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'Aanaval Mothiram' (Malayalam: ) is a 1991 Malayalam film directed by G. S. Vijayan, written by T. Damodaran, and starring Sreenivasan, Suresh Gopi, Saranya Ponvannan, and Jagathy Sreekumar.

The plot is loosely based on the 1990 film 'Short Time'.

Plot



Circle Inspector James Pallithara and Sub Inspector Nandakumar alias Nandu works for Kerala Police and are good friends. Nandu is brave and adventurous, while James is cowardly and tries to avoid action at any cost. Nandu is in love with Home Minister's daughter Sruthi. He is also constantly in a fight with a narcotic group headed by Alberto Fellaini and Guru.

After an attempt to break into the minister's house to meet Sruthi, Nandu gets caught with James who followed Nandu, Nandu and James get a punishment transfer into the special squad. Here, they are put in daring operations to catch criminals. James' many cowardly actions makes him the target of ridicule with in the squad. To exempt himself from another risky operation, James injures himself. While in hospital, his blood samples gets swapped with another policeman's thereby mistakenly diagnosed with final stages of Leukemia.

James evaluates his options and realises that his wife Annie and son Biju will financially struggle once he is gone. He eyes the insurance payout his family would get if he dies in action and embarks on impossible missions to get himself killed in action. Little does he know that the diagnosis is wrong and he is in fact healthy. The movie comically chronicles his new-found bravado.

Cast



* Sreenivasan as C.I James Pallithara

* Suresh Gopi as S.I Nandakumar (Nandu)

* Sara as Sruthi

* Saranya Ponvannan as Annie

* Gavin Packard as Alberto Fellaini

* Jagathi Sreekumar as Chellappan

* Karamana Janardanan Nair as Home Minister Ramachandran Nair

* Riza Bava as Commissioner Sajith Kumar

* Rajan P. Dev as Mathew Kuruvilla

* K.P.A.C. Sunny as D.I.G. Michael Kurien

* Jagannatha Varma as I. G. Karthikeyan

* Kundara Johny as C.I Joseph

* Mohan Raj as Guru

* Ravi Vallathol as Bank Manager

* Vineeth Anil as Biju, James Pallithara's Son

* Jagannathan as Annie's father

* Mohan Jose as Gang member, Suicide bomber

* James as Registrar

* Kothuku Nanappan as Coffin seller

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