''Nariman'' is a 2001 Indian

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-language investigative film directed by

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and written by

S. N. Swamy S. Narayana Swamy alias S. N. Swamy is a screenwriter and actor who works in the Indian film industry predominantly in the Malayalam cinema. Having born in Kochi, Kerala Swamy is particularly known for scripting films in the thriller genre. ...

. It stars

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 ...

in the title role, with

Samyuktha Varma Samyuktha Varma (born 26 November 1979) is a former Indian actress who was active in Malayalam films from 1999 to 2002. She made her debut in 1999 as female lead in the movie ''Veendum Chila Veettukaryangal'' for which she won her first Kerala S ...

, Siddique,

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 ...

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, Vijayakumar, Janardhanan,

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and

Rajan P. Dev Rajan P. Dev (20 May 1951 – 29 July 2009) was an Indian film and stage actor. He was born in Cherthala in the Alappuzha district of the former state Thiru-Kochi (present day Kerala). He had acted in over 500 films in Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu ...

in supporting roles. The plot follows Ashok Nariman, a Crime Branch DySP who is assigned to re-investigate the "couple murder case" and then to investigate the "Ammini missing case". The film was dubbed in

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as ''Farz Ki Pukaar'' and in

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as ''Senathipathi''.

Plot

Manu ( Vijayakumar), the accused in the notorious couple murder case, attempts an escape during his prison transfer but end up being shot. Although severely wounded, he survives despite being showered with bullets by the police. Dr. Giri (

), a senior surgeon take pity on the escaped criminal who is to be hanged for his crime. Manu is accused to having murdered his elder brother ( Ashokan) and sister-in-law out of lust for the latter, in an attempted rape. For various reasons Dr. Giri believes Manu to be innocent. He convinces his friend Shekharan ( Janardhanan), the

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, to re-open the case and assign the case to a sincere and brilliant, yet aggressive police officer Ashok Nariman (

). Initially termed "hopeless" by the legal advisors — due to the excellent way the case was framed — Nariman find

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. He learns that the crime was committed by the intelligent Adv. Padhmanabhan Thampi ( Siddique) and his friends Kochunarayanan (

), Superintendent of Police (SP) Philippose (

) and their allies including Musthafa Kamal (a.k.a. Karate Kamal) (

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) — who executed the crime. Nariman submit his report and the case comes to the Sessions Court. To everyone's dismay, the Judge refuses to have a second hearing of the case — as earlier the case had gone up to Supreme Court awarding capital punishment and even the President of India did not have any pity on the "perpetrator" Manu so as to pardon his sentence. The Judge believes the case to be a publicity stunt as the result of the change in Government and the Court cannot be deceived by any. Disappointed at the happenings, Nariman takes over a new case — Ammini missing case. Ammini ( Anju) was an ally, a prostitute, a pimp and an outlet for the illegal liquor dealings of Kochunarayanan. Lately she had a change of mind, to retreat from her wrong way of life, to be with her daughter who hated Ammini's activities. This provoked Adv. Thampi, as she knew many of their secrets, even to an extent more than they know of each other. He even had suspicion of her being the reason for the police storming the secret hide-out of Kamal. Nariman reports the four guilty of murder and the case reaches the same Sessions Court. The four were found to be guilty by Court, even with an experienced senior lawyer (Adv. Vaikuntam (

)) appearing for them against the inexperienced public prosecutor Adv. Sethulekshmi (

), the love interest of Nariman. While the Judge (

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) reads his judgement, Nariman — to everyone's surprise — interrupt the Judge to say the four are innocent. He presents Ammini, the very same Ammini that the Court declared dead. He confesses his act on how the four became 'culprits' and how the case was framed using strong, but fake evidences (as in the couple murder case) that not even an experienced lawyer could expose. If an average police officer could easily deceive the Court, he exclaims what will happen if an evil genius with a group of powerful allies sets out on a rampage. If the Court, where common people seek justice, fails to stop them then there would be a state of anarchy where people won't hesitate to act worse. Through his drama, he pleads justice for Manu. Although initially furious with his actions, the Judge realizes that the Court can be deceived at times and allows for a second hearing in Manu's case. Through the proceedings months after, Manu is found innocent by the Court and the guilty quadruplet — Adv. Thampi, Kochunarayanan, Philipose and Kamal — get their punishment.

Cast

as DYSP Ashok Nariman *

as Adv. Sethulakshmi * Siddique as Adv. Padmanabhan Thampi *

as SI Gopi Pillai *

as SI Chandradas * Vijayakumar as Manu * Janardhanan as

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Shekharan *

as Kochu Narayanan *

as SP Thomas Philipose *

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as Sruthi *

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Giri *

as Adv. Vaikuntam *

as Musthafa Kamal aka Karate Kamal *

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as Ajayan *

K. P. A. C. Lalitha Maheshwari Amma, better known by her stage name K. P. A. C. Lalitha, was an Indian film and stage actress who worked primarily in Malyalam. She started her acting career with K. P. A. C., a theatre collective in Kayamkulam, Kerala. In a caree ...

as Nariman's Mother * Kaviyoor Renuka as Ravikumar & Manu's Mother * Anju as 'Cover' Ammini * Ashokan as Ravikumar *

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as CI Joseph *

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as Thief (Cameo) *

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as DGP Akhilesh Avasthi * E. A. Rajendran as CI Rasheed *

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as MLA *

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as Kochu Narayanan's Manager * Devi Chandana as Ammini's Daughter *

as Judge *

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Kochu Preman K. S. Premkumar (1 June 1955 – 3 December 2022), better known by his stage name Kochu Preman, was an Indian actor who worked in Malayalam cinema, Malayalam film industry. He acted in more than 300 films, mainly in supporting comedy roles, an ...

as MLA's Husband *

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as Muthu *

Paravoor Ramachandran Madavoor Ramachandran (മടവൂർ രാമചന്ദ്രൻ; 1945–2011) was a Malayalam film actor. Acting career Paravoor Ramachandran started his acting career as a theatre actor through ''Perumbavoor Nataka Sala'' at the age of ...

as Kuruvila * Ajayan Adoor as Anwar * Pradeep Prabhakar as Chief Minister's PA *

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as Goonda

References

External links

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''Nariman''
at the Malayalam Movie Database {{S. N. Swamy 2000s Malayalam-language films Films scored by M. G. Radhakrishnan 2000s action films 2000s crime thriller films Films directed by K. Madhu