''Madrasile Mon'' () is a 1982 Indian

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film directed by

J. Sasikumar Nambiathusseril Varkey John (14 October 1927 – 17 July 2014), better known by his screen name Sasikumar, was an Indian film director who worked in Malayalam cinema. He has directed more than 141 films in his career which began in the mid-19 ...

and written by P. M. Nair. It is based on the Karikkan villa murder case of 1980. The film stars

Raveendran Madhavan Raveendran ( ml, മാധവൻ രവീന്ദ്രൻ ), (born Kulathupuzha, Kollam, 9 November 1943 – died Chennai, Tamil Nadu, 3 March 2005), fondly known as ''Raveendran Master'', was a popular South Indian music composer an ...

Mohanlal Mohanlal Viswanathan (born 21 May 1960), known mononymously as Mohanlal, is an Indian actor, film producer, playback singer, film distributor, and director who predominantly works in Malayalam cinema besides also having sporadically appeare ...

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, and

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. The film was released on 20 August 1982.

Plot

Karikkanvilla murder is a criminal incident occurred at Meenthalakkara in Tiruvalla, in the south Indian state of Kerala in 1980.

Cast

K. P. Ummer Kachinamthoduka Puthiyapurayil Ummer known as K. P. Ummer (Malayalam: കെ.പി. ഉമ്മർ) was an Indian actor from Thekkepuram quarter of Kozhikode, Kerala, India. He was active in the Malayalam cinema from early sixties until late ...

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* Reena * K. N. Bal *

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Production

''Madrasile Mon'' is based on the Karikkan villa murder case that happened at

Thiruvalla Thiruvalla, alternately spelled Tiruvalla, is a town in Kerala and the Headquarters of the Taluk of the same name located in Pathanamthitta district in the State of Kerala, India. The town is spread over an area of . It lies on the banks of ...

in 1980. The film was produced by Thiruvalla native Mani Malliath through the production company Ragam Movies. The title ''Madrasile Mon'' refers to the nickname of the main culprit Reny George. Police officer K. N. Bal (

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), an investigating officer in the actual case appeared as the investigating officer in the film too. Raveendran portrayed Reni George, along with

and Thampy Kannamthanam. The film was released two years after the incident.

Trivia

The film narrates the true story of K. C. George and his wife Rachel, who were killed in their house at Meenthalakkara, Tiruvalla. Police had no clue on this incident. As the part of investigation, they found some footprints inside the house that looked very strange. Those footprints came from shoes which were not made in India. After some questioning, the maid, Gowri told the police that her master said their son from

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was coming there on the same day. So police started their investigation to Madras. They caught the real culprit Renny George, who was a close relative to this killed couple. Renny George along with his four other friends, all belonging to other countries were involved in this murder. Their aim was money and gold for purchasing drugs. Renny George served his jail sentence where he continued his drug trafficking activities for a while and eventually turned a new leaf to become an evangelist. While in the prison, he fell in love with a Nurse Teena and married her. He walked out of prison on 23 June 1995 as a new man. He runs an orphanage for children whose parents are imprisoned.

Soundtrack

The music was composed by

G. Devarajan Paravoor Govindan Devarajan (1927–2006), popularly known as G. Devarajan or Devarajan master, was an Indian music composer and Carnatic singer. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest composers in the history of Indian film music. He sco ...

and the lyrics were written by A. P. Gopalan. The soundtrack album was released on 31 December 1981.

Release

The film initially scheduled to be released on 9 April 1982 was postponed and released on 20 August 1982. After the film's release, when the main culprit Reny George was released on parole, he blackmailed producer Mani Malliath and extorted ₹60,000 from him.

References

External links

* 1982 films 1980s Malayalam-language films Thriller films based on actual events Films directed by J. Sasikumar {{1980s-Malayalam-film-stub