Chandha

''Chantha'' () is a 1995 Indian Malayalam-language action film directed by Sunill and written by Robin Thirumala. The film stars Babu Antony, Thilakan, Sathaar, and Augustine. The film has musical score by M. Jayachandran. This film was a third highest-grossing Malayalam film of the year behind The King and Spadikam.

Plot

Police officer Sekhar Joseph is an honest and upright police officer in Kozhikode City. He imprisons the minister Keshavan Nair's nephew and his high-profile friends for running over a kid in the street due to drunken driving. The corrupt Commissioner Ravishankar tries to get Sekhar to release them, but Sekhar doesn't give in. Later the minister himself visits the station and appreciated Sekhar for his Honest action, reprimanding Ravishankar at the same time. At the city market, Mammali, a shrewd trader brings in people from outside to unload material for his shop against the markets rule. Enter Sulthan, the leader of the market workers and the local ruffian, he roughens up Mammali's goons and drives them away. Ummer Haji, a cunning businessman and Mammali's partner, tries to influence Sulthan, but he doesn't give in. He makes Mammali file a complaint to the police. When Sekhar Joseph tries to arrest Sulthan, he cannot take him away from the market due to stiff opposition from the masses who regard him as their savior. Ummer Haji tries to take over a building in the market for his activities but is humiliated and driven away by Sulthan and gang. Furious, he calls for their leader Alexander who flies in from outside the state. For trapping Sulthan, he coaxes Mammali into drinking and abusing Sulthan one night. The same night he has Mammali stabbed to death by his accomplices and plans to pin the murder on Sulthan based on their altercations earlier the day. However, this plan is foiled by Merlin Joseph, Sekhar Joseph's Journalist sister, when she takes a photo of Alexanders henchman stabbing Mammali, thereby confirming Sulthan’ s Innocence.

To get back at Merlin and silence her, Alexander, and gang barge into Sekhar's home at night and kills his wife and daughter by poisoning them. When alexander goes to question him at his house, he has alexander beaten up by his men and run a vehicle over one of his legs, Incapacitating him. Left for death on the roadside, Sulthan saves Sekhar and takes him to the hospital. He manages to save Sekhar from the doctor also who tries to kill him under Alexander's Order. Sulthan brings Sekhar to his house where he slowly starts recovering with Merlin and Sulthan’ s mother's care. Meanwhile, Ummar Haji has an altercation with Minister Keshavan Nair since he is not doing anything in his capacity to move things at the market to Alexander and the gang's favor. To meet his end, he has Minister's nephew Renjith humiliate the minister at his residence after a press conference by getting a notorious prostitute inside his bedroom and making it public. Keshavan Nair resigns out of party pressure and goes back to the market from where he started his public life. Sulthan and Sekhar wants to get back for this ill-doing and they capture the prostitute Ramlabeevi out of whom they beat and record a confession. However, their plan is thwarted by Alexander when he gets Ramlabeevi killed on the way to court by exploding her car. Further to weaker Sulthan they kill his favorite kid in the locality Thithibeevi with a time bomb. Sulthan is now bent on getting revenge and he starts killing Alexander's gang one by one, first Renjith and then Ummer Haji. Police try to find Sulthan by raiding the market but are not successful. Alexander murders Keshavan Nair when he unsuccessfully tries to question him of Sulthan’ s whereabouts. He kidnaps Sultan's mother and sister. Sulthan gets into his hideout and beats up all his goons. In the end Sekhar Joseph and Sulthan together kill Alexander.

Cast

* Babu Antony as Sulthan
* Thilakan as Minister Keshavan Nair
*Sathaar as Commissioner Ravishanker
*Augustine as Mammali
* Devan as Alexander
*Lalu Alex as CI Sekher Joseph
*Mohini as Merlin Joseph
* Narendra Prasad as Guest in a song
* Sadiq as Mayinkutty
*Renuka as Sherly
* T. S. Krishnan as Renjith
*Kozhikode Narayanan Nair as P. C. Gopi
* Abu Salim as Williams
*VK Sreeraman as Ummer Haji
* Santhakumari as Sulthan's umma
*Anila Sreekumar as Laila
*Baby Ambili as Thithibeevi
*Bindu Varappuzha as Ramlabeevi

Soundtrack

The music was composed by M. Jayachandran and the lyrics were written by Gireesh Puthenchery.

References

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1995 films
1990s Malayalam-language films
Films scored by M. Jayachandran
Films shot in Kozhikode