''Malabar Police'' is a 1999 Indian

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film directed by

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. The film stars Sathyaraj,

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, Abbas and Mumtaj. The film, produced by Shanthi Vasudevan, had musical score by

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and was released on 6 August 1999. Despite negative reviews from the critics, the film turned out to be one of the blockbusters of the year.

Plot

Raja ( Abbas) and Julie ( Mumtaj) are lovers and they plan to elope to get married. On the way, they spot a murder of a minister which was committed by Varadappan ( Anandaraj ). Varadappan tries to kill Raja and Julie as well, fearing them to be witness for the murder; however, they both escape and reaches Chennai. Chinnasamy ( Sathyaraj) is a CBI officer who is appointed to investigate the murder of the minister. He comes to Chennai in search of Raja and Julie, knowing them to the only witnesses for the murder. Meanwhile, Nagarajan ( Sivakumar) and Sivashankar (

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) are leading businessmen in Chennai but are business rivals. Chinnasamy sets his eyes on Nagarajan, a close aid of Varadarajan, doubting him to be the murderer of Varadarajan when he is killed in a blast after his arrest. Sivashankar joins hands with Chinnasamy and helps him gather evidence against Nagarajan due to his business rivalry. Meanwhile, Raja and Julie accidentally get separated, and they keep searching for each other. Chinnasamy spots Julie and employs her as a maid in his home. Finally, Chinnasamy solves the case and finds that Sivashankar is the actual murderer. Chinnasamy pretended to doubt Nagarajan, which made him close to Sivashakar, helping him gather evidences. It is revealed that Sivashankar used Varadarajan as a spy employed with Nagarajan to know his business secrets and he was the real murderer. In the end, Raja and Julie are united with the help of Chinnasamy.

Cast

* Sathyaraj as Chinnasamy and Malabar police *

as Ammukutty * Abbas as Raja * Mumtaj as Julie * Sivakumar as Nagarajan *

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as Govindrajan * Vijayakumar as Inspector General of Tamil Nadu Police *

as Shivashankar * Anandaraj as Varadappan * Anand as Driver Anand *Indhu as Anand's wife *

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as Meganathan *

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as Raja's father *

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as Inspector General of Kerala Police *

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as Perumal *Hemanth Ravan as Police Officer in Chinnasamy's Investing Team *

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*Laxmi Rattan as Kerala Minister Madhavan Nair * Scissor Manohar *

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as a goon *Naga Kannan as martial arts hitman from Kerala

Soundtrack

The film's soundtrack and background score was composed by musician,

Reception

''Kalki'' wrote "You can enjoy the last 10 minutes if you can endure old fashioned sentiments, lengthy dialogues".https://archive.org/details/kalki1999-08-22/page/n13/mode/2up

References

External links

* {{P. Vasu 1999 films 1990s Tamil-language films Films directed by P. Vasu Films scored by S. A. Rajkumar 1990s crime comedy films Indian crime comedy films Fictional portrayals of the Tamil Nadu Police Films set in Kerala Fictional portrayals of the Kerala Police 1999 comedy films