Detective (2007 Film)
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''Detective'' is a 2007 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
suspense thriller Thriller film, also known as suspense film or suspense thriller, is a broad film genre that evokes excitement and suspense in the audience. The suspense element found in most films' plots is particularly exploited by the filmmaker in this genre. ...
film directed by
Jeethu Joseph Jeethu Joseph (born 10 November 1972) is an Indian film director, screenwriter, and producer who predominantly works in Malayalam cinema. He has also worked in a few Tamil cinema, Tamil, Hindi and Telugu Cinema, Telugu films. Jeethu made his d ...
in his directoral debut. The film features
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 a dual role with Sindhu Menon in the lead female role.


Plot

Rashmi is found dead under mysterious circumstances and her death is reportedly declared a suicide. Rashmi's family is in a deep sorrow and her father Prabhakaran Thampi blames his son-in-law Mohan Kumar, a bold politician, for his daughter's death. Soon, everyone starts doubting Mohan and the party terminates him from being elected as an MP and appoints his friend Jose as the new MP. However, Jose didn't believe any false statements of the society and was sure of Mohan's innocence. SP James Joseph convinced everyone of Mohan being the culprit and arrests him briefly. A suicide note is found where its written that Mohan is reason for Rashmi's death. As the case proceeds, Mohan's evil step-brother Shyam Prasad, a well known detective and investigator is appointed to investigate the case. He is assisted by Basheer, Shekhar, Rajeev and Aravind. Everyone tries hard to find out the reason behind Rashmi's apparent suicide. Shyam and team go to Rashmi's house to enquire her whereabouts. Her father doesn't say much but claims that Mohan was the actual reason for Rashmi's death. Suresh, their relative gives further clarification about Mohan's and Rashmi's marriage. Shyam continues his investigation further. After many researches and gathering proofs such as fingerprints, Shyam discovers that the Rashmi's suicide note was fabricated by James and John Samuel and her death was not a suicide, but a murder. John Samuel and James decide to get rid of Shyam and send some goons in order to finish him off. But Shyam courageously defeats all and arrests James and John Samuel. In a conference with the DGP and the
Chief Minister A chief minister is an elected or appointed head of government of – in most instances – a sub-national entity, for instance an administrative subdivision or federal constituent entity. Examples include a state (and sometimes a union ter ...
, Shyam puts forth the facts, to the people in the conference Hall that Rashmi's death was a murder, where everyone gets shocked. Shyam reveals that Rashmi was actually pretending to love Mohan after she realised Mohan's plan of being the MP and she avoided her boyfriend who was her problem when she decided to marry Mohan. Shyam reveals that Rashmi was killed by her boyfriend Sumesh, who was Rashmi's and Mohan's neighbour. The crowd begin having doubts, on how a simple man like Sumesh could kill his own girlfriend. Shyam and team brings Sumesh's friend Vinod to gather more information about the events that had happened the night when Sumesh reached Rashmi's house. Shyam also takes in Sumesh to question him why on he had done it. But Sumesh maintains that he hasn't killed Rashmi. However, when Shyam and his colleagues provoke him, he gets in a rage and finally admits that he killed Rashmi, saying that Shyam and team have no proof regarding the murder. He injures himself and rushes back to the conference Hall to fool everyone. But whatever he disclosed to Shyam was already displayed on a screen. Shyam knew how Sumesh had done it and Sumesh reveals everything. In a flashback, Sumesh and Rashmi were lovers from childhood. Even though both had fallen in love with each other, Rashmi soon began avoiding Sumesh as per her family's wish. Sumesh understands her and tells her to follow her parents' wish. But shortly, he visits her in order to deliver milk and overhears her conversation with her parents. He came to know that it was Rashmi who wanted to marry Mohan and her parents were against it, as they were afraid of the insecurities in marrying a politician and she was cheating Sumesh all the while. So in order to seek revenge, Sumesh decided to kill Rashmi after she married Mohan. He seeks the help of Vinod and got addicted to drugs. He learned the schedule of Rashmi in the absence of Mohan and stole the key of Rashmi's bedroom to make a duplicate. One night after arriving from
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, Sumesh rushes towards Rashmi's house without her knowledge. Meanwhile, Mohan went away from the house after an argument with Rashmi. Sumesh waited for his chance and brought the required tools along with a bottle of strong poison with him. At first he poisoned a jar of milk kept in the room. But the plan failed. Subsequently, he had climbed up a ladder to reach the ventilator and attached some pieces of plastic pipes after tying a thread on its end. As Rashmi slept, Sumesh bought the thread quietly to Rashmi's mouth. He then sent poison to Rashmi's mouth via the pipe and thread. That was how Rashmi lost control and died. After that he burnt all the materials including bottles, gloves and dropped the bottle that contained poison to make everyone believe that it was a suicide. Back to the present, Shyam further explains that he understood the method of murder by observing the poison drops being dropped from Rashmi's bed to the ventilator in a straight line and often the drops were of different sizes. He further explains that the culprit had entered the house to switch off the inverter. This was to keep the ceiling fan out of use in order to hold the thread used for the murder steady. The police arrests Sumesh and the DGP and
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appreciate Shyam while Rashmi's family apologizes to Mohan as his innocence was proven. Mohan and Shyam happily smile at each other. The film ends as Shyam and team leave the conference hall.


Cast

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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 a dual role as: ** Detective Shyam Prasad ** Politician Mohan Kumar * Sindhu Menon as Reshmi, Mohan's wife * Kalabhavan Prajod as Sumesh *
Madhu Warrier Madhu Warrier (born 5 July 1976), professionally credited as Madhu Wariar, is an Indian actor, director and producer known for his roles in Malayalam films. He produced the films '' Swantham Lekhakan'' (2009) and ''Mayamohini'' (2012). He is t ...
as Detective Basheer *
Joju George Joseph "Joju" George (born 22 October 1977) is an Indian actor, playback singer, director, writer and producer who primarily works in Malayalam cinema along with Tamil, and Telugu cinemas. In 2015, he won the Kerala State Film Award †...
as Detective Shekhar *
Prem Prakash Cherian Joseph, popularly known as Prem Prakash is an Indian actor who predominantly works in Malayalam television serials and a producer in Malayalam movies. He is mainly known for supporting roles and character roles. He has produced 19 Mala ...
as Narayanan,
Chief Minister A chief minister is an elected or appointed head of government of – in most instances – a sub-national entity, for instance an administrative subdivision or federal constituent entity. Examples include a state (and sometimes a union ter ...
of
Kerala Kerala ( , ) is a States and union territories of India, state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, by combining Malayalam-speaking regions of the erstwhile ...
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Jagathi Sreekumar Sreekumar Achary (born 5 January 1951), better known by his stage name Jagathy Sreekumar or simply Jagathy, is an Indian actor, director and playback singer, who has appeared in over 1500 Malayalam films in a career spanning almost four decades ...
as Detective Chandrachoodan * Devan as DGP * Sai Kumar as SP James Joseph IPS *
Subair Subair (25 May 1962 – 18 August 2010) was an Indian actor in Malayalam cinema industry. He was part of Malayalam films for nearly two decades and acted in around 200 films. Personal life Subair was born in the village of Chokli, Thalasserry ...
as John Samuel *
T. P. Madhavan T. P. Madhavan (7 November 1935 – 9 October 2024) was an Indian actor who worked in Malayalam cinema, Malayalam films. He began acting at age 40 and appeared in over 600 films. Initially known for playing antagonistic roles, he transitioned t ...
as Raghavan *
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 Shivaraman, opposition leader *
Augustine Augustine of Hippo ( , ; ; 13 November 354 – 28 August 430) was a theologian and philosopher of Berber origin and the bishop of Hippo Regius in Numidia, Roman North Africa. His writings deeply influenced the development of Western philosop ...
as Thankachan *
Babu Namboothiri Babu Namboothiri (born 12 August 1947) is a retired Chemistry Professor and Head Of Department of Deva Mata College Kuravilangad and an Indian film and TV actor who has starred in more than 100 Malayalam films and various serials. He is famou ...
as Prabhakaran Thampi, Reshmi's father *
Baiju Santhosh Baiju Santhosh Kumar is an Indian actor who works in Malayalam films. He began his acting career in 1981, as a child artist in the film '' Maniyan Pilla Adhava Maniyan Pilla''. Since then he has acted in more than 300 films. Acting career He b ...
as Suresh *
Madhupal Madhupal Kannambathu is an Indian actor, director, and screenwriter who works in Malayalam cinema. Madhupal made his acting debut with '' Kashmeeram'' in 1994 and his directorial debut with '' Thalappavu'' (2008), which was about Arikkad Varghe ...
as Kumbalam Jose *
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 d ...
as Father Gabriel *
Koottickal Jayachandran Koottickal Jayachandran is an Indian actor who works in the Malayalam film industry. He started his career as a Mimicry artist. He is a well known mimicry artist and presenter of shows like 'Jagathy v. Jagathy' and 'Comedy Time' on Surya TV ...
as Ashokan, Sumesh's brother *
Ponnamma Babu Ponnamma Babu is an Indian actress best known for her work in Malayalam cinema. She has acted in more than 300 films, TV serials and comedy shows. She made her debut in ''Padanayakan'' in 1996. Personal life Ponnamma was born to Mathai and ...
as Devaki, Reshmi's mother * Cherthala Lalitha * Deepika Mohan


Box office

The film was successful at the box office.


References


External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Detective (2007 Film) 2007 films 2000s Malayalam-language films Indian spy thriller films Films directed by Jeethu Joseph Fictional portrayals of the Kerala Police Twins in Indian films