CBI (film series)

Film series

CBI Film Franchise

Directed by| K. Madhu
Written by| S. N. Swamy
Produced by| M. Mani (1 - 2)
K. Madhu (3 - 4)
Swargachitra Appachan (5)
Starring| Mammootty
Mukesh
Jagathy Sreekumar
Cinematography| Vipindas (1 - 2)
Saloo George (3 - 4)
Akhil George (5)
Edited by| V. P. Krishnan (1 - 2)
P. C. Mohanan (3 - 4)
A. Sreekar Prasad (5)
Music by| Shyam (1, 2, 3, 4)
Jakes Bejoy (5)

Production
companies

Sunitha Productions (1 - 2)
Krishnakripa (3 - 4)
Swargachithra Films (5)

Distributed by| Aroma Movies (1 - 2)
Swargachithra Films (3 - 5)

Release dates

* 1988 (1988) (1)
* 1989 (1989) (2)
* 2004 (2004) (3)
* 2005 (2005) (4)
* 2022 (2022) (5)

Country| India
Language| Malayalam

CBI Film Franchise is an Indian Malayalam-language film series of mystery films directed by K. Madhu and written by S. N. Swamy featuring Mammootty as Sethurama Iyer, a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) officer in the title role. The series started off in 1988 with Oru CBI Diary Kurippu. The character Sethurama Iyer is said to have been inspired by a police officer named Radha Vinod Raju, who in 2009 was appointed as the first chief of India's National Investigation Agency.[1][2]

## Films

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The films depicts a team of three CBI officers led by Sethurama Iyer investigating into a murder case. All the films feature Mammootty as Sethurama Iyer. The other two members of the team vary in the series. All the five films that were released have Vikram, the character played by Jagathy Sreekumar as a CBI officer. But he is not part of the three-men team in the third film and fifth film but appears in the films for a short length. Chacko played by Mukesh appears in the first film but is not part of the team. But Chacko becomes part of the team from the second film onwards. Harry played by Suresh Gopi is present in the first movie as part of the team, but later transferred to Madras in the second sequel.

The films of the franchise are:

Year  | Film  | Director  | Screenwriter  | Producer  | Composer

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1988  | Oru CBI Diary Kurippu | K. Madhu | S. N. Swamy | M. Mani | Shyam
1989  | Jagratha
2004  | Sethurama Iyer CBI | K. Madhu
2005  | Nerariyan CBI
2022  | CBI 5: The Brain | Swargachitra Appachan | Jakes Bejoy

Sethurama Iyer (Malayalam: സേതുരാമയ്യര്‍) is a fictional character and the protagonist of the CBI film series. The character was played by Mammootty in all the films. He is an investigative officer of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). Iyer's popularity is attributed to the fact that he uses his brain rather than brawn to solve cases.
A sixth film in the franchise has announced by the director K. Madhu himself. The writer S. N. Swamy said he is not sure that whether he will be part of the crew.

## Cast and characters

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Central characters Mammootty, Jagathy and Mukesh as CBI officers. Character  | Oru CBI Diary Kurippu
(1988)  | Jagratha
(1989)  | Sethurama Iyer CBI
(2004)  | Nerariyan CBI
(2005)  | CBI 5
(2022)

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### Introduced in Oru CBI Diary Kurippu

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Sethurama Iyer | Mammootty
Vikram  | Jagathy Sreekumar
Chacko  | Mukesh
CI Harry  | Suresh Gopi |
DySP Devadas  | Sukumaran |
K. A. Ouseppachan  | Janardhanan |
Narayanan  | Prathapachandran |
Omana  |

Lissy

Annie  |

Urvashi

John Thomas  | Bahadoor |
Joy Mathew  | Vijayaraghavan |
SP Prabhakara Varma  | Captain Raju |
SP of CBI  | Jagannatha Varma |
C.I Alex  | K. P. A. C. Sunny |
Sunny  | Sreenath |  | Sreenath |
Home Minister Bhargavan  | C. I. Paul |
Police Surgeon  | Kollam Thulasi |
Padathalam Mathai  | Poojappura Ravi |
Mary  | Adoor Bhavani |  | Adoor Bhavani |
Sreedharan  | T. P. Madhavan |
Driver Vasu  | Kundara Johny |
Nun  | Sukumari |
Mohammed  | Kothuku Nanappan |

### Introduced in Jagratha

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Ashwathy  |  | Parvathy Jayaram |
Babu  |  | Babu Antony |
Adv. Janardanan Nair  |  | Babu Namboothiri |
I.G  |  | K. P. A. C. Azeez |
Vishwam  |  | Devan |
Kumar  |  | K. B. Ganesh Kumar |
Mohan  |  | Jose |
Anchor  |  | Kaithapram Damodaran Namboothiri |
Kurupu  |  | M. S. Thripunithura |
Thomas  |  | Paravoor Bharathan |
Vandana  |  | Sreeja |
Rukmini  |  | Kanakalatha |
Fake policeman  |  | James |
Suryan  |  | Tony  |
Rajendrababu  |  | Vishnuprakash  |
Hotel boy  |  | Poojappura Radhakrishnan  |
Union leader  |  | Adinad Sasi  |

### Introduced in Sethurama Iyer CBI

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Balagopal  |  | Siddique |
Isow Alex  |  | Kalabhavan Mani |
Ganesh  |  | Vineeth Kumar |
DySP Sathyadas  |  | Sai Kumar |  | Sai Kumar
Mani  |  | Jagadish |
Rachana  |  | Navya Nair |
Reshmi  |  | Nandana |
Adiyodi  |  | Oduvil Unnikrishnan |
CBI Director  |  | Kalasala Babu |
Bahuleyan  |  | Rajan P. Dev |
Manikunju / Zakariah  |  | Paravoor Ramachandran |
Mosi  |  | Geetha Vijayan |
Krishan Iyer  |  | Kunchan |
Meenakshi Iyer  |  | Urmila Unni |
Dr. Vijayalakshmi  |  | Poornima Anand  |
Vijayamma  |  | Kalpana |
Kuzhivetty Mathai  |  | Mala Aravindan |
Fr. Gomez  |  | Bharath Gopi |
Crime branch C.I  |  | Shammi Thilakan |
Sharngadaran  |  | Subair |
Varkey  |  | Punnapra Appachan  |
Broker  |  | Suraj Venjaramoodu |

### Introduced in Nerariyan CBI

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Kapra Valiya Narayanan  |  | Thilakan |
Mythili  |  | Samvrutha Sunil |
Anitha  |  | Gopika |
Devaswam  |  | Indrans |
George C. Nair  |  | Cochin Haneefa |
DYSP Dhanapalan  |  | Augustine |
ASP Saikumar IPS |  | Jishnu  |
Velu  |  | Mohan Jose |
Dr. Krishnan Nair  |  | P. Sreekumar |
Mythili's Father  |  | M. R. Gopakumar |
Dr. Krishnan Nair  |  | P. Sreekumar |
Dr. Babu  |  | Rizabawa |
Banjamin C. Nair  |  | Madhu Warrier |
Poopparathy Vasu  |  | Baburaj |
Reshmi  |  | Suja Karthika |
Lakshmiyamma  |  | Bindu Ramakrishnan  |
Elizabeth C. Nair  |  | Bindu Panicker |
Mythili's mother  |  | Shobha Mohan |
Anitha's Kin  |  | Ambika Mohan |
Maya  |  | Suvarna Mathew |

### Introduced in CBI 5

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Balagopal, C.B.I. Officer  |  | Renji Panicker
I.G. Unnithan I.P.S  |  | Anoop Menon
Adv. Prathibha Sathyadas  |  | Asha Sarath
Paul Meijo / Mansoor / Sandeep  |  | Soubin Shahir
Vinay, C.B.I. Officer  |  | Ramesh Pisharody
Chief Minister  |  | Dileesh Pothan
SI Iqbal  |  | Sudev Nair
Mamman Varghese, C.B.I. Officer  |  | Edavela Babu
Sudhi, C.B.I. Officer  |  | Alexander Prasanth
Anwar  |  | Ramesh Kottayam
CI Josemon  |  | Jayakrishnan
Dr. George Abraham  |  | Prathap Pothen
Home Minister Abdul Samad  |  | G. Suresh Kumar
Journalist Bhasuran  |  | Chandhu Karamana
D.Y.S.P. Babu Raj  |  | Santhosh Keezhattoor
Susan George / Ambika Unnithan  |  | Kaniha
Anitha, C.B.I. Officer  |  | Ansiba Hassan
Aparna  |  | Malavika Menon
Merlin  |  | Swasika
Anuja  |  | Malvika Nair

## Timeline

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CBI film series released timeline1| -

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2–1987
1988| Oru CBI Diarykkurippu
1989| Jagratha
1990–2003
2004| Sethurama Iyer CBI
2005| Nerariyan CBI
2006–2021
2022| CBI 5: The Brain

## References

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1. ^ "NIA chief inspired hit film 20 yrs ago". Hindustan Times. 18 January 2009. Retrieved 14 September 2019.
2. ^ "A crack investigative team". hindu. Retrieved 20 August 2010.

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Films|

* Oru CBI Diary Kurippu (1988)
* Jagratha (1989)
* Sethurama Iyer CBI (2004)
* Nerariyan CBI (2005)
* CBI 5: The Brain (2022)

Characters|

* Sethurama Iyer
* Chacko
* Vikram
* Harry

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Films written by S. N. Swamy

Sajan|

* Chakkarayumma (1984)
* Oru Nokku Kanan (1985)
* Kandu Kandarinju (1985)
* Snehamulla Simham (1986)
* Geetham (1986)
* Ennu Nathante Nimmi (1986)

K. Madhu|

* Irupatham Noottandu (1987)
* Oru CBI Diary Kurippu (1988)
* Oohakachavadam (1988)
* Moonnam Mura (1988)
* Jagratha (1989)
* Adikkurippu (1989)
* Mounam Sammadham (1989)
* Adayalam (1991)
* Oru Abhibhashakante Case Diary (1995)
* Nariman (2001)
* Sethurama Iyer CBI (2004)
* Nerariyan CBI (2005)
* Rahasya Police (2009)
* CBI 5 (2022)

Sibi Malayil|

* August 1 (1981)
* Parampara (1990)

Joshiy|

* Naduvazhikal (1988)
* Dhruvam (1993)
* Sainyam (1994)
* Lokpal (2013)

Sathyan Anthikkadu|

* Kalikkalam (1988)
* Oral Mathram (1997)

Shaji Kailas|

* The Truth (1998)
* Baba Kalyani (2006)
* August 15 (2011)

Thulasidas|

* Chanchattam (1991)
* Aayiram Naavulla Ananthan (1996)

Others|

| Paul Babu|

* Koodum Thedi (1995)

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Jeasy|

* Akalathe Ambili (1998)

G. S. Vijayan|

* Charithram (1988)

P. G. Viswambharan|

* Carnivel (1989)

Kaladharan|

* Apoorvam Chilar (1991)

Kareem|

* Agninakshathram (2004)

I. V. Sasi|

* Balram vs. Tharadas (2006)

V. K. Prakash|

* Positive (2008)

Amal Neerad|

* Sagar alias Jacky Reloaded (2009)

Sanjeev N. R.|

* Janakan (2010)

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