''Indraprastham'' is a 1996 Indian

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-language political action thriller directed by Haridas, starring

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, Vikram,

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and

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in prominent roles. The film marks the debut of

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Plot

Chitra Narayan, a political journalist with ''Observer Daily'' in Delhi, is in love with Kiran Varma, a budding actor. Kiran gets falsely accused of murdering a woman Anitha Kulkarni and gets arrested. She sees a video of the murder where it shows Kiran to be the culprit. She gets followed by a group of goons. Chitra reaches Bangalore, but the goons reach there after her. She gets saved by Sathish Menon, a software engineer and his friend Peter. They becomes her saviors. After watching the video, Sathish realizes that Kiran's face was actually morphed into the real killer's face. Using a computer software, that he had designed for NASA, he finds that the real killer is Paul B. Issac, a Delhi-based politician and decides to expose Paul. Meanwhile, Kiran is killed. Sathish's software company suffers huge setbacks after Paul's illegal influence, causing huge losses. Sathish openly begins his battle for justice for Chitra.

Cast

as Sathish Menon * Vikram as Peter *

as Chitra Narayanan *

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as Kiran Verma *

as Mohan George * Devan as Paul B. Issac *

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as K. N. Nair *

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as Manikkoth Kunjukrishna Panicker *

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as Anitha Kulkarni *

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as Shyam Kaushik *Azeez as Police Commissioner * Abu Salim as Mercenary * C. R. Saraswathi as Dance Teacher *

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in the

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Sakshi Shivanand Sakshi Shivanand is an Indian actress, who has appeared in Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam and Hindi films. Her most notable work is '' Aapko Pehle Bhi Kahin Dekha Hai'' which was directed by Anubhav Sinha and co-starred Priyanshu Chatter ...

Music

The

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is composed by Vidyasagar

Release

The film was released on 23 August 1996, and did not perform well in the box office. The film was dubbed and released in Tamil as ''Delhi Darbar'', with a reviewer noting "the strong cast is the main attraction".

References

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* 1990s Malayalam-language films 1990s political thriller films 1996 films Indian political action films Indian political thriller films Films set in Delhi Films scored by Vidyasagar (composer) Films shot in Delhi Indian action thriller films Films set in Bengaluru 1996 action thriller films Films shot in Bengaluru Films set in Karnataka Films shot in Karnataka {{1990s-crime-film-stub