Indraprastham (film)

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Indraprastham
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Directed byHaridas
Written by Robin Thirumala
Produced byPremkumar Marath
Starring
CinematographySanjeev Shankar
Edited byK. Sankunny
Music by Vidyasagar
Release date
  • August 23, 1996 (1996-08-23)(India)
Running time
145 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageMalayalam

Indraprastham is a 1996 Indian Malayalam-language political action thriller directed by Haridas, starring Mammootty, Vikram, Simran and Prakash Raj in prominent roles. The film marks the debut of Simran in Malayalam cinema.

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Plot

Chitra Narayan, a political journalist with Observer Daily in Delhi, is in love with Kiran Varma, a budding actor. She intrudes into the illegal affairs of Paul B. Issac, a Delhi-based politician. Paul commits a murder and gets Kiran's face morphed onto his face in the video, whereby he traps him for the crime. Kiran is jailed under the charge of murder. Chitra gets the videotape, and she smells foul and tries to reveal the truth behind the morphing of images. She is followed by Paul's goons. Chitra reaches Bangalore, but the goons reach there after her. She is saved by Sathish Menon, a software engineer and his friend Peter. They becomes her savior. After watching the video, Sathish realizes the truth behind the crime and decides to expose Paul. Meanwhile, Kiran is killed. Sathish's software company suffers huge setbacks after Paul's illegal influence, causing huge losses. Sathish openly begins his battle for justice for Chitra.

Cast

Music

The film score is composed by Vidyasagar

Song TitleSingers
"Thanka Thinkal" M. G. Sreekumar, K. S. Chitra
"Parayumo Mookayamaame" K. J. Yesudas
"Mazhavillin Kottarathhil" Sujatha Mohan, Biju Narayanan
"Dekho Simple Magic"Biju Narayanan
"Bolo Bolo" K. J. Yesudas

Release

The film was released on 23 August 1996, and did not perform well in the box office. [1]

The film was dubbed and released in Tamil as Delhi Darbar, with a reviewer noting "the strong cast is the main attraction". [2]

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References

  1. "Glam girl Simran happy playing mom on screen". Daily News and Analysis . IANS. 26 May 2008. Archived from the original on 1 February 2015. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  2. "Cliched movie with a strong starcast". New Straits Times . 1 November 1997. pp. Arts 4. Retrieved 1 June 2023.