Witness (1988 film)

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Witness
Witness 1988.jpg
Poster
Directed by Viji Thampi
Screenplay byJohn Paul
Kaloor Dennis
Story by Jagathy Sreekumar
Viji Thampi
Starring Jayaram
Jagathy Sreekumar
Madhu
Sukumaran
Thilakan
Suresh Gopi
Parvathy
CinematographyVasant Kumar
Edited by K. P. Hariharaputhran
Music bySongs:
Ouseppachan
Score:
Johnson
Production
company
Priyanka Films
Distributed byPriyanka Films
Release date
  • 20 February 1988 (1988-02-20)
CountryIndia
LanguageMalayalam

Witness is a 1988 Indian Malayalam language crime thriller film, directed by Viji Thampi and co-written by Jagathy Sreekumar, starring Jayaram, Jagathy Sreekumar, Parvathy, Madhu, Sukumaran and Thilakan in the lead roles. [1] [2] [3]

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Plot

Balagopalan arrives in Thiruvananthapuram with 12500 rupees stolen from his father. He finds his friend Jayakumar, who is working as a junior artist in films. After losing the money, they start a food stall. Rivalry with another stall leads to skirmishes, and they land at the police station, where they meet with advocate Madhavan.

Under the guidance of Madhavan Thampi, the friends started a delivery service called "We Help." Balu meets Indu R. Nair, a wealthy girl whose parents are deceased. Indu's uncle, Rajagopalan Nair, looks after the properties left to her by her parents. When Indu turns major, she tells her uncle she will look into all the expenses her uncle wants to make. Rajagopalan Nair doesn't like this. Indu asks Balagopalan to be her bodyguard. But when Jayakumar and Balagopalan visit her home, they discover that Indu has been murdered. Police Officer Thomas Mathew takes charge of the case. Madhavan tries to find her killer to save Balagopalan and Jayakumar before it is too late.

Police officer Thomas Mathew initially arrests Balu and Kumar based on circumstantial evidence since they were found at Indu's House after her murder. However, Madhavan Thampi bails them out while further investigation proceeds. Thomas Mathew suspects Indu's Uncle Rajagopalan Nair to be the culprit since he was Indu's guardian and caretaker of her properties and heir to her properties if something were to happen to her. He also questions Alex Williams, Indu's college mate, who had a history of harassing her. Meanwhile, Balu and Kumar try to find some evidence to find the real murderer. They break into Indu's flat and find a sketch made by her, probably of her murderers. Madhavan Thampi takes the sketch to Thomas Mathew, who runs it against the list of available habitual criminals. They find the picture matching Hamsa and his accomplice, both of whom are professional killers imprisoned currently under another case. Since they were already arrested at the time of the crime, Thomas Mathew dismisses the sketch as a false lead and decides to arrest Balu and Kumar. Meanwhile, Madhavan Thampi investigates on his own to find the real murderers.

Finally, during the case's hearing, he divulges that the actual killer is not Jayakumar or Balagopalan. Madhavan Thampi proves this with the help of the apartment watchman, who saw the killer, and the bartender, who overheard the killer talking to someone who had some evidence against him. The killer finally confesses at the court, and Balu and Kumar are acquitted.

Cast

Soundtrack

The film score was composed by Johnson while the songs were composed by Ouseppachan with lyrics written by Bichu Thirumala.

No.SongSingersLyricsLength (m:ss)
1"Poovinum Poonkurunnaam" K. J. Yesudas, K. S. Chithra Bichu Thirumala
2"Thumbamellaam"K. J. YesudasBichu Thirumala

Box office

The film was declared a hit at the box office. [4]

Remake

The film was remade in Telugu as Sakshi with Rajendra Prasad. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ "Witness". www.malayalachalachithram.com. Retrieved 24 October 2014.
  2. ↑ "Witness". malayalasangeetham.info. Retrieved 24 October 2014.
  3. ↑ "Witness". spicyonion.com. Retrieved 24 October 2014.
  4. ↑ "Celluloid sultans of Kerala". India Today. 31 December 1988.
  5. ↑ "Sakshi (1989) Telugu Movie Review, Cast and Crew, Posters, Audio covers, Song books, Full Movie, Songs, Lyrics, Story". www.aptalkies.com. Archived from the original on 24 July 2014.
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