Kalikkalam
| Kalikkalam | |
|---|---|
 Poster designed by Gayathri Ashokan | |
| Directed by | Sathyan Anthikad |
| Written by | S. N. Swamy |
| Produced by | George Mathew |
| Starring | Mammootty Shobana Murali Sreenivasan |
| Cinematography | Vipin Mohan |
| Edited by | K. Rajagopal |
| Music by | Johnson |
Production company | Central Productions |
Release date |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Malayalam |
Kalikkalam (Template:Lang-en) is a 1990 Indian Malayalam language comedy-heist film directed by Sathyan Anthikad and written by S. N. Swamy. It stars Mammootty as a good thief who, lacking a real name, appears with different names in different contexts and commits burglary in disguise, challenging the police before each robbery by himself informing about the mission. The film also features Shobhana and Murali in pivotal roles, with Murali appearing as Inspector Shekara who chases the robber.[1][2] Johnson composed the soundtrack and cinematography was handled by Vipin Mohan.[3]
Kalikkalam is regarded as a different attempt of director Sathyan Anthikkad, as he collaborated with crime writer S. N. Swamy and was successful at the box office.[3][4]
Plot
Mammootty, who is an orphan, plays the role of a burglar who is known by different names (Shankar / Antony / Tony Louis / Gauthaman / Pappan / Vasudevan / Ramakrishnan) in different places. He is a kind person and uses the illegal money he has burgled to help poor and orphans.
In the beginning, he fakes himself as an income tax officer Sankar and raids a jewellery with the help of a newly posted police officer Shekhar; and takes the illegal gold along with him. Later, on knowing that he has been cheated, Shekhar sets out to put the Sankar behind the bars. He use various methods to trap him, but all go in vain. In between, we could see the good deeds that the burglar does with the stolen money.
In the process he(Pappan) befriends Jamal, who is a poor chap. Pappan helps Jamal financially too.
After giving a hint to police about his next target, Gauthaman loots the finance institution (Gopuram) owned by Devassy where minister Velayil Chandy had deposited his illegal money. Though there was police protection for the institution, Gauthaman he cleverly executes his plan and escapes with the money.
On the parallel, a romance story between Mammootty's character (Tony Louis) and a young Christian girl, Annie, also gets progressed in between. He fakes himself as a customs officer to Annie.
Faking as Ramakrishnan, he busts out a drug group and send over the drug to Shekhar's office. However he takes the money involved in that deal himself.
Tracing the location of phone calls made, Shekhar traced the residence of Sankar. However Sankar escapes by a whisker.
S.I Shekhar's indifference with one of the Abkari contractor cum newspaper publisher Ambalakkadan (Ambalakkadu Krishnan) creates problems, as false news regarding the SI and also his family gets published in the newspaper. Shekhar slaps Ambalakkadan for this, which ultimately leads to his suspension.
As Annie takes the romance seriously, Tony finally reveals his actual identity and moves away from her life.
Situations makes Shekhar falsely accused as the murderer of Ambalakkadan, and Shekhar is sent to jail. At this stage, only Sankar can help Shekharan to prove his innocence. For this, Sankar had to confess his crimes and surrender in front of the law.
Cast
- Mammootty as Shankar / Antony / Tony Louis / Gauthaman / Pappan / Vasudevan / Ramakrishnan
- Murali as C.I. Shekhara
- Shobana as Annie (Voice dubbed by Bhagyalakshmi)
- Sreenivasan as Jamal
- Lalu Alex as Commissioner Mathews
- C. I. Paul as Ambalakkadu Krishnan
- Mammukoya as Unni Nair
- Sukumari as Jamal's Mother
- Innocent as Velayil Chandy
- Chitra as Ramani
- Philomina as Janakiyamma
- Oduvil Unnikrishnan as Devassy
- Thesni Khan as Suhra
- Sankaradi as Ammavan
- T. P. Madhavan as Thomas
- Bheeman Raghu as Jose
- Santhakumari as Rosi, Devassi's wife
- Azeez as Annie's father
- Karamana Janardhanan Nair as Advocate
- Shari as Meera Nair
- Paravoor Bharathan as Krishnettan
- PC George as Ravi
- James as George
- Kaladi Jayan as Pc Bhaskar
Reception
N.Krishnaswamy of The Indian Express, in a February 22, 1991 review, wrote that the film is assured of good theatrical response as the director came up with a twist in the climax.[4] Kalikkalam emerged as one of the "superhits" at the box office during the 1990s.[3]
References
- ^ "The Malayalam con artist films we love". The News Minute. 15 August 2016. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
- ^ Nikhil Jose (30 October 2017). "Cinematic burglar trapped". Manorama News. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
- ^ a b c Anoop Shankar. "Kalikkalam, Superhit Movies". Rashtra Deepika, Deepika. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
- ^ a b N.Krishnaswamy (22 February 1991), "The Arts-Reviews-Kalikkalam", The Indian Express, p. 7, retrieved 3 October 2016
External links
- Kalikkalam at IMDb
- Kalikkalam at the Malayalam Movie Database