Olympian Anthony Adam

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Olympian Anthony Adam
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Poster
Directed by Bhadran
Screenplay byBhadran
Babu G. Nair (Dialogues)
Produced byMohanlal
Starring Mohanlal
Meena
Nassar
CinematographySanjeev Shankar
Edited bySateesh
Music by Ouseppachan
Production
company
Distributed byPranavam Arts
Release date
  • 15 October 1999 (1999-10-15)
CountryIndia
Language Malayalam

Olympian Anthony Adam is a 1999 Indian Malayalam-language action thriller film written and directed by Bhadran. It stars Mohanlal, Meena and Nassar [1] with Jagathy Sreekumar, Seema, [2] in supporting roles. The film was produced by Mohanlal through the company Pranavam Arts. The music was composed by Ouseppachan. The plot follows an investigation by Chakkummoottil Varghese Antony IPS (Mohanlal) about a planned terrorist attack in India.

Contents

Olympian Anthony Adam released on 15 October 1999.

Plot

Antony Varghese Chakkummoottil is a police officer and a former Olympian who has participated in the discus throw competition. He is sent to a school as a physical trainer for undercover operation on government's recommendation. His task is to get details about an international criminal Roy Mamman alias Lawrence Luther who is behind the terrorist attacks in the city by finding out his unknown child who is studying in that school.

During his investigation he meets Angel Mary, a teacher with temper issues, and attracts her enmity. Antony discovers that Angel has a troubled past with her husband turning out to be a drug addict, thus spoiling her marriage life on the first day. Later Antony and Angel Mary fall in love with each other.

He finds out Luther's daughter Rose by accident. He makes the school principal Susan call Luther saying that Rose is affected by rabies after a dog bite. Luther rushes to see Rose, falling for the trap that Antony has set for him.

Cast

Soundtrack

The music was by Ouseppachan and the lyrics were by Gireesh Puthenchery. The lyrics for the song "Peppara Perapera" are taken from Arundhati Roy's novel The God of Small Things .[ citation needed ]

SongSingersNotes
"Hey Chumma Chumma" K. J. Yesudas, Sujatha Mohan
"Kadambanaattu Kaalavela" M. G. Sreekumar
"Kokki Kurukiyum"M. G. Sreekumar, Chorus Raga: Gourimanohari
"Kunnela" [Bit]M. G. Sreekumar, Sujatha Mohan
"Nilaapaithale"K. J. Yesudas
"Nilaapaithale" K. S. Chithra
"One Little" Ouseppachan
"Peppara Perapera" Mohanlal

Release

The film had an average box office run. [4]

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