''Kaalal Pada'' () is a 1989 Indian

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-language action thriller film directed by

Viji Thampi Viji Thampi is an Indian film director, actor and social activist who works in Malayalam films. Thampi is a member of Thiruvananthapuram regional board of the Central Board of Film Certification and the State Advisor of Kerala Kshetra Samraksha ...

and written by Ranjith. The film stars

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, Rahman and

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. The film has musical score by Jacob C. Alexander.

Plot

Jaffer, a murder convict breaks out from jail with the help of his people outside. Outside they stumble into Sunny and Vichu accidentally before escaping the scene to avoid further issue, but not before they see Jaffer inside the van. Suspicious of Jaffer’s identity, Sunny and Vichu approach their journalist friend Arun Menon. Arun approaches his now under suspension police friend Firoz who confirms their suspicions. Arun, Sunny, Vichu and Firoz belong to a close friend circle and Sunny is in a relationship with Arun’s sister Maya with his approval. When jaffer is found dead at the beach, Arun begins to probe into the case and finds out that Jaffar was the henchman of Stephen Punnakkadan, elder son of the wealthy underworld businessman and Don Punnoose Punnakkadan. Punnoose and Stephen, together with his younger son Baby Punnakkadan run a shady underworld in the city and provide muscle to their acquaintances. Since Jaffar was arrested for the murder of Income Tax officer Raveendranath, Arun visits his widow to press her into pursuing the case. He meets the late Raveendranath’ s uncle Govindan Nair who is downright hostile towards him. Arun who has an old score to settle with the Punnakkadan Family since they are the ones who usurped Arun’s fathers’ wealth and made him a pauper, gets hold on Govindan with the help of their friend Sundaresan. Its then revealed that it was Stephen Punnakkadan who killed Raveendranath since he had raided the Punnakkadan Families offices and was going to act against them despite Punnoose requesting him not to do so. Arun publishes a report in his newspaper and gets Rabindranath’s family to initiate a case against Stephen. The case gets rejected at court since Govindan changes his testimony and Stephen is acquitted. As retaliation, the Punnakkadans trap Maya in a prostitution case to humiliate Arun. Maya commits suicide out of the shame. Vichu is killed by Stephen and Baby when he goes to question them. Arun and Sunny break into Punnakkadans house on the night of Baby’s Wedding and kills both Baby and Stephen. Sunny gets killed in the fight that ensues and Arun is arrested. He lets Punnoose to live grieving his 2 sons telling him that this is the punishment that he deserves.

Cast

as Arun Menon * Rahman as Sunny *

as Baby Punnakkadan *

as Stephen Punnakkadan *

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as Punnoose Punnakkadan / Punnoose Muthalali * Ranjini as Maya Menon * Siddique as Vishwanath (Vichu) *

Sukumaran Edappal Ponnamkuzhi Veettil Parameswaran Sukumaran Nair (10 June 1948 – 16 June 1997), known mononymously as Sukumaran, was an Indian actor and producer of Malayalam films. Sukumaran became a popular film star in Malayalam cinema during the ...

as Income Tax Officer Raveendranath * Murali as Firoz *

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as Jaffer *

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as Govindan Nair *

Jagathy Sreekumar Sreekumar P. K. (born 5 January 1951), better known by his stage name Jagathy Sreekumar or simply Jagathy, is an Indian actor, director and playback singer, who has appeared in over 1500 Malayalam films in a career spanning almost four decades ...

as Sundaresan Naicker * Rajyalakshmi as Mercy Raveendranath *

Jagannatha Varma K. N. Jagannatha Varma (1 May 1939 – 20 December 2016) was an Indian actor who worked in Malayalam film and television industry. He was also a Kathakali artist. His son Manu Varma is also an artist and his son-in-law Viji Thampi is a film di ...

as Balakrishnan, Newspaper MD * Sukumari as Arun's and Maya's Mother *

K. P. A. C. Azeez Azeez (27 November 1934 – 16 July 2003) was an Indian actor in Malayalam cinema. He acted in more than 100 films. He came into the movie industry as a villain, later he started doing character roles, such as police officer, jailer, and ministe ...

as Advocate Chandy, Punnakkadan's Advocate *

Valsala Menon Valsala Menon (born 1945) is an Indian actress who works in Malayalam films. She has acted in over 200+ films. Currently she is active in Malayalam television serials. Early life Valsala Menon was born in 1945 to Raman Menon and Devakiyamma in ...

as Hostel Matron * Ranjith as Charlie, Violinist *

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as Goon *

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as SP Chandrasekheran *Ragini as Scaria Punnakkadan's Wife

Soundtrack

References

External links

* * {{Ranjith 1989 films 1980s Malayalam-language films Indian action thriller films Indian gangster films Indian prison films Films directed by Viji Thampi