Dubai (2001 film)
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Directed by | Joshiy |
Written by | Renji Panicker |
Produced by | Preethi B. Menon |
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Cinematography | Sanjeev Shankar |
Edited by | K. Sankunni |
Music by | Songs: Vidyasagar Background score: S. P. Venkatesh |
Production company | Anugraha Combines |
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Country | India |
Language | Malayalam |
Budget | est. ₹5 crore[1] |
Dubai is a 2001 Indian
Barring a few scenes in the beginning, the film was completely shot in the United Arab Emirates. It was one of the most-expensive films made in Malayalam cinema at that time. The film ended up the biggest loss maker in Malayalam cinema at the time. The film's failure is attributed to insufficient marketing and the several delays in its release.[3]
Plot
In 1989, Major Ravi Mammen is brought to interrogate two arrested
Upon release in 2000, Ravi leaves to
Swaminathan, a businessman and a fatherlike figure for Ravi, is in deep financial trouble. He wins a lawsuit and gains several million
Chandran Nair, who was holding huge power over Ravi, finds Kiran to be his enemy and joins Bhatta. In the absence of Ravi, he plots the murder of Kiran and Ammu. However they are saved by an Arab servant. Ravi Mammen realises the role of Chandran Nair behind the plot. Chandran Nair shoots himself and is killed. Bhatta asks Ravi to visit him in his resort to agree a final settlement, where he discovers K. J. Nair to be the brains behind Bhatta. Ravi kills K. J. Nair at his guest house in Delhi after which he flies back to Dubai to face Bhatta. Ravi succeeds in saving Ammu with the help of Kiran, and during the ensuing struggle, Vincent gets killed by Kiran. On his way back again, they are blocked by Bhatta, but in the violent fight that follows, Bhatta is killed after getting his head chopped by the fan of a helicopter. The film ends with Ravi, Ammu and Kiran leaving in the same helicopter which killed Bhatta.
Cast
- Mammootty as Major Ravi Mammen
- Biju Menon as Lt. Kiran Cheriyan Pothan
- Nirmal Pandey as Kishan Narayan Bhatta
- N. F. Varghese as Chandran Nair
- Vijayakumar as Yousaf
- Cochin Haneefa as Victor Sebastian
- Janardhanan as Minister K. J. Nair
- Nedumudi Venu as Swaminathan
- Anjala Zaveri as Amritha Swaminathan
- Preetha Vijayakumar as Alice
- Mamukkoya as Kunjappukutty
- Urmila Unni as Kunjulakshmi, Swaminathan's Wife
- Remya Lekshmanan as Anjali Bhakthiyar
- Bharath Gopias Joseph Pandala/Ouseppukutty
- Vindhya as Susan Joseph Pandala
- Sagar Shiyas as Majeed
- Niyaz Musliyar as Shakeel
- Murali Mohan as Mattathil Rajan Abraham Chako
- Shweta Menon in a special appearance in the item number"Hai Hillalin Thanka"
Soundtrack
The
No. | Song | Singers | Lyrics | Length (m:ss) |
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1 | "Hai Hillalin Thanka" | M. G. Sreekumar, Swarnalatha | Gireesh Puthenchery |
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2 | "Khuda Ek Hi Hei" | Chorus, Munna Shoukkath, R. Aalam | N. S. Bedi | |
3 | "Mukil Mudi" | M. G. Sreekumar, Chorus | Gireesh Puthenchery | |
4 | "Oru Paattin" | Sujatha Mohan, Nikhil K. Menon, Sreenivas | Gireesh Puthenchery | |
5 | "Saandhyathaaram Thiriyanachu" | S. Janaki | Gireesh Puthenchery | |
6 | "Yaduvamsha Yaamini" | K. S. Chithra | Gireesh Puthenchery | |
7 | "Yaduvamsha Yaamini" (M) | P. Jayachandran | Gireesh Puthenchery |
References
- ^ Sreedhar Pillai (23 August 2002). "Magic on the wane". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 29 January 2003. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
- ^ "Dubai". Sify. Archived from the original on 25 February 2015.
- ^ പറക്കും തളികയും ഷക്കീല തരംഗവും -Malayalam Cinema 2001 - Year End Magazine Report, retrieved 18 April 2023
- ^ "Dubai". MalayalaChalachithram. Retrieved 7 October 2014.
External links
- Dubai at IMDb