New Delhi (1987 film)
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New Delhi is a Malayalam thriller film directed by Joshiy
and starring Mammootty
in the lead role. It is one of the biggest hits in the history of Malayalam cinema
. The theme of the movie - the story of avenge followed by series of killings - was adapted in many later films. Released on 24 July 1987, the film was a trend setter in Malayalam as well as the other South India
n film industries. The film marked the return of ace actor Mammootty
to the superstar
position in Malayalam cinema. This film was dubbed and released in Bengali
, Tamil
, Hindi and Marathi
, with the same title. The film is loosely based on the novel Almighty by Irving Wallace
. This film was remade in Hindi
with the same title starring Jeetendra
and in Kannada
starring Ambareesh
.
) is a cartoonist and investigative journalist working in New Delhi
. Urvashi
plays the role of his sister Uma, who is also a journalist. G. K. falls in love with Maria Fernandes (Sumalatha
) who is a professional dancer in New Delhi
. C. R. Panikkar (Jagannatha Varma
) and Shankar (Devan
), two political icons, book a dance show of Maria on the eve of republic day. They called her to a hotel room where she was brutally raped. G. K. decides to report this sensitive news in his newspaper. But the chief editor, instead of congratulating him informed the villain about his plan. G. K. was arrested by the police that night on fake charges. He was brought to the court where he had to face many false witnesses including Fernandes, Maria's father who claimed nobody did any harm to his daughter. The court punished him by five years rigorous imprisonment and the verdict was that G. K. was mentally unfit and should be kept under mental asylum for one and a half years. G. K. had to face lot of brutalities in the mental asylum and prison. G. K. made Ananthan (Vijayaraghavan), Siddiq(Siddique
)and Appu's acquaintance from the jail. He was once selected to be set free from prison as part of Republic day but was denied of the chance by Shankar.
Nataraj Vishnu (Thyagarajan) was a murderer who was sentenced to death by the court. G.K., who already had a plan of avenge met Vishnu and offered him help for breaking the jail. After completing the five year period, G.K. became free. Maria was all set ready with a new newspaper which she dedicated to G.K. He arranged every help for Vishnu, Ananthan, Siddiq and Appu to break the jail. G.K. delayed the issuing of his newspaper even if his newspaper had all facilities and trained journalists including Uma and Suresh (Suresh Gopi
), fiancee of Uma. He wanted his newspaper to release only after getting a very sensational news.
G.K. instructed the four membered team to kill C. R. Panikkar. He was electrified and killed, the torturing method G.K. had to face in the mental asylum. The newspaper was printed in the night he got killed itself. The newspaper had a grand reception by the people since this sensational news. G.K. murdered everyone involved in torturing him brutally and reported this in his newspaper before the actual occurrence of the incident. G.K.'s newspaper soon became the leading newspaper in India.
Uma and Suresh had doubts about how the news being published in their newspaper so early by the "unknown" reporter. G.K. instructed the team to kill Suresh who got some evidences and photos about this. G.K. who later came to know about the affair between Uma and Suresh tried to rescue Suresh but could not.
The last prey of G.K.'s series of killings was Shankar, who was a central minister then. G.K. as usuall, instructed the team to kill Shankar and he published a news about Minister Shankar's murder. But the team could not cross the tight security and kill him. They all were killed in an encounter with police. G.K. who was all set to release his next day's newspaper was arrested by the police in conspirating the attack on Shankar. Shankar came to the office of G.K. to harass him. G.K. tried the last chance to kill Shankar with his pistol but failed in that too. Soon, Maria Fernandes shot Shankar with the pistol. The police tried to lock her, but she succeeded in killing him.
, Sumalatha
, Suresh Gopi
, Devan and Urvashi
. There were many considerable efforts to replace Mammootty, since his star value was totally diminished due to numerous continuous flops including four by Joshi. However, the producer showed confidence on Mammootty and finalised his cast by including B.Thyagarajan, Siddique
, Vijayaraghavan and Mohan Jose as the four member team and Jagannatha Varma
as the main villain.
. Many of the portions were shot on Kerala House
and on the Delhi Jail.
. The team of New Delhi then worked on a new project, titled Nair Saab
, and planned to release both the films together after at least an average grossed film of Mammootty. However, the distributor took a big risk to release the film on 24 July 1987.
was regarded as one the best one till then in malayalam movie history. He was a hot contender for National Film Award for Best Actor
along with Nedumudi Venu
for Oru Minnaminunginte Nurunguvettam
and Kamal Hassan for Nayagan
. He lost the award to Kamal. The total budget of the film was 29 lakhs , but the film got 42 lakhs by sales of rights only.
Joshi (director)
Joshiy is a popular Malayalam film director who is popular for big budget action movies with huge star cast. In his three decades long career, Joshi has made several big hits and is still active in film making.-Career:...
and starring Mammootty
Mammootty
Mammootty is an Indian film actor and producer who works mainly in Malayalam cinema. He has also acted in a few Tamil, Hindi, Telugu, and Kannada films. During a career spanning more than three decades, he has acted in more than 360 films, and is only next to Prem Nazir in the number of lead roles...
in the lead role. It is one of the biggest hits in the history of Malayalam cinema
Malayalam cinema
The Cinema of Kerala or Malayalam cinema refers to the film industry in the Indian state of Kerala, which makes films in the Malayalam language. Malayalam movies typically portray social or family issues and are considered more realistic than films from other parts of India. Malayalam cinema has...
. The theme of the movie - the story of avenge followed by series of killings - was adapted in many later films. Released on 24 July 1987, the film was a trend setter in Malayalam as well as the other South India
South India
South India is the area encompassing India's states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu as well as the union territories of Lakshadweep and Pondicherry, occupying 19.31% of India's area...
n film industries. The film marked the return of ace actor Mammootty
Mammootty
Mammootty is an Indian film actor and producer who works mainly in Malayalam cinema. He has also acted in a few Tamil, Hindi, Telugu, and Kannada films. During a career spanning more than three decades, he has acted in more than 360 films, and is only next to Prem Nazir in the number of lead roles...
to the superstar
Superstar
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position in Malayalam cinema. This film was dubbed and released in Bengali
Bengali language
Bengali or Bangla is an eastern Indo-Aryan language. It is native to the region of eastern South Asia known as Bengal, which comprises present day Bangladesh, the Indian state of West Bengal, and parts of the Indian states of Tripura and Assam. It is written with the Bengali script...
, Tamil
Tamil language
Tamil is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by Tamil people of the Indian subcontinent. It has official status in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and in the Indian union territory of Pondicherry. Tamil is also an official language of Sri Lanka and Singapore...
, Hindi and Marathi
Marathi language
Marathi is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Marathi people of western and central India. It is the official language of the state of Maharashtra. There are over 68 million fluent speakers worldwide. Marathi has the fourth largest number of native speakers in India and is the fifteenth most...
, with the same title. The film is loosely based on the novel Almighty by Irving Wallace
Irving Wallace
Irving Wallace was an American best-selling author and screenwriter. Wallace was known for his heavily researched novels, many with a sexual theme. One critic described him "as the most successful of all the many exponents of junk fiction perhaps because he took it all so seriously, not so say...
. This film was remade in Hindi
Hindi
Standard Hindi, or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi, also known as Manak Hindi , High Hindi, Nagari Hindi, and Literary Hindi, is a standardized and sanskritized register of the Hindustani language derived from the Khariboli dialect of Delhi...
with the same title starring Jeetendra
Jeetendra
Jeetendra born Ravi Kapoor is an Indian actor and television producer...
and in Kannada
Kannada language
Kannada or , is a language spoken in India predominantly in the state of Karnataka. Kannada, whose native speakers are called Kannadigas and number roughly 50 million, is one of the 30 most spoken languages in the world...
starring Ambareesh
Ambareesh
Malavallii Huche Gowda Amarnath or M.H.Amarnath born 29 May 1952 at Maddur Taluk in Mandya District of Karnataka State is a Kannada film actor...
.
Plot
G. Krishnamoorthy aka G. K. (MammoottyMammootty
Mammootty is an Indian film actor and producer who works mainly in Malayalam cinema. He has also acted in a few Tamil, Hindi, Telugu, and Kannada films. During a career spanning more than three decades, he has acted in more than 360 films, and is only next to Prem Nazir in the number of lead roles...
) is a cartoonist and investigative journalist working in New Delhi
New Delhi
New Delhi is the capital city of India. It serves as the centre of the Government of India and the Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi. New Delhi is situated within the metropolis of Delhi. It is one of the nine districts of Delhi Union Territory. The total area of the city is...
. Urvashi
Urvashi (actress)
Kavitha Ranjini, better known by her stage name Urvashi , is an Indian film actress and producer. She was a prominent lead actress during the 1980s and 1990s in Malayalam, Tamil, Kannada, and Telugu films. She has dubbed in her own voice in all these languages. And she produced the film Pidakkozhi...
plays the role of his sister Uma, who is also a journalist. G. K. falls in love with Maria Fernandes (Sumalatha
Sumalatha
Sumalatha is a popular Indian film actress. She has acted in more than 200 films in Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil and Hindi movies.-Early life:...
) who is a professional dancer in New Delhi
New Delhi
New Delhi is the capital city of India. It serves as the centre of the Government of India and the Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi. New Delhi is situated within the metropolis of Delhi. It is one of the nine districts of Delhi Union Territory. The total area of the city is...
. C. R. Panikkar (Jagannatha Varma
Jagannatha Varma
K. N. Jagannatha Varma is a Malayalam film and seriel actor. He is also an accomplished Kathakali artist.his son Manu Varma also a recoganized artist and his son in law Viji Thampi is a well known Film Director. He acted in a number of Malayalam movies performing stereo typical roles of a senior...
) and Shankar (Devan
Devan (actor)
Devan is an Indian film actor and politician. He started his film career as the producer of the technically brilliant, but box-office flop movie Vellam and then opted to become an actor. Devan is known for his handling of serious roles, though he started his career with supporting roles...
), two political icons, book a dance show of Maria on the eve of republic day. They called her to a hotel room where she was brutally raped. G. K. decides to report this sensitive news in his newspaper. But the chief editor, instead of congratulating him informed the villain about his plan. G. K. was arrested by the police that night on fake charges. He was brought to the court where he had to face many false witnesses including Fernandes, Maria's father who claimed nobody did any harm to his daughter. The court punished him by five years rigorous imprisonment and the verdict was that G. K. was mentally unfit and should be kept under mental asylum for one and a half years. G. K. had to face lot of brutalities in the mental asylum and prison. G. K. made Ananthan (Vijayaraghavan), Siddiq(Siddique
Siddique (actor)
Siddique is a Malayalam film actor, producer, and television compere. He started his film career doing comedy roles and later performed in a variety of roles.-Early career:...
)and Appu's acquaintance from the jail. He was once selected to be set free from prison as part of Republic day but was denied of the chance by Shankar.
Nataraj Vishnu (Thyagarajan) was a murderer who was sentenced to death by the court. G.K., who already had a plan of avenge met Vishnu and offered him help for breaking the jail. After completing the five year period, G.K. became free. Maria was all set ready with a new newspaper which she dedicated to G.K. He arranged every help for Vishnu, Ananthan, Siddiq and Appu to break the jail. G.K. delayed the issuing of his newspaper even if his newspaper had all facilities and trained journalists including Uma and Suresh (Suresh Gopi
Suresh Gopi
Suresh Gopinathan Nair , often credited as Suresh Gopi , is an Indian film actor who works mainly in Malayalam cinema; he is famous for his roles in police dramas. He is noted for his leading roles as much as his character roles...
), fiancee of Uma. He wanted his newspaper to release only after getting a very sensational news.
G.K. instructed the four membered team to kill C. R. Panikkar. He was electrified and killed, the torturing method G.K. had to face in the mental asylum. The newspaper was printed in the night he got killed itself. The newspaper had a grand reception by the people since this sensational news. G.K. murdered everyone involved in torturing him brutally and reported this in his newspaper before the actual occurrence of the incident. G.K.'s newspaper soon became the leading newspaper in India.
Uma and Suresh had doubts about how the news being published in their newspaper so early by the "unknown" reporter. G.K. instructed the team to kill Suresh who got some evidences and photos about this. G.K. who later came to know about the affair between Uma and Suresh tried to rescue Suresh but could not.
The last prey of G.K.'s series of killings was Shankar, who was a central minister then. G.K. as usuall, instructed the team to kill Shankar and he published a news about Minister Shankar's murder. But the team could not cross the tight security and kill him. They all were killed in an encounter with police. G.K. who was all set to release his next day's newspaper was arrested by the police in conspirating the attack on Shankar. Shankar came to the office of G.K. to harass him. G.K. tried the last chance to kill Shankar with his pistol but failed in that too. Soon, Maria Fernandes shot Shankar with the pistol. The police tried to lock her, but she succeeded in killing him.
Cast
- MammoottyMammoottyMammootty is an Indian film actor and producer who works mainly in Malayalam cinema. He has also acted in a few Tamil, Hindi, Telugu, and Kannada films. During a career spanning more than three decades, he has acted in more than 360 films, and is only next to Prem Nazir in the number of lead roles...
as G.Krishnamoorthy aka G.K. - SumalathaSumalathaSumalatha is a popular Indian film actress. She has acted in more than 200 films in Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil and Hindi movies.-Early life:...
as Maria Fernandes - UrvashiUrvashi (actress)Kavitha Ranjini, better known by her stage name Urvashi , is an Indian film actress and producer. She was a prominent lead actress during the 1980s and 1990s in Malayalam, Tamil, Kannada, and Telugu films. She has dubbed in her own voice in all these languages. And she produced the film Pidakkozhi...
as Uma - B.Thyagarajan as Nataraj Vishnu aka Salem Vishnu
- SiddiqueSiddique (actor)Siddique is a Malayalam film actor, producer, and television compere. He started his film career doing comedy roles and later performed in a variety of roles.-Early career:...
as Sidhique - Vijayaraghavan as Ananthan
- Mohan Jose as Appu
- DevanDevanDevan was one of the greatest of twentieth century Tamil writers, known for his witty and humorous stories. Many people think of him as the 'Wodehouse' of Tamil writings....
as Shankar - Jagannatha VarmaJagannatha VarmaK. N. Jagannatha Varma is a Malayalam film and seriel actor. He is also an accomplished Kathakali artist.his son Manu Varma also a recoganized artist and his son in law Viji Thampi is a well known Film Director. He acted in a number of Malayalam movies performing stereo typical roles of a senior...
as C.R.Panikkar - Suresh GopiSuresh GopiSuresh Gopinathan Nair , often credited as Suresh Gopi , is an Indian film actor who works mainly in Malayalam cinema; he is famous for his roles in police dramas. He is noted for his leading roles as much as his character roles...
as Suresh - PrathapachandranPrathapachandranPrathapachandran was a Malayalam film actor who left a vivid impression through his dramatic portrayal of villainous and character roles in over 300 movies. He was born in 1941 at Omallur in Pathanamthitta District, Kerala, India. He died on December 16, 2004. He was 63.-Biography:Prathapachandran...
as Jailor
Crew
- Director: JoshiyJoshi (director)Joshiy is a popular Malayalam film director who is popular for big budget action movies with huge star cast. In his three decades long career, Joshi has made several big hits and is still active in film making.-Career:...
- Producer: Joy Thomas
- Story, Screenplay&DialoguesDennis JosephDennis JosephDennis Joseph is a Malayalam script writer and director. Born in Ettumanoor, Kottayam in Kerala, India, Dennis Joseph has been a popular name in the late so's and early nineties. Though has associated with several top directors, his best films had been with Joshi and Thambi Kannanthanam...
- Music: ShyamShyam (composer)Samuel Joseph alias Shyam is a popular Malayalam music director from Tamil Nadu, India. He has scored music for over 300 films including Telugu, Kannada, Tamil and Hindi languages. He also composed many Christian devotional songs...
- Cinematographer: Jayanan VincentJayanan VincentJayanan Vincent is an Indian cinematographer. He is the son of veteran cinematographer, A. Vincent. He started his career with Malayalam films in the late 80's; and went on to become a prominent cinematographer in the Telugu industry...
- Editor: K. Sankunny
Casting
The originally decided cast included MammoottyMammootty
Mammootty is an Indian film actor and producer who works mainly in Malayalam cinema. He has also acted in a few Tamil, Hindi, Telugu, and Kannada films. During a career spanning more than three decades, he has acted in more than 360 films, and is only next to Prem Nazir in the number of lead roles...
, Sumalatha
Sumalatha
Sumalatha is a popular Indian film actress. She has acted in more than 200 films in Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil and Hindi movies.-Early life:...
, Suresh Gopi
Suresh Gopi
Suresh Gopinathan Nair , often credited as Suresh Gopi , is an Indian film actor who works mainly in Malayalam cinema; he is famous for his roles in police dramas. He is noted for his leading roles as much as his character roles...
, Devan and Urvashi
Urvashi (actress)
Kavitha Ranjini, better known by her stage name Urvashi , is an Indian film actress and producer. She was a prominent lead actress during the 1980s and 1990s in Malayalam, Tamil, Kannada, and Telugu films. She has dubbed in her own voice in all these languages. And she produced the film Pidakkozhi...
. There were many considerable efforts to replace Mammootty, since his star value was totally diminished due to numerous continuous flops including four by Joshi. However, the producer showed confidence on Mammootty and finalised his cast by including B.Thyagarajan, Siddique
Siddique (actor)
Siddique is a Malayalam film actor, producer, and television compere. He started his film career doing comedy roles and later performed in a variety of roles.-Early career:...
, Vijayaraghavan and Mohan Jose as the four member team and Jagannatha Varma
Jagannatha Varma
K. N. Jagannatha Varma is a Malayalam film and seriel actor. He is also an accomplished Kathakali artist.his son Manu Varma also a recoganized artist and his son in law Viji Thampi is a well known Film Director. He acted in a number of Malayalam movies performing stereo typical roles of a senior...
as the main villain.
Filming
The film was scheduled to begin on January 17, 1987 in New Delhi. But due to tight security following the Sikh Riots of 1987, it was postponed to January 29. Thus creating a huge loss to the producer, the filming was begun on that date and was finished after a tight 16–17 days schedule, a comparatively lower time period. The film was completed on February 14.Filming locations
The film was picturised completely in New DelhiNew Delhi
New Delhi is the capital city of India. It serves as the centre of the Government of India and the Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi. New Delhi is situated within the metropolis of Delhi. It is one of the nine districts of Delhi Union Territory. The total area of the city is...
. Many of the portions were shot on Kerala House
Kerala House
Kerala House is the official state house of Government of Kerala at New Delhi. As each state of India has to maintain a statutory representative and state mission house in the capital, to liaison with Central Government on behalf of state, Kerala House represents Kerala. The house belongs to Kerala...
and on the Delhi Jail.
Release
The release date of the film were changed many times, mainly due to the commercial failures of Mammootty-starrer films. The film was declared to be shelved for time being along with many other Mammootty films including the later blockbuster ThaniyavarthanamThaniyavarthanam
Thaniyavarthanam is a 1987 Malayalam film written by A. K. Lohithadas and directed by Sibi Malayil. It stars Mammootty, Thilakan, Mukesh, Saritha, Philomina and Kaviyoor Ponnamma in the main roles. The story revolves around a family whose male members have a history of lunacy.-Plot:Balan Mash is...
. The team of New Delhi then worked on a new project, titled Nair Saab
Nair Saab
Nair Saab is a 1989 blockbuster Malayalam film directed by Joshiy and starring Megastar Mammootty in the title role. It was released on the occasion of Onam.-Plot:...
, and planned to release both the films together after at least an average grossed film of Mammootty. However, the distributor took a big risk to release the film on 24 July 1987.
Reception
The film had a very low initial collection from all centres. But in the following days, the film got overwhelming positive reviews from all corners and the performance of MammoottyMammootty
Mammootty is an Indian film actor and producer who works mainly in Malayalam cinema. He has also acted in a few Tamil, Hindi, Telugu, and Kannada films. During a career spanning more than three decades, he has acted in more than 360 films, and is only next to Prem Nazir in the number of lead roles...
was regarded as one the best one till then in malayalam movie history. He was a hot contender for National Film Award for Best Actor
National Film Award for Best Actor
The National Film Award for Best Actor is an honor presented annually at the National Film Awards of India to an actor who has delivered the best performance in a leading role within the Indian film industry.-Background:The Directorate of Film Festivals makes awards annually in several categories...
along with Nedumudi Venu
Nedumudi Venu
Nedumudi Venu is a popular Malayalam film actor from Kerala, India. He has also written screenplays and has directed one film.- Early life :...
for Oru Minnaminunginte Nurunguvettam
Oru Minnaminunginte Nurunguvettam
Oru Minnaminunginte Nurunguvettam is a 1987 Malayalam drama film directed by Bharathan, written by John Paul and starring Nedumudi Venu, Sharada and Parvathy. The film is about an elderly teacher couple, who bring up a girl with devotion — only to lose her as well as her son...
and Kamal Hassan for Nayagan
Nayagan
Nayagan is a Indian film, written, directed, and co-produced by Mani Ratnam which released on 21 October 1987 coinciding with Diwali. Upon release, the film got rave reviews across India. Kamal Hassan's performance as Velu Naiker earned him a National Film Award for Best Actor. The film also...
. He lost the award to Kamal. The total budget of the film was 29 lakhs , but the film got 42 lakhs by sales of rights only.