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Name: Pattanapravesham
Director: Sathyan Anthikad
Released: 2021-08-21T00:14:11Z
Duration: 2 h 38 min
Cast: Mohanlal, Sreenivasan, Ambika (actress), Thilakan

Pattanapravesham
Pattanapravesham
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Sathyan Anthikad
Produced by	Siyad Koker
Written by	Sreenivasan
Starring	Mohanlal; Sreenivasan; Karamana Janardhanan; Ambika; Thilakan
Music by	Shyam
Cinematography	Vipin Mohan
Edited by	K. Rajagopal
Production; company	Kokers Films
Distributed by	Central Pictures
Release date	16 June 1988;
Running time	158 minutes
Country	India
Language	Malayalam

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Pattanapravesham (transl. Town Entrance) is a 1988 Indian Malayalam-language detective comedy film directed by Sathyan Anthikad and written by Sreenivasan. It stars Mohanlal, Sreenivasan, Karamana Janardhanan, Ambika and Thilakan in the lead roles. It is a sequel to the 1987 film Nadodikkattu, with Mohanlal and Sreenivasan reprising their roles as Dasan and Vijayan. The film was produced by Siyad Koker under the banner of Kokers Films.

The film was a critical and commercial success. In 1990, Priyadarshan made a sequel titled Akkare Akkare Akkare.

Plot[edit | edit source]

A smuggling gang is holding sway over Kochi, customs and police officials who try to catch them are brutally murdered. Ashoka Varma, an honest police officer, is murdered while trying to find evidence in the smuggling case. Following this, many police officials are reluctant to investigate the case, leading to political crisis. On the advice of a senior police official to utilise the talents of two famous Malayali boys who had arrested a smuggling gang in Madras and dealt with hired killers sent against them (the events of the prequel), the home minister appoints CID officers Ramdas (Dasan) and Vijayan to Kerala to find the solve the case.

Dasan and Vijayan are not capable or skillful but they pretend to be top detectives. During the course of an evening meal at a restaurant, Dasan overhears a conversation leading him to mistake Isaac and Prof. Vidyadharan, two bird watchers, as the murderers. Dasan and Vijayan follow Isaac but they are shot at and ambushed by a group of men. They are rescued by Prabhakaran Thampi, the boss of the smuggling gang. He pretends to be a philanthropic businessman involved in a lot of charity work.

They decide to focus on Isaac and go undercover as Mapilla umbrella repairmen to try to find him. While pretending to repair an umbrella, Vijayan's fake beard is spotted by a woman named Shobha. Suspecting them to be thieves, she raises the alarm but the duo escape. Next, Vijayan and Dasan dress up as parrot Tarot diviners. However, they are again discovered by Shobha, who raises the alarm. The locals catch them, beat them up and take them to the police. Eventually, Shobha learns the truth about them and they become friendly. They find out that Shoba's husband was a customs officer who was murdered just days before completing his probation, hence the government didn't give the family the "dying in harness" job.

Dasan and Vijayan tell their superiors and Prabhakaran that they know who the killer is and that they will make an arrest soon. This alarms Prabhakaran who sends masked men to attack them at home.

Vijayan goes undercover in disguise as a servant to Prabhakarans house which, coincidentally, is next to Isaac's house. Prabhakaran does not recognize him because of the disguise. At night, Vijayan sneaks out to get Isaac's blood but inhales chloroform accidentally and is unsuccessful. At midnight, a mysterious figure arrives at the house. This is Ananthan Nambiar, who is a close friend of Prabhakaran and who has broken out of jail. He seeks his help to get a fake passport so that he can leave the country. Nambiar is then sent to hide in his copra warehouse.

Dasan and Vijayan learn that Nambiar has broken out of jail and is searching for them. Both of them continue to try different ways of obtaining Isaac's blood but hilariously fail in their attempts. Isaac meanwhile suspects them as rival birdwatchers who have come to steal his research.

Prabhakaran restarts his drug smuggling operation. His lorry rams down a check point gate and the police chase them. Meanwhile, Dasan and Isaac end up in a tussle when the former tries to draw his blood while bird-watching. Dasan escapes in his Jeep. Isaac jumps into Thampi's lorry and throw out the men in it and follows Dasan, whose jeep gets damaged causing Dasan too to jump into the lorry. Isaac and he fight for control, but Dasan manages to escape with the lorry because Issac is distracted by the sound of the rare bullfinch that he has been looking for. The police follow the lorry and are surprised to see Dasan driving it. They are under the impression that Dasan has single-handedly overpowered the goons and seized the drug shipment and Dasan impishly takes the credit.

Prabhakaran is shocked about the seizure of his shipment. Isaac and Prof. Vidyadharan go after the elusive bullfinch which was observed on an island and by chance, their boarding point is exactly where Gafoorka plans to rendezvous with Nambiar to take him to a different country. Dasan and Vijayan follow Issac and Viyadharan and run into Gafoorka and Nambiar. Nambiar jumps into the lagoon and escapes. They rough Gafforka up and confiscate the money he had stolen from them in the prequel.

Thambi arranges Nambiar to escape to Tamil Nadu, but he recognises the driver Balan (from the prequel movie). Balan's family is kidnapped and he is forced to get close to his good friends Dasan and Vijayan and assassinate him. However, at the last minute, his conscience gets in the way of the deed and he tells them the truth about Thambi.

Nambiar informs Prabhakaran that the same CIDs who destroyed his smuggling business are the ones following him. They also see Isaac using binoculars and think that he works for the CIDs too. When they see Isaac leaving with a suitcase, they grab it from him thinking that it contains evidence against them. Vijayan and Dasan chase Thambi and his goons too.

Eventually, everyone including the CIDs arrive at the copra warehouse where there is huge free for all fight for the suitcase. Dasan and Vijayan realise that Prabhakaran and Nambiar are friends. They also realise that Isaac is a bird watcher and is not associated with the criminals. Issac, Dasan and Vijayan join forces and beat up and subdue the goons. The police arrive and Prabhakaran, Nambiar and their gang are all captured. The Kerala government felicitate the CIDs for successfully solving the case. Shoba gets the dying in harness job from the government.

Cast[edit | edit source]

Mohanlal as CID Ramdas / Dasan
Sreenivasan as CID Vijayan / Thankappan
Karamana Janardanan Nair as Prabhakaran Thampi / Copra Prabhakaran^[1]
Thilakan as Ananthan Nambiar / IbrahimKutty^[2]
N. L. Balakrishnan as Isaac (Bird watcher 1)
Innocent as Puthenpurackal Balan / Balettan
Ambika as Shobha
K. P. A. C. Lalitha as Shobha's mother-in-law
Paravoor Bharathan as Prof. Vidyadharan (Bird watcher 2)
Philomina as Prabhakaran Thampi's mother
Oduvil Unnikrishnan as Home Minister Aravindakshan
Rashid as Kunjukrishnan
Azeez as Circle Inspector Santhosh
Valsala Menon as Home Minister's wife
Mamukkoya as Gafoorka
Mala Aravindan as Damu
Prathapachandran as DySP. Ashoka Varma
Thodupuzha Vasanthi as Prabhakaran Thampi's wife
Aloor Elsy as Prabhakaran Thampi's servant

Soundtrack[edit | edit source]

The film features songs composed by Shyam, with lyrics by Yusufali Kechery.

No.	Title	Artist(s)
1.	"Saubhaagyam"	Cochin Ibrahim, Satheesh Babu
2.	"Shishirame Nee" (Female)	K. S. Chithra
3.	"Shishirame Nee" (Male)	Satheesh Babu

References[edit | edit source]

↑ "Sreenivasan: We wanted a local name for a smuggler and so chose Prabhakaran - Times of India". The Times of India. 28 April 2020.
↑ "5 years without Thilakan: A void in Malayalam cinema that is still unfilled". 24 September 2017.

External links[edit | edit source]

Pattanapravesham on IMDb

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[1] "Sreenivasan: We wanted a local name for a smuggler and so chose Prabhakaran - Times of India". The Times of India. 28 April 2020.

[2] "5 years without Thilakan: A void in Malayalam cinema that is still unfilled". 24 September 2017.

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 | writer         = [[Sreenivasan]]
 | producer       = [[Kokers Films|Siyad Koker]]
-| starring       = [[Mohanlal]]<br> [[Sreenivasan]]<br> [[Karamana Janardanan Nair]]<br> [[Ambika (actress)|Ambika]]<br> [[Thilakan]]
+| starring       = [[Mohanlal]]<br> [[Sreenivasan]]<br> [[Karamana Janardhanan Nair|Karamana Janardhanan]]<br> [[Ambika (actress)|Ambika]]<br> [[Thilakan]]
 | music          = [[Shyam (composer)|Shyam]]
-| cinematography = Vipin Mohan
+| cinematography = [[Vipin Mohan]]
 | editing        = K. Rajagopal
 | distributor    = Central Pictures
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 | language       = [[Malayalam]]
 }}
-'''''Pattanapravesham''''' ({{Translation|Town entry}}) is a 1988 Indian [[Malayalam]]-language [[Detective fiction|detective]] [[Comedy film|comedy]] film directed by [[Sathyan Anthikad]] and written by [[Sreenivasan]]. It is a sequel to the 1987 film ''[[Nadodikkattu]]'', [[Mohanlal]] and Sreenivasan reprises their roles as Ramdas / Dasan and Vijayan, respectively. The plot follows Dasan and Vijayan who are now [[Criminal Investigation Department|C.I.D]]s in [[Tamil Nadu Police]], who are charged with investigating a homicide case. The film was produced by [[Kokers Films|Siyad Koker]] under the banner of [[Kokers Films]].
+'''''Pattanapravesham'''''  ({{Translation|Town Entrance}}) is a 1988 Indian [[Malayalam]]-language [[Detective fiction|detective]] [[Comedy film|comedy]] film directed by [[Sathyan Anthikad]] and written by [[Sreenivasan]]. It stars [[Mohanlal]], [[Sreenivasan]], [[Karamana Janardhanan Nair|Karamana Janardhanan]], [[Ambika (actress)|Ambika]] and [[Thilakan]] in the lead roles. It is a sequel to the 1987 film ''[[Nadodikkattu]]'', with [[Mohanlal]] and Sreenivasan reprising their roles as Dasan and Vijayan. The film was produced by [[Kokers Films|Siyad Koker]] under the banner of [[Kokers Films]].
-Just six months after the events of the prequel, CIDs Ramdas and Vijayan are called to [[Kerala]] to solve the murder of a police officer. The two incompetent and clueless men find themselves facing a dangerous [[crime syndicate]] led by Prabhakaran Thampi ([[Karamana Janardanan Nair]]) that deals in [[drug trafficking]]. In addition, Anandan Nambiar ([[Thilakan]]), the man they put behind bars in ''Nadodikkattu'' escapes from jail. The film was a critical and commercial success. In 1990, [[Priyadarshan]] made a sequel titled ''[[Akkare Akkare Akkare]]''.
+The film was a critical and commercial success. In 1990, [[Priyadarshan]] made a sequel titled ''[[Akkare Akkare Akkare]]''.
 == Plot ==
-{{long plot|section|date=May 2016}}
+A smuggling gang is holding sway over Kochi, customs and police officials who try to catch them are brutally murdered. Ashoka Varma, an honest police officer, is murdered while trying to find evidence in the smuggling case. Following this, many police officials are reluctant to investigate the case, leading to political crisis. On the advice of a senior police official to utilise the talents of two famous Malayali boys who had arrested a smuggling gang in Madras and dealt with hired killers sent against them (the events of the prequel), the home minister appoints CID officers Ramdas (Dasan) and Vijayan to [[Kerala]] to find the solve the case.
-Ashoka Varma is a police officer trying to prevent smuggling. On the night he found the crucial evidence needed, he was murdered in his house. To find the murderer, Kerala Home Minister invites CID Ramdas / Dasan and Vijayan to [[Kerala]].
-On the day they arrived, CI takes them to their residence. They mistake Damu their cook for the murderer and beat him up. Due to Damu's injury they take their supper in a hotel. In that hotel Ramdas overhears a conversation and mistakes Isaac and Prof. Vidyadharan, two [[bird watcher]]s, as the murderers. After the supper, Dasan and Vijayan walk along through streets and run into Isaac. When they try follow him, they are shot at and ambushed by a group of villains and a fight breaks out. After the fight they are saved by Prabhakaran Thampi, the real smuggler, who pretends to be a mill owner involved in a lot of social service projects. Prabhakaran Thampi advises Dasan and Vijayan to withdraw from the investigation telling that there are many officers, who were investigating this case, have been murdered and that he does not want the duo to share their fare. Dasan and Vijayan are frightened but they put on a brave face before him.
+Dasan and Vijayan are not capable or skillful but they pretend to be top detectives. During the course of an evening meal at a restaurant, Dasan overhears a conversation leading him to mistake Isaac and Prof. Vidyadharan, two [[bird watcher]]s, as the murderers. Dasan and Vijayan follow Isaac but they are shot at and ambushed by a group of men. They are rescued by Prabhakaran Thampi, the boss of the smuggling gang. He pretends to be a philanthropic businessman involved in a lot of charity work.
-Dasan and Vijayan decide to go undercover and start the investigation. With the help of Dasan's idea they dress up as [[Mapilla]] umbrella repair men. While investigating, an old woman gives them an umbrella to repair. They try to ask her about Isaac but she is not interested. They do a bad job in repairing the umbrella. At that time the woman's daughter-in-law Shobha arrives there and she spots Vijayan's fake beard and realizes that they are not genuine repair men. Suspecting that they are thieves, the women raise the alarm and neighbours gather to catch the "thieves". The duo run away from there, leaving behind their repair kit.
+They decide to focus on Isaac and go undercover as [[Mapilla]] umbrella repairmen to try to find him. While pretending to repair an umbrella, Vijayan's fake beard is spotted by a woman named Shobha. Suspecting them to be thieves, she raises the alarm but the duo escape. Next, Vijayan and Dasan dress up as parrot [[Tarot]] diviners. However, they are again discovered by Shobha, who raises the alarm. The locals catch them, beat them up and take them to the police. Eventually, Shobha learns the truth about them and they become friendly. They find out that Shoba's husband was a customs officer who was murdered just days before completing his probation, hence the government didn't give the family the "dying in harness" job.
-After that failure, Vijayan and Dasan dress up as Tamil parrot Tarot diviners, based on Vijayan's idea. When they reach a bus station, Shobha too is there. She recognises them and alerts the other passengers that they are thieves. The local people get hold of the duo, and beat them up and take them to the police station. The CI reaches there and informs the local people that the duo are CID's from Tamil Nadu. When the duo leave the police station, Shobha apologises to them, and Ramdas accepts the apology.
+Dasan and Vijayan tell their superiors and Prabhakaran that they know who the killer is and that they will make an arrest soon. This alarms Prabhakaran who sends masked men to attack them at home.
-After that day Ramdas arrives at Shobha's house and gives them a new umbrella as a replacement for the one he broke. Shobha gives him tea, but at that time he sees Isaac and runs after him, without drinking tea. He follows Isaac and finds his abode.
+Vijayan  goes undercover in disguise as a servant to Prabhakarans house which, coincidentally, is next to Isaac's house. Prabhakaran does not recognize him because of the disguise. At night, Vijayan sneaks out to get Isaac's blood but inhales chloroform accidentally and is unsuccessful. At midnight, a mysterious figure arrives at the house. This is Ananthan Nambiar, who is a close friend of Prabhakaran and who has broken out of jail. He seeks his help to get a fake passport so that he can leave the country. Nambiar is then sent to hide in his [[copra]] [[warehouse]].
-In the DIG's office, Dasan and Vijayan tell the officers that they have found the murderer and they will arrest him with all necessary proof. When they come out of the DIG's office they meet up with Prabhakaran Thampi who has come there to invite DIG for the stone-laying ceremony for a hospital. Thampi enquires about the investigation. The duo tell him that they are close to catching the culprits, who are masquerading as pillars of the society (referring to Isaac) and that they will unmask them. This frightens Prabhakaran Thampi. That night, when they return from the cinema, they are attacked by a masked man (Thampi's sidekick) in their house acting on the behest of Prabhakaran Thampi. They fight with him and takes his mask from his face and one of his shoes, but he manages to escape from there.
+Dasan and Vijayan learn that Nambiar has broken out of jail and is searching for them. Both of them continue to try different ways of obtaining Isaac's blood but hilariously fail in their attempts. Isaac meanwhile suspects them as rival birdwatchers who have come to steal his research.
-The next day Ramdas and Vijayan go to Isaac's house. Vijayan dresses up and acts as a servant named Thankappan in front of Isaac, hoping to take his blood. But Issac does not allows him anywhere near the house. So Ramdas advises him to get employment in another house as servant and in the night to sneak and take the blood of Isaac after knocking him out with chloroform. The neighboring house happens to be Prabhakaran Thampi's house. When Prabhakaran Thampi arrives at house, he does not recognize Vijayan, because of the disguise.
+Prabhakaran restarts his drug smuggling operation. His lorry rams down a check point gate and the police chase them. Meanwhile, Dasan and Isaac end up in a tussle when the former tries to draw his blood while bird-watching. Dasan escapes in his [[Jeep]]. Isaac jumps into Thampi's lorry and throw out the men in it and follows Dasan, whose jeep gets damaged causing Dasan too to jump into the lorry. Isaac and he fight for control, but Dasan manages to escape with the lorry because Issac is distracted by the sound of the rare [[bullfinch]] that he has been looking for. The police follow the lorry and are surprised to see Dasan driving it. They are under the impression that Dasan has single-handedly overpowered the goons and seized the drug shipment and Dasan impishly takes the credit.
-Ramdas visits Shobha and apologises for running away from their house the previous time. Shobha's mother in law tells him that her son Rajendran was murdered in an accident. Dasan asks Shobha about this. She tells him that her husband was murdered in a hit-and-run accident at checkpost. However, she did not get any compensatory "drying-in-harness" job, because Rajendran died two days before completing the mandatory 2 years. He promises her that he will do his best to help her.
+Prabhakaran is shocked about the seizure of his shipment. Isaac and Prof. Vidyadharan  go after the elusive [[bullfinch]] which was observed on an island and by chance, their boarding point is exactly where Gafoorka plans to rendezvous with Nambiar to take him to a different country. Dasan and Vijayan follow Issac and Viyadharan and run into Gafoorka and Nambiar. Nambiar jumps into the lagoon and escapes. They rough Gafforka up and confiscate the money he had stolen from them in the prequel.
-Meanwhile, at Thampi's house, Vijayan is caught in a power struggle between Thampi's wife and mother. Thampi's maid falls for Vijan, who is annoyed by that. At night, Vijayan sneaks to get Isaac's blood but accidentally, inhales chloroform while sneezing.
+Thambi arranges Nambiar to escape to Tamil Nadu, but he recognises the driver Balan (from the prequel movie). Balan's family is kidnapped and he is forced to get close to his good friends Dasan and Vijayan and assassinate him. However, at the last minute, his conscience gets in the way of the deed and he tells them the truth about Thambi.
-At midnight, a mysterious figure arrives at Prabhakaran Thampi's house. Prabhakaran Thampi realizes that he is his old friend Anandan Nambiar. Years ago, acting together, Nambiar and Thampi had stolen some money from a [[Marwari people|Marwari]] businessman and had invested their shares in crime and had thus become mafia dons. Nambiar had broken out from jail and wants Thampi's help to escape. Next morning, Prabhakaran Thampi reads the news about Ananthan Nambiar and gets worried about this compromising him. Anandan Nambiar requests Prabhakaran Thampi to get him a fake passport. Prabhakaran Thampi tells him it won't be easy and suggest Anandan Nambiar to hide in his copra warehouse.
+Nambiar informs Prabhakaran that the same CIDs who destroyed his smuggling business are the ones following him. They also see Isaac using binoculars and think that he works for the CIDs too. When they see Isaac leaving with a suitcase, they grab it from him thinking that it contains evidence against them. Vijayan and Dasan chase Thambi and his goons too.
-Thampi's household maid servant continues to set her cap at Vijayan and flirts with him. Prabhakaran Thampi tells him to give his friend a lift in his bicycle and take him to the copra warehouse. Thampi's mother sees a disguised Ananthan Nambiar and Thampi introduces him as Ibrahim Kutty to his mother. Vijayan takes Ananthan Nambiar to the warehouse. Both Vijayan and Nambiar speak in falsetto, and have doubts that they have met before, but both of them dismiss their doubts.
+Eventually, everyone including the CIDs arrive at the copra warehouse where there is huge free for all fight for the suitcase. Dasan and Vijayan realise that Prabhakaran and  Nambiar are friends. They also realise that Isaac is a bird watcher and is not associated with the criminals. Issac, Dasan and Vijayan join forces and beat up and subdue the goons. The police arrive and Prabhakaran, Nambiar and their gang are all captured. The Kerala government felicitate the CIDs for successfully solving the case. Shoba gets the dying in harness job from the government.
-Dasan arrives at Prabhakaran Thampi's house. Prabhakaran Thampi is frightened to see him but welcomes him. They go to the upstairs. Dasan notices Isaac and begin to watch him. At that time, Vijayan arrives there with tea. He also tries to look, but ends up dropping the tea. The tea falls over Thampi who beats him.
-Vijayan comes back from Thampi's house, finds someone wearing the mask of murderer and beats him. Dasan arrives, catches Vijayan and saves Damu who had been wearing the mask. Damu criticizes them for not finding any proof for the investigation. Vijayan shouts at Dasan for his lack of support at Prabhakaran Thampi's house. Vijayan tells Ramdas that he is going back to Madras ([[Chennai]]). Ramdas reveals to Vijayan that Ananthan Nambiar has broken out from jail and is searching for them. At that time, the phone rings and CI tells them that Home minister is waiting for them. They arrive at a guest house. The Home minister asks them about their developments in the investigation. They tell him that they are observing the suspect from a distance. The Home minister criticizes them for not having carried out a proper investigation and threatens to have them cashiered should they will fail. Ramdas retorts to the Home minister that he has also got a bone to pick about the treatment of SI Rajendran following his accident and reluctance of Govt. to give job to his widow Shobha. He suggests that Home minister should first try to get her job and then criticize the investigation. They leave there in a huff.
-Ramdas relates to Shobha all that has happened. Vijayan doubts Dasan and teases that he fallen for Shobha. Dasan retaliates by taunting Vijayan for failing to obtain Isaac's blood. Ramdas challenges Vijayan and states that he will bring Isaac's blood without his help.
-Dasan arrives at a hotel where Isaac and Prof. Vidyadharan have gone for lunch. Dasan tries to get Isaac's blood using a syringe, but manage to get only the waiter. Isaac tries to catch him but he escapes from there. Isaac recognizes Dasan, who has been following. He suspects that he came to stole his experimental details of bird watching.
-Prabhakaran Thampi arrives at the copra warehouse and tells his man to start the drug running from Idukki. His lorry rams down a check post gate and the police chase them. Meanwhile, Dasan tries to draw Isaac's blood when he is engaged in bird watching. Isaac beats Dasan and chases him but he escapes in his [[Jeep]]. At that time Thampi's lorry comes that way, Isaac jumps into the lorry and beats Thampi's men, throws them out and follows Ramdas. Dasan's jeep gets damaged and he sees Thampi's lorry and tries to stop it. When he gets into the lorry, Isaac beats him, but Dasan manages to escape because Issac is distracted by the sound of the [[bullfinch]] that he has been studying. The police arrive there and are under the impression that Dasan has single-handedly overpowered the goons and seized the ganja shipment. Realizing what is going on, Dasan acts the part.
-Prabhakaran Thampi is shocked to hear the news about the seizure of his shipment and blames Ananthan Nambiar for all this. Thampi's man tells Nambiar that there is another way go to Dubai without a passport. He introduces Gafoorka ([[Mamukkoya]]) to him, who, for a sum, is willing to redirect his cargo ship sailing to California via Dubai. Gafoorka advises Nambiar dress up as an Arab and teaches him a few basic Arabic greetings.
-Isaac and Prof. Vidyadharan plan to go after the elusive [[bullfinch]] which was observed in an island and by chance, their boarding point is exactly where Gafoorka plans to rendezvous with Nambiar. Dasan and Vijayan who follow Issac and Viyadharan, sees them getting on a boat and looks for the nearest boat which happens to be Gafoorka's. On seeing his nemeses approaching,  Nambiar jumps in the lagoon and escapes. Dasan and Vijayan catch Gafoorka and retrieve the money that they had been tricked into paying him, in the previous film.
-Ananthan Nambiar informs Prabhakaran Thampi that the same CIDs who destroyed his mafia are the ones following him. Thampi blames Nambiar and asks his man Kunjukrishnan to smuggle Nambiar away from Kerala. He suggests to spirit Nambiar away in a lorry.
-Ramdas requests Shobha to sign an application for her job. Nambiar shocked to see the driver of the lorry, meant to take him away, was Puthanpurakkal Balan. He relates this to Prabhakaran Thampi and adds that Balan is a spy of CIDs. Prabhakaran Thampi decides to punish Balan who is dragged off the road by Thampi's goons, beaten up and kidnapped and presented by Kunjukrishnan before Nambiar. Balan mistakes Nambiar for a Swami. Nambiar threatens him for being a spy. Balan understands what's going on. Nambiar orders Balan to kill Dasan and Vijayan and threatens to kill his family should he disobey. Balan goes to Dasan and Vijayan's home and Damu fights with him. He is rescued by Dasan and tells Vijayan that he will stay with them.
-Prabhakaran Thampi and Ananthan Nambiar are in the house. Nambiar sees Isaac watching through binoculars. He frightens Prabhakaran Thampi and tells him that he is also a CID spy. Prabhakaran Thampi says he is a poor man who started living some days before. Nambiar reminds Prabhakaran Thampi of that one who caught his ganja lorry who is bald and fat. This frightens Prabhakaran Thampi and goes to watch him. He also misunderstood Issac as CID spy. Isaac has a suitcase. Thampi and Nambiar decide to catch it, misunderstanding it as evidence against them.
-At night Balan tries to kill Dasan and Vijayan while they are sleeping. But he fails do that. Dasan finds it and is shocked. Vijayan wakes up and tells Dasan that he already told him that Balan is mad. Balan tells them, if he couldn't kill them then he will lose his family, that Ananthan Nambiar threatened him. Dasan and Vijayan are shocked to hear the news of Nambiar. They realise that Nambiar is nearby. Balan tells them about the half-bald man, he says is Kunjukrishnan but Dasan thinks it is Isaac. Dasan and Vijayan decides to rescue Balan's family.
-Next morning, Kunjukrishnan takes away the suitcase from Isaac's hand. Isaac and Prof. Vidyadharan chase him. Dasan and Vijayan along with Balan also chase them. They reaches at Prabhakaran Thampi's coconut farm warehouse. Vijayan and Balan recognise the place. While Isaac tries to retrieve the suitcase, Dasan and Vijayan try to beat Isaac. Dasan and Vijayan realise that Prabhakaran Thampi and Ananthan Nambiar are friends and there begins a fight. Balan tells Dasan and Vijayan that Isaac is not the bald man who threatened him. Dasan and Vijayan asks Isaac who he is. He says that he is a bird watcher. After that they begin to fight together against Kunjukrishnan and gang. Vijayan informs the police. CI arrives there with the police. Dasan and Vijayan find gold from the warehouse. Prabhakaran Thampi, Ananthan Nambiar and their gang get arrested.
-Dasan arrives at Shobha's house and gives her the appointment letter of her job.
-The home minister thanks Ramdas and Vijayan for their hard work in finding the culprits and saving his seat. Ramdas also apologises to Isaac for misunderstanding him. Isaac says never mind since it was for a good cause. The film ends by showing  Dasan and Vijayan leaving for  [[Tamil Nadu]].
 == Cast ==
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 * [[Mohanlal]] as [[Criminal Investigation Department (India)|CID]] [[Dasan and Vijayan|Ramdas / Dasan]]
 * [[Sreenivasan]] as [[Criminal Investigation Department (India)|CID]] [[Dasan and Vijayan|Vijayan]] / Thankappan
+* [[Karamana Janardanan Nair]] as Prabhakaran Thampi / Copra Prabhakaran<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/news/sreenivasan-we-wanted-a-local-name-for-a-smuggler-and-so-chose-prabhakaran/articleshow/75427931.cms|title=Sreenivasan: We wanted a local name for a smuggler and so chose Prabhakaran - Times of India|newspaper=The Times of India |date=28 April 2020 }}</ref>
+* [[Thilakan]] as Ananthan Nambiar / IbrahimKutty<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/5-years-without-thilakan-void-malayalam-cinema-still-unfilled-68917|title=5 years without Thilakan: A void in Malayalam cinema that is still unfilled|date=24 September 2017}}</ref>
+* [[N. L. Balakrishnan]] as Isaac (Bird watcher 1)
+* [[Innocent (actor)|Innocent]] as Puthenpurackal Balan / Balettan
 * [[Ambika (actress)|Ambika]] as Shobha
-* [[Karamana Janardanan Nair]] as Copra Prabhakaran Thampi<ref>https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/news/sreenivasan-we-wanted-a-local-name-for-a-smuggler-and-so-chose-prabhakaran/articleshow/75427931.cms</ref>
-* [[Thilakan]] as Ananthan Nambiar / IbrahimKutty<ref>https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/5-years-without-thilakan-void-malayalam-cinema-still-unfilled-68917</ref>
-* [[N. L. Balakrishnan]] as Isaac (Bird watcher 1)
-* [[Innocent(actor)|Innocent]] as Puthenpurackal Balan
-* [[Azeez (actor)|Azeez]] as Circle Inspector
 * [[K. P. A. C. Lalitha]] as Shobha's mother-in-law
 * [[Paravoor Bharathan]] as Prof. Vidyadharan (Bird watcher 2)
 * [[Philomina]] as Prabhakaran Thampi's mother
+* [[Oduvil Unnikrishnan]] as Home Minister Aravindakshan
 * Rashid as Kunjukrishnan
+* [[Azeez (actor)|Azeez]] as Circle Inspector Santhosh
 * [[Valsala Menon]] as Home Minister's wife
 * [[Mamukkoya]] as Gafoorka
 * [[Mala Aravindan]] as Damu
-* [[Prathapachandran]] as Ashoka Varma
+* [[Prathapachandran]] as DySP. Ashoka Varma
-* [[Oduvil Unnikrishnan]] as Home Minister
 * [[Thodupuzha Vasanthi]] as Prabhakaran Thampi's wife
 * Aloor Elsy as Prabhakaran Thampi's servant
-* Nuhein Hassier as Shobha's son
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-[[Category:1980s Malayalam-language films]]
-[[Category:Films directed by Sathyan Anthikad]]
 [[Category:Films with screenplays by Sreenivasan]]
 [[Category:Indian sequel films]]
 [[Category:Malayalam films in series|DasanVijayan2]]
+[[Category:Films shot in Kochi]]
+[[Category:Films directed by Sathyan Anthikad]]