Indraprastham (film)

Indraprastham
Directed by	Haridas
Written by	Robin Thirumala
Produced by	Premkumar Marath
Starring	Mammootty Vikram Simran
Cinematography	Sanjeev Shankar
Edited by	K. Sankunny
Music by	Vidyasagar
Release date	August 23, 1996 (1996-08-23) (India)
Running time	145 minutes
Country	India
Language	Malayalam

Indraprastham is a 1996 Indian Malayalam-language political action thriller directed by Haridas, starring Mammootty, Vikram, Simran and Prakash Raj in prominent roles. The film marks the debut of Simran in Malayalam cinema.

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, 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

• Mammootty as Sathish Menon
• Vikram as Peter
• Simran as Chitra Narayanan
• Akshay Anand as Kiran Verma
• Prakash Raj as Mohan George
• Devan as Paul B. Issac
• M. G. Soman as K. N. Nair
• Oduvil Unnikrishnan as Manikkoth Kunjukrishna Panicker
• Nirosha as Anitha Kulkarni
• Hemant Birje as Shyam Kaushik
• Azeez as Police Commissioner
• Abu Salim as Mercenary
• C. R. Saraswathi as Dance Teacher
• Priya Raman in the item number
• Sakshi Shivanand in item number

Music

The film score is composed by Vidyasagar

Song Title	Singers
"Thanka Thinkal"	M. G. Sreekumar, K. S. Chitra
"Parayumo Mookayamaame"	K. J. Yesudas
"Mazhavillin Kottarathhil"	Sujatha Mohan, Biju Narayanan
"Dekho Simple Magic"	Biju Narayanan
"Bolo Bolo"	K. J. Yesudas

Release

The film was released on 23 August 1996, and did not perform well in the box office.[1]

The film was dubbed and released in Tamil as Delhi Darbar, with a reviewer noting "the strong cast is the main attraction".[2]

References

1. "Glam girl Simran happy playing mom on screen". Daily News and Analysis. IANS. 26 May 2008. Archived from the original on 1 February 2015. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
2. "Cliched movie with a strong starcast". New Straits Times. 1 November 1997. pp. Arts 4. Retrieved 1 June 2023.

External links

• Indraprastham at IMDb