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'Baba Kalyani' is a 2006 Indian Malayalam-language action thriller film directed by Shaji Kailas and written by S. N. Swami, starring Mohanlal in the title role. Produced by Antony Perumbavoor through Aashirvad Cinemas, it also features Biju Menon, Sai Kumar, Indrajith Sukumaran, Mamta Mohandas, and Jagathy Sreekumar in pivotal roles. The film released on 15 December 2006 .

Plot



Following a tip from a small-time lodge owner, the ATS conducts a search at the rooms where a group of suspicious youths stayed. Baba Kalyani IPS, the head of ATS M3-division finds certain clues, which he wants to follow. With the permission from IG Bose Ninan, Baba Kalyani arrives in Kochi, and is posted in the Law and order department with Thomas and a couple of ATS officers assisting him. All his men are newly inducted IPS officers. At Kochi, Kalyani clashes with Adv. Ashokan and his daughter Madhumitha, who was his ex-girlfriend. A bundle of counterfeit currency is found at a local bank, which was transferred from the account of a charity organization run by Sait Issa Mohammed Haji, a respected businessman.

Baba Kalyani reaches the residence of Issa Mohammed on the same night, where Issa denies any knowledge about any hawala dealings in the state. The cash was transferred from the account by Issa Mohammed's son-in-law Babu, who is a college lecturer and king-pin of a terror organization in the state. He is with a bunch of young men had secretly undergone Jihadi training in Pakistan and is planning a massive explosion. Unaware of this, Issa supports him thinking Babu is a normal college lecturer busy with his own life. One morning, Issa arrives at Baba Kalyani's residence, informing about a group of suspicious young men recently seen at the nearby mosque. He also adds that the Muslyar of the mosque has some doubts regarding their activities.

Along with Thomas and their group, Baba Kalyani conducts a raid at the house and gathers vital information. The house gets blown up, signing the storage of inflammable explosives. From the prints, maps and photographs, Baba Kalyani concludes that their next target is Palani, a divine pilgrimage center in South India. He arrives at Palani along with his team, where he meets up Tamil Nadu IG Raghupathi. With the support of local cops, Baba seizes the trucks in which the explosives were stored, where he sends Issa Mohammed as a negotiator to Babu who was hiding along with a group of jihadis. Unwilling to give up the plan, Babu decides to shoot down Issa. The ATS team conducts a commando operation and shoots down the jihadis, aborting their plan. Baba patches up with Madhumitha, where they happily get married.

Cast



*Mohanlal as SP Baba Kalyani IPS - Assistant Commissioner Anti Terrorist Squad

*Biju Menon as CI Thomas, ATS officer

*Indrajith as Zaheer Ahmed / Babu

*Mamta Mohandas as Adv. Madhumitha

*Siddique as DIG Raghupathi IPS, Tamil Nadu Police

*Venu Nagavally as IG Bose K Ninan IPS

*Sai Kumar as Issa Mohammed Haji

*Murali as Arackal Ashokan

*Jagathy Sreekumar as SI Ramanan

*Kaviyoor Ponnamma as Meenakshiyamma

* Maya Moushmi as Ammini, Thomas's wife

* Reshmi Boban as Babu's Wife

* Ajay Jose as CI Fasal, ATS officer

*Innocent as Parandan Devassy

*Shammi Thilakan as Adv. Thevalli Dineshan

*Maniyanpilla Raju as SI Sundaram

*Saiju Kurup as Tahir, Terrorist

*Anil Murali as Yousuf

* Kiran Raj as Terrorist

*Bindu Panicker as Mayor

*Vineeth Kumar as Santhosh

*Sadiq as Murali, lodge owner

*T. P. Madhavan as Prabhakaran

*Prem Prakash as DGP Sathyasheelan

*P. Sreekumar as MLA Jayakumar

*Chali Pala as SP Krishnan Nair

*Biju Pappan as CI Sarath

*Narayanankutty as Mohan, Police Constable

* DYSP Rajkumar Rajasekhar as Sub Inspector

*Ambika Mohan as Women's Commission Member

*Ponnamma Babu as Women's Commission Member

*Rema Devi as Women's Commission Member

* Bindu Murali as Bose K. Ninan's wife

* Joju George

* Shivani Bhai as Suspect

Production



Shaji Kailas was supposed to direct another film with Mohanlal in the lead role. But due to several reasons, the film did not start production and he asked S. N. Swami to do a script on urgent basis. The only song was written by Vayalar Sarath Chandra Varma and was composed by Alex Paul.

Soundtrack



The soundtrack for this movie was composed by Alex Paul while the lyrics were written by Sharath Vayalar.

References




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