Malabar Police
Malabar Police is a 1999 Indian Tamil language crime comedy film directed by P. Vasu. The film features Sathyaraj, Kushboo, Abbas and Mumtaj in lead roles. The film, produced by Shanthi Vasudevan, had musical score by S. A. Rajkumar and was released on 6 August 1999. Despite negative reviews from the critics, the film turned out to be one of the blockbusters of the year.[1][2][3]
| Malabar Police | |
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| Directed by | P. Vasu |
| Produced by | Shanthi Vasudevan |
| Written by | P. Vasu |
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| Music by | S. A. Rajkumar |
| Cinematography | Ashok Kumar |
| Edited by | P. Mohanraj |
Production company | Kamalam Movies |
Release date |
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Running time | 150 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
| Budget | ₹70 Laks |
| Box office | ₹8 Crores |
Plot
Raja (Abbas) and Julie (Mumtaz) are lovers in Kerala. They plan to elope to get married and on the way, they spot a murder of a minister committed by Varadappan (Anandaraj). Varadappan tries to kill Raja and Julie as well fearing them to be witness for the murder, however, they both escape and reach Chennai. Chinnasamy (Sathyaraj) is the CBI officer who is appointed to investigate the murder of the minister. He comes to Chennai in search of Raja and Julie knowing them to the only witness for the murder. Nagarajan (Sivakumar) and Sivashankar (Jaiganesh) are leading businessmen in Chennai but are business rivals. Chinnasamy sets his eyes on Nagarajan doubting him to be the murderer as Varadarajan is a close aid of Nagarajan. Sivashankar joins hands with Chinnasamy and helps him gather evidence against Nagarajan due to his business rivalry. Meanwhile, Raja and Julie accidentally gets separated and they keep searching each other. Chinnasamy spots Julie and employs her as a maid in his home. Finally Chinnasamy solves the case and finds that Sivashankar is the actual murderer. Chinnasamy pretended to doubt Nagarajan which made him close to Sivashakar helping him gather evidences. It is revealed that Sivashankar used Varadarajan as a spy employed with Nagarajan to know his business secrets and he was the real murderer. In the end, Raja and Julie are united with the help of Chinnasamy.
Cast
- Sathyaraj as Chinnasamy and Ramasamy
- Kushboo as Chinnasamy's wife
- Abbas as Raja
- Mumtaj as Julie
- Sivakumar as Nagarajan
- Goundamani as Govindrajan (Govindo)
- Vijayakumar as Inspector General of Tamil Nadu Police
- Jaiganesh as Shivashankar
- Anandaraj as Varadappan
- Anand as Driver Anand
- Indhu as Anand's wife
- Vinu Chakravarthy as Meganathan
- Mohan V. Ram as Raja's father
- Hemanth Ravan
- Ravikumar
- Prathapachandran as Inspector General of Kerala Police
- Thambi Ramaiah as Perumal
- Laxmi Rattan
- Scissor Manohar
- Thalapathi Dinesh
- Mahanadi Shankar as a goon
- Naga Kannan as martial arts hitman from Kerala
Soundtrack
The film's soundtrack and background score was composed by musician, S. A. Rajkumar.
| Malabar Police | ||||
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| Released | 1999 | |||
| Recorded | 1999 | |||
| Genre | Soundtrack | |||
| Length | 22:22 | |||
| Label | Star Music | |||
| Producer | S. A. Rajkumar | |||
| S. A. Rajkumar chronology | ||||
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| No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "En Kannadi Thoppukkulle" | Arivumathi | Hariharan, K. S. Chithra | 4:45 |
| 2. | "En Kannadi Pesavillai" | Arivumathi | P. Unni Krishnan, Sujatha Mohan | 4:33 |
| 3. | "Hollywood Mudhal" | Na. Muthukumar | Gopal Rao | 4:07 |
| 4. | "Palakaattu Ponnu" | Kalaikumar | K. S. Chithra, Sathyaraj | 4:44 |
| 5. | "Sona Sona" | Kalaikumar | S. A. Rajkumar, Mano | 4:09 |
| Total length: | 22:22 | |||
References
- "Filmography of malabar police". cinesouth.com. Retrieved 7 October 2012.
- "Malabar Police: Movie Review". indolink.com. Retrieved 7 October 2012.
- "InidaGlitz - Khakis fit for Sathyaraj - Tamil Movie News". indiaglitz.com. 5 January 2005. Retrieved 7 October 2012.