''Crime File'' is a

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-language

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film by

K. Madhu K. Madhu is an Indian film director and producer who works predominantly in the Malayalam film industry. He made his debut with '' Malarum Kiliyum'' and has directed over 30 feature films in various languages (Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu & Kann ...

starring

Suresh Gopi Suresh Gopi (born 26 June 1958) is an Indian actor, politician, playback singer and television presenter. He works predominantly in Malayalam cinema and has also appeared in some Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Bollywood films. Suresh made his act ...

, Siddique and

Sangita Madhavan Nair Sangita Madhavan Nair is an Indian actress, who has worked in Malayalam, Tamil and Kannada film industries, predominantly in the 1990s. The actress is best known for her role as Shyamala in ''Chinthavishtayaya Shyamala'', which was written an ...

. The film is loosely based on the 1992 murder of Sister Abhaya in Kerala.

Plot

Sister Amala, a nun, is found dead in the well of the convent where she was staying. The police discover that she was murdered. Idamattom Palackal Easo Panickar (pronounced as E-sho) and his team find out the truth behind Sr. Amala's murder. The suspects include Fr. Clement Kaliyar and the local legislator Monayi, and a hitman - Cardinal Carlos. Things get worse when Fr. Kaliyar and one of the police officers, Ezhuthachan, are killed. Then, Easow Panickar arrests, the collector Paul Varghese, with the support of the Chief Minister. On torturing and questioning him, he arrests the MLA Monayi. Later, the hitman Cardinal Carlos is taken into custody too.

Cast

as DIG Idamattom Palackal Easo Panicker IPS, SPG Joint Director * Siddique as

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Anwar Rawther IPS,

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District *

Vijayaraghavan Vijayaraghavan (born 20 December 1951) is an Indian actor who predominantly works in Malayalam cinema. He is popular for his character roles. He is the son of popular drama and cinema artist N. N. Pillai. He got his break by playing the iconi ...

as Fr. Clement Kaliyar *

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as Adv. Sr. Amala * Rajan P. Dev as Mamala Mamachan * Santhosh as SI Karthav *

Kalabhavan Mani Kunnisseri Veettil Raman Mani (1 January 1971 – 6 March 2016), better known by his stage name Kalabhavan Mani, was an Indian actor and singer. Mani started his career as a mimicry artist with the Kalabhavan comedy troupe. He had starred in o ...

as CI Ezhuthachan *

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as SI Jamal * Janardhanan as Kaliyar Pathrose Vaidyan *

Rizabawa Rizabawa (24 September 1966 – 13 September 2021) was an Indian actor who works predomiantly 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 in ...

as Minister Thomas *

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as Stephen * N. F. Varghese as IG James George IPS * Vijayakumar as MLA Monayi *

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as Pappachan *

Jagannatha Varma K. N. Jagannatha Varma (1 May 1939 – 20 December 2016) was an Indian actor who worked in Malayalam film and television industry. He was also a Kathakali artist. His son Manu Varma is also an artist and his son-in-law Viji Thampi is a film dir ...

as Bishop Punnassery *

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as Collector Paul Varghese

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* K. B. Ganesh Kumar as Raju Namasivayam *

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as Cardinal Carlos * Chandni Shaju as Sr. Vimala *

Mohan Jose Mohan Jose is an Indian actor in Malayalam cinema. He has acted more than 100 films. He came into movie industry portraying villains and later began acting in different comedy and character roles. He is the son of famous singer Pappukutty Bhag ...

as Fr. Rector *

Ravi Menon Chalappurathu Raveendranatha Menon (1950 – 24 November 2007), popularly known as Ravi Menon was a veteran Indian film actor who worked in Malayalam cinema. He was born in Sreekrishnapuram, Palakkad in 1950. He completed diploma from the Fil ...

as Priest * Ashokan as Simon *

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Sathyanath *

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 Namasivayam Swami * Priyanka Anoop as Deenamma *

Zeenath Zeenath A.P is an Indian actress and dubbing artist. She was a prominent supporting actress during the 1990s in Malayalam films. Background Zeenath was born to Abu Achippuram and Fathima in Nilambur, Malappuram district. She had her primary ed ...

as Mother Superior * Reena as Amala's Mother *

Narayanankutty Narayanan Kutty or Kalabhavan Narayanankutty is a Malayalam film actor. He has acted in more than 300 films. He handles mainly comedy roles. Background Narayanan Kutty was born Ernakulam. He started his career as a mimicry artist in Kalabhavan, ...

as Chacko, Vehicle Broker * Suma Jayaram as 'Stay' Madhavi *

Santhakumari Santha Kumari (born Vellaala Subbamma; 17 May 1920 – 16 January 2006) was an Indian musical artist and actress. She was married to the Telugu film director and producer P. Pullayya. Early years Vellaala Subbamma was born in Proddatur town, ...

as Sr. Fisto

References

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* 1990s Malayalam-language films 1990s crime action films 1999 crime thriller films 1999 action thriller films 1999 films Films about organised crime in India Fictional portrayals of the Kerala Police Crime films based on actual events Indian crime thriller films Indian crime action films Indian action thriller films Films shot in Alappuzha Films directed by K. Madhu {{1990s-Malayalam-film-stub