C.I.D. (1955 film)

C.I.D.
Directed by	M. Krishnan Nair
Produced by	P. Subramaniam; (Merryland)
Written by	T. N. Gopinathan Nair
Starring	Prem Nazir; Miss Kumari; Kottarakkara Sreedharan Nair; Kumari Thankam
Music by	Br Lakshmanan; (songs); Thirunayinarkurichi; (lyrics)
Cinematography	N. S. Mani
Edited by	K. D. George
Production; company	Neela Productions
Distributed by	Kumaraswamy & Co.; (Travancore); Film Distributing Co.; (Malabar & Cochin)
Release date	27 August 1955;
Running time	170 minutes
Country	India
Language	Malayalam

C.I.D. is a 1955 Indian Malayalam film made for Merryland Studio by director M. Krishnan Nair which stars Prem Nazir, Miss Kumari, Kottarakkara Sreedharan Nair and Kumari Thankam.

The film was dubbed into Tamil with the same title and was released in the same year, 1955.[1] K. Devanarayanan wrote the lyrics and dialogues.

Plot

C.I.D. Sudhakaran is assigned to investigate the murder of Mukunda Menon, a wealthy planter. He discovers who is behind the murder and in the end marries Menon's daughter Vasanthi.

Cast

Prem Nazir as C.I.D. Sudhakaran
Miss Kumari as Vasanthi
Kottarakkara Sreedharan Nair as Vallabhan
Kumari Thankam as Valsala
S. P. Pillai as Pichu & Vava
Soman as Rudrapalan
T. S. Muthaiah as Pachan
Adoor Pankajam as Panki
Jose Prakash as Mukunda Menon
Sreekantan Nair as Inspector
Kuttan Pillai as Sivaraman

References

Film News Anandan (23 October 2004). Sadhanaigal Padaitha Thamizh Thiraipada Varalaru [History of Landmark Tamil Films] (in Tamil). Chennai: Sivakami Publishers. Archived from the original on 26 August 2017.

External links

C.I.D. on IMDb
C.I.D. at the Malayalam Movie Database

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[anandan-1] Film News Anandan (23 October 2004). Sadhanaigal Padaitha Thamizh Thiraipada Varalaru [History of Landmark Tamil Films] (in Tamil). Chennai: Sivakami Publishers. Archived from the original on 26 August 2017.