August 15 (2011 film)

2011 Indian film

August 15

Directed by| Shaji Kailas
Written by| S. N. Swami
Produced by| M. Mani
Starring| Mammootty
Nedumudi Venu
Siddique
Saikumar
Lalu Alex
Meghana Raj
Shwetha Menon
Cinematography| Pradeep Nair
Edited by| Boominathan
Music by| Rajamani

Production
company

Sunitha Productions

Distributed by| Aroma Release & PJ Entertainments

Release date

* 24 March 2011 (2011-03-24)

Running time

| 179 minutes
Country| India
Language| Malayalam

August 15 is a 2011 Malayalam-language crime thriller film directed by Shaji Kailas, written by S. N. Swamy, and produced by M. Mani. It stars Mammootty, Meghana Raj, Nedumudi Venu, Siddique, Sai Kumar, Shwetha Menon, and Lalu Alex.

The film is a sequel to the 1988 film August 1 which was directed by Sibi Malayil and written by S. N. Swamy.[1][2]

August 15 was released on 24 March 2011. It received mixed reviews from critics and became a box office success.

## Premise

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On 15 August, DYSP Perumal of Crime Branch in Kerala, is assigned to investigate the assassination attempt on V. G. Sadasivan, the Chief Minister of Kerala. Perumal realizes that Abraham, a cunning assassin and a professional killer who leaves no evidence, is behind the assassination, and a cat-and-mouse game begins with Perumal heading to capture Abraham.

## Cast

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* Mammootty as DySP Perumal , Crime Branch[3]
* Nedumudi Venu as V. G. Sadasivan, Chief Minister of Kerala
* Siddique as Abraham, a professional assassin
* Jagathy Sreekumar as Aravindakshan, an aide at CM's residence
* Meghana Raj as Lakshmi, a cyber cell officer
* Shwetha Menon as Dr. Farida Hassan
* Sai Kumar as Subhash, Party Secretary
* Thalaivasal Vijay as DGP Reghuram IPS
* Lalu Alex as ADGP Peter Zackariah IPS
* Biju Pappan as DGP Srinivasan IPS
* Madhu as Dr. George
* Balachandran Chullikkadu as Vasudevan, political secretary to the chief minister
* Deepesh as Stephen, Perumal's assistant
* Aditya as Vinod
* Ranjith as Kannan
* Kundara Johny as Eppachan
* Chali Pala as Narayanan
* Poojappura Ravi as Swami
* Krishna
* Zeenath
* Harishree Ashokan as Chackochan
* Ambika Mohan as Ammini, Sadasivan's wife
* Maya Moushmi as Dr. Usha
* Reshmi Boban as Nithya, Sadasivan's daughter
* Indulekha as Radhika, a journalist

## References

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1. ^ "Mammootty is back as cop in August 15". Sify. Archived from the original on 25 March 2022.
2. ^ "August 15 - Movie Review: A thriller without kick". www.filmibeat.com. 28 March 2011.
3. ^ "I'm like a hard working farmer: Mammootty". The New Indian Express. 19 October 2010.

## External links

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* Rediff Review

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Malayalam films|

* News (1989)
* Sunday 7 PM (1990)
* Dr. Pasupathy (1990)
* Souhrudam (1991)
* Kilukkampetti (1992)
* Thalasthanam (1992)
* Sthalathe Pradhana Payyans (1993)
* Ekalavyan (1993)
* Commissioner (1994)
* Mafia (1994)
* Rudraksham (1995)
* The King (1995)
* Mahathma (1996)
* Asuravamsam (1997)
* Aaraam Thampuran (1997)
* The Truth (1998)
* F. I. R. (1999)
* Narasimham (2000)
* Valliettan (2000)
* Thandavam (2002)
* Natturajavu (2004)
* The Tiger (2005)
* Baba Kalyani (2006)
* Chinthamani Kolacase (2006)
* The Don (2006)
* Time (2007)
* Alibhai (2007)
* Sound of Boot (2008)
* Kerala Cafe (2009)
* Red Chillies (2009)
* Drona 2010 (2010)
* August 15 (2011)
* The King & the Commissioner (2012)
* Simhasanam (2012)
* Madirasi (2012)
* Ginger (2013)
* Kaduva (2022)
* Kaapa (2022)
* Alone (2023)
* Hunt (2024)

Tamil films|

* Vaanchinathan (2001)
* Jana (2004)
* Ellam Avan Seyal (2008)
* En Vazhi Thani Vazhi (2015)
* Vaigai Express (2017)

Telugu films|

* Vishnu (2003)

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