''Bharathchandran I.P.S'' is a 2005 Indian Malayalam-language

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written, directed and produced by Renji Panicker. It is a sequel to the

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'' and Suresh Gopi reprises the title character. It also features Sai Kumar,

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, Mamukkoya,

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, and

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in supporting roles. The background score was composed by C. Rajamani. The film was a major commercial success at the box office and ran for more than 100 days In this film, Bharatchandran IPS, a righteous city police commissioner does not mind assaulting even his superior officers and powerful politicians while staging a one-man-fight against the corrupt political machinery prevailing in the state.

Plot

After killing Mohan Thomas to avenge his colleague Muhammad Iqbal's death.

Bharathchandran gets acquitted from suspension and gets married with his girlfriend Indu and leads a happy life, until Indu is murdered by Mohan Thomas's goons, where Bharathchandran decide to raises his 10 year-old daughter who amusingly named as Indu, all by himself. ''Mayambaram'' Baba, an iconic Muslim leader in

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is murdered by a hired assassin named Kala Purohit Khan, amidst tight security in the premises of a special court in

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where he was supposed to give evidence about the foul play behind an earlier

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by ''Janab'' Hyderali Hassan, who runs a

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. Hyderali felt that their existence would be questioned if Baba reveals the truths about the communal riots incited by them. As a matter of fact, the communal riots following Baba's murder are triggered and intensified by Hyderali himself, to throw the region into a state of chaos. Hyderali has other sinister motives also, like having the huge amount of land left behind by the fleeing population to himself for building a private sea port through which he hopes to pump illicit counterfeit money, drug trade and smuggling arms into the state. The state's CM Thomas Chacko, entrusts the investigation of Mayambaram Baba's murder to Bharathchandran. Bharathchandran, along with officers

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Anwar and DYSP Pookkoya report to IG Habib Basheer, who is entrusted as a guardian to Bharathchandran after the death of Bharathchandran's former mentor and I.G Balachandran. Bharathchandran works his way into the hierarchy of the Hyderali syndicate, starting with Shweta Nachappa, a Karnataka cop, who was on duty on the day of Baba's murder and actually seemed to know that he would be murdered earlier. Hyderali kills Shweta after he finds out that Bharathchandran is trailing her. Later, It is revealed that Thomas Chacko is also in cahoots with Hyderali. Habib Basheer is killed while trying to save Bharathchandran from Kala Purohit's gang. Enraged, Bharatchandran confronts Hyderali and also brings the captured Kala Purohit, with Anwar and Pookkoya's help. Bharathchandran gives an empty revolver to Kala Purohit and asks him to shoot Hyderali. Kala tries to shoot Bharathchandran, but is later killed by Bharathchandran, who soon kills Hyderali in front of a frightened Thomas Chacko.

Cast

* Suresh Gopi as

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Bharath Chandran

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, City Police Commissioner *

as IG Habeeb Basheer

* Sai Kumar as Janab Hyderali Hassan *

as DySP Pookkoya *

as SP Hema Viswanath

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Anwar

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as Thomas Chacko,

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* Akhila as Swetha Nachappa

* Mamukkoya as Kunjeeswaran Pillai * Niranjana as Indu (Daughter of Bharathchandran) * Prabha Dutt as Jasmine Mary Cherian * Urmila Unni as Subhadra Habeeb * Nivia Rebin as Habeeb's daughter *

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as IG Rajan Koshy

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as MLA Mayin Kutty * Ajay Rathnam as Kala Purohit Khan * Kollam Ajith as Udayan shetty *

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as Mayamparam Baba *

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as Shekharji *

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as Devan Menon, Customs Officer *

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as Vakkalam Moosa (Minister) *

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as Mudoor Sidhan * Meghna Nair as Lekha * Priyanka as Susheela * Santhakumari *

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as Mohan Thomas (mentioned only) *

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as Indu Kurup (mentioned only) *

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as I. G. Balachandran (mentioned only)

Box office

The film was commercial success. In 7 days, it collection 2.5

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in distributor's share from 50 screens, which was a record at the time.

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{{IMDb title, 0463429 2005 films 2005 action thriller films 2000s Malayalam-language films Indian sequel films TheKingCommi3 Films set in Kerala Films set in Karnataka Fictional portrayals of the Kerala Police Indian action drama films