Aavanazhi

Aavanazhi is a 1986 Indian Malayalam-language action film directed by I. V. Sasi, written by T. Damodaran. The film deals with social and political issues of that time. It features Mammootty, Geetha, Seema, Sukumaran, Captain Raju, Janardanan, Jagannatha Varma, Innocent, Thikkurisi Sukumaran Nair, Sreenivasan and Sankaradi.[1] Avanazhy was new record of malayalam cinema and highest grossing film of that year 1986.

Aavanazhi
Movie poster
Directed byI. V. Sasi
Written byT. Damodaran
Produced bySajan
Starring
CinematographyJayaram V.
Edited byK. Narayanan
Music byShyam
Production
company
Saj Productions
Release date
  • 12 September 1986 (1986-09-12)
Running time
152 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageMalayalam

Aavanazhi was remade in Kannada as "Anthima Theerpu" starring Ambareesh & Geetha, in Tamil as Kadamai Kanniyam Kattupaadu, in Telugu as Marana Sasanam and in Hindi as Satyamev Jayate. I. V. Sasi made two sequels — Inspector Balram in 1991 and Balram vs. Taradas in 2006.

Plot

Balram, popularly known as Karadi, is an honest Circle Inspector. Frustrated in his life after several personal setbacks, including a failed affair of the heart, Balram has turned to drinking and womanizing. Balram is assigned to nab Satyaraj, who evaded the clutches of the police after murdering Chackochan, a contractor. Balram successfully arrests him, but in court, Satyaraj is represented by Advocate Jayachandran . Satyaraj is acquitted by the court, but Balram decides to frame in several other criminal charges pending against him. Usha, Balram's ex-lover, is now married to Jayachandran.

Balram falls in love with Seetha, a prostitute, whom he decides to marry. Meanwhile, Radha, a young lady, is determined to avenge herself on Balram, who she believes to have killed her brother while in police custody. But in reality, it was a handwork of Satyaraj, on instruction from Vincent. Falsely implicated, Balram had been suspended from police for a couple of years, but has been reinstated. Though Seetha tries to convince Radha of the truth, she is not ready to accept it. To gain her revenge over Balram, Radha decides to offer Satyaraj a safe stay away from the police eyes. Balram's open fight with Satyaraj and his "outside the law" dealing with him forms the rest of the story.

Cast

Release

The film was released on 12 September 1986.

Box office

The film was a commercial success.[2][3][4][5][6][7] The film was the highest grossing Malayalam film of the year 1986.[8] The film ran over 200 days in theatres.[9]

Remakes
Year Film Language Cast Director
1987 Marana Shasanam Telugu Krishnam Raju, Jayasudha, Madhavi, Shobana S. S. Ravi Chandra
1987 Satyamev Jayate Hindi Vinod Khanna, Meenakshi Sheshadri, Madhavi, Anita Raj Raj N. Sippy
1987 Kadamai Kanniyam Kattupaadu Tamil Sathyaraj, Captain Raju, Geetha, Jeevitha Santhana Bharathi

Sequels

The movie had two sequels; 1991 movie Inspector Balram and a spiritual successor, Balram vs Tharadas in which Mammootty reprises his roles from two movies, Inspector Balram from Aavanazhi and Tharadas from Athiratram.

References
  1. Indulge (24 October 2017). "Remembering a legend: Five iconic IV Sasi movies that shaped Mollywood". Indulge. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
  2. "Architect of blockbusters". The Hindu. 26 April 2013.
  3. "Saluting the maker of super hits". The Hindu. 13 April 2013.
  4. "I.V. Sasi reigned at the box office, and made classics too". The Hindu. 24 October 2017.
  5. "Kollywood's craze for Malayalam screenplays". Sify. 24 May 2016.
  6. C S Venkiteswaran (8 November 2017). "Trendsetting titan". The Hindu.
  7. "The End of an Epoch". The Hindu. 26 October 2017.
  8. Sreedhar Pillai (28 February 1987). "Malayalam film makers in Kerala transposes real life into reel life". India Today.
  9. "10 Mammootty films to watch before you die". The Times of India. 24 May 2016.
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