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Roudram
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| Roudram | |
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| Directed by | Renji Panicker |
| Produced by | Shahul Hameed Marikar Anto Joseph |
| Written by | Renji Panicker |
| Starring | Mammootty Sai Kumar Manju |
| Music by | Rajamani |
| Cinematography | Sanjeev Shankar |
| Edited by | Donmax |
| Distributed by | Marikar Films |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Malayalam |
Roudram is a 2008 Indian Malayalam-language action crime film directed by Renji Panicker. Mammootty plays the lead role of Narendran, a dedicated police officer. Sai Kumar, Vijayaraghavan, and Rajan P Dev play other leading roles. The film was a hit at the box office.[1][2] [3][4]
Plot[edit]
Kambilikkandam Jose, a drug baron, arrives in Kochi to meet Pattakkalil Purushothaman Pilla, demanding a massive hike in his commission. Well-known as Appichai, Purushothaman Pillai is one of the largest drug dealers in South India, along with Sethumadhavan, his foster son.
Abishai calls back Sethu, who is on a vacation cruise trip in Goa. On Sethu's arrival back in Kochi, he kills Jose with some help from Balagopal, the IG of the police. But the death of Jose brings on a strong protest inside the state, causing the Chief Minister orders a detailed investigation into the case.
Narendran, Assistant Commissioner of the Police, is put in charge of the inquiry. Widely known as Nari (tiger) for his aggressive and belligerent style of behavior, he begins the investigation by questioning Dr. Ratnakumari (the assistant surgeon who conducted the postmortem examination on Jose). Narendran finds the marks of physical assault on Jose's face, what was not mentioned in the report.
Then Narendran reaches out to the Jose's family, who is found dead in the suburbs of the city the next day.
Sethumadhavan, who also holds an illegal business partnership with the state Chief Minister's son, is one of the most influential businessmen in the country. Under cover of Karunyadeepam, a spiritual ashram, under Rema Bai / Rema Behan, Sethu runs a vast drug cartel along with South India. Narendran, through his sharp investigative methods, reaches out to Rema Behan, who is found dead the following day.
Narendran encounters several obstacles throughout his challenging task, including the son of the CM and several senior police officers. Eventually, Narendran is discharged from the investigation.
In the end Nari tells CM that Sethu came the day before and showed him a video clip on the CM's son. Afterwards CM lets Nari carry on with the investigation. Nari arrests Sethu, who threatened Appichai, since Nari had given him 24 hours to reveal information on Sethu.
When Nari and Sethu get to a safe place, Helen's brothers turn up trying to kill Sethu, but it is Nari who kills them. Sethu shoots Nari in the arm, and he responds by shooting Sethu in the leg. Nari shoots the car hanging from the garage ceiling, which crushes Sethu's legs. To cut the long story short Sethu is left bleeding to death.
Cast[edit]
- Mammootty as Assistant Commissioner Narendran aka Nari
- Rajan P Dev as IG Mohammed Shihabudeen IPS
- Lalu Alex as SP Thomas Antony IPS
- Sai Kumar as Sethumadhavan / Sethu Mohandas
- Vijayaraghavan as Pattakkalil Purushothaman Pillai / Appichayi
- Manju Benjamin as Prabha Narendran
- Spadikam George as ASI Veerabhadra Kurup
- Prakash as SI Musthafa
- Janardhanan as Chief Minister of Kerala
- Jayan Cherthala as CI Jayakumar
- Jayakrishnan as Chief Minister's Son Jeevan
- Sona Heiden as Subhadra
- Ramu as IG Balagopal IPS
- Abu Salim as CI Hamsa
- Shammi Thilakan as DySP Joy
- Mohan Jose as Rajakkad Chellappa
- Sreelatha Namboothiri as Chief Minister's Wife
- Kundara Johny as Habeeb, Police officer
- Subair as Kambilikandam Jose
- Prabha Dutt as Rema Behan/Rema Bai
- Balachandran Chullikkadu as Doctor Surendran
- Nawab Shah as Michael Chorda
- Bindu Panicker as Sainaba, Shihabudeen's Wife
- Urmila Unni as Dr.Ratnakumari (Wife of I.G. Balagopal)
- T. P. Madhavan as ASI Ayyappan Nair
- Sonia as Nirmala
- Maya Moushmi as Valsamma, Jose's wife
- Jaffer Idukki as Sulaiman, Police constable
- Manjusha Sajish as Meera
Release[edit]
The film was released on the 25 of January 2008, in India, with a subsequent release on the 6 of March 2008, in Kuwait.
Box office[edit]
The film was a commercial success.[5][6]
References[edit]
- ↑ "'Cycle', 'Roudram' on top - Malayalam News". IndiaGlitz.com. 23 February 2008.
- ↑ "Mammootty ends 2008 on a happy note". Hindustan Times. 15 December 2008.
- ↑ "Roudram". Sify.
- ↑ "Review: Roudram". www.rediff.com.
- ↑ "Mammootty ends 2008 on a happy note". Hindustan Times. 15 December 2008.
- ↑ "Malayalam films have few takers in Kerala". Outlook India. 15 June 2008.