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directed by

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and written by

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and Dr. Rajendrababu. The film stars

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, Abhirami, Sangeetha,

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and

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. It features a musical score and

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composed by

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. The plot follows the investigations of a police squad led by Ganga Prasad (Mohanlal) for a terrorist threat in the city. The film was released on 7 July 2000, and ended up as a critical and commercial failure. It was dubbed and released in

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titled ''Dhool Police'' and in

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as ''Abhi''.https://movies.fullhyderabad.com/abhi/telugu/abhi-movie-reviews-375-2.html

Plot

Ganga Prasad

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(

) is a police officer of the Anti Terrorist Wing of the State Police. He has a wife, Suma (

) and son Abi. A girl Swapna ( Abhirami), who is attracted to Prasad, falls in love with him. Meanwhile, a group of hard-core terrorists led by Lucifer Munna (

) and Janisha ( Sangeetha) wreak havoc at various parts of the city. How Gangaprasad resolves the terrorist attack forms the climax of the movie.

Cast

as Gangaprasad

, Director-Anti Terrorist Wing *

as Dr. Lucifer Munna * Abhirami as Swapna * Sangeetha as Janeesha *

as Suma Gangaprasad, wife of Gangaprasad *

as Sudha CI, of Police * Seema as Nandhini Balachandran, Family friend of Gangaprasad, who conducts a play school for children * Vijayakumar as Narendran IPS, Anti Terrorist Wing officer * Devan as Dr. Balachandran, Nandhini's husband *

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as Sukumaran, Ganga Prasad's father * Janardhanan as Ayyappan, Swapna's father *

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as Chandrappan *

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* V. K. Sreeraman as Jayadevan IPS Commissioner of Police *

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as DGP Karunakaran *

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as Aravindakshan, IB Officer *

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as Beena *Anu Anand as Shaju *Bindu Ramakrishnan as Ganga Prasad's mother *Lekshmi Rattan *Sidharaj as S.P Rajashekharan IPS *Yamuna as SI *Mini Agustine

Soundtrack

The

was composed by

and released by the label

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References

External links

*
Malayalachalachithram.com

Malayalasangeetham.com
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