''C.I.D.'' is a 1955 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 ...

film made for

Merryland Studio Merryland Studio is an Indian film studio based in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. It was established in 1950 by former Thiruvananthapuram mayor and businessman P. Subramaniam. He produced 70 films, 59 of them directed by himself. He was active b ...

by director M. Krishnan Nair which stars

Prem Nazir Prem Nazir (born Abdul Khader; 6 April 1926 – 16 January 1989) was an Indian actor known as one of Malayalam cinema's definitive leading man, leading men of his generation. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential actors in the hist ...

Miss Kumari Miss Kumari (1932–1969) was an Indian actress working in the Malayalam film industry between 1949 and 1969. In the '50s and early '60s she was the most prominent female lead in the Malayalam film industry. She briefly worked as a teacher bef ...

Kottarakkara Sreedharan Nair N. Sreedharan Nair (11 September 1922 – 19 October 1986), popularly known as Kottarakkara Sreedharan Nair or just Kottarakkara, was an Indian actor, born as the son of Narayana Pillai and Ummini Amma in Kollam district, Kerala. He appeared ...

and Kumari Thankam. It is generally considered as the first crime thriller movie in Malayalam. The film was dubbed into Tamil with the same title and was released in the same year, 1955. K. Devanarayanan wrote the lyrics and dialogues.

Plot

C.I.D. Sudhakaran discovers who is behind the murder and in the end marries Menon's daughter Vasanthi.

Cast

References

External links

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at the Malayalam Movie Database 1950s Malayalam-language films Fictional portrayals of the Kerala Police Films directed by M. Krishnan Nair Indian black-and-white films Films scored by Br Lakshmanan {{1950s-Malayalam-film-stub