Janathipathyam

1997 Indian film

A. K. Sajan
A. K. Santhosh

Produced byM. ManiStarring

Suresh Gopi
Urvashi
Balachandra Menon
Vani Viswanath

CinematographySaloo GeorgeEdited byK. SankunniMusic byShyam

Production
company

Sunitha Productions

Distributed bySunitha Productions

Release date

17 September 1997 (1997-09-17)

CountryIndiaLanguageMalayalam

Janathipathyam (transl. Democracy) is a 1997 Indian Malayalam-language film, directed by K. Madhu and produced by M. Mani. The film stars Suresh Gopi, Urvashi, Balachandra Menon, and Vani Viswanath in lead roles.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Plot

The movie opens with the communist party winning the state election in Kerala, but the Chief Ministerial candidate has lost the election. The party chief proposes the name of Ramadevan Nayanar aka RD Nayanar, a former Kerala cadre IPS officer, who resigned from the service due to the influence of the villains, including some in the police -IGP Kaimal and DGP Pillai and MP Gopinathan and some other political and business tycoons. RD returns to Kerala from Calcutta and takes over as the Chief Minister, after which he uses his powers to take down his enemies with the help of his wife Indira IAS, and his former colleagues in the police force.

Cast

Suresh Gopi as SSP Ramadevan Nayanar IPS
- Former Assistant Commissioner of Police , He later became the Chief Minister of Kerala
Balachandra Menon as Krishnamoorthy IPS
- Former Inspector General
Vani Viswanath as City Police Commissioner Maya Pillai IPS
Urvashi as District Collector Indira Menon IAS, RD Nayanar's wife
Aroma Sunilkumar as CI Xavier Idikkula
Maniyanpilla Raju as SI Abootty
Rajan P. Dev as DGP Padmanabhan Pillai IPS
Devan as Vishakom Thirunal Prathapa Varma of Ilyaidathu Kovilakom
Saikumar as K.Gopinathan Menon
Thikkurussi Sukumaran Nair as Valiya Thirumeni of Ilyaidathu Kovilakom
Karamana Janardhanan Nair as Kannan Menon, Party Leader and Indira's father
Shivaji as Thirumalpadu
K. P. A. C. Sunny as Moosakutty K.H
Poojappura Ravi as Sathyan Nadar, Traffic police officer
TP Madhavan as IG Kaimal IPS
Babu Namboothiri as Bhattathirippadu, Party Secretary
Kozhikode Narayanan Nair as Musaliar
Manju Pillai as Thirumalpadu's wife
Aranmula Ponnamma as Thirumalpadu's mother
Bobby Kottarakkara as Cherian Issac, journalist
Appa Haaja as Anantharaman
Eliyas Babu as Augustine, Ex-Chief Minister of Kerala
Ravi Vallathol as Justice Krishnanunni
Jose Pellissery as Bank Manager Eappachan
Biyon as Kuttan Thampuran of Adoor Kovilakom

References

^ "Janathipathyam". www.malayalachalachithram.com. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
^ "Janathipathyam". spicyonion.com. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
^ "Janathipathyam". .malayalasangeetham.info. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 1 October 2014.