''Balram vs. Tharadas'' is a 2006 Indian

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-language

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directed by I.V. Sasi, written by T. Damodaran and S. N. Swamy, and starring

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in the titular

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, with Katrina Kaif,

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and Siddique. It was a crossover sequel of the films '' Athirathram'' and '' Inspector Balram''. Mammootty plays dual roles as police officer Balram and underworld don Tharadas, reprising his roles from the 1991 film ''Inspector Balram'' (also from '' Aavanazhi'', its prequel) and 1984's '' Athirathram''. The film is the only Malayalam film of Bollywood actress Katrina Kaif.

Plot

A large cache of arms is discovered in the land belonging to the local businessman Hussein Sahib. On investigation, Inspector Varma finds that Hussein Sahib has no idea about this, but the land was used by someone called Anali Bhaskaran. The Inspector, along with his colleagues Sudhakaran goes to arrest Bhaskaran, but they are given a good fight. As the police are being beaten, the screen alternates between a police jeep appearing on the scene and Anali Bhaskaran trying to stab people. Suddenly a hand appears in the scene and beats Bhaskaran. He is still the same no-nonsense arrogant person, Balram, who is now a DSP who follows his heterodox ways of investigation. Anali Bhaskaran reveals under interrogation that Hussein Sahib's son Salim is involved in this. Hussein Sahib says that his son left the house sometime back, and he has no idea where he is. Then at this point, it starts raining characters as if it is the start of monsoon season. In a span of few minutes, we get three villains, MLA Rani, a DGP, Balram's boss, DYSP George, Policewoman Dakshayani, a Chief Minister, a minister called Mustafa, Srini, the editor of a yellow journal, and a policeman called Ummar. Balram concludes that Tharadas was behind all this, and the scene switches to

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. After beating his associate, Tharadas meets the minister Mustafa and does some business. He also wants a favor from the minister. He wants a ring to be passed to his girlfriend Supriya, who is an actress. Once the people and linkages are established, the game is set in motion in an even faster pace. Balram concludes that the only way to trap Tharadas is to arrest Supriya. As expected, Tharadas lands in Kerala and takes on Balram, and tries to stop the actions of Balram. In the end, Tharadas shoots down DYSP George who was one of his ally who had turned against him, and this is witnessed by Balram, after which Tharadas surrenders to Balram.

Cast

in a dual role as: ** DYSP Balram (reprising the role from Inspector Balram) **Tharadas (reprising the role from Athirathram (film)) * Katrina Kaif as Supriya Menon *

as CI Satheesh Varma * Vani Viswanath as MLA Rani Mathew * Siddique as DYSP George * Prem Prakash as Nandakumar,

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* Jagadish as ASI Sudhakaran *

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as SI Ummer * Kunchan as SI Radhakrishnan aka "Samshayam" Vasu * Kalpana as SI Dakshayani * Gowri Madhu as Vaduthala Valsala * Devan as DGP Madhavadas IPS, State Police Chief * Abu Salim as CI Kasim * Akhila as Jyothi, IB officer (fake) * Sreenivasan as Sreeni * Kundara Johny as DYSP Alex George, Anti Terrorist Squad *

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as Hussain Sahib * Spadikam George as Sunderashan * Subair as Minister Musthafa *

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as Rafeeq *

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as a Politician *

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as Jayakrishnan, Customs officer * Anil Murali as Williams * Arun as Salim Sahib * Santhosh Jogi as Shivankutty * Mohan Raj as Anali Bhaskaran * Chandra Lakshman as Shanimol, Salim's wife * Ponnamma Babu as Hussien Sahib's wife *

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as Alex's mother *

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as Alex's wife * Poornima Anand as Radhakrishnan's wife *

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as Narayani (guest appearance) * Afsal as himself in the song "Mathapoove.." (guest appearance) * Anwar Sadat as himself in the song "Mathapoove.." (guest appearance) * Rimi as herself in the song "Mathapoove.." (guest appearance)

Music

The

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for the film was composed by Jassie Gift.

Production

It was a big budget film at that time, made at a cost above .

Release

The film was released on 28 April 2006. The film got a strong opening figures.

References

External links

* {{S. N. Swamy 2006 action thriller films 2006 films 2000s Malayalam-language films Films set in Dubai Films shot in Kozhikode Films shot in Kannur Films shot in Goa Fictional portrayals of the Kerala Police Films with screenplays by T. Damodaran Films with screenplays by S. N. Swamy Indian sequel films Balram3 Films directed by I. V. Sasi Indian action comedy-drama films Films scored by Jassie Gift Twins in Indian films Indian crossover films