''Pokkiri Simon'' is a 2017 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

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directed by Jijo Antony.

Sunny Wayne Sujith Unnikrishnan (born 19 August 1983), known by his stage name Sunny Wayne is an Indian actor who predominantly works in Malayalam cinema in second lead to supporting roles. He made his acting debut in ''Second Show'' (2012), in which Dulqu ...

and Prayaga Martin play the lead roles. whereas Jacob Gregory, Appani Sarath,

Nedumudi Venu Kesavan Venugopal (22 May 1948 – 11 October 2021), better known by his stage name Nedumudi Venu, was an Indian actor and screenwriter from Kerala, who predominantly worked in Malayalam cinema. He acted in more than 500 films, primarily in M ...

Dileesh Pothan Dileesh Philip (born 19 February 1980), also known as Dileesh Pothan is an Indian film director, actor and producer, who works in Malayalam cinema. He made his directorial debut with the 2016 comedy drama film '' Maheshinte Prathikaaram'', sta ...

Saiju Kurup Saiju Govinda Kurup (born 12 March 1979) is an Indian actor who works in Malayalam and Tamil Tamil may refer to: People, culture and language * Tamils, an ethno-linguistic group native to India, Sri Lanka, and some other parts of Asia **Sri ...

, Shammy Thilakan,

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 ...

, Ashokan, Marshall Titto, Bitto, and Thanuja Kartik play in the supporting roles. The film was produced by Krishnan Sethukumar under the banner of Srivari films. The story, screenplay and dialogue of the film were written by Dr. K. Ampady. The cinematography is by Pappinu. The film is loosely based on the life of the

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 ...

fans of actor Vijay.

Plot

Simon, Biju and Ganesh who are local boys bound by their love for Vijay. Though their parents want them to earn a living, they lead a carefree life. Arjunan Muthalali and his brother Indran are petty criminals. One day, Simon and friends are returning a cutout of Vijay to a movie theater, and the cutout is hit by Indran's car, breaking its legs. In a rage, they fight with Indran and gang. Indran is admitted to hospital and Simon is arrested by SI Satyan. Simon is soon released from custody by CI Alex who is close to Simon and the gang. Simon's father constable Yesudas gets a

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from a fully burnt body while examining it. Goons sent by Arjunan come to Yesudas' house to retrieve the drive, but Simon fights them off. Knowing the power of Arjunan, Yesudas returns the drive and asks Arjunan to spare his son and friends. To get in touch with Deepa Simon takes Ganesh's daughter Jennifer to Deepa's dance class. One day Simon drops Jenni off in front of her house after class. Ganesh informs Simon that his daughter is missing. Simon searches for her. He finds out that a racket abducts children and uses them for begging. A man from the gang is brought to his house and Simon interrogates him. Meanwhile, Jennifer is released by the gang and is admitted to the hospital. Simon learns Arjunan is behind the racket and that some children are used in the

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. It is revealed that the burnt body was of doctor Jomon, who had discovered the illegal activities in Arjunan's hospital and placed the details on the flash drive. They burned his body to destroy all evidence related to the crime. Biju had taken the copy of the contents in the

hoping for an

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in it. The drive instead contained details of Arjunan's racket. Simon and friends with CI Alex and Prof. Seetharaman meet Arjunan and his gang at their hideout. It is revealed by then Alex was Arjunan's partner in crime. Alex's intention was to garner local support for the upcoming election without any expense. Hence, he befriended Thalapathy fans and joined forces with Arjunan. But the man from the beggar gang already told Simon about Alex's involvement. The fans fight the villains. Alex and Arjunan and his gang are sent to jail. Alex explains how he ended up in jail to his inmates

Jude Anthany Joseph Jude Anthany Joseph (born Sijo Joseph) is an Indian film director, screenwriter and actor, who works in Malayalam film industry. His directorial debut was with '' Ohm Shanthi Oshaana'' in 2014, which won the Best Film with Popular Appeal and ...

and

Sudhi Koppa Sudhi Koppa is an Indian actor who appears in Malayalam films. He made his cinematic debut in 2009 with an uncredited appearance in '' Sagar Alias Jacky Reloaded'' (2009). Personal life Sudhi hails from Kochi. His father, who was a government ...

. Simon has become a police constable and the last scene shows that he and Deepa together watching "

Bairavaa ''Bairavaa'' is a 2017 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film. The film written and directed by Bharathan, and produced by B. Venkatarama Reddy. The film stars Vijay in the titular role alongside Keerthy Suresh, Jagapathi Babu, Daniel Bala ...

" acted by Vijay.

Cast

as "

Pokkiri ''Pokkiri'' () is a 2007 Indian Tamil-language action film directed by Prabhu Deva and produced by Kanagarathna Movies. It is the Tamil remake of the 2006 Telugu film '' Pokiri'' directed by story writer Puri Jagannadh. The film stars Vijay ...

" Head Construble Simon * Prayaga Martin as Deepa * Jacob Gregory as Hanuman Biju * Appani Sarath as "Love today" Ganesh * Janaki as Jennifer *

as Prof. Seetha Raman *

as C.I Alex *

as Beemapally Noushad *

Shammi Thilakan Shammi Thilakan is an Indian actor and dubbing artist who works in Malayalam films. He is the son of veteran actor Thilakan. He has lent his voice for actors such as Napoleon in ''Devasuram'', Prem Nazir in ''Kadathanadan Ambadi'' and for Nas ...

as Arjunan * Tito Wilson as Indran * Ashokan as H.C Yesudas, Simon's father * Baiju as S.I Sathyan * Marshal Tito as Indran *

Sajid Yahiya Sajid Yahiya (born 20 December 1984) is an Indian film director, actor, Film producer, producer and Composer, music composer who works in Malayalam cinema. He made his directorial debut in 2016 with the film ''IDI - Inspector Dawood Ibrahim''. ...

Singam ''Singam'' () is a 2010 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film written and directed by Hari. Produced by K. E. Gnanavel Raja's Studio Green and Reliance BIG Entertainment, ans distributed by Sun Pictures, it is the first installment in t ...

Suni *

Vijay Menon Vijay Menon is an Indian actor, editor, director and dubbing artist in Malayalam cinema. He has acted in more than 100 films in South Indian languages. He mainly handles in character roles and supporting roles. He has won Kerala State Film Awa ...

as Mariner Somashekahran *

Thara Kalyan Thara Kalyan is an Indian classical dancer and actress in mainstream Malayalam Television and Cinema. She is also a professional dancer in Bharatanatyam, Mohiniyattam, and Kuchipudi.She is an 'A top' Mohiniyattam artist of Doordarshan. She is ...

as Sreedevi aka Sree, Deepa's mother * Bitto as Moosa *

Hemanth Menon Vineeth Suresh (born 19 April 1990), better known by his stage name Hemanth Menon, is an Indian actor who predominantly works in Malayalam Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian languages, Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Ker ...

as Jomon * Rajesh Hebbar as Jomon's father *

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as Mahalakshmi *

Poojappura Ravi Raveendran Nair (28 October 1936 – 18 June 2023), known by his stage name Poojappura Ravi, was an Indian actor who primarily performed comedy roles in Malayalam films. Career Poojappura Ravi was a stage actor and was a part of the drama ...

as Security *

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as Ganesh's wife, Jayamol * Thanuja Kartik as Tessa * Erode Mahesh as Tandoori ; Guest appearances *

as a prisoner * Hannah Reji Koshy as Mariamma * Siddique as City Police Commissioner Prakash John IPS * Sudeep Kopa * Pradeep Kottayam * Poojappura Radhakrishnan as Hanuman Baiju's father * Govindan Kutty as Proposed man * Chempil Ashokan * Dr. Shaju Sham as Proposed man's father * KPAC Leelamani as Hanuman Baiju's mother * Deepika Mohan as Proposed man's mother * Sreekala Thaha as Nun's mother * Anita Dileep

Music

The music and background scores are by

Gopi Sundar Gopi Sundar C. S. (born 30 May 1977) is an Indian music director, Programming (music), programmer, playback singer, songwriter, actor and performer who works in the Malayalam, Telugu language, Telugu and Tamil language, Tamil film industries. ...

. The songs are sung by Karthik, Sithara. The film has three songs. The lyrics are by Harinarayanan. The music is released by East Coast Music.

Soundtrack

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 6688018 2017 films 2010s Malayalam-language films Indian action comedy films Films scored by Gopi Sundar