Malabar Police

Malabar Police is a 1999 Indian Tamil-language crime comedy film directed by P. Vasu. The film stars Sathyaraj, Khushbu, Abbas and Mumtaj. It was released on 6 August 1999, and turned out to be one of the most successful Tamil films of the year.[1]

Malabar Police
Poster
Directed byP. Vasu
Written byP. Vasu
Produced byShanthi Vasudevan
Starring
CinematographyAshok Kumar
Edited byP. Mohanraj
Music byS. A. Rajkumar
Production
company
Kamalam Movies
Release date
  • 6 August 1999 (1999-08-06)
Running time
150 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Plot

Raja and Julie are lovers and they plan to elope to get married. On the way, they witness the murder of a minister; The murderer Varadappan tries to kill Raja and Julie too as they witnessed the murder; however, they escape and reach Chennai. Chinnasamy is a CBI officer who is appointed to investigate the murder of the minister. He comes to Chennai in search of Raja and Julie, knowing them to the only witnesses for the murder. Meanwhile, Nagarajan and Sivashankar are leading businessmen in Chennai but are business rivals. Chinnasamy sets his eyes on Nagarajan, a close aid of Varadarajan, doubting him to be the murderer of Varadarajan when he is killed in a blast after his arrest. Sivashankar joins hands with Chinnasamy and helps him gather evidence against Nagarajan due to his business rivalry. Meanwhile, Raja and Julie accidentally get separated, and they keep searching for each other. Chinnasamy spots Julie and employs her as a maid in his home. Finally, Chinnasamy solves the case and finds that Sivashankar is the actual murderer. Chinnasamy pretended to doubt Nagarajan, which made him close to Sivashakar, helping him gather evidences. It is revealed that Sivashankar used Varadarajan as a spy employed with Nagarajan to know his business secrets and he was the real murderer. In the end, Raja and Julie are united with the help of Chinnasamy.

Cast

Soundtrack

The music was composed by S. A. Rajkumar.[2] The song "Hollywood Mudhal" is the debut song of lyricist Na. Muthukumar.[3]

Track listing
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."En Kannadi Thoppukkulle"ArivumathiHariharan, K. S. Chithra4:45
2."En Kannadi Pesavillai"ArivumathiP. Unnikrishnan, Sujatha Mohan4:33
3."Hollywood Mudhal"Na. MuthukumarGopal Rao4:07
4."Palakaattu Ponnu"KalaikumarK. S. Chithra, Sathyaraj4:44
5."Sona Sona"KalaikumarS. A. Rajkumar, Mano4:09
Total length:22:22

Release and reception

Malabar Police was released on 6 August 1999.[4] K. P. S. of Kalki wrote that viewers could enjoy the last 10 minutes if they could endure old fashioned sentiments and lengthy dialogues.[5] D. S. Ramanujam of The Hindu wrote, "Satyaraj is quite at ease in delivering the Malayalam mixed Tamil while unravelling the mystery of the murder of a Kerala Minister, the involvement of a young pair of eloping lovers making it more interesting". Ramanujam concluded, "Ashok Kumar handles the camera with his known efficiency while S. A. Rajkumar has scored the music which is adequate".[6]

References
  1. "Khakis fit for Sathyaraj". IndiaGlitz. 5 January 2005. Archived from the original on 29 October 2014. Retrieved 7 October 2012.
  2. "Malabar Police (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) – EP". Apple Music. Archived from the original on 19 January 2023. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
  3. "Late Na Muthukumar wins the State Film Award for Best Lyricist". The Times of India. 4 September 2022. Archived from the original on 8 September 2022. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
  4. "Malabar Police ( 1999 )". Cinesouth. Archived from the original on 15 August 2004. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
  5. கே. பி. எஸ். (22 August 1999). "மலபார் போலீஸ்". Kalki (in Tamil). pp. 12–13. Archived from the original on 26 January 2023. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
  6. Ramanujam, D.S. (20 August 1999). "Malabar Police". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 5 April 2012. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
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