''Onnaman'' () is a 2002 Indian Malayalam-language action drama film written and directed by Thampi Kannanthanam and starring Mohanlal,

N. F. Varghese Nadakkaparambil Francis Varghese (6 January 1950 – 19 June 2002) was an Indian actor who worked in Malayalam film industry. He began his career as a mimicry artist in Kalabhavan, acting in minor roles, but later he turned to strong villain r ...

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and

Ramya Krishnan Ramya Krishnan (born 15 September 1970), also credited as Ramya Krishna (in the Telugu and Kannada film industries) is an Indian actress. She has appeared in over 260 films in five languages: Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, and Hindi. Ramy ...

. The film features original soundtrack composed by

S. P. Venkatesh S. P. Venkatesh (also credited as Sangeetharajan; born 5 March 1955) is an Indian music director and composer who primarily works in Malayalam films. He was at his prime in the late 80s and 90s, being reputed for his background scores and songs ...

. Mohanlal's son Pranav makes a guest appearance in the film.

Plot

Ravishanker, who is a street-urchin comes under the patronage of Salim Bhai, a self-styled messiah of the masses and a don too. When Ravishankar grows up, he becomes an adviser to Salim Bhai. With the help of his gang of young friends, Ravishankar soon emerges as a leader of the poor and the oppressed. Naturally, the 'bad' guys led by Gulab Chand Shah, resent him and do everything possible to eliminate Ravishankar.

Cast

* Mohanlal as Ravishankar (Ravi) *

as Salim Bhai *

as ACP Vishnu S. Pillai *

as District Collector Kamala IAS *

Lalu Alex Lalu Alex is an Indian actor who works in Malayalam cinema. In a career spanning four decades, Lalu Alex has acted over 250 movies and is known for his character roles, comic roles and antagonistic roles in Malayalam movie industry. Lalu Alex ...

as R.D.O Hari, Ravi's brother * Jagathy Sreekumar as Vasu * Jagadish as Krishnankutty * Vijayakumar as Balan *

Hemanth Ravan Hemanth Ravan or Hemanth G Nag is a male Indian actor who has appeared in Malayalam, Tamil, and Hindi films, including ''Raasaiyya'' (1995), '' Sher-E-Hindustan'' (1998), ''Maanthrikam'' (1995) and ''Sathyameva Jayathe ''Sathyameva Jayathe' ...

as CI Martin * Narendra Prasad as Sukumaran Menon, Ravi's father * Jayabharathi as Parvathy, Ravi's mother * Aswathi Menon as Radha, Ravi's sister * Dr. Sharmila as Ravi's Sister-in-law * Kavya Madhavan as Raziya, Bhai's daughter * Tej Sapru as Gulab Chand Shah * Shehzad Khan as City Police Commissioner Karunakaran * Suresh Krishna as Ramanaik * Arun Ghosh as Sandeep, Gulab Chand Shah's son * Baburaj as Prathapan *

P. Sreekumar P. Sreekumar is an Indian actor, scriptwriter, director and producer who appears in Malayalam movies. He has acted in more than 150 Malayalam films. Presently he is serving as the Chairman of Kerala Cultural Activists Welfare Fund Board. Backgro ...

as Minister Sudhakaran *

Vinayakan Vinayakan T. K. is an Indian actor, playback singer, and composer who predominantly works in the Malayalam film industry. He has also appeared in some Tamil language films. He started his career with a cameo appearance in the 1995 film ''Maanth ...

as Suresh, Ravi's friend * Major Ravi as D.Y.S.P. Peethambaran * Tini Tom as S.I. Chandrappan * Ravi Menon as Gopalan Mesthiri * Saju Kodiyan as Ajayan, Ravi's friend * Fathima Babu as Deepa Martin * Chali Pala as Tharakan *James Stalin as Rafi * Abu Salim as Kunjappan * Kollam Ajith as Goonda * Ponnamma Babu as Sainaba's mother *Rajesh Rajan *Manuraj *Harisree Martin *Haneef Kumaranellur *Deepika Mohan * Pranav Mohanlal as young Ravishankar (guest appearance)

Soundtrack

The songs of this film were composed by

Release

References

External links

* 2000s Malayalam-language films 2002 films 2002 action drama films Indian action drama films Films directed by Thampi Kannanthanam {{2000s-crime-film-stub