''Police'' is a 2005 Indian

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film directed by

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and written by

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and Shyam Krishna Saran. It stars

Prithviraj Sukumaran Prithviraj Sukumaran (born 16 October 1982) is an Indian actor, director, producer and playback singer primarily working in Malayalam cinema. He has also done Tamil, Telugu and Hindi films. He acted in more than 100 films in a variety of rol ...

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, and Ashokan. The film tells the story of two undercover police officers chasing a drug mafia. It was dubbed and released in

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with the same title. Loosely based on the 1989 American

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Plot

Two of Kerala's rival cops, worlds apart from each other, work for the narcotics department. Shekhar (Prithviraj), goes about his duty in a ruthless street cop manner. Anand's (Indrajith) approach is professional and sophisticated. Both men in their different styles cause havoc and mayhem in the world of drug cartels resulting in great loss for super villain Reji Allan (Sachin Khedakar) and brother Saji (Ashokan). Amidst the fast-paced action love grows deep between Shekhar and Sethulakshmi (Bhavana), a girl who takes care of his mother (KPAC Lalitha). The relationship is portrayed through humor and mischief. Meanwhile, Anand, a deep rooted family man, is bound by his brotherly devotion to his sister, Keerthi (Chaya Singh). The plot twists and turns with deceit and deception.

Cast

as Shekhar Varma IPS, ACP Anti-Narcotics Cell *

as Anand Jacob IPS, ACP Anti Narcotics Cell *

as SethuLakshmi *

as Keerthi Jacob * Ashokan as Saji Alan *

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as Commissioner Iqbal *

Sachin Khedekar Sachin Khedekar (born 14 May 1965) is an Indian actor and director known for his work in Hindi, Marathi, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam and Gujarati language films. His well-known films include '' Kaksparsh'', '' Astitva'' and Shyam Benegal's '' Neta ...

as Reji Alan, Voice dubbed by

Rajiv Menon Rajiv Menon (born 20 April 1963) is an Indian filmmaker who has worked as a film director, director and cinematographer in several Indian regional film industries. After making his breakthrough as a film cinematographer with Mani Ratnam's drama ...

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as Shekhar Varma's mother * Abu Salim *

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as Auto driver

Production

According to Prakash, ''Police'' is perhaps the first South India film to use the

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(DI) technology for

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Soundtrack

The film's soundtrack contains 7 songs, all composed by

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, with lyrics by Joffi Tharakan.

References

External links

* 2005 films 2000s Malayalam-language films Films scored by Ouseppachan Indian remakes of American films Films directed by V. K. Prakash {{2000s-Malayalam-film-stub