''Black Cat'' is a 2007 Indian Malayalam action thriller film written and directed by
Vinayan
T. G. Vinayakumar (born 16 May 1957), professionally credited as Vinayan, is an Indian film director, screenwriter, producer, and lyricist, who works predominantly in Malayalam cinema and occasionally in Tamil cinema.
Early life
Vinayan is from ...
and starring
Suresh Gopi
Suresh Gopi (born 26 June 1958) is an Indian actor, politician, playback singer and television presenter. He works predominantly in Malayalam cinema and has also appeared in some Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Bollywood films. Suresh made his acti ...
and
Meena
Meena () is a sub-group of Bhils. They speak Meena language. They started adopting the Brahmin worship system. Its name is also transliterated as ''Meenanda'' or ''Mina''. Historians claim that they belong to the Matsya tribe. They got the st ...
in lead roles. The film also features
Mukesh Mukesh is an epithet for the Hindu god Shiva, and literally means "conqueror of the Muka demon". It also means god of 3 worlds, heaven, hell & earth, which in turn represents Hindu god Shiva. It is commonly used as a male given name in India. Peopl ...
,
Karthika,
Rajan P Dev
Rajan P. Dev (20 May 1951 – 29 July 2009) was an Indian film and stage actor. He was born in Cherthala in the Alappuzha district of the former state Thiru-Kochi (present day Kerala). He had acted in over 500 films in Malayalam, Tamil, Telug ...
,
Indrans
Indrans is an Indian actor and former costume designer, who appears in Malayalam films.His mentor was Shiyas M S, a law college student. He started his film career as a costume designer and actor in 1981 and got a breakthrough in 1994 with the ...
,
Harisree Ashokan
Harisree Ashokan is an Indian actor and director who is known for his comedy roles in Malayalam films. Ashokan has acted in more than 200 Malayalam films. He started his career as a mimicry artist in the troupe Harisree and then worked in Kala ...
,
Jagadeesh
P. V. Jagadish Kumar (born 12 June 1955) known mononymously as Jagadish, is an Indian actor, screenwriter, television presenter and former politician. He has starred in over 375 Malayalam films and 2 Hindi films. He is best known for his c ...
,
Nedumudi Venu
Kesavan Venugopal (22 May 1948 – 11 October 2021), better known by his stage name Nedumudi Venu, was an Indian actor and screenwriter from Kerala, who predominantly worked in Malayalam cinema. He acted in more than 500 films, primarily in Ma ...
,
Ashish Vidhyarthi
Ashish Vidyarthi (born 19 June 1962) is an Indian actor who predominantly works in Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, English, Odia, Marathi and Bengali films. He is noted for his antagonist and character roles. In 1995, he received the ...
and
Thilakan
Palappurathu Kesavan Surendranatha Thilakan (15 July 1935 – 24 September 2012) was an Indian film and stage actor who appeared in over 200 Malayalam films. Thilakan was known for his elaborate method acting, realistic and spontaneous appearan ...
in supporting roles.
Plot
The story is about Black, a fisherman who is loved by all in his village even though a mentally ill person. He is also the security of Tharakan Muthalali, a famous marine food exporter and is cared for by his daughter Blessy, who values Black's friendship. Caesar and George Washington are his two supportive friends who were also Tharakan's securities. Varkechan, Tharakan's brother, is not at all happy with Black's eating styles and rebuked him once for eating in his house. Black continues his childish behaviour and is called by Caesar to accompany Pathrose Moopen to have more food. Later Tharakan receives a call from Prabhul Kumar from Mumbai regarding the arrival of his daughter Meenakshi to Tharakan's village.
When Meenakshi is happily shooting the video of festivals as a tribute to her, she gets shocked upon seeing Black, a person who looks exactly like Ramesh Sharma IPS, her lover who she presumes to have died in an accident. Still suspicious, she decides to find more about Black and finally confirms that Black is Ramesh. After staying for a few days in Tharakan's house, Meenakshi moves to the house of Moosath, a powerful sorcerer and decides to bring Black back as Ramesh. Black is first impressed by Meenakshi, thanks to the cologne she wears. Tharakan drops Black at Moosath's house for a Pooja without any knowledge of Meenakshi's plans. Black resists initially, but patiently prepares for the Pooja and within days changes to a different personality. Meenakshi, who is eagerly waiting to see her Ramesh, gets an unexpected result from Moosath that the person is not Ramesh but Black although Meenakshi firmly believes that he is Ramesh. It comes true when he reminisces his fight between Prabhul Kumar, DGP Aggarwal and Prabhul's elder brother Prakash.
When he reaches Tharakan's house, everyone is surprised by his changed behaviour and Tharakan decides to find the truth behind Black's change in his behavior. Confused by the languages used by villagers, he sees a video shown by Blessy and gets an idea of it. When Pathrose brings him food, he refuses which surprises Pathrose.
Black moves to Mumbai as Ramesh after a gap of ten years to find his enemies and kill them. To get more information about his family, Ramesh consults his friend Dinesh from whom he learns that his mother and one sister are dead. His other sister, Shyama is taken care of by Dinesh and his wife. On his way, he reminisces about an incident where he fights Prabhul and team to save his sisters but gets beaten up by them and loses his sanity. After killing Prakash and Aggarwal, he returns to Tharakan's village in Kerala and gets arrested by Vikram Dharma IPS who was sent by Prabhul Kumar from Mumbai. The next day he is taken to court, and Ramesh brilliantly acts as Black in front of the Judge and the prosecutor. The prosecutor argues that the person is Ramesh Sharma and not Black. Dinesh then brilliantly acts with the evidence regarding the death of Ramesh Sharma and further establishes that he is Black. When the prosecutor does not give up, the judge postpones the verdict.
The next day Moosath and Meenakshi also come to the court and informs them that the accused is Black and not Ramesh. Dinesh once again proves that the person standing in the court is Black and hence gets Black exonerated. Ramesh then informs Dinesh about his plan to kill Prabhul Kumar, who ruined his life. Meenakshi begs Ramesh to not kill Prabhul as he is her father but Ramesh was firm on his decision. However, he gets beaten up by some goons outside the court. Tharakan and his gang manages to save him.
Enraged, Tharakan and his relatives go to Prabhul Kumar's house to seek revenge for trying to kill Black. On seeing him, Meenakshi gets shocked as Moosath earlier informed her that if he gets hit on the head once again, he could never be brought back as Ramesh. To test whether he is Black or Ramesh, Prabhul Kumar slaps Shyama and Blessy badly. As he does not react in both the cases, Prabhul confirms that he is insane and tells Tharakan to take him back. Tharakan angrily threatens Prabhul and takes Black away. However, when Prabhul learns that Meenakshi knew of his role on assaulting Ramesh, he orders Vikram to kill Ramesh. As Prabhul is about to shoot Ramesh, he is blocked by Ramesh and killed in an ensuing fight.
Black is produced at court once again. However, the court lets him walk away. Everyone is still upset as they think that Ramesh has lost his regained memory. But Ramesh reveals the truth behind his actions. He also learns that Blessy is aware of his real identity and story. The film ends as Ramesh completely changes as Black Cat and is greeted by Tharakan and his gang.
Cast
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Suresh Gopi
Suresh Gopi (born 26 June 1958) is an Indian actor, politician, playback singer and television presenter. He works predominantly in Malayalam cinema and has also appeared in some Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Bollywood films. Suresh made his acti ...
as
Commissioner Ramesh Sharma
IPS
IPS, ips, or iPS may refer to:
Science and technology Biology and medicine
* ''Ips'' (genus), a genus of bark beetle
* Induced pluripotent stem cell or iPS cells
* Intermittent photic stimulation, a neuroimaging technique
* Intraparietal sulcus, ...
/ Black
*
Meena
Meena () is a sub-group of Bhils. They speak Meena language. They started adopting the Brahmin worship system. Its name is also transliterated as ''Meenanda'' or ''Mina''. Historians claim that they belong to the Matsya tribe. They got the st ...
as Dr. Meenakshi
*
Mukesh Mukesh is an epithet for the Hindu god Shiva, and literally means "conqueror of the Muka demon". It also means god of 3 worlds, heaven, hell & earth, which in turn represents Hindu god Shiva. It is commonly used as a male given name in India. Peopl ...
as Adv. Dinesh
*
Karthika as Blessy Tharakan
*
Rajan P. Dev
Rajan P. Dev (20 May 1951 – 29 July 2009) was an Indian film and stage actor. He was born in Cherthala in the Alappuzha district of the former state Thiru-Kochi (present day Kerala). He had acted in over 500 films in Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu ...
as Tharakan Muthalali
*
Nedumudi Venu
Kesavan Venugopal (22 May 1948 – 11 October 2021), better known by his stage name Nedumudi Venu, was an Indian actor and screenwriter from Kerala, who predominantly worked in Malayalam cinema. He acted in more than 500 films, primarily in Ma ...
as Pathrose Mooppan
*
Indrans
Indrans is an Indian actor and former costume designer, who appears in Malayalam films.His mentor was Shiyas M S, a law college student. He started his film career as a costume designer and actor in 1981 and got a breakthrough in 1994 with the ...
as George Washington
*
Harisree Asokan
Harisree Ashokan is an Indian actor and director who is known for his comedy roles in Malayalam films. Ashokan has acted in more than 200 Malayalam films. He started his career as a mimicry artist in the troupe Harisree and then worked in Kalab ...
as Ceaser
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Jagadish
P. V. Jagadish Kumar (born 12 June 1955) known mononymously as Jagadish, is an Indian actor, screenwriter, television presenter and former politician. He has starred in over 375 Malayalam films and 2 Hindi films. He is best known for his com ...
as Vakkachan
*
Ashish Vidhyarthi
Ashish Vidyarthi (born 19 June 1962) is an Indian actor who predominantly works in Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, English, Odia, Marathi and Bengali films. He is noted for his antagonist and character roles. In 1995, he received the ...
as Prabhul Kumar
*
Thilakan
Palappurathu Kesavan Surendranatha Thilakan (15 July 1935 – 24 September 2012) was an Indian film and stage actor who appeared in over 200 Malayalam films. Thilakan was known for his elaborate method acting, realistic and spontaneous appearan ...
as Moosath
*
Chali Pala
Chalil Baby better known as Chali Pala is an Indian actor who appears in Malayalam movies. He handles character roles and supporting roles in Malayalam films.
Biography
He is born at Thiruvananthapuram on 28 Sep 1957. He debuted in Iyer the Gr ...
as Advocate Krishnamoorthy
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Bheeman Raghu
Bheeman Raghu (born 6 October 1953) is an Indian actor, singer, dancer, former politician and police officer (retired) who appears mainly in Malayalam films and is best known for his villainous and comedy roles. In a career spanning over three ...
as DYSP Vikram Dharma
IPS
IPS, ips, or iPS may refer to:
Science and technology Biology and medicine
* ''Ips'' (genus), a genus of bark beetle
* Induced pluripotent stem cell or iPS cells
* Intermittent photic stimulation, a neuroimaging technique
* Intraparietal sulcus, ...
*
Mukesh Rishi as
ADGP Aggarwal
IPS
IPS, ips, or iPS may refer to:
Science and technology Biology and medicine
* ''Ips'' (genus), a genus of bark beetle
* Induced pluripotent stem cell or iPS cells
* Intermittent photic stimulation, a neuroimaging technique
* Intraparietal sulcus, ...
*
Ramu
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Along the Ramu's course, it receives numerous tributaries ...
as Prakash Kumar
*
Ponnamma Babu
Ponnamma Babu is an Indian actress best known for her work in Malayalam cinema. She has acted in more than 300 films, TV serials and Comedy shows . She made her debut in ''Padanayakan'' in 1996.
Personal life
Ponnamma was born to Mathai an ...
as Tharakan's wife
*
Jaffar Idukki
Jaffar Idukki is an Indian actor, impressionist, and comedian, who predominantly works in the Malayalam cinema. Started his career with the 2007 film ''Kaiyoppu'', he has acted in about hundred films and has performed in a number of comedy s ...
as Paili
*
Kulappulli Leela
Kulappulli Leela (born 19 April 1954) is an Indian actress who predominantly appears in Malayalam cinema, Tamil cinema and television. She has mostly done comedic roles, and has appeared in over 350 films. She began her career acting through ...
as Kathreena
*
Baburaj
Mohammad Sabir Baburaj was an Indian music composer. He is often credited for the renaissance of Malayalam film music. Baburaj has rendered music to many evergreen Malayalam film songs.
Early years
Baburaj was born on 9 March 1929 in Kozhikod ...
as Sunny
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Saju Kodiyan
Saju Kodiyan is an Indian mimicry artist, comedian and actor who works in the Malayalam Film Industry. He started his career as a mimicry artist and has acted in more than 20 movies.
TV shows
*'' Cinemala'' - Asianet
*'' Kadamattathu Kathanar ...
as Mruthyumjayan Namboothiri
* Kalabhavan Santhosh as Bheemasenan
* Geetha Nair as Ramesh's mother
*
Sajitha Betti
Sajitha Betti is an Indian actress known for her works in Malayalam television serials and films.
Biography
Sajitha Betti belongs to a community of Urdu-speaking Muslims from Hyderabad. She is married to Shamas. She has two elder brothers and t ...
as Shyama, Ramesh's sister
*Dimple Rose as Sharanya, Ramesh's sister
*
Geetha Salam
Abdul Salam (9 October 1946 – 19 December 2018) was an Indian actor in Malayalam cinema known by his stage name Geetha Salam, known for ''Malabar Wedding'', '' Jalolsavam'' (2004) and ''Mylanchi Monchulla Veedu'' (2014). He lived in Krishnapu ...
as Shankaran
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Jayan Cherthala
Jayan Cherthala is an Indian actor in Malayalam cinema. He is from Cherthala, near Alappuzha, Kerala in India. He has performed in more than two dozen movies in Malayalam, and TV serials. He is the state president of Kerala Sarva Kala Sangam ...
as Muthaliyar
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Machan Varghese
M. L. Varghese (1960 – 3 February 2011), popularly known by stage name Machan Varghese, was a Malayalam film actor and mimicry artist. He started his career as a mimicry artist in Kalabhavan (house of arts) and debuted as an actor through ''K ...
as Chacko, a fisherman
*
Ravi Vallathol
Ravi Vallathol (25 November 1952 25 April 2020) was an Indian actor, mainly noted for his acting in many famous serials, including the first serial in Malayalam.
Biography
He was born as the son of famous Drama legend T. N. Gopinathan Nair ...
as Justice Menon
*
Jagannatha Varma
K. N. Jagannatha Varma (1 May 1939 – 20 December 2016) was an Indian actor who worked in Malayalam film and television industry. He was also a Kathakali artist. His son Manu Varma is also an artist and his son-in-law Viji Thampi is a film di ...
as Justice Kurup
*
Kollam Thulasi
Kollam Kanjaveli Kuttilazhikathu Thulasidharan Nair is an actor in Malayalam cinema, who is better known as Kollam Thulasi relating to the name of his birthplace Kollam to his first name as customary in some parts of Kerala. His first appearanc ...
as Gopalakrishnan Menon, Prosecutor
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Abu Salim as C I Kishore
Soundtrack
Release
The film had a delayed release.
References
External links
*{{IMDb title, 0997142, Black Cat
Black Cat (Malayalam)
2007 films
2000s Malayalam-language films
Indian action thriller films
Films scored by Alphons Joseph
Films scored by M. Jayachandran
2007 action thriller films
Films directed by Vinayan