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''Chinthamani Kolacase'' () is a
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legal thriller film directed by
Shaji Kailas Shaji Kailas (born 8 February 1965) is an Indian film director and screenwriter known for his works in Malayalam cinema. Shaji got a breakthrough with the comedy film ''Dr. Pasupathy'' (1990). He is best known for his action films with mainl ...
with
Suresh Gopi Suresh Gopi (born 26 June 1958) is an Indian actor, politician, playback singer and television presenter. He works predominantly in Malayalam cinema and has also appeared in some Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Bollywood films. Suresh made his acti ...
in the lead role and
Bhavana ''Bhāvanā'' (Pali;Rhys Davids & Stede (1921-25), p. 503, entry for "Bhāvanā," retrieved 9 December 2008 from "U. Chicago" a Sanskrit: भावना, also ''bhāvanā''Monier-Williams (1899), p. 755, see "Bhāvana" and "Bhāvanā", retriev ...
playing the central character, this film narrates the story of a Lal Krishna Viradiyar, a psychotic-daredevil lawyer, who provides verdict in his style of
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for the criminals after the court sessions. The style of the movie is
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that is maintained throughout the entire film. The basic story-telling style of Shaji Kailas is spun on and off by the writer A. K. Sajan. It was remade in Telugu as '' Sri Mahalakshmi'' and remade in Tamil as ''
Ellam Avan Seyal ''Ellam Avan Seyal'' () is a 2008 Indian Tamil-language legal thriller film directed by Shaji Kailas. The film features an ensemble cast, including RK, Bhama, Vadivelu, Raghuvaran, Manivannan, Ashish Vidhyarthi, Manoj K. Jayan, and Nassar. It ...
''. The core storyline was also used in the Kannada movie '' Aptha''.


Plot

Lal Krishna Viradiyar is a daredevil and psychotic
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with an even more enigmatic mission. Lal Krishna assists hardened criminals to escape from the courts by efficiently managing the case, and stating lack of evidence. Post-acquittal, he pursues and takes them out in a bizarre show of
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. Isra Khureshi, who accused of killing his
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teacher Rasiya, invites Lal Krishna as his lawyer, asking him to join for a party at his farmhouse for celebrating the success. Lal Krishna arrives at the spot and kills Khureshi, claiming that it is his duty to wipe out evil forces to maintain law and order. Later, Lal Krishna kills David Rajarathnam, a
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-based gangster, who was accused of assaulting his daughter. ASP Jagannivasan, is suspicious of Lal Krisnan's moves, and has been closely observing him for a long time. Lal Krishna takes up the case of ''Mirchi'' girls, a band of spoilt, rich
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's, who are accused in the ragging and murder of Chinthamani, their college mate, an innocent girl from a conservative background. Chinthamani's father Veeramani Warrier is fighting hard for justice and is represented by
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Kannayi Parameshwaran, who is famous for his unique style of argument. After a long court battle, Lal Krishna succeeds in bringing the judgement in favor of ''Mirchi'' Girls. L.K finds out that Kannayi Parameshwaran and college principal Dr. KIM Sudarshan are actually Chinthamani's killers. Kannayi is a silent partner in the private medical college, who killed Chinthamani. Chinthamani was sent to Sudarshan's house by her conniving hostel warden, and was asked to withdraw her admission from the medical college, where she resists to comply, but Kannayi kills her, and place charges on the Mirchi Girls for the inhumane act. Kannayi had other major business interests, through selling the medical seats of Mirchi Girls, presumed to be vacated by them during the course of the investigation and trial of the case - to a potential buyer charging an exorbitant sum of per seat. In his self-styled violent methods, Lal Krishna kills Kannayi and Sudarshan to deliver justice to Chinthamani and Veeramani Warrier. Though aware of the entire scenario, Jagannivasan is unable to arrest Lal Krishna, due to lack of evidence and leaves him with a small admiration for the latter.


Cast

*
Suresh Gopi Suresh Gopi (born 26 June 1958) is an Indian actor, politician, playback singer and television presenter. He works predominantly in Malayalam cinema and has also appeared in some Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Bollywood films. Suresh made his acti ...
as Adv. Lal Krishna Viradiyar/LK *
Bhavana ''Bhāvanā'' (Pali;Rhys Davids & Stede (1921-25), p. 503, entry for "Bhāvanā," retrieved 9 December 2008 from "U. Chicago" a Sanskrit: भावना, also ''bhāvanā''Monier-Williams (1899), p. 755, see "Bhāvana" and "Bhāvanā", retriev ...
as Chinthamani Warrier *
Thilakan Palappurathu Kesavan Surendranatha Thilakan (15 July 1935 – 24 September 2012) was an Indian film and stage actor who appeared in over 200 Malayalam films. Thilakan was known for his elaborate method acting, realistic and spontaneous appearan ...
as Veeramani Warrier *
Biju Menon Biju Menon (born 9 September 1970) is an Indian actor who predominantly appears in Malayalam films, and also has a few Tamil cinema, Tamil and Telugu cinema, Telugu film credits. He made his debut in the 1994 Malayalam film ''Puthran''. In a car ...
as ASP Rishikeshan IPS *
Kalabhavan Mani Kunnisseri Veettil Raman Mani (1 January 1971 – 6 March 2016), better known by his stage name Kalabhavan Mani, was an Indian actor and singer. Mani started his career as a mimicry artist with the Kalabhavan comedy troupe. He had starred in ov ...
as CI Ayyappadas *
Vani Viswanath Vani Viswanath (born 13 May 1971) is an Indian actress who predominantly appeared in Malayalam and Telugu films. In 2000, Vani won the Kerala State Film Award for Second Best Actress for her performance in '' Susanna'', directed by T. V. Chandra ...
as Adv. Pattammal * Sai Kumar as Adv. Kannayi Parameswaran *
Maniyanpilla Raju Sudheer Kumar (born 20 April 1955), better known by his stage name Maniyanpilla Raju (Malayalam:മണിയൻപിള്ള രാജു), is an Indian actor and producer who works in Malayalam film industry.Vijayakumar as Krishnankutty Warrier *
Prem Prakash Cheriyan Joseph, popularly known as Prem Prakash is an Indian actor who predominantly works in Malayalam television serials and a renowned producer in Malayalam movies. He is mainly known for supporting roles and character roles. He has produce ...
as Dr. Kim Sudarshan *
Baburaj Mohammad Sabir Baburaj was an Indian music composer. He is often credited for the renaissance of Malayalam film music. Baburaj has rendered music to many evergreen Malayalam film songs. Early years Baburaj was born on 9 March 1929 in Kozhikod ...
as Isra Khureshi *
Bheeman Raghu Bheeman Raghu (born 6 October 1953) is an Indian actor, singer, dancer, former politician and police officer (retired) who appears mainly in Malayalam films and is best known for his villainous and comedy roles. In a career spanning over three ...
as David Rajarathnam *
Anil Murali Anil Murali (12 April 1964 – 30 July 2020) was an Indian actor in Malayalam cinema. He acted in more than 200 films. He started out in the film industry as a villain before later taking on character roles. He died on 30 July 2020, as a re ...
as Satheeshan, Police Officer *
Balachandran Chullikkadu Balachandran Chullikkad (born 30 July 1957) is an Indian poet, orator, lyricist and actor in Malayalam-language. Early life Balachandran was born in Paravur, Ernakulam, Kerala, India. He completed his graduation in English literature from the ...
as Swaminathan Master * Vinayakan as Uchandi the Beggar *
T. P. Madhavan T. P. Madhavan (born 7 November 1935) is an Indian actor who appeared in Malayalam films. He started acting at the age of 40. He has acted in more than 600 films. He came into the film industry playing villain roles; later he started doing com ...
as Adv. Manishankar Iyer * Jibin Thomas (achayan) * Poornima Anand as Volga, Caretaker of ladies hostel 'America' * Aishwarya Ajit * Deepika Mohan * Jisna Ali as Thara Sundaram *
Rekha Bhanurekha Ganesan (born 10 October 1954), better known by her stage name Rekha, is an Indian actress who appears predominantly in Hindi films. Acknowledged as one of the finest actresses in Indian cinema, she has starred in more than 180 fil ...
as Gajalakshmi, LK's sister * Biju Pappan as Sundaram


Reception

This film was released a few months after the success of
Shaji Kailas Shaji Kailas (born 8 February 1965) is an Indian film director and screenwriter known for his works in Malayalam cinema. Shaji got a breakthrough with the comedy film ''Dr. Pasupathy'' (1990). He is best known for his action films with mainl ...
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Suresh Gopi Suresh Gopi (born 26 June 1958) is an Indian actor, politician, playback singer and television presenter. He works predominantly in Malayalam cinema and has also appeared in some Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Bollywood films. Suresh made his acti ...
team's The Tiger. Chinthamani Kolacase went on become one of the biggest money grosser of the year 2006. This film also reaffirmed the chair of
Shaji Kailas Shaji Kailas (born 8 February 1965) is an Indian film director and screenwriter known for his works in Malayalam cinema. Shaji got a breakthrough with the comedy film ''Dr. Pasupathy'' (1990). He is best known for his action films with mainl ...
and
Suresh Gopi Suresh Gopi (born 26 June 1958) is an Indian actor, politician, playback singer and television presenter. He works predominantly in Malayalam cinema and has also appeared in some Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Bollywood films. Suresh made his acti ...
in
Malayalam cinema Malayalam cinema is an Indian film industry of Malayalam-language motion pictures. It is based in Kochi, Kerala, India. The films produced in Malayalam cinema are known for their cinematography and story-driven plots. In 1982, ''Elippathayam' ...
. The script of this film was done by A. K. Sajan, who had earlier done films like ''Butterflies'', ''Janathipathyam'', ''
Crime File ''Crime File'' is a 1999 Indian Malayalam-language action crime thriller film by K. Madhu starring Suresh Gopi, Siddique and Sangita Madhavan Nair. The film is loosely based on the 1992 murder of Sister Abhaya in Kerala. Plot Sister Amala, a ...
'' and '' Stop Violence''.


Box office

The film was commercial success. The film ran for 100 days in major centres of its release.


Remakes

It was remade in Telugu as '' Sri Mahalakshmi'' starring Srihari and remade in Tamil as ''
Ellam Avan Seyal ''Ellam Avan Seyal'' () is a 2008 Indian Tamil-language legal thriller film directed by Shaji Kailas. The film features an ensemble cast, including RK, Bhama, Vadivelu, Raghuvaran, Manivannan, Ashish Vidhyarthi, Manoj K. Jayan, and Nassar. It ...
'' with same director. Newcomer RK plays Lal Krishna and actress
Bhama Rekhitha R. Kurup, better known by her stage name Bhamaa, is a former Indian actress who mainly appeared in Malayalam and Kannada-language films. She made her cinematic debut in 2007 with the Malayalam film ''Nivedyam'', directed by A. K. Lohi ...
plays Chinthamani in the Tamil version and Srihari is L.K. and
Shamna Shamna Kasim better known by the stage name Poorna, is an Indian actress, dancer and model who appears in Telugu, Malayalam and Tamil films. She made her acting debut in the 2004 '' Manju Poloru Penkutty''. Early life Shamna Kasim completed ...
plays Sri Mahalakshmi in the Telugu version. The core storyline was also used in the Kannada movie '' Aptha''.


References


External links

* {{Shaji Kailas 2006 films Indian legal films 2000s Malayalam-language films Malayalam films remade in other languages Films about organised crime in India Films about rape in India Indian crime thriller films Fictional portrayals of the Kerala Police Indian vigilante films Films shot in Palakkad Films about lawyers Films directed by Shaji Kailas