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-language

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film directed by T. S. Suresh Babu and written by

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. The plot revolves around two petty thieves who are on a run after being released on parole for a week. It features

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and

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Plot

Thomas, alias Thorappan Thoma and Pathira Thankappan are two petty thieves working under Kottayam Kochunni, a notorious thief wanted by police. One day, to financially support Athapady Anthru, his master, Kochunni plans a big robbery at a hotel suite along with his disciples. On the same day, three young sons of Vikraman, a mafia don arrives in Kochi. K. R., his business rival, plans to shoot down the children of Vikraman on same night at their hotel suite. But after getting the news, they wait for the killer to enter their room, heavily armed. Both Thorappan Thoma and Pathira Thankappan enter the same suite, and are attacked by them. In a bid to escape, both fight back. The commotion leads to chaos and police arrive. Thoma and Thankappan are tried for attempting to kill the sons of Vikraman and are sentenced to three years in jail. Kochunni and Andru escape from the scene. Two years after the incident, Thankappan gets parole and absconds. Thoma is granted parole, but has been assigned to find out Thankappan in one week. Kochunni now runs an automobile shop, where Andru is a worker under him. Thoma arrives at Kochunni's shop in search of money. He is assigned to hand over a car at Chennai. Unknowing that the car belongs to the same Vikraman, Thoma sets out for Chennai. In the meantime, the elder son of Vikraman is shot dead by K. R. Vikraman suspects Thoma for this, who is now in Chennai. Accidentally, he happens to meet Thankappan, who is now married and is living under a new name, Shambhu Iyer. Both Thankappan and Thoma are now on run from police and Vikraman. The chase and fight to prove their innocence forms the rest of the story.

Cast

as Thomas/Thorappan Thoma *

as Pathira Thankappan/ Shambhu Iyer *

as Kottayam Kochunni *

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as Athappadi Anthru *

as Radhika *

as Vikaraman *

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as K. R. *

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 comi ...

as Inspector Vincent d'Souza *

as Vikraman's elder son * Santhosh as Vikraman's second son *

Ganesh Kumar Keezhoote Balakrishna Pillai Ganesh Kumar (born 25 May 1966) is an Indian actor, television host, and politician. Ganesh Kumar is a proposed cabinet minister for the last 2.5 years in the ongoing 2nd LDF govt in Kerala and he is also the curre ...

as Vikraman's third son *

Mala Aravindan Mala Aravindan (15 January 1939 – 28 January 2015) was an Indian actor. He was best known for his work as a comedian and character artist in Malayalam films. He has acted in over 500 films. Early life He was born in Vadavucode, Ernakulam d ...

as Professional Killer *

Suvarna Mathew Suvarna Mathew is an Indian actress in South Indian movies. She was a prominent lead actress during the 1990s in Malayalam and Kannada films. She had acted in few Tamil, Telugu and Hindi movies as well. She has acted with Vishnuvardhan in '' K ...

as Mukesh's sister *

Poojappura Ravi Raveendran Nair, known by his stage name Poojappura Ravi is an Indian actor, primarily concentrating in Malayalam films doing comedy roles. He was a stage actor and was a part of ''Kalanilyam Drama Vision'', the famous drama institution. He sta ...

as Shambhu Iyer's Father in Law *Sharmili as Shambhu Iyer's Wife *

Rajith Kumar Rajith Kumar R. is an Indian lecturer, actor and ''Bigg Boss'' (Malayalam season 2) participant from Kerala who has won numerous awards for television programs and also social activist. A lecturer at the Department of Botany, Sree Sankara Coll ...

as Hospital Attendant *

Vinu Chakravarthy Vinu Chakravarthy (15 December 1945 – 27 April 2017) was an Indian actor, screenwriter and director who is known for acting in more than 1000 movies in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Badaga and Malayalam mostly as a comedian, supporting actor or in ...

as Police Officer

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* {{Dennis Joseph 1990s Malayalam-language films 1992 films Films directed by T. S. Suresh Babu