| Inspector Balram | |
|---|---|
 Promotional Poster | |
| Directed by | I. V. Sasi |
| Written by | T. Damodaran |
| Produced by | Liberty Basheer |
| Starring | Mammootty Kiran Kumar Murali Urvashi Geetha |
| Cinematography | J. Williams |
| Edited by | K. Narayanan |
| Music by | Shyam |
Production company | Liberty Productions |
Release date |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Malayalam |
Inspector Balram is a 1991 Malayalam film directed by I. V. Sasi, scripted by T. Damodaran, and starring Mammootty. It is a sequel to the 1986 film Aavanazhi and was followed by a sequel, Balram vs. Taradas, in 2006.1
The movie was produced and distributed by Liberty Productions. It was a commercial success and ran for over 240 days at the box office.2345
Plot
Four years after the events of Aavanazhi, Circle Inspector Balram is now married to Seetha. They have a daughter and live a normal life. Seetha is then killed by Sathyaraj's men. Balram sends his daughter to be taken care of by nuns, along with the help of his superior officer, Commissioner Madhavan Nair. Balram faces his enemies, including Indira Shankar and Sayed Mohammad Shah, and Preethi avenges her father's death with the help of Balram.
Cast
- Mammootty as Circle Inspector Balram
- Kiran Kumar as Sayed Mohammed Shah
- Murali as City Police Commissioner Madhavan Nair IPS
- Geetha as Seetha
- Manjula Vijayakumar as Indira Shankar
- Urvashi as Preethi Pillai
- Jagadish as Sudhakaran
- M. G. Soman as Sahadevan
- Kalpana as Sub Inspector Dakshayani
- Kundara Johny as CI Alex George
- Vincent as Customs Officer Nambiar
- Kunchan as Constable Radhakrishnan aka "Shamshyam" Vasu
- Augustine as Sub Inspector Ummer
- Ramu as Siddique
- Kanakalatha as Madhavan's Wife
- V. K. Sreeraman as Hussain Sahib
- Bheeman Raghu as D'Cruz Pereira
- M. S. Thripunithura as Krishna Pillai
- Ragini as Rajamma
- Kollam Thulasi as Chandrachoodan, Home Minister
- Vineeth Kumar as Jithu
Box office
The film was a commercial success,6273458 and it attained cult status.9
Additional information
Some of the challenging shots in action scenes by the late cinematographer J. Williams have received recognition.10
References
References
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- Monday, January 25, 2016 – 17:13 (25 January 2016). "A Malayali's all-time favourite comic roles of Kalpana". The News Minute. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
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- "Malayalam scriptwriter T Damodaran dead". News18. 28 March 2012.
- "IV Sasi: The kingmaker behind Mammootty and Mohanlal". The News Minute. 25 October 2017.
- "Roudram Malayalam Movie Preview cinema review stills gallery trailer video clips showtimes". IndiaGlitz.com.
- "The End of an Epoch". The Hindu. 26 October 2017.
- "IV Sasi: the hitmaker who discovered Mammootty, the actor". Malayala Manorama. 24 October 2017.
- Kaloor Dennis (14 September 2022). "സ്ഫടികവും ബട്ടർഫ്ലൈസും ബൽറാമും; വില്യംസിന്റെ റിസ്കി ഷോട്ടുകൾ". Manorama Online.