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Balram vs. Tharadas
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Wikipedia article
'Balram vs. Tharadas' is a 2006 Indian Malayalam-language drama film directed by I.V. Sasi, written by T. Damodaran and S. N. Swamy, and starring Mammootty, Katrina Kaif, Mukesh and Siddique. It was a crossover sequel of the malayalam movies Athirathram & Inspector Balram. Mammootty plays double roles as Balram and underworld don Tharadas, reprising his roles from the 1991 film 'Inspector Balram' (also from 'Aavanazhi', its prequel) and 1984's 'Athirathram'. The film was the only Malayalam film featuring popular Bollywood actress Katrina Kaif.
Plot
A large cache of arms is discovered in the land belonging to the local businessman Hussein Sahib. On investigation, Inspector Varma finds that Hussein Sahib has no idea about this, but the land was used by someone called Anali Bhaskaran. The Inspector, along with his colleagues Sudhakaran go to arrest Bhaskaran, but they are given a good fight. As the police are being beaten, the screen alternates between a police jeep appearing on the scene and Anali Bhaskaran trying to knife people. Suddenly a hand appears in the scene and beats Bhaskaran.
He is still the same no-nonsense arrogant person, Balram, who is now a DSP who follows his heterodox ways of investigation. Anali Bhaskaran reveals under interrogation that Hussein Sahib's son Salim is involved in this. Hussein Sahib says that his son left the house sometime back, and he has no idea where he is. Then at this point, it starts raining characters as if it is the start of monsoon season.
In a span of few minutes, we get three villains, MLA Rani, a DGP, Balram's boss, DYSP George, Policewoman Dakshayani, a Chief Minister, a minister called Mustafa, Srini, the editor of a yellow journal, and a policeman called Ummar . Balram concludes that Tharadas was behind all this, and the scene switches to Dubai.
After beating his associate, Tharadas meets the minister Mustafa and does some business. He also wants a favor from the minister. He wants a ring to be passed to his girlfriend Supriya, who is an actress. Once the people and linkages are established, the game is set in motion in an even faster pace. Balram concludes that the only way to trap Tharadas is to arrest Supriya. As expected, Tharadas lands in Kerala and takes on Balram, and tries to stop the actions of Balram. In the end, Tharadas shoots down DYSP George who was one of his ally who had turned against him, and this is witnessed by Balram, after which Tharadas surrenders to Balram.
Cast
*Mammootty as DYSP Balram (an honest and upright police officer) and Tharadas (a business tycoon and smuggler)
*Katrina Kaif as Supriya Menon
*Mukesh as CI Satheesh Varma
*Siddique as DYSP George
*Vani Viswanath as MLA Rani Mathew
*Prem Prakash as Nandakumar, Chief Minister of Kerala
*Jagadish as ASI Sudhakaran
*Kunchan as SI Radhakrishnan
*Devan as DGP Madhavadas IPS, State Police Chief
*Abu Salim as CI Kasim
*Augustine as SI Ummer
*Kalpana as SI Dakshayani
*Akhila as Jyothi, IB officer (fake)
*Sreenivasan as Sreeni
*Kundara Johny as DYSP Alex George, Anti Terrorist Squad
*Rizabawa as Hussain Sahib
*Spadikam George as Sunderashan
*Subair as Minister Musthafa
*Sadiq as Rafeeq
*Rajmohan Unnithan as a Politician
*Sreenath as Jayakrishnan, Customs officer
*Anil Murali as Williams
*Arun as Salim Sahib
*Santhosh Jogi as Shivankutty
*Mohan Raj as Anali Bhaskaran
*Chandra Lakshman as Shanimol, Salim's wife
*Ponnamma Babu as Hussien Sahib's wife
* Sukumari as DySP Alex's mother
* Ambika Mohan as DYSP Alex's wife
* Poornima Anand as Mrs. Radhakrishnan
* Kulappulli Leela as Narayani (guest appearance)
* Afsal as himself in the song "Mathapoove.." (guest appearance)
* Anwar Sadat as himself in the song "Mathapoove.." (guest appearance)
* Rimi as herself in the song "Mathapoove.." (guest appearance)
Music
The soundtrack for the film was composed by Jassie Gift.
Production
It was a big budget film at that time, made at a cost above .
Release
The film released on 28 April 2006.
References
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