Commissioner (film)

Commissioner
VCD cover
Directed by Shaji Kailas
Produced by M. Mani
Written by Ranji Panicker
Starring Suresh Gopi
Ratheesh
Vijayaraghavan
Shobana
M. G. Soman
Rajan P. Dev
Ganesh Kumar
Bheeman Raghu
Music by Rajamani
Cinematography Dinesh Baboo
Edited by L. Bhoominathan
Production
company
Sunitha Productions
Distributed by Aroma Release (Kerala)
Release date
 1994
Running time
 165 minutes
Country India
Language Malayalam

Commissioner is a 1994 Indian Malayalam-language action crime thriller film produced by M. Mani, written by Ranji Panicker, and directed by Shaji Kailas. It stars Suresh Gopi as Police Commissioner Bharath Chandran IPS. The film also stars Ratheesh, Vijayaraghavan, Shobana, M. G. Soman, Rajan P. Dev, Ganesh Kumar, Bheeman Raghu, N. F. Varghese, Baiju, Karamana Janardanan Nair, Chithra, Maniyanpilla Raju, Augustine, and Kollam Thulasi in other pivotal roles. The background score was composed by Rajamani and the cinematography was by Dinesh Baboo.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

The film follows Commissioner Bharath Chandran's investigation into the murder of Justice Mahendran (Karamana Janardanan). It eventually leads him to confront the corrupt villain, Mohan Thomas (Ratheesh), a Delhi-based businessman who is involved with illegal businesses such as money laundering, illegal drug trade, and counterfeit money operations. It has a cult film status among Keralite audiences for Gopi's performance and Ranji Panicker's dialogues.. The Telugu dubbed version Police Commissioner broke several collection records in Andra Pradesh and Telangana. Commissioner became one of the highest grossing Malayalam films of 1994.

The sequel Bharath Chandran I.P.S. was released in 2005. It was directed by Ranji Panicker himself, making his directorial debut. It was also a blockbuster and ran for 100 days like its prequel. In 2012, a crossover film The King & the Commissioner, starring Mammootty and Suresh Gopi, with the characters from The King (1995), Commissioner (1994), and Bharath Chandran I.P.S. (2005) respectively, was released. But it was mainly panned by critics and audiences alike.

Plot

The movie opens with Kozhikode city police commissioner Bharathchandran (Suresh Gopi ), an honest but brash cop, busting a gold smuggling racket in. Bharath clearly has an issue with authority and breaths fire each time he encounters a political arm bender, such as Kunju Moideen Saahib (K. P. A. C. Sunny), whose gang was involved in the bust. But it his mentor and guardian angel I.G. Balachandran (M.G. Soman), who has been evidently shielding him from the wrath of the political brass.

The story takes a break from Bharath to introduce the main antagonist Mohan Thomas (Ratheesh), a Delhi-based business tycoon, with strong political clout and a clear sociopathic agenda. It is revealed that Mohan Thomas had entrusted Saahib with the gold, which was confiscated by Bharath and is in fact the kingpin heading an unholy nexus of politicians, criminals and various officials including two high ranking cops, Rajan Felix, I.G. Vigilance (Rajan P. Dev) and Menon, A.I.G. (N. F. Varghese), who are involved in criminal activities like instigating communal riots and large scale distribution of counterfeit currency.

Bharathchandran and Mohan Thomas are set on a collision course when Mohan and Co. brutally murder justice Mahendran (Karamana Janardanan Nair), chairperson of the Poovanthura commission, possessing evidence that could potentially incriminate Rajan Felix and Menon, for their direct involvement in communal riots at Poovanthura. Bharatchandran is not only assigned to investigate the homicide but also made police commissioner of Thiruvananthapuram city. Assisted by ASP Prasad Menon (K. B. Ganesh Kumar) and ASP Mohammed Ikbal (Vijayaraghavan), two dynamic but brash officers, Bharath tries to solve the mystery, but soon to hit a dead-end. Until Bharath's fiancée Indu (Shobana), who is also a lawyer, tips him off about the news clip on an assault on a drunk police constable Gopinathan (Maniyanpilla Raju, who also was coincidentally the security for Justice Mahendran. In an attempt to take Sunny in, while he was in college results in a massive riot as well as a standoff with Rajan Felix, who tries to save Sunny by trying to take him into his custody claiming previous charges.

The only clue that is left with Bharath and crew are based on Vattapara Pithamparan's (Augustine), a trade union leader, tipoff, that Sunny had actually attacked Gopinath because of Gopi's comment on counterfeit currency. With this vital clue Bharat unearths more dirt on Mohan Thomas & Co. Further Bharath arrests Srilatha Varma (Chithra), Mohan's legal advisor and mistress, but is brutally murdered in a hotel elevator by Wilfred Vincent Baston (Bheeman Raghu), a Goan hitman, who had also murdered Justice Mahindra. Bharath is successful in nabbing Antony Ignatius Pemento, Wilfred's right-hand man and zeroes in on Wlfred. Then he stages a coup by arresting both Rajan Felix and Menon, who are brutally tortured to reveal details on their alliance with Mohan Thomas and also sheds light on their agenda. Ikbal is killed brutally in an attempt to arrest Wilfred Vincent Baston. This enrages Bharath Chandran, who later brutally kills Wilfred and then Mohan Thomas at an outhouse by torching the whole house, thus taking law into his own hands

Cast

Theatrical response

The film was released as a Vishu release in April, 1994, and was a huge blockbuster in theaters. It established Suresh Gopi as a prominent superstar in Malayalam cinema. Its audio track, with its dialogues was also high in demand. When dubbed and released in Andhra Pradesh as Police Commissioner, it emerged as a huge success.

A sequel to this film, Bharathchandran I.P.S., was released in 2005, directed by Renji Panicker himself, which was also a commercial success. The film received an A (Restricted to Adults only) certification from the regional censor board for violence and profanity.

References

  1. ↑ "The King and The Commissioner – Movie Review". entertainment.oneindia.in. Retrieved 17 February 2014.
  2. ↑ "The King & The Commissioner Review". nowrunning.com. Retrieved 17 February 2014.
  3. ↑ "The King and The Commissioner". sify.com. Retrieved 17 February 2014.
  4. ↑ Menon, Pradeep. "The King and the Commissioner movie review". wogma.com. Retrieved 17 February 2014.
  5. ↑ "The King And The Commissioner Movie Review". indiaglitz.com. Retrieved 17 February 2014.
  6. ↑ Kumar, Aswin J. "The King and the Commissioner". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 17 February 2014.
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