Ravanan (2006 film)

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Ravanan
Directed byJojo Varghese
Written byBiju Devassey
Produced byM. Mani
Starring Kalabhavan Mani
Jagathy Sreekumar
Megha Jasmine
CinematographyVenugopal
Music by M. Jayachandran
Production
company
Sunitha Productions
Distributed byAroma Release
Release date
  • 18 August 2006 (2006-08-18)
CountryIndia
LanguageMalayalam

Ravanan is a 2006 Malayalam action thriller directed by debutante Jojo Varghese with Kalabhavan Mani in the lead. Jagathy Sreekumar, Megha Jasmine, Madhu Warrier, Sudheesh, Nishant Sagar, Sreejith, Kollam Thulasi, Madhu, and Rajan P. Dev play the other pivotal roles. [1]

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Plot

The story centres on the murder of a High Court Chief Justice and how S. P. Antony Varghese hunts down the killers. Popularly known as Ravanan, for his aggressive and belligerent style of behaviour, the brainy and brawny super cop begins the investigation. Jagathy Sreekumar plays the sub-inspector assisting him in the case. How Ravanan solves the murder mystery forms the rest of the story.

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References

  1. "Another whodunit". The Hindu . 3 February 2006. Archived from the original on 13 April 2010.