''Ee Thanutha Veluppan Kalathu'' ( en, In This Cold Morning) is a 1990

Malayalam Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry (Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of 22 scheduled languages of India. Malayalam was des ...

mystery thriller film written by

Padmarajan P. Padmarajan (23 May 1945 – 23 January 1991) was an Indian film maker, screenwriter and author who was known for his works in Malayalam literature and Malayalam cinema. He was the founder of a new school of film making in Malayalam cinema, a ...

and directed by

Joshiy Joshiy (born 18 July 1952) is an Indian film director and producer from Varkala in Kerala who works predominantly in the Malayalam film industry. He made his debut with ''Tiger Salim'' (1978) and has directed over 80 films. He has also directe ...

. It stars

Mammootty Muhammad Kutty Panaparambil Ismail (; born 7 September 1951), known mononymously by the hypocorism Mammootty (), is an Indian actor and film producer who works predominantly in Malayalam cinema, Malayalam films. He has also appeared in Tamil l ...

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 ...

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 ...

Lalu Alex Lalu Alex is an Indian actor who works in Malayalam cinema. In a career spanning four decades, Lalu Alex has acted over 250 movies and is known for his character roles, comic roles and antagonistic roles in Malayalam movie industry. Lalu Alex ...

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and Murali. It was considered as one of the best mystery thriller films in Malayalam cinema.

Plot

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T. Vasudev is murdered in his house, and after his death

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is pushed into his mouth by the murderer. One of his close friends, businessman Kuwait Mani, seemed to be quite upset with this murder. Days later, Kuwait Mani is killed in an intentional car accident. After his death, coir was also inserted in the mouth. SP Haridas Damodaran IPS is assigned the investigation. Haridas orders his sub-ordinate Joy to collect details of similar murder cases from history. It is found that Rosario Fernandes, who was found to have poisoned himself to death also had coir in his mouth. The cops had not thought about this significant, as it was something that a victim might do in his last moments after consuming poison. The investigation later reveals that all of the victims were college classmates, and the next target is expected to be a businessman named Philip Thennalackal George. The investigation lead them to suspect named Christy, who was the son of Rosario Fernandes and Sreedevi Rosario. Sreedevi had died bed-ridden owing to a disease. Haridas captures further information about Christy by meeting Sreedevi's father C. K. Gopala Menon, that he was behaving abnormally of late and his whereabouts are unknown. From a nurse named Leeladevi, it was also traced that Christy was present in mysterious circumstances when Sreedevi died in the hospital. On roughly questioning Philip, he reveals that they (Vasudev, Mani, Philip and Rosario) all had a longing for Sreedevi in their college days, but she didn't bother about them. When an opportunity came, they had assaulted her to death. During an event Haridas meets the chief guest Warrier, who is a

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having devotees all around the world. Later, Warrier locked someone in his house and called Haridas for help. Warrier claimed that the stranger tried to kill him and an encounter between Hari and the stranger took place in which the stranger narrowly escapes. The cops are able to trace and arrest Christy on murder charges, and is returned to the mental asylum he had escaped from. While undergoing treatment, Haridas transfers Christy to the police hospital citing better treatment and caring. Christy is subjected to

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, due to which Haridas learns that Christy has been misled by someone, who is most likely responsible for the crimes. Later, Christy escapes from the hospital which threats Haridas's job. Philip calls the cops for protection, but Haridas doesn't give him. Haridas and Joey watch Philip's home to catch the unknown culprit. It turns out that the perpetrator was Warrier, because during college time Sreedevi was initially his wife and the trio assaulted her in front of him. Aftermath, Warrier was under treatment for mental problems and set off for

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. When Warrier arrived back to the city and settled, he witness everyone who hurt him was happy and nothing wrong has happened to them. So he set out himself to avenge the injustice. Christy is proven innocent and brought back to a normal life, while Warrier is arrested for the serial killings.

Cast

as SP Haridas Damodaran I.P.S *

as Christopher / Christy *

as Lakshmi Haridas *

as Warrier *

as CI Joy Varghese * Murali as Philip Thennalackal George, businessman * Devan as Rosario Fernandez, businessman *

M. G. Soman M. G. Soman (28 September 1941 – 12 December 1997) was an Indian actor and former Indian Air Force officer who appeared in Malayalam films. He was one among the leading star actors doing hero roles in Malayalam Cinema during the late 1970s an ...

as Kuwait Mani *

Babu Namboothiri Babu Namboothiri (born 12 August 1947) is a retired Chemistry Professor and Head Of Department of Deva Mata College Kuravilangad and an Indian film and TV actor who has starred in more than 100 Malayalam films and various serials. He is famou ...

as Justice T. Vasudev *

Chithra Krishnan Nair Shantakumari Chithra (born 27 July 1963), always credited as K. S. Chithra or Chithra, is an Indian playback singer and Carnatic musician. In a career spanning over four decades, she has recorded over 25,000 songs in various I ...

as Padmam *

as Sreedevi Rosario * Siddique as Santhosh, Haridas's Friend *

Captain Raju Raju Daniel (27 June 1950 – 17 September 2018), better known by his stage name Captain Raju, was an Indian army officer and Indian actor. He acted in more than 600 films in various languages, including Malayalam, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannad ...

as Dr.Sabarinath,a psychiatrist *

Jagathy Sreekumar Sreekumar P. K. (born 5 January 1951), better known by his stage name Jagathy Sreekumar or simply Jagathy, is an Indian actor, director and playback singer, who has appeared in over 1500 Malayalam films in a career spanning almost four decad ...

as Father. Paviyanos Vanolikkara *

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 dire ...

as I.G Gopinathan I.P.S *

Thesni Khan Thesni Khan is an Indian actress who appears in Malayalam films, television, and stage. She made her acting debut through '' Daisy'' in 1988. She is widely known for the portrayal of character roles. In 2020, she contested in the second season ...

as Vasudev's daughter *

Sukumari Sukumari Amma (6 October 1940 – 26 March 2013) was an Indian actress best known for her works in Malayalam and Tamil films. In a career spanning more than five decades, She has appeared in more than 2500 films predominantly in Malayalam, Tam ...

as Stella Aunty (House keeper at Rosario's Home ) *

Kaviyoor Ponnamma Kaviyoor Ponnamma is an Indian actress who appears in Malayalam films and television. She began her career performing in theatre dramas before foraying into cinema. She has also acted in TV serials and commercials and has playback singing cred ...

as Nurse Leeladevi *

Prathapachandran Prathapachandran (1941–2004) was an Indian actor, who worked predominantly in Malayalam film, Malayalam film industry, though he acted in a few Tamil and Telugu movies as well. He known for the portrayal of villainous and character roles in o ...

as C. K. Gopala Menon * K. P. A. C. Sunny as D.I.G Ayyappan Marar I.P.S *

K. P. A. C. Azeez Azeez (27 November 1934 – 16 July 2003) was an Indian actor in Malayalam cinema. He acted in more than 100 films. He came into the movie industry as a villain, later he started doing character roles, such as police officer, jailer, and ministe ...

as Circle Inspector Mukundan 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 appearance ...

as Babu *

Thodupuzha Vasanthi Thodupuzha Vasanthi was an Indian actress who acted mainly in Malayalam films. She appeared in over 450 movies and also in 16 tele-serials and 100 plays. She was a theater artist, before starting with small roles in movies. Her first full length ...

Valsala Menon Valsala Menon (born 1945) is an Indian actress who works in Malayalam films. She has acted in over 200+ films. Currently she is active in Malayalam television serials. Early life Valsala Menon was born in 1945 to Raman Menon and Devakiyamma in ...

as Mrs. Devis *

Rajan Sankaradi Rajan Sankaradi (6 November 19531 August 2016) was an Indian film director. He started his career as an assistant director under Balachandra Menon. He had directed the films '' Guruji Oru Vakku'' (1985), ''Meenathil Thalikettu'' (1998) and '' ...

as Cameo Appearance *Appa Haja as Cameo Appearance *

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as Ponnan (Cameo Appearance) *

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 Cameo Appearance *

Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair (16 October 191611 March 1997) was an Indian poet, playwright, script writer, lyricist, orator, film director and actor, though he is best known as an actor in Malayalam cinema. He is the recipient of Padma Shri from t ...

Paravoor Bharathan Vadakkekarayil Koran Bharathan (16 January 1929- 19 August 2015), better known as Paravoor Bharatan was an Indian actor who acted in Malayalam films. He started his career in movies during the 1950s. Bharathan is known as a versatile actor and h ...

Reception

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'' wrote, "The film is a bit too long, but that need not put one off".

References

External links

* {{Joshiy Films with screenplays by Padmarajan 1990s Malayalam-language films 1990s mystery thriller films 1990 films Indian mystery thriller films Films directed by Joshiy