''The Metro'' is a 2011

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film directed by Bipin Prabhakar starring

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, Biyon Gemini, Arun and Suresh Krishna. It is a hyperlink film based on three separate incidents that take place in

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. The film is produced by

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under his Grand Productions.

Plot

The film is based on three separate incidents that take place in Kochi. The first one involves the murder of a young politician, Jaimy Padamadan (

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), which is being investigated by CI Jacob Alexander (

). The murder occurs during an election season, and the main suspect in the case is a local don named Paruthikkadan Shaji ( Suresh Krishna). The investigation is affected due to his political influences. The second story is about Anupama (

), an I. T. Employee. She is being followed by a group of gangsters. The story takes new turns, and the mystery gets solved. The third story is about a group of five friends, Harikrishnan (

), Usman (

), Sujathan (

), Sooraj (Arun) and Gopan (

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). Harikrishnan is a youth working in Gulf. He and his friends are travelling to

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. He has a package from Gulf which he is supposed to give to another person. The story takes new turns during their journey. They lands in trouble when Usman beats Shaji's brother Freddy (

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) for hitting their jeep and Gopan records a murder of Shaji killing his rival Thatill John as he recorded Jaimy's murder. Shaji and henchmen went for hunting them. But during the hunt, Freddy kills Sujathan with a knife and in revenge Hari kills Freddy. Then they called Anupama whom they saved once from a robbery created by Shaji's men for a help. She goes to Jacob who is her brother and then he plans to save them from Shaji. Shaji's men finds them again but during the chase Sooraj gets caught. Jacob arrives and manages the save them. Shaji uses Sooraj to lure his friends. He calls Hari and threatens them to come to the same place where Hari killed Freddy with the phone otherwise he will kill Sooraj. They comes to the place but when Shaji's men check their body for the phone they couldn't find it. It is revealed that they gave the phone to Jacob for checking the murder video and to call the fire Force and ambulance to wake up the villagers. Jacob fights with Shaji's henchmen and beats Shaji. When the villagers arrives, Jacob kills Shaji with his service revolver as the villagers tells that the goons like Shaji is no longer needed as he will bribe the Police and ministers.

Cast

as CI Jacob Alexander and Head Constable Alexander *

as Harikrishnan *

as Usman *

as Sujathan *

as Gopan * Arun as Sooraj *

as Anupama * Suresh Krishna as Parathikkadan Shaji * G. K. Pillai as Kumbalam Varkey (MP) *

as Freddy *

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as Vishwan *

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as Achayan *

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as Achayan's wife *

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as Louis * Kalabhavan Shajogn as A worker of Kattappuram Automobiles *

as Jaimy Padamadan, a politician who was killed by Shaji * Mahima * Manju Satheesh as Sumathi, Sujathan's wife * Baby Ester as Sujathan's daughter * Deepika Mohan as Harikrishnan's mother *

as himself (Cameo) Narrator

Production

''The Metro'' is the fourth directoral venture of Bipin Prabhakar, who previously directed ''Samasthakeralam PO'', '' One Way Ticket'' and ''Khaki''. The film's cast includes several new faces along with

, who does his first lead role in a Malayalam film.

and

, who debuted through ''

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'' once again collaborate in this film. Sreeram handles the camera while Mahesh Narayanan is the editor. Major parts were filmed from Kochi.

Release

The film was later dubbed and released in Tamil as ''Thennindian'' during December 2015.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Metro 2011 films 2010s Malayalam-language films 2011 action thriller films Hyperlink films Indian action thriller films Fictional portrayals of the Kerala Police Films shot in Kochi Films scored by Shaan Rahman