C.I.D. (1955 film)

1955 Indian film

C.I.D.

Directed by| M. Krishnan Nair
Written by| T. N. Gopinathan Nair
Produced by| P. Subramaniam
(Merryland)
Starring| Prem Nazir
Miss Kumari
Kottarakkara Sreedharan Nair
Kumari Thankam
Cinematography| N. S. Mani
Edited by| K. D. George
Music by| Br Lakshmanan
(songs)
Thirunayinarkurichi
(lyrics)

Production
company

Neela Productions

Distributed by| Kumaraswamy & Co.
(Travancore)
Film Distributing Co.
(Malabar & Cochin)

Release date

* 27 August 1955 (1955-08-27)

Running time

| 170 minutes
Country| India
Language| Malayalam

C.I.D. is a 1955 Indian Malayalam film made for Merryland Studio by director M. Krishnan Nair which stars Prem Nazir, Miss Kumari, Kottarakkara Sreedharan Nair and Kumari Thankam. It is generally considered as the first crime thriller movie in Malayalam.[1]

The film was dubbed into Tamil with the same title and was released in the same year, 1955.[2] K. Devanarayanan wrote the lyrics and dialogues.

## Plot

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C.I.D. Sudhakaran discovers who is behind the murder and in the end marries Menon's daughter Vasanthi.

## Cast

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* Prem Nazir as C.I.D. Sudhakaran
* Miss Kumari as Vasanthi
* Kottarakkara Sreedharan Nair as Vallabhan
* Kumari Thankam as Valsala
* S. P. Pillai as Pichu & Vava
* Soman as Rudrapalan
* T. S. Muthaiah as Pachan
* Adoor Pankajam as Panki
* Jose Prakash as Mukunda Menon
* Sreekantan Nair as Inspector
* Kuttan Pillai as Sivaraman

## References

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1. ^ Vijayakumar, B. (28 September 2014). "Panchathantram: 1974". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
2. ^ Film News Anandan (23 October 2004). Sadhanaigal Padaitha Thamizh Thiraipada Varalaru [History of Landmark Tamil Films] (in Tamil). Chennai: Sivakami Publishers. Archived from the original on 26 August 2017.

## External links

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* C.I.D. at IMDb
* C.I.D. at the Malayalam Movie Database

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