''Addeham Enna Iddeham'' is a 1993 Malayalam-language

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film directed by Viji Thampi, starring Jagadish, Siddique,

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, and Raghuvaran in major roles.Addeham Enna Iddeham (1993)
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Plot

Benny ( Siddique), a gangster, is released from prison after five years. He witnesses Joji Pereira ( Jagadish) robbing a Tamil-speaking employee ( Jagathy Sreekumar) of his money. After a long chase, Benny and Perera crash a stolen auto-rickshaw and Benny gets severely injured. He is taken to an old woman named Margaret (

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) by Pereira. Perera reveals that he robbed the bank employee to afford a surgery for his mentally disturbed sister so that she could lead a normal life. She had lost her sanity after witnessing the death of her fiance in an accident where he was run over by a heavy vehicle. Meanwhile, Pereira is framed for various crimes by a gang led by another man also named Pereira ( Raghuvaran), who is part of the

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. This confuses the police and the bank employee. The police beat up many innocent people on suspicion of being Pereira. The gangster visits the police station disguised as a policeman. Later, the real policeman Vishwanath ( Rizabawa arrives from Mumbai which leads to the climax of the movie

Cast

* Jagadish as Joji Pereira * Siddique as Benny *

as Nancy *

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as Mercy * Jagathy Sreekumar as Ananthakrishnan Swamy * Janardhanan as Superintendent of Police Sreekantan Nair * Raghuvaran as Pereira * Innocent as Circle Inspector Balachandran Nair * Mala Aravindan as Head Constable Kunjeesho *

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as Unnithan * Vijayaraghavan as Muthu * Mamukkoya as Saidali *

as Margaret * Rizabawa as Superintendent of Police Vishwanath, Mumbai * Jagannathan as Police Constable Shankaran * Ragini as Kamakshi, Swamy's wife * Sonia as Annie *

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as Satheeshan, Company Manager * Jagannatha Varma as Neurologist * Manu Varma as Freddy * Thrissur Elsy as Sreekandan Nair's wife * Kanakalatha as Saidali's wife

Songs

References

External links

* 1990s Malayalam-language films 1993 films Indian comedy-drama films Films shot in Mumbai Films directed by Viji Thampi Films scored by Johnson {{1990s-Malayalam-film-stub