Inspector Garud

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Inspector Garud
InspectorGarudposter.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed by Johny Antony
Written by Udayakrishna
Siby K. Thomas
Produced byMilan Jaleel
Starring Dileep
Kavya Madhavan
Cinematography P. Sukumar
Edited by Ranjan Abraham
Music bysongs:
Alex Paul
background score:
Ouseppachan
Production
company
Galaxy Films
Distributed byGalaxy Films
Release date
  • 29 January 2007 (2007-01-29)(India)
Running time
137 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageMalayalam

Inspector Garud is a 2007 Indian Malayalam-language action drama film directed by Johny Antony, starring Dileep and Kavya Madhavan in the lead roles. The film was a commercial success at the box office. [1] [2] [3]

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Synopsis

Circle Inspector Madhavan Kutty is a very corrupt and funny officer. He is known as Garud as he is fast as a falcon who would do any dirty work for money. He became Inspector not through the right channel but by paying ₹15 lakhs as a bribe. Hence, he is now bound to get his money back through bribes.

A consignment of arms meant for LTTE reaches Kochi and the villain, Karaikkudy Arumuga Palaniyappa Chettiyar, is keeping it in a colony run by him. An honest cop Rajan Joseph discovers the plot but is sacked by the Home Minister. Garud saves Chettiyar and at the same time rips him off. Meanwhile, Madhavan Kutty is humiliated by the new Sub Collector, Sethulakshmi, who makes him apologize to her in front of the Women's Commission. He takes revenge by working out a marriage with Sethulakshmi under pressure which leads to further complications.

Cast

Music

Inspector Garud has music given by Alex Paul, while the background score was composed by Ouseppachan. The lyrics were written by Vayalar Sarath Chandra Varma. The film has six songs, in which the playback singers are Jyotsna, Franko, Vineeth Sreenivasan, Rimi Tomy, Afsal, Reju Joseph, Pradeep Babu, and Dileep himself.

Track #SongSinger(s)
1"Nishayile Salabhamaai"Jyotsna
2"Kannathe Penne"Franko
3"Manmadhanalle" Vineeth Srinivasan, Rimi Tomy, Dileep
4"Kanthari Penne"Afsal
5"Pathi Kadichu"Reju Joseph, Pradeep Babu
6"Kannum Chimmi Chimmi" Vineeth Srinivasan

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References

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