]''
| 2022 = ''[[CBI 5: The Brain]]''
|-}}


== References ==
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CBI Film Franchise
Directed byK. Madhu
Produced byM. Mani (1 - 2)
K. Madhu (3 - 4)
Swargachitra Appachan (5)
Written byS. N. Swamy
StarringMammootty
Mukesh
Jagathy Sreekumar
Music byShyam (1, 2, 3, 4)
Jakes Bejoy (5)
CinematographyVipindas (1 - 2)
Saloo George (3 - 4)
Akhil George (5)
Edited byV. P. Krishnan (1 - 2)
P. C. Mohanan (3 - 4)
A. Sreekar Prasad (5)
Production
company
Sunitha Productions (1 - 2)
Krishnakripa (3 - 4)
Swargachithra Films (5)
Distributed byAroma Movies (1 - 2)
Swargachithra Films (3 - 5)
Release date
  • 1988 (1988) (1)
  • 1989 (1989) (2)
  • 2004 (2004) (3)
  • 2005 (2005) (4)
  • 2022 (2022) (5)
CountryIndia
LanguageMalayalam

CBI Film Franchise is an Indian Malayalam-language film series of mystery films directed by K. Madhu and written by S. N. Swamy featuring Mammootty as Sethurama Iyer, a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) officer in the title role. The series started off in 1988 with Oru CBI Diary Kurippu. The character Sethurama Iyer is said to have been inspired by a police officer named Radha Vinod Raju, who in 2009 was appointed as the first chief of India's National Investigation Agency.[1][2]

Films[edit | edit source]

The films depicts a team of three CBI officers led by Sethurama Iyer investigating a murder case. All the films feature Mammootty as Sethurama Iyer. The other two members of the team vary in the series. All the five films that were released have Vikram, the character played by Jagathy Sreekumar as a CBI officer. But he is not part of the three-man team in the third film and fifth film but appears in the films for a short length. Chacko played by Mukesh appears in the first film but is not part of the team. But Chacko becomes part of the team from the second film onwards. Harry played by Suresh Gopi is present in the first movie as part of the team, but later transferred to Madras in the second sequel.

The films of the franchise are:

Year Film Director Screenwriter Producer Composer
1988 Oru CBI Diary Kurippu K. Madhu S. N. Swamy M. Mani Shyam
1989 Jagratha
2004 Sethurama Iyer CBI K. Madhu
2005 Nerariyan CBI
2022 CBI 5: The Brain Swargachitra Appachan Jakes Bejoy

Sethurama Iyer (Malayalam: സേതുരാമയ്യര്‍) is a fictional character and the protagonist of the CBI film series. The character was played by Mammootty in all the films. He is an investigative officer of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). Iyer's popularity is attributed to the fact that he uses his brain rather than brawn to solve cases.
A sixth film in the franchise was announced by the director K. Madhu himself. The writer S. N. Swamy said he is not sure that whether he will be part of the crew.

Cast and characters[edit | edit source]

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Central characters Mammootty, Jagathy and Mukesh as CBI officers.
Character Oru CBI Diary Kurippu
(1988) 		Jagratha
(1989) 		Sethurama Iyer CBI
(2004) 		Nerariyan CBI
(2005) 		CBI 5
(2022)

Introduced in Oru CBI Diary Kurippu[edit | edit source]

Sethurama Iyer Mammootty
Vikram Jagathy Sreekumar
Chacko Mukesh
CI Harry Suresh Gopi
DySP Devadas Sukumaran
K. A. Ouseppachan Janardhanan
Narayanan Prathapachandran
Omana

Lissy

Annie

Urvashi

John Thomas Bahadoor
Joy Mathew Vijayaraghavan
SP Prabhakara Varma Captain Raju
SP of CBI Jagannatha Varma
C.I Alex K. P. A. C. Sunny
Sunny Sreenath Sreenath
Home Minister Bhargavan C. I. Paul
Police Surgeon Kollam Thulasi
Padathalam Mathai Poojappura Ravi
Mary Adoor Bhavani Adoor Bhavani
Sreedharan T. P. Madhavan
Driver Vasu Kundara Johny
Nun Sukumari
Mohammed Kothuku Nanappan

Introduced in Jagratha[edit | edit source]

Ashwathy Parvathy Jayaram
Babu Babu Antony
Adv. Janardanan Nair Babu Namboothiri
I.G K. P. A. C. Azeez
Vishwam Devan
Kumar K. B. Ganesh Kumar
Mohan Jose
Anchor Kaithapram Damodaran Namboothiri
Kurupu M. S. Thripunithura
Thomas Paravoor Bharathan
Vandana Sreeja
Rukmini Kanakalatha
Fake policeman James
Suryan Tony
Rajendrababu Vishnuprakash
Hotel boy Poojappura Radhakrishnan
Union leader Adinad Sasi

Introduced in Sethurama Iyer CBI[edit | edit source]

Balagopal Siddique
Isow Alex Kalabhavan Mani
Ganesh Vineeth Kumar
DySP Sathyadas Sai Kumar Sai Kumar
Mani Jagadish
Rachana Navya Nair
Reshmi Nandana
Adiyodi Oduvil Unnikrishnan
CBI Director Kalasala Babu
Bahuleyan Rajan P. Dev
Manikunju / Zakariah Paravoor Ramachandran
Mosi Geetha Vijayan
Krishan Iyer Kunchan
Meenakshi Iyer Urmila Unni
Dr. Vijayalakshmi Poornima Anand
Vijayamma Kalpana
Kuzhivetty Mathai Mala Aravindan
Fr. Gomez Bharath Gopi
Crime branch C.I Shammi Thilakan
Sharngadaran Subair
Varkey Punnapra Appachan
Broker Suraj Venjaramoodu

Introduced in Nerariyan CBI[edit | edit source]

Kapra Valiya Narayanan Thilakan
Mythili Samvrutha Sunil
Anitha Gopika
Devaswam Indrans
George C. Nair Cochin Haneefa
DYSP Dhanapalan Augustine
ASP Saikumar IPS Jishnu
Velu Mohan Jose
Dr. Krishnan Nair P. Sreekumar
Mythili's Father M. R. Gopakumar
Dr. Krishnan Nair P. Sreekumar
Dr. Babu Rizabawa
Banjamin C. Nair Madhu Warrier
Poopparathy Vasu Baburaj
Reshmi Suja Karthika
Lakshmiyamma Bindu Ramakrishnan
Elizabeth C. Nair Bindu Panicker
Mythili's mother Shobha Mohan
Anitha's Kin Ambika Mohan
Maya Suvarna Mathew

Introduced in CBI 5[edit | edit source]

Balagopal, C.B.I. Officer Renji Panicker
I.G. Unnithan I.P.S Anoop Menon
Adv. Prathibha Sathyadas Asha Sarath
Paul Meijo / Mansoor / Sandeep Soubin Shahir
Vinay, C.B.I. Officer Ramesh Pisharody
Chief Minister Dileesh Pothan
SI Iqbal Sudev Nair
Mamman Varghese, C.B.I. Officer Edavela Babu
Sudhi, C.B.I. Officer Alexander Prasanth
Anwar Ramesh Kottayam
CI Josemon Jayakrishnan
Dr. George Abraham Prathap Pothen
Home Minister Abdul Samad G. Suresh Kumar
Journalist Bhasuran Chandhu Karamana
D.Y.S.P. Babu Raj Santhosh Keezhattoor
Susan George / Ambika Unnithan Kaniha
Anitha, C.B.I. Officer Ansiba Hassan
Aparna Malavika Menon
Merlin Swasika
Anuja Malvika Nair

Timeline[edit | edit source]

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References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "NIA chief inspired hit film 20 yrs ago". Hindustan Times. 18 January 2009. Retrieved 14 September 2019.
  2. ↑ "A crack investigative team". hindu. Retrieved 20 August 2010.

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