''Shambu'' is a
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Malayalam
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film, directed by KB Madhu. The film stars
Vijayakumar,
Karthika Mathew
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,
Geetha,
Riyaz Khan
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,
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, Telug ...
and
Babu Antony
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in lead roles. The film had musical score by
Jassie Gift
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He won ...
.
Plot
Journalist Meera (
Karthika Mathew
Karthika Mathew (born Lidiya Jacob), better known mononymously as Karthika, is an Indian actress, who has appeared in several Malayalam and Tamil films
Tamil cinema, also known as Kollywood is a part of Indian Cinema; primarily engaged ...
) starts working on a documentary related to the pros and cons of campus politics. Their main topic was a bus fire tragedy which happened 5 years ago, owing to which Sambhu (
Vijayakumar ) and his collegemates were put to jail. Sambhu and his friends had attacked and damaged a bus on a strike day, which had ultimately set the bus on fire. In the tragic incident, Sambhu's sister was also put to death as she was one among the commutators in that bus. The sight of his sister being burnt to death makes Shambu mentally disturbed.
The film deals with the investigation of Meera on the case to find out the truth.
Cast
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Vijayakumar
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Karthika Mathew
Karthika Mathew (born Lidiya Jacob), better known mononymously as Karthika, is an Indian actress, who has appeared in several Malayalam and Tamil films
Tamil cinema, also known as Kollywood is a part of Indian Cinema; primarily engaged ...
*
Geetha
*
Riyaz Khan
Riyaz Khan is an Indian actor and bodybuilder. He predominantly works in Malayalam and Tamil films and television series, besides acting in a few Telugu and Kannada films, as well as two Hindi films. Riyaz debuted in Malayalam through the 1994 ...
*
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, Telug ...
*
Babu Antony
Babu Antony (born 22 February 1966) is an Indian-American actor and martial artist, who works primarily in Malayalam cinema. He has also acted in several Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Sinhalese, Hindi and English films. He started his career doing ...
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Sindhuri
Sindhuri, is an Indian actress who has worked in the Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam film industries. After making her debut in the Tamil film ''Boys'' (2003), she has been in films including ''Super Da'' (2004) and ''Gundamma Gaari Manavadu'' (20 ...
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Jijoy Rajagopal
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Kalabhavan Shajon
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* TS Raju
* Santhosh Paali
* Nithin Thirumala
Soundtrack
The music was composed by
Jassie Gift
Jassie Gift is an Indian film music composer and playback singer. He composes songs and sings for Malayalam, Kannada, Tamil and Telugu films. He became famous after the success of his song "Lajjavathiye" from the film '' 4 The People''.
He won ...
.
The song "Sandhye.." is a melodious duet. However, it is not included in the film.
References
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2004 films
2000s Malayalam-language films
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