Moonnam Mura
| Moonnam Mura | |
|---|---|
 Poster designed by Gayathri Ashokan | |
| Directed by | K. Madhu |
| Produced by | G. P. Vijayakumar |
| Written by | S.N. Swamy |
| Screenplay by | S. N. Swamy |
| Starring |
Mohanlal Suresh Gopi Lalu Alex Revathi Mukesh Babu Antony |
| Music by | Shyam (BGM) |
| Cinematography | Vipin Das |
| Edited by | V. P. Krishnan |
Production company |
Seven Arts |
| Distributed by | Seven Arts Release |
Release dates |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Malayalam |
Moonnam Mura (Meaning: The Third Degree) is a 1988 action thriller Malayalam movie starring Mohanlal, Lalu Alex, and Revathi. It was directed by K. Madhu. The movie deals with the kidnapping of a group by terrorists, and the commando mission to rescue them. It is one of the biggest hits in the history of Malayalam cinema.The film also had record initial collection.The film did phenomenal business not only in Kerala but also in neighboring states of Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh running 125 and 100 days respectively. The film had a total collection of about 4 crores and was the third highest grosser in Kerala behind Chithram and Oru CBI Diary Kurippu. The film was remade in Telugu as Magadu starring Rajasekhar.
Synopsis
A group of high-ranking political officials are on a trip when their bus is hijacked by a group of terrorists headed by Charles (Lalu Alex). They demand the release of their old colleagues languishing in prison in exchange for safe release of the politicians. DIG Menon (Sukumaran) is handling the negotiations. Soon things start getting out of control and couple of hostages are killed.
That's when Menon decides to enlist the help of Ali Imran (Mohanlal) in rescuing the hostages. Ali is an ex cop who quit the police force out of disgust due to the unfair treatment meted out to him while he was in the force. This decision is met with some opposition from the Chief of police (Janardhanan) and his son in law (Sreenath) as their politics and attitude prompted Ali to leave the force.
Though unwilling at first but after persuaded by DIG Menon, Ali decides to go ahead with the rescue mission. After careful surveillance Ali along with a couple of his friends is able to sneak into the palace where the hostages are bundled up and manages to rescue them and finish off Charles in the end.
Cast
- Mohanlal as Ali Imran
- Lalu Alex as Charles
- Sukumaran as DIG Menon
- Janardhanan as Mathews
- Suresh Gopi as Vaishakhan
- Sreenath as SI Raju
- Ponnambalam as Peter
- Revathi as Mini Johnson
- Mukesh as Vinod
- Prathapachandran as Bharathan Menon
- Vijayaraghavan as Karunan
- Babu Antony as Antony
- Murali as Jayan
- C. I. Paul as Minister
- Innocent as Kisan Jacob
- Paravoor Bharathan as Balakrishnan
- Mala Aravindan as Driver
- Kollam Thulasi as Home Secretary
- Jose as Doctor
- M. S. Thripunithura as Namboothiri
- T. P. Madhavan as Panikkar
- Babu Namboothiri as Mohan
- V. K. Sreeraman as Simon
- Priya as Ali Imran's sister
- Mohan Raj
- Shyama
- Valsala Menon
- K. Madhu as roomboy in a ship (cameo)
Reception
The movie was a huge success. The tremendous hype resulted in massive crowd and on the release day at Jose theatre, Thrissur, 15 people were injured and 1 died due to rush for the movie.[1]
Remakes
| Year | Film | Language | Cast | Director |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Magadu | Telugu | Rajasekhar, Lizy, Thyagarajan, Murali Mohan | K. Madhu |
See also
References
- ↑ Sreedhar Pillai (31 December 1988). "Mammootty and Mohan Lal emerge as unprecedented superstars of Malayalam films". India Today. Retrieved 2 January 2016.