Adikkurippu

Adikkurippu
Adikkurippu
	Poster
Directed by	K. Madhu
Screenplay by	S. N. Swamy
Story by	Jose Kurian
Produced by	Thomas Mathew
Starring	Mammootty; Jagathy Sreekumar; Urvashi
Cinematography	Vipin Das
Edited by	V. P. Krishnan
Music by	Shyam
Production; company	Centauer Arts
Distributed by	Century
Release date	4 March 1989; [1]
Running time	109 min
Country	India
Language	Malayalam

Adikkurippu is a 1989 Malayalam-language legal thriller film, written by S. N. Swamy and directed by K. Madhu.[2][3] It stars Mammootty in the lead role, who plays the role of an advocate. The movie was praised for introducing a new theme in Malayalam by depicting the life of a castaway portrayed by Jagathy, who lands in legal problems that were rare in Malayalam movies during that time. The film is loosely based on the missing ship owned by Kerala Shipping Corporation, MV Kairali.[4] S. N. Swamy has recognized the film as his favorite.[5]

Cast

Mammootty as Adv. Bhaskara Pillai
Jagathy Sreekumar as Basheer
Urvashi as Adv. Geetha
Sukumaran as Chief Minister Sadanandan / Mr.X
Lalu Alex as Captain James Samuel
Sreenath as S. I. Raju
Janardhanan as Williams
Vijayaraghavan as Mohammed Ali
Jose Prakash as Menon
Lizy as Veena, Bhaskara Pillai's Sister
K. P. A. C. Sunny as Karthikeyan
Meena as Veda, Bhaskara Pillai's Mother
Babu Namboothiri as Chandradas, Public Prosecutor
Jagadish as Bappootty (Cameo)
Prathapachandran as Venkata Swamy
K. P. A. C. Azeez as Justice Venugopal
Kollam Thulasi as Ashokan, District Collector
Kothuku Nanappan as Aasan
Sankaradi as Advocate Krishnakurup
Paravoor Bharathan as Pillai
Santhakumari as Basheer's Mother
Vijayan as Home Minister Keshavan
Nandhu as Subhash, Dentist's Assistant
M. S. Thripunithura as Ajayan, Customs Officer
Murali Mohan as Doctor
Nassar Latheef as Sunny
Suma Jayaram as Basheer's Sister
Vijayan Peringode as Ship Worker

Plot

The story revolves around the castaway Basheer (Jagathy Sreekumar), who partially lost his memory. The captain of the ship (Lalu Alex), who found him would like to hand Basheer over to the relatives post anchoring in Kochi. However, Basheer does not possess any documents proving his identity and citizenship, and so there were challenges involved in getting him deported. Advocate Bhaskara Pillai (Mammootty) tries a few plans. Things get thrilling as there were murder attempts on Basheer. Adv. Bhaskara Pillai comes to his rescue and succeeds in tracing the identity of Basheer and finally finds the people behind the play.

References

"Adikkurippu - Oneindia.in" Archived 21 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
""Adikkurippu - Metromatinee.com"". Archived from the original on 11 November 2010. Retrieved 1 March 2011.
"Adikkurippu - Mallumovies.org"
Narayanan, Nirmal (20 January 2020). "Six evergreen crime thriller movies of Mammootty in Mollywood that the world should not miss". www.ibtimes.co.in. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
"In conversation with SN Swamy, man behind Malayalam cinema's finest murder mysteries". The News Minute. 25 April 2022. Retrieved 28 January 2023.

External links

Adikkurippu at IMDb
Adikkurippu at the Malayalam Movie Database

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[1] "Adikkurippu - Oneindia.in" Archived 21 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine

[2] ""Adikkurippu - Metromatinee.com"". Archived from the original on 11 November 2010. Retrieved 1 March 2011.

[3] "Adikkurippu - Mallumovies.org"

[4] Narayanan, Nirmal (20 January 2020). "Six evergreen crime thriller movies of Mammootty in Mollywood that the world should not miss". www.ibtimes.co.in. Retrieved 11 July 2021.

[5] "In conversation with SN Swamy, man behind Malayalam cinema's finest murder mysteries". The News Minute. 25 April 2022. Retrieved 28 January 2023.