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Highway (1995 film)
| Highway | |
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| File:Highway (1995) film.jpg Pre-release poster | |
| Directed by | Jayaraaj |
| Produced by | Prem Prakash |
| Screenplay by | Sab John |
| Story by | Jayaraaj |
| Starring | Suresh Gopi Banupriya Vijayaraghavan Sukumari |
| Music by | S. P. Venkatesh |
| Cinematography | P. Sukumar |
| Edited by | B. Lenin V. T. Vijayan |
Production company | Heyday Films |
| Distributed by | Century Release |
Release date |
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Running time | 146 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Malayalam |
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Highway is a 1995 Indian Malayalam-language action thriller film directed by Jayaraaj, produced by Prem Prakash, and written by Sab John. The film stars Suresh Gopi and Bhanupriya, with Biju Menon, Vijayaraghavan and Janardhanan in supporting roles. The film's original songs were composed by S. P. Venkatesh, while cinematography was handled by P. Sukumar.[1]
The film follows Sreedhar Prasad (Gopi), who is a RAW officer assigned with the task of investigating a bomb blast that killed 30 innocent college students. The blast occurs in the outskirts of the city and near a township called Wintergreen. He disguises himself under the codename Mahesh Aravind to bring the people behind the blast to justice.[2]
The film was released on 3 May 1995. The film was a commercial success at the box office. It's dubbed Telugu version was also a box office success in Andhra Pradesh.[3]
Plot[edit]
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Sreedhar Prasad is a RAW officer assigned with the task of investigating a bomb blast that killed 30 innocent college students. He operates under the name Mahesh Aravind, a planter from Udumbanchola and chooses a township Wintergreen as his temporary residence during the course of the investigation. Meera, a resident of the same township, falls in love with Mahesh and wishes to marry him. Mahesh establishes a friendly relation with the Assi. Commissioner of Police Mr. George Alexander, who was the official in charge of the criminal investigation. As the investigation proceeds, it is understood that the bomb blast was connected with a chain of crimes that happened in the area including the missing of a scientist Guhan Menon from Baddapur space research organization (Who is later revealed to be killed). It is revealed that Shankar Dev Rana, an established businessman and educationist in the common front is actually a traitor and drug lord in his parallel life. The rest of the story revolves around how Sreedhar Prasad and his subordinate Moorthy solves the cases and wins against the "great" Shankar Dev Rana and his gang of "pungis".
Cast[edit]
- Suresh Gopi as Sreedhar Prasad/Mahesh Aravind (RAW officer)
- Bhanupriya as Meera
- Vijayaraghavan as Moorthy/Unnithaan (RAW Officer)
- Janardhanan as ACP George Alexander IPS
- Biju Menon as SI Pavithran
- Eliyas Babu as Shankar Dev Rana
- Jose Prakash as Kartha (Meera's father)
- Augustine as Sukumaran/Sukhbir (Hanuman) Singh
- Kamal Gaur as Henchman of Shankar Dev Rana
- Kunchan as Vasco
- Sukumari as Vasco's mother
- Spadikam George as IG
- Vineeth as Vinod Menon/Apache (One among the students who gets killed in the blast)
- Prem Prakash as Sivanandan
- Silk Smitha as Dancer
Music[edit]
| Highway | |
|---|---|
| Soundtrack album by | |
| Genre | Film soundtrack |
| Length | 22:56 |
| Label | Magnasound[4] Sony Music India[5] |
The soundtrack album was composed by S. P. Venkatesh for the lyrics penned by Gireesh Puthenchery.[6]
| Track | Song Title | Singer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dolo Dolakku | K. S. Chithra, Mano | 4:53 |
| 2 | Oru Thari Kasthoori | Swarnalatha, Chorus | 5:15 |
| 3 | Kikkili Kili | Malgudi Subha, Sangeethaa-Sangeetha Sajith | 4:07 |
| 4 | Kunji Kurumbin | K. S. Chithra, Chorus | 4:51 |
| 5 | Adipoli | Suresh Peters | 3:49 |
Box office[edit]
The film was a commercial success in Kerala and also in Andhra Pradesh. According to producer Khader Hassan, it created hype in Andhra Pradesh even before release due to the previous success of Suresh Gopi's dubbed films, and that after the success of Highway, many older Malayalam movies in which Suresh Gopi appeared in supporting roles too were marketed in the Tamil and the Telugu.[3]
References[edit]
- ↑ Aravind, C. V. (2 May 2018). "'Bhayanakam' director Jayaraj, Malayalam cinema's non-conformist who treads his own path". The News Minute.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "ഹൈവേ". M3DB.COM. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Here is how Suresh Gopi became the 'Supreme Star' of Telugu cinema". OnManorama.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Highway Audio CD". India Town Gifts.
- ↑ "Highway (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) - EP". Apple Music.
- ↑ "Highway (1995) - MSIDb". Malayalasangeetham.info.
External links[edit]
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