''Bharathchandran I.P.S'' is a 2005 Indian

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-language

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written, directed and produced by

Renji Panicker Renji Panicker (born 23 September 1960) is an Indian actor, screenwriter, director, film producer, and journalist known for his works in Malayalam films. He made his debut as a director with '' Bharatchandran IPS'' in 2005. Early life He di ...

. It is a sequel to the 1994 film ''

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'' and

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reprises the titular character, while

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, Rajan P. Dev,

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, Shreya Reddy and

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appear in supporting roles. The background score was composed by C. Rajamani. ''Bharathchandran I.P.S'' became the major highest-grossing film at that time.

Plot

After killing Mohan Thomas to avenge his colleague Muhammad Iqbal's death. Bharathchandran gets acquitted from suspension and gets married with his girlfriend Indu and leads a happy life. However, Indu is murdered by Mohan Thomas's goons and Bharathchandran decide to raises his 10-year-old daughter who is amusingly named as Indu . ''Mayambaram'' Baba is an iconic Muslim leader in Malabar who gets murdered by a hired assassin named Kala Purohit Khan amidst tight security in the premises of a special court in

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, where he was supposed to give evidence about the foul play behind an earlier communal riots by ''Janab'' Hyderali Hassan, who runs a

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. Hyderali felt that their existence would be questioned if Baba reveals the truths about the communal riots incited by them. As a matter of fact, the communal riots following Baba's murder are triggered and intensified by Hyderali to throw the region into a state of chaos. Hyderali has other sinister motives like having the huge amount of land left behind by the fleeing population to himself for building a private

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through which he hopes to pump illicit

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, drug trade and smuggling arms into the state. The state's CM Thomas Chacko entrusts the investigation of Mayambaram Baba's murder to Bharathchandran. Bharathchandran, along with officers ASP Anwar and DYSP Pookkoya report to IG Habib Basheer, who is entrusted as a guardian to Bharathchandran after the death of Bharathchandran's former mentor and I.G Balachandran. Bharathchandran works his way into the hierarchy of Hyderali's syndicate, starting with Shweta Nachappa, a

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cop, who was on duty on the day of Baba's murder and actually seemed to know that he would be murdered earlier. Hyderali kills Shweta after he finds that Bharathchandran is trailing her. It is later revealed that Thomas Chacko is also in cahoots with Hyderali. Habib Basheer is killed while trying to save Bharathchandran from Kala Purohit's gang. Enraged, Bharatchandran confronts Hyderali and also brings the captured Kala Purohit, with Anwar and Pookkoya's help. Bharathchandran gives an empty revolver to Kala Purohit and asks him to shoot Hyderali. Kala tries to shoot Bharathchandran, but is later killed by him. Bharathchandran soon kills Hyderali in front of a frightened Thomas Chacko.

Cast

as DIG Bharath Chandran IPS, City Police Commissioner *

as IG Habeeb Basheer IPS *

as Janab Hyderali Hassan * Rajan P. Dev as

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Pookkoya * Shreya Reddy as SP Hema Viswanath IPS *

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as ASP Anwar IPS *

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as Thomas Chacko,

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* Akhila as Swetha Nachappa IPS *

as Kunjeeswaran Pillai * Niranjana as Indu, Bharathchandran's Daughter * Prabha Dutt as Jasmine Mary Cherian * Akhila as Swetha Nachappa IPS *

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as Subhadra, Habeeb's Wife * Nivia Rebin as Habeeb's Daughter *

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as IG Rajan Koshy IPS *

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as MLA Mayin Kutty *

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as Kala Purohit Khan *

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as Udayan Shetty *

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as Mayamparam Baba *

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as Shekharji, Chief Minister's P. A * Ravindran as Devan Menon, Customs Officer *

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as Vakkalam Moosa (Minister) *

Balachandran Chullikkadu Balachandran Chullikkad (born 30 July 1957) is an Indian poet, orator, lyricist and actor in Malayalam-language media. Early life Balachandran was born in Paravur, Ernakulam, Kerala, India. He completed his graduation in English literature fr ...

as Mundoor Sidhan * Meghna Nair as Lekha, Journalist * Priyanka as Susheela *

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as Mohan Thomas (Mentioned Only) *

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as Indu Kurup, Bharathchandran's Wife (Photo Presence) *

Maniyanpilla Raju Sudheer Kumar (born 20 April 1955), better known by his stage name Maniyanpilla Raju (Malayalam: മണിയൻപിള്ള രാജു), is an Indian actor and producer who works in Malayalam film industry.Constable A constable is a person holding a particular office, most commonly in law enforcement. The office of constable can vary significantly in different jurisdictions. ''Constable'' is commonly the rank of an officer within a police service. Other peo ...

Gopinathan / Gopi (Mentioned Only) *

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as I. G. Balachandran Nair (Mentioned Only)

Box office

The film collected 2.5 crore in distributor's share from 50 screens on the 7th day.

Notes

References

External links

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