F. I. R. (film)
F.I.R is a 1999 Indian Malayalam-language action thriller film directed by Shaji Kailas, written by Dennis Joseph, and produced by M. Mani. It stars Suresh Gopi, Indraja, Biju Menon, Bheeman Raghu, Maniyan Pillai Raju and Rajeev. The film was a major commercial success at the box office. The film was dubbed and released in Telugu with same name.
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| Directed by | Shaji Kailas |
| Produced by | M. Mani |
| Written by | Dennis Joseph |
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| Music by | C. Rajamani |
| Cinematography | Anandakuttan |
| Edited by | A. Sreekar Prasad |
Production company | Sunitha Productions |
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Running time | 167 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Malayalam |
Plot
The film starts with Roy Alex (K. B. Ganesh Kumar), an investigative journalist writing on Hawala money from the Middle east, writing about some serious documents in his computer. Then he meets former M.P and business tycoon Rahim Haji (Narendra Prasad) as invited by Haji's driver Basheer (Mohan Jose). Haji had lost his MP post a year ago after a write-up by Roy Alex in a magazine. Being an expert and a previous ace trader of the flow of foreign currency reserves to Kerala, Haji states to Roy that, most of the foreign reserves are mainly concentrated along the Gulf-American belt starting from Kottayam and extending till the coastal town of Varkala. He invited Roy as a part of reviving his failed business, and to eliminate his business rival Narendra Shetty (Rajeev), whom he considers to be the man who destroyed his business.
Then Roy follows a van carrying a drama troupe, which reaches a home far away as a part of a drama. Roy sees the owner of the home, a businessman, and Chakrapani (Bheeman Raghu), the drama director, having demands of black money, and he captures it. But soon Chakrapani finds them, and with his dogs follow Roy and one of his dogs kill him. At the same time, Rahim Haji, passing through a nearby road, tries to contact Roy, but soon realizes that the young journalist is dead. He then tells Basheer to turn the car, but soon gets to see Shetty, who fatally shoots down him for trespassing through his territory. It is later seen that Basheer has betrayed Haji, as he is seen hugging Shetty then.
Haji's assassination comes as a serious blow to his party. The Chief Minister (Janardhanan) appoints Mohammed Sarkar (Suresh Gopi), an IPS officer in Tripura cadre, as the Superintendent of Police to investigate the assassination. At the same time, the party undergoes a fast headed by Kunjalavi MLA (Augustine), which results in a serious rift between the police officers and party workers.
Cast
- Suresh Gopi as SP Mohammed Sarkar IPS
- Biju Menon as CI Gregory
- Indraja as Laila Mohammed
- Rajeev as Narendra Shetty
- Narendra Prasad as Rahim Haji
- Janardhanan as Chief Minister Nair
- N. F. Varghese as Rtd IG. Panicker
- Maniyanpilla Raju as CI Gurumoorthy
- Saikumar as Lance Naik Shivaram
- K. B. Ganesh Kumar as Roy Alex
- Devan as Brigadier Giridhar Barua/Gireesh Mangattuserry
- Mohan Jose as Basheer
- Bheeman Raghu as Chakrapani
- Kozhikode Narayanan Nair as Thahir Sahib
- K. P. A. C. Azeez as DYSP John Varghese
- Augustine as Kunjalavi MLA
- Karamana Janardanan Nair as Fr. Poulouse
- Kumarakam Reghunath as Ramachandra Adiga
- Kunchan as Mollakka
- T. P. Madhavan as Editor Marar
- Ravi Vallathol as Judge
- Kanakalatha as Madhavi/Maria
- Priyanka as Alice