C.I.D. (1955 film)

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C.I.D.
CID 1955 poster.jpg
Directed by M. Krishnan Nair
Written by T. N. Gopinathan Nair
Produced by P. Subramaniam
(Merryland)
Starring Prem Nazir
Miss Kumari
Kottarakkara Sreedharan Nair
Kumari Thankam
CinematographyN. S. Mani
Edited byK. D. George
Music by Br Lakshmanan
(songs)
Thirunayinarkurichi
(lyrics)
Production
company
Distributed byKumaraswamy & Co.
(Travancore)
Film Distributing Co.
(Malabar & Cochin)
Release date
  • 27 August 1955 (1955-08-27)
Running time
170 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageMalayalam

C.I.D. is a 1955 Indian Malayalam film made for Merryland Studio by director M. Krishnan Nair which stars Prem Nazir, Miss Kumari, Kottarakkara Sreedharan Nair and Kumari Thankam. It is generally considered as the first crime thriller movie in Malayalam. [1]

Contents

The film was dubbed into Tamil with the same title and was released in the same year, 1955. [2] K. Devanarayanan wrote the lyrics and dialogues.

Plot

C.I.D. Sudhakaran is assigned to investigate the murder of Mukunda Menon, a wealthy planter. He discovers who is behind the murder and in the end marries Menon's daughter Vasanthi.

Cast

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References

  1. Vijayakumar, B. (28 September 2014). "Panchathantram: 1974". The Hindu. ISSN   0971-751X . Retrieved 11 July 2021.
  2. Film News Anandan (23 October 2004). Sadhanaigal Padaitha Thamizh Thiraipada Varalaru [History of Landmark Tamil Films] (in Tamil). Chennai: Sivakami Publishers. Archived from the original on 26 August 2017.