Indraprastham (film)

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1996 Indian 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

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Chitra Narayan, a political journalist with Observer Daily in Delhi, is in love with Kiran Varma, a budding actor. She intrudes into the illegal affairs of Paul B. Issac, a Delhi-based politician. Paul commits a murder and gets Kiran's face morphed onto his face in the video, whereby he traps him for the crime. Kiran is jailed under the charge of murder. Chitra gets the videotape, and she smells foul and tries to reveal the truth behind the morphing of images. She is followed by Paul's goons. Chitra reaches Bangalore, but the goons reach there after her. She is saved by Sathish Menon, a software engineer and his friend Peter. They becomes her savior. After watching the video, Sathish realizes the truth behind the crime 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

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* 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

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The film score is composed by Vidyasagar

Song Title | Singers

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"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

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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

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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

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* Indraprastham at IMDb

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