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'Superman' is a 1997 Indian Malayalam-language action film written and directed by Rafi Mecartin, starring Jayaram and Shobana. The film was produced and distributed by Siddique, Lal and Azeez under the banner of Kavyachandrika.

Plot



Nithya, a deputy police commissioner, is assigned a corruption case involving the Home Minister and his friend, a businessman called Rajan Phillip. Unknown to her, a criminal nicknamed Superman helped her in the investigation.

Superman, whose real name is Hareendran nurtures a vendetta against the Home minister Rajan Phillip and uses Nithya to trap his enemies. In the process, Superman uses the judiciary as his weapon and frames the men responsible for his tragic past. He provides vital information to the police for the same. In order to collect evidence, Superman himself breaks the law, but as it is for the greater good, Nithya looks the other way.

Cast



*Jayaram as Hareendran / Superman

*Shobana... DCP Nithya IPS

*Jagadish... SI Balachandran (Hareendran's friend)

*Siddique... City Police Commissioner Rajagopal IPS

*Innocent... Kochunni (friend of Hareendran)

*Janardhanan... Nithya's Valyachan

*Sreejaya Nair... Nalini Balachandran

*Paravoor Ramachandran... MSV

*Cochin Haneefa... Rajan Philip

*Spadikam George... CI Jagannathan

*Nedumudi Venu... Raman Nair (Hareendran's father)

*Zeenath... Bhavani (Hareendran's mother)

*Vinduja Menon... Hareendran's sister

*Bindu Panicker... Swarnalatha (Jaganathan's wife)

*James... Chakkachampparambil Joy

*T. P. Madhavan... Home Minister of Kerala

*Krishna Kumar... Himself (As Newsreader)

Reception



The film was a blockbuster success at the box office. It ran more than 150 days in theaters. The majority of the film was shot in Thiruvananthapuram. The climax sequences involved a number of CCTV cameras (which were not popular at the time) and visuals were filmed at Technopark Campus Trivandrum.

Soundtrack



S. P. Venkatesh scored the music for this film which was written by S. Ramesan Nair and I. S. Kundoor. The music was distributed by Kavyachandrika Audios.

References






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