''Bada Dosth'' (transl. Big Friend) is a 2006 Indian

Malayalam Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian languages, Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry (union territory), Puducherry (Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of ...

-language

action thriller film The action film is a film genre that predominantly features chase sequences, fights, shootouts, explosions, and stunt work. The specifics of what constitutes an action film has been in scholarly debate since the 1980s. While some scholars such as D ...

directed by

Viji Thampi Viji Thampi is an Indian film director, actor, right-wing politician, and social activist who works in Malayalam films. Thampi is a member of Thiruvananthapuram regional board of the Central Board of Film Certification and the State Advisor of ...

and produced by Siddique. The film stars

Suresh Gopi Suresh Gopi (born 26 June 1958) is an Indian actor, playback singer, television presenter and politician who is currently serving as the Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas and the Minister of Tourism since June 2024. He was ele ...

(in the titular role), Siddique,

Jyothirmayi Jyothirmayi is an Indian actress, television presenter, and former model, who worked in Malayalam cinema. Starting her career as a model, she ventured into television, working as an anchor and later starring in numerous television shows. Post ...

and

Manoj K. Jayan Manoj Kadampoothramadam Jayan, also known as Manoj K. Jayan is an Indian actor who acts in Malayalam cinema, Malayalam films in addition to a few Tamil cinema, Tamil films. Manoj has won three Kerala State Film Award for Second Best Actor for h ...

in lead roles. The film had a musical score by M. Jayachandran. The film was released on October 20 on the Eve of

Diwali Diwali (), also called Deepavali (IAST: ''Dīpāvalī'') or Deepawali (IAST: ''Dīpāwalī''), is the Hindu festival of lights, with variations celebrated in other Indian religions such as Jainism and Sikhism. It symbolises the spiritual v ...

Plot

This movie is the story about Daya Shankar (also called as Bada Dhosth), an efficient and daring IPS officer, famous for his gutsy actions against violence. His life takes an untoward turn when he come across a gangster Geevarghese a.k.a. G. V.

Cast

as Daya Shankar IPS

Commissioner A commissioner (commonly abbreviated as Comm'r) is, in principle, a member of a commission or an individual who has been given a commission (official charge or authority to do something). In practice, the title of commissioner has evolved to incl ...

Kochi City later alias Bada Dosth * Siddique as Geevarghese/GV, The main antagonist *

Zakeer Ali IPS, a cop with anger issues *

Cochin Haneefa Cochin Haneefa (22 April 1951 – 2 February 2010) was an Indian actor, film director, and screenwriter. He started his career in the 1970s mainly portraying villainous roles, before going on to become one of the most popular comedians of Malay ...

as Javed Bhai *

as Meenakshi, Daya Shankar's wife *

Karthika Mathew Karthika Mathew (born Lidiya Jacob), better known mononymously as Karthika, is an Indian former actress, who has appeared in several Malayalam and Tamil films Tamil cinema is the segment of Indian cinema dedicated to the production of m ...

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Nadira Hassan, Zakeer's love interest *

Meghna Naidu Meghna Naidu (born 19 September 1980) is an Indian actress who has starred primarily in Hindi films. She has also appeared in Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi and Bengali films. Biography Naidu's first major appearance was in the mu ...

as Nanditha Menon *

Manikuttan Thomas James, (born 2 March 1986) better known by his stage name Manikuttan, is an Indian actor who works primarily in Malayalam films. He is known for his role as Kayamkulam Kochunni in the 2004 television serial of the same title. He was al ...

as Nandu, Daya Shankar's son * Devan as Home Minister Kannoth Divakaran (K.D) * Vijayakumar as James Albert IPS

of Police, Kochi City * Baburaj as Pakki alias Bhaskaran *

Riyaz Khan Riyaz Khan is an Indian actor and bodybuilder. He predominantly works in Malayalam cinema, Malayalam and Tamil cinema, Tamil films and television series, besides acting in a few Telugu language, Telugu and Kannada cinema, Kannada films, as well ...

as CI Niranjan Das *

Rizabawa Rizabawa (24 September 1966 – 13 September 2021) was an Indian actor who worked predominately in Malayalam films and television. His breakthrough role was as a villain in the 1990 film '' In Harihar Nagar''. Since then, he acted as villain i ...

as Raveendranath Khurana *

P. Sreekumar Parameshwaran Sreekumar is an Indian actor, scriptwriter, director and producer who appears in Malayalam movies. He has acted in more than 150 Malayalam films. Presently he is serving as the Chairman of Kerala Cultural Activists Welfare Fund Bo ...

as IG Vikramadithyan Pillai IPS * Padmakumar as Gregory * Salim Baba as Jagan * Kiran Raj as Razal Bava

References

External links

* 2006 films 2000s Malayalam-language films Films directed by Viji Thampi {{2000s-Malayalam-film-stub