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Adikkurippu

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Adikkurippu
Poster
Directed byK. Madhu
Screenplay byS. N. Swamy
Story byJose Kurian
Produced byThomas Mathew
StarringMammootty
Jagathy Sreekumar
Urvashi
CinematographyVipin Das
Edited byV. P. Krishnan
Music byShyam
Production
company
Centauer Arts
Distributed byCentury
Release date
  • 3 March 1989 (1989-03-03)
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Running time
109 min
CountryIndia
LanguageMalayalam

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

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Plot

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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

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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.
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