''Adikkurippu'' is a 1989 Malayalam-language

legal thriller The legal thriller genre is a type of crime fiction genre that focuses on the proceedings of the investigation, with particular reference to the impacts on courtroom proceedings and the lives of characters. The courtroom proceedings and legal a ...

film, written by S. N. Swamy and directed by K. Madhu. It stars

Mammootty Muhammad Kutty Panaparambil Ismail (; born 7 September 1951), known mononymously by the hypocorism Mammootty (), is an Indian actor and film producer who works predominantly in Malayalam films. He has also appeared in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada ...

in the lead role, who plays the role of an advocate. The movie was praised for introducing a new theme in Malayalam by depicting the life of a castaway portrayed by Jagathy, who lands in legal problems that were rare in Malayalam movies during that time. The film is loosely based on the missing ship owned by

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, MV Kairali

Cast

as Adv. Bhaskara Pillai *

Jagathy Sreekumar Sreekumar P. K. (born 5 January 1951), better known by his stage name Jagathy Sreekumar or simply Jagathy, is an Indian actor, director and playback singer, who has appeared in over 1500 Malayalam films in a career spanning almost four decad ...

as Basheer * Urvashi as Adv. Geetha *

Sukumaran Edappal Ponnamkuzhi Veettil Parameswaran Sukumaran Nair (10 June 1948 – 16 June 1997), known mononymously as Sukumaran, was an Indian actor and producer of Malayalam films. Sukumaran became a popular film star in Malayalam cinema during the ...

as Chief Minister / Mr.X * Lalu Alex as Captain John Samuel * Sreenath as S. I. Raju * Janardhanan as Williams * Vijayaraghavan as Mohammed Ali *

Jose Prakash Jose Prakash (14 April 1925 – 24 March 2012) was an Indian actor and singer who worked in Malayalam cinema. He was a singer turned actor who had appeared in more than 300 films mostly in antagonist roles. He was awarded with the J. C. Daniel ...

as Menon * Lizy as Veena, Bhaskara Pillai's Sister *

K. P. A. C. Sunny K. P. A. C. Sunny (1934–2006) was an Indian actor in Malayalam movies. He acted in more than 400 Malayalam films. He occupied the movie industry for four decades. Background Sunny was born as Sunny D'Cruz in Chavara, Kollam on 18 April 1934. ...

as Karthikeyan * Meena as Bhaskara Pillai's Mother * Babu Namboothiri as Public Prosecutor APP * Jagadish as Bappootty (Cameo) * Prathapachandran as Venkata Swamy * K. P. A. C. Azeez as Judge * Kollam Thulasi as District Collector *

Kothuku Nanappan Kothuku Nanappan (12 March 1935 – 26 December 1994) was an Indian theater actor, mimicry artist and film actor in Malayalam movies during the 1980s and 1990s. His popular movies are '' Naadodikkaattu'' (1987), ''Aanaval Mothiram'' (1991), ''Sa ...

as Aasan * Sankaradi as Advocate Krishnakurup * Paravoor Bharathan as Pillai * Santhakumari as Basheer's Mother * Vijayan as Home Minister Keshavan * Nandhu as Dentist's Assistant *

M. S. Thripunithura Madathilparambil Seshan Venkitaraman (26 May 1943 – 8 March 2006) known by his stage name M. S. Thripunithura was an Indian actor who worked in Malayalam film Industry. He was born in Thripunithura in the erstwhile Cochin State. He died in Sho ...

as Customs Officer *Murali Mohan as Doctor *Nassar Latheef as Sunny *Suma Jayaram as Basheer's Sister *Vijayan Peringode as Ship Worker

Plot

The story revolves around the castaway Basheer (

), who partially lost his memory. The captain of the ship ( Lalu Alex), who found him would like to hand Basheer over to the relatives post anchoring in

Kochi Kochi (), also known as Cochin ( ) ( the official name until 1996) is a major port city on the Malabar Coast of India bordering the Laccadive Sea, which is a part of the Arabian Sea. It is part of the district of Ernakulam in the state of ...

. However, Basheer does not possess any documents proving his identity and citizenship, and so there were challenges involved in getting him deported. Advocate Bhaskara Pillai (

) tries a few plans. Things get thrilling as there were murder attempts on Basheer. Adv. Bhaskara Pillai comes to his rescue and succeeds in tracing the identity of Basheer and finally finds the people behind the play.

References

External links

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''Adikkurippu''
at the Malayalam Movie Database 1980s Malayalam-language films Films scored by Shyam (composer) Films directed by K. Madhu {{1980s-Malayalam-film-stub