''Mission 90 Days'' is a 2007 Indian

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-language film directed by retired Army officer and former commando Major AK Raveendran SM starring

Mammooty 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 films. He has also appeared in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, H ...

. It is Major Ravi's second directorial venture and is based on the

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of former

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and the following investigation.

Plot

was assassinated on 21 May 1991 in

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, in

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. The government of India constituted SIT a day later, and Major Sivaram a top investigation officer and a NSG commando with a proven track record is put in charge to hunt down the killers. His bosses Partipan, the SIT chief and DIG Raju give him all the necessary logical support with only one request- "Catch Sivarasan alive, before he consumes the deadly cyanide." Sivaram due to his meticulous and systematic search is able to piece together the case, after the arrest of Murugan, Nalini, and their interrogation leads the team to the conspirator Sivarasan hiding in a house in Bangalore. The crux of the story is the last 15 minutes climax of the film. Sivaram and his team have silently and stealthily moved and covered the house where the killers are staying. They are moving in for the final kill under the cover of darkness; waiting for orders from higher-ups sitting in

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, to start the operations. But bosses in Delhi want it to be delayed, so that they can be on the spot to corner the glory of capturing Sivarasan alive in front of the media! Major Sivaram, waits the entire night for the order to start the operation, which is given only next day after the bosses arrive, at 10am in broad daylight in front of thousands of onlookers and bungling

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police. The surprise element in the operation is lost as Sivaram finds to his horror the entire LTTE team had bitten the cyanide and Sivarasan the kingpin had shot himself, a few seconds before they broke in.

Cast

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Sivaram, An army officer and commando in NSG, A member of the

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. This character is based on the professional life of

AK Raveendran SM (also known as

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), who wrote the story of this film and directed this film. *

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Radhavinod Raju

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, CBI officer & Chief of the Special Investigation Team. *

Vijayaraghavan Vijayaraghavan (born 20 December 1951) is an Indian actor who predominantly works in Malayalam cinema. He is popular for his character roles. He is the son of popular drama and cinema artist N. N. Pillai. He got his break by playing the icon ...

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Vijay, NSG officer, Sivaram's superior *Kiran Raj as Salim Ali

, CBI officer & member of the Special Investigation Team *

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Deepak, NSG officer & SIT member * Abu Salim as

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Shivaji, SIT member *

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as Journalist *

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as Doctor Rajendran, SIT member *

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as NSG commando Prathapan, SIT member *

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as Raghoothaman

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, SIT member *

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as Anitha Sivaram, wife of

Sivaram. *

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as Nalini, wife of LTTE member Murugan *

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as Sivarasan, LTTE member *Bineesh Kodiyeri as Murugan *Kannan Pattambi as Dixon *

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as ACP Chempayya,

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police *

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as Ramalingam

, Commissioner of Police,

City *

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as Aravindan *

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as Sivaram's father, retired army officer *

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* Devi (DeVriksha School of Acting - Chennai as Dhanu, the suicide bomber who assassinated Rajiv Gandhi. *Denny Philip *

Manikandan Pattambi Manikandan Pattambi ( ml, മണികണ്ഠൻ പട്ടാമ്പി) is an Indian television, stage, and film actor. He's best known for his roles in Malayalam television. He became famous for his character ''Sathyasheelan'' in the si ...

Geetha Vijayan Geetha Vijayan (born 22 June 1972) is an Indian actress who appears in Malayalam movies, a few Tamil and Hindi movies. She debuted in the 1990 Malayalam comedy- thriller film ''In Harihar Nagar''. She has since acted in more than 150 Malayalam ...

as NSG officer (Cameo appearance)

Songs

References

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* {{Use dmy dates, date=April 2020 2007 films 2000s Malayalam-language films Films about terrorism in India Indian films based on actual events Works about the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi Indian Army in films Films scored by Gopi Sundar Films directed by Major Ravi Indian Peace Keeping Force