Aavanazhi

Aavanazhi
Poster designed by P. N. Menon
Directed by I. V. Sasi
Produced by Sajan
Written by T. Damodaran
Starring Mammootty
Geetha
Sukumaran
Janardanan
Seema
Nalini
Music by Shyam
Cinematography Jayaram V.
Edited by K. Narayanan
Production
company
Saj Productions
Release date
  • 12 September 1986 (1986-09-12)
Running time
 152 minutes
Country India
Language Malayalam

Aavanazhi is a 1986 Indian Malayalam-language action film directed by I. V. Sasi, based on the script written by T. Damodaran, Aavanazhi. Mammootty appears in the lead role of Balram, a police inspector. This film deals with social and political issues of that time. Starring with Mammootty in lead roles are Geetha, Seema, Sukumaran, Captain Raju, Janardanan, Jagannatha Varma, Innocent, Thikkurisi Sukumaran Nair, Sreenivasan and Sankaradi. The big success of Aavanazhi led to its remake in Tamil as Kadamai Kanniyam Kattupaadu, in Telugu as Marana Sasanam and in Hindi as Satyamev Jayate. I.V. Sasi brought out two sequels — Inspector Balram in 1991 and Balram vs. Taradas in 2006.

Plot

Balram (Mammootty), popularly known as Karadi (Bear), is an honest Circle Inspector. Frustrated in his life after several personal setbacks, including a failed affair of the heart, Balram has turned to drinking and womanizing. Balram is assigned to nab Satyaraj (Captain Raju), who evaded the clutches of the police after murdering Chackochan (Paravoor Bharathan), a contractor. Balram successfully arrests him, but in court, Satyaraj is represented by Advocate Jayachandran (Sukumaran). Satyraj is acquitted by court, but Balram decides to frame in several other criminal charges pending against him. Usha (Nalini), Balram's ex-lover is now married to Jayachandran, who is now involved in several illegal business ventures. Balram falls in love with Seetha (Geetha), a prostitute, whom he decides to marry. Meanwhile, Radha (Seema), a young lady is determined to avenge herself on Balram, who she believes to have killed her brother while in police custody. But in reality, it was a handwork of Satyaraj, on instruction from Vincent (Janardanan). Falsely implicated, Balram had been suspended from police for a couple of years, but has been reinstated. Though Seetha tried to convince Radha of the truth, she is not ready to accept it. To gain her revenge over Balram, Radha decides to offer Satyaraj a safe stay away from the police eyes. Balram's open fight with Satyaraj and his "outside the law" dealing with him forms the rest of the story.

Cast

Box office

The film was a commercial success.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8] The budget was ₹21 lakh (US$29,000).[9][10]

Remakes

Year Film Language Cast Director
1987 Marana Shasanam Telugu Krishnam Raju, Jayasudha, Madhavi, Shobana S. S. Ravi Chandra
1987 Satyamev Jayate Hindi Vinod Khanna, Meenakshi Sheshadri, Madhavi, Anita Raj Raj N. Sippy
1987 Kadamai Kanniyam Kattupaadu Tamil Sathyaraj, Captain Raju, Geetha, Jeevitha Santhana Bharathi

References

  1. ↑ "Reel life". indiatoday.in. 28 February 1987.
  2. ↑ "Architect of blockbusters". The Hindu. 26 April 2013.
  3. ↑ "10 Mammootty films to watch before you die". Times of India. 24 May 2016.
  4. ↑ http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/news/Mammootty-to-don-Sethurama-Iyers-role-for-the-fifth-time/articleshow/18590749.cms
  5. ↑ http://www.rediff.com/movies/2006/mar/28look.htm
  6. ↑ http://english.mathrubhumi.com/books/books-news/t-damodaran-the-multi-faceted-maverick-english-news-1.784692
  7. ↑ "Saluting the maker of super hits". The Hindu. 13 April 2013.
  8. ↑ "Mammootty to don Sethurama Iyer's role for the fifth time". The Times of India. 21 February 2013.
  9. ↑ "Reel life". India Today. 28 February 1987.
  10. ↑ http://www.news18.com/news/india/malayalam-scriptwriter-t-damodaran-dead-459865.html
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