C.I.D. Moosa

C.I.D. Moosa
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Directed by	Johny Antony
Produced by	Dileep Anoop
Written by	Udayakrishna Siby K.Thomas
Starring	Dileep Bhavana Ashish Vidyarthi Jagathy Sreekumar Cochin Haneefa Murali Harisree Ashokan Saleem Kumar
Music by	Vidyasagar
Cinematography	Saloo George
Edited by	Ranjan Abraham
Production company	Graand Production
Distributed by	Kalasangham Films Kas Right Release
Release date	4 July 2003 (2003-07-04) (Kerala)
Running time	160 minutes
Country	India
Language	Malayalam

C.I.D. Moosa is a 2003 Indian Malayalam-language slapstick comedy film written by the duo Udayakrishna and Siby K. Thomas, directed by Johny Antony, and co-produced by and starring Dileep in the title role.^[1] The film also stars Harisree Ashokan, Cochin Haneefa, Jagathy Sreekumar, Bhavana, Oduvil Unnikrishnan, Saleem Kumar, and Ashish Vidyarthi.

It was remade in Tamil as Seena Thaana 001, in Kannada as CID Eesha and in Telugu as Ramachari - Eedo Pedda Goodachari.

Plot

Sahadevan (Dileep) is the son of a police constable Moolankuzhiyil Prabhakaran (Oduvil Unnikrishnan) who works in the dog squad, and Arjun is a trained police dog with a unique ability to nab culprits and decipher a crime scene. Sahadevan has only one ambition - to join the police department and for that he has cleared his exams and is waiting for the physical test, but he has an enemy, his own brother-in-law Peethambaran (Jagathy Sreekumar) who is hated by his family. Meanwhile, Baba, a terrorist in jail plans to murder the CM Ravi Menon with the help of the current police commissioner, Gowri Shankar (Ashish Vidyarthi). This is because Ravi Menon is the man behind Baba's imprisonment. However Sahadevan foils the plan as his dog Arjun sacrifices himself while saving the minister from a time bomb, but survives. The blame is put on Sahadevan by Shankar but he is saved by the Director General of Police (Vijayaraghavan) who is his father's friend. Shankar, along with Peethambaram intentionally makes sure Sahadevan fails his physical test because he had found a way to foil the bomb plan in the hospital created to murder Ravi. When he finds out who the crooks are, he tries to find a way to foil it and that was to become a private detective via his uncle Karamchand alias Karunan Chanthakkavala (Captain Raju). Sahadevan becomes a private detective and calls himself CID Moosa, a short form of Moolamkuzhiyil Sahadevan. He has a funky car that can do tricks to assist him in evading his enemies. During all of this he falls in love with a girl named Meena (Bhavana). After numerous attempts, he makes her fall in love with him. Meanwhile, he managed to intercept the first terrorists who planned to place the bomb in the hospital. Shankar, in anger destroys Moosa's office saying it doesn't have license. When Moosa goes to Ravi for filing a complaint, Ravi's car explodes (as Baba's henchman had planted a bomb in it) and Moosa heroically saves him. Moosa is applauded for the same. He later accidentally kills the second terrorist member and gets a 5 lakh reward announced by the Government. Meena then told Moosa that those terrorists were sharing tenants in her house and files a case to Shankar, not realising that she would be arrested as soon as she reached her flat. Shankar tries to molest Meena but Moosa intervenes and fights with him to save her. Later Shankar forces Ravi to issue a warrant against Moosa which he reluctantly accepts. On the way home, Ravi sees Baba on the road after he gets released from jail. Moosa meets Ravi to prove his innocence and then, Ravi tells him about Baba's enmity with him. Suddenly Baba appears and shoots him in his arm. Moosa takes Ravi to safety in his car and uses the different tricks and devices in his car to evade the police who were following him. He is then intercepted by Shankar and Baba but shoots both of them using his wits and a little help from Arjun, his dog. Ravi is saved and now Moosa is sent to Scotland to solve bigger cases.

Cast

• Dileep as Moolamkuzhiyil Sahadevan a.k.a. CID Moo.sa.
• Bhavana (actress) as Meena
• Ashish Vidyarthi as Gowri Shankar Commissioner of Police
• Murali as CM Ravi Menon
• Arjun Rex (Dog) as Arjun
• Jagathy Sreekumar as Peethambaran SI, Sahadevan's brother-in-law
• Sharat Saxena as Khalid Muhammed Baba
• Captain Raju as Karunan Chanthakkavala (Karamchand)
• Abu Salim (actor) as C I George
• Vijayaraghavan as D.I.G
• Harisree Asokan as Kochunni
• Salim Kumar as Unnamed lunatic man
• Cochin Haneefa as Vikraman
• Oduvil Unnikrishnan as Sahadevan's Father
• Paravoor Bharathan as Meena's Grand Father
• Indrans as Theekkanal varkey
• Sukumari as Sahadevan's mother
• Bindu Panicker as Peethambaran's wife
• Kunchan as Doctor
• Machan Varghese as policeman
• Geetha Salam as Kochunni's father
• Narayanankutty as policeman
• Kalabhavan Shajohn as policeman
• Nandu Pothuval as Tailor
• Kalabhavan Haneef as Broker
• Kalabhavan Rahman as ramakrishnan

Soundtrack

The film featured a soundtrack composed by Vidyasagar, with lyrics penned by Gireesh Puthenchery.

Box office

The film was a commercial success.^{[2][3][4][5][6]}

Remakes

Following the success of CID Moosa, it was remade in Tamil titled Seena Thana 001 starring Prasanna in 2007. It was above average at the box office. A Telugu remake titled "Ramachari - Edo pedda gudachari" was released later in 2013, with Venu, Kamalinee Mukherjee and Murali Sharma replacing the roles played by Dileep, Bhavana and Ashish Vidyarthi respectively. It was reported as superhit at the box office. A Kannada remake titled "C. I. D. Eesha" was released the same year, with Jaggesh playing the lead role.

Sequel

In 2016, it was revealed that a sequel is in development by the same team. The name they have announced is CID Moosa from Scotland (2016). This movie has been put on hold for the time being.

References

External links

• C.I.D. Moosa on IMDb
• CID-Moosa