August 15 (2011 film)

August 15
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;
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

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

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

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

External links

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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.

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