Baba Kalyani (film)
| Baba Kalyani | |
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 Film poster | |
| Directed by | Shaji Kailas |
| Written by | S. N. Swami |
| Produced by | Antony Perumbavoor |
| Starring | Mohanlal Mamta Mohandas Jagathy Sreekumar Biju Menon Saikumar Indrajith Sukumaran |
| Cinematography | Shaji Kumar |
| Edited by | Don Max |
| Music by | Alex Paul |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Central Pictures |
Release date |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Malayalam |
Baba Kalyani is a 2006 Indian Malayalam-language action thriller film directed by Shaji Kailas and written by S. N. Swami, starring Mohanlal in the title role. Produced by Antony Perumbavoor through Aashirvad Cinemas, it also features Biju Menon, Saikumar, Indrajith Sukumaran, Mamta Mohandas, and Jagathy Sreekumar in pivotal roles.[1] [2]
Plot
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Following a tip from a small-time lodge owner (Sadique), the ATS conducts a search at the rooms where a group of suspicious youths stayed. Baba Kalyani IPS (Mohanlal), the head of ATS M3 division finds certain vital clues, which he wants to follow up. With the permission from Bose Ninan (Venu Nagavally), the IG of police, Baba Kalyani arrives in Kochi. He is posted in the Law & Order department undercover with Godwin Joseph (Biju Menon) and a couple of ATS officers assisting him. All his men are newly inducted IPS officers.
At Kochi, Kalyani clashes with advocate Ashokan (Murali) and Advocate Madhumitha (Mamta Mohandas), his daughter, who was his ex-girlfriend. A bundle of counterfeit currency is found at a local bank, which was transferred from the account of a charity organization run by Sait Issa Mohammed Haji (Saikumar), a respected businessman. Baba Kalyani reaches the residence of Issa Mohammed the same night, where Issa denies any knowledge about any hawala dealings in the state.
The cash was transferred from the account by Babu (Indrajith Sukumaran), Issa Mohammed's son-in-law, who is a college lecturer. Babu is king-pin of a terror organization in the state. He is with a bunch of young men had secretly undergone Jihadi training in Pakistan and is planning a massive explosion. But unaware of this, Issa supports him thinking Babu is a normal college lecturer busy with his own life.
One morning Issa arrives at Baba Kalyani's residence, informing about a group of suspicious young men recently seen at the nearby mosque. He also adds that the Muslyar of the mosque has some doubts regarding their activities. Baba Kalyani, along with Godwin and their group, conducts a raid at the house and gathers vital information. The house gets blown up, signing the storage of inflammable explosives. From the prints, maps and photographs, Baba Kalyani concludes that their next target is Palani, a divine pilgrimage center in South India.
He arrives at Palani along with his team, where he meets up Raghupathi (Siddique), the IG of Tamil Nadu police. With the support of local police, Baba seizes the trucks in which the explosives were stored. Baba sends Issa Mohammed as a negotiator to Babu who was hiding along with a group of jihadis. But unwilling to give up the plan, Babu decides to shoot down Issa. The ATS team conducts a commando operation and shoots down the jihadis, aborting their plan. Baba patches up with Madhumitha, they are happily married.
Cast
- Mohanlal as Baba Kalyani IPS
- Mamta Mohandas as Adv.Madhumitha Ashokan
- Indrajith Sukumaran as Zaheer Ahmed / Babu
- Biju Menon as CI Thomas
- Siddique as IG Raghupathi
- Saikumar as Issa Mohammed Haji
- Murali as Arackal Ashokan
- Kaviyoor Ponnamma as Meenakshiyamma
- Jagathy Sreekumar as SI Ramanan
- Venu Nagavally as Bose K Ninan IPS
- Shammi Thilakan as Adv. Thevalli Dineshan
- Innocent as Parandan Devassy (Cameo)
- Saiju Kurup as Tahir
- Anil Murali as Yusuf
- Bindu Panikkar as Mayor
- Vineeth Kumar as Santhosh ( Madhumitha's Brother)
- Ambika Mohan as Women's Commission Member
- Ponnamma Babu as Women's Commission Member
- Rema Devi as Women's Commission Member
- Sadiq as Murali
- P. Sreekumar as MLA
- Bindu Murali as Bose J. Ninan's wife
- Maya Moushmi as Ammini, Thomas's wife
- Reshmi Boban as Babu's wife
- Joju George
- Ajay Jose as Fasal
Production
Shaji Kailas was supposed to direct another film with Mohanlal in the lead role. But due to certain reasons, the film did not start production and he asked S. N. Swami to do a script on urgent basis. The only song was written by Vayalar Sarath Chandra Varma and was composed by Alex Paul.
Soundtrack
| Baba Kalyan | |
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| Soundtrack album by | |
| Released | 12 February 2018 |
| Recorded | 2006 |
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack |
| Length | 13:50 |
| Label | M.C. Audios & Videos |
The soundtrack for this movie was composed by Alex Paul while the lyrics were written by Sharath Vayalar.
| No. | Title | Artist(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Dhana Chananana (Bit)" | - | |
| 2. | "Kai Niraye Vennatharam (M)" | G Venugopal | 4:45 |
| 3. | "Kai Niraye Vennatharam (F)" | Manjari | 4:25 |
| 4. | "Neelamizhi Peelikale" | Jyotsna Radhakrishnan, Vidhu Prathap | 4:40 |
| Total length: | 13:50 | ||
Box office
The film was released in 61 screens in 48 stations in Kerala. It took a good opening, which grossed ₹1.08 crore (US$130,000) in three days, with a distributors share of ₹54 lakh (US$65,000).[3] Baba Kalyani was one of the top ten highest-grossing Malayalam films of the year, in terms of box office earnings and cost of production.[4][2]
References
- ^ "Baba Kalyani". 12 September 2009. Retrieved 12 September 2009.
- ^ a b Pillai, Sreedhar (29 December 2006). "Superstars continue their reign". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 3 January 2007. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
- ^ Moviebuzz (19 December 2006). "Kerala box-office!". Sify. Retrieved 2 November 2016.
- ^ Moviebuzz (1 January 2007). "2006-A Flashback!". Sify. Retrieved 2 November 2016.