Stop Violence
| Stop Violence | |
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| Directed by | A. K. Sajan |
| Written by | A. K. Santhosh |
| Produced by | A. Rajan |
| Starring | |
| Narrated by | A. K. Lohithadas |
| Cinematography | Jibu Jacob |
| Edited by | Bhoominathan |
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| Distributed by | Vrindavanam Pictures Release |
Release date |
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Running time | 111 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Malayalam |
Stop Violence is a 2002 Indian Malayalam-language action film directed by A. K. Sajan.[1] The film stars Prithviraj Sukumaran, Vijayaraghavan, and Chandra Lakshman. Stop Violence was the 3rd-released film of Prithviraj, though made after Nandanam, which was released two months after its release. The movie performed well at the box office, largely drawing youth audience to the theatre. The movie is considered as Prithviraj's notable performance in his early movies. The sequel to the film, Asuravithu, starring Asif Ali, was released on 6 January 2012.
Plot
Stephen (Vijayaraghavan) is the circle inspector in charge of the anti-goonda squad but he himself is the head of a gang whose members are Acid (Saji Soman) and Sathan (Prithviraj Sukumaran). Sathan is a murderer and a rapist who is willing to do any crime for money. He meets a girl Angelina (Chandra Lakshman) whom he rapes and later she becomes pregnant. Angelina who was to be a nun is thus expelled from church and later Sathan starts having a soft corner for her. He decides to turn a new leaf in life but Stephen does not agree to his idea. And when Stephen is suspended from the department his anger towards Sathan increases. This leads to a bloody climax on a railway track. The Night of the climax, Saathan meets Angelina at the church, where she is staying. There he reveals he was the one who had raped her. After the revelation he leaves the church. Stephen and the police chase and arrest Sathan. Stephen plans to kill Saathan, after bloody fight, by laying him over the tracks. But Sathan grabs Stephen's leg and the train crushes them both to death. Next day Angelina is shocked at the news of Sathan's death, whom she had started to love.
Story
All through the story's narrative, we hear the voice of the director A. K. Lohithadas as the narrator, by the end of the film we know that Lohithadas was actually researching for a new movie script, when we finally see Angelina as a single mother to a son fathered by Saathan. The movie closes with a street side poster of Lohithadas's new movie, which is based on Saathan's life.
Cast
- Prithviraj Sukumaran - Saathan AKA Daveed (revealed in sequel, Asuravithu)
- Vijayaraghavan - C.I Gunda Stephen
- Chandra Lakshman - Angelina
- Thara Kalyan - Adv. Pauly Anthony
- Sadiq - C.I Shekharan
- Saji Soman - Acid
- Madhupal- Antony
- A. K. Lohithadas - Himself
- Vinayakan - Montha
- Ambika Mohan
Conterversy
The film was initially titled 'Violence'. However, due to objection raised by the censor board the title was changed to 'Stop Violence'.[2] The censors asked for at least 10 cuts because they felt it showed women in bad light and that too much blood is being split on the screen. They decided not to challenge the cuts and also agreed for a change in title.
Sequel
A sequel titled Asuravithu with Asif Ali in the lead was released by the same director in 2012.
References
- ^ "Sequel to 'Stop Violence'". 17 August 2007. Retrieved 10 September 2009.
- ^ "Lanka is the name". 21 November 2005. Retrieved 10 September 2009.