Mumbai Police (film)
Mumbai Police | |
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Directed by | Rosshan Andrrews |
Written by | Bobby–Sanjay |
Produced by | Nisad Haneefa |
Starring | |
Cinematography | R. Diwakaran |
Edited by | Mahesh Narayanan |
Music by | Gopi Sundar |
Production company | Nisad Haneefa Productions |
Distributed by | Central Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 145 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Malayalam |
Mumbai Police is a
Mumbai Police completed filming in 56 days though the planned schedule was for 60 days.[1] The Khaleej Times identified Mumbai Police as one of the "remarkable box-office success" of 2013.[2] The film won Kerala State Film Award for Best Screenplay and Prithviraj's performance was regarded as one of his career-best performances. The film was remade in Telugu as Hunt starring Sudheer Babu in the lead role which was released in 2023.[3]
Plot
Antony "Rascal" Moses is the
Farhan tells Antony about their relationship with Aryan and the case investigations that Antony has made. The trio were nicknamed as Mumbai Police due to their past in the Mumbai counter-terrorism division. Antony's capabilities as a cop being impressive, Farhan reassigns Antony on the case despite the latter's memory loss. Antony has a hard time adjusting to his new life which starts affecting his profession. As the investigations continues, Antony realizes that he was a daredevil cop with an impressive record but was notorious for his use of violence, alcoholism and womanizing.
Antony finds that the sniper that was used to assassinate Aryan was remote controlled. As his investigation deteriorates, Antony is asked to be removed from the case by his team members but Antony asks for 2 days' time in order to solve the case and find the culprit. A man enters Antony's apartment and starts behaving oddly, which confuses Antony who beats him out of his apartment. Antony realizes that he is a
Before the accident, Antony met Aryan's fiancée Rebecca, who showed Aryan's award speech rehearsal video in which he dedicated the award to Antony. It is then revealed that Antony himself was the one who killed Aryan since he found out about his homosexuality and felt he might out Antony. After seeing the video and breaking down, Antony confesses of his crime to Farhan, and also says that he now really misses the Mumbai Police. After this, Farhan arrests Antony.
Cast
- ACP Antony Moses IPS
- ACP Aryan John Jacob IPS
- Rahman as Commissioner Farhan Aman IPS
- ASP Rakhee Menon IPS
- Hima Davis as Rebecca, Aryan's fiancée
- Deepa Rahul Easwar as Annie Farhan
- ASISudhakaran Nair
- Rohit Vijayan as CIVishnu
- DYSPKarunakaran Menon
- Santhosh Krishna as CIJames
- IG Gopinathan Nair IPS
- Mukundan as Captain Sreenivasa Kartha, Indian Navy officer
- Riyaz Khan as Sharpshooting Expert (Cameo)
- Harish Uthaman as Roy
- Shweta Menonas Dr.Tanuja Nair (Cameo)
- Maria Roy as Captain Sreenivasa Kartha's wife (Cameo)
- Sreedevi Unni
- Nihal Pillai
Production
Shooting started in January 2013, and the movie was released on 3 May 2013.
Reception
Critical response
Sify and Indiaglitz.com called Mumbai Police one of the best recent Malayalam films.[4][5] Paresh of Rediff.com called the film a " good suspense thriller which will make history for its interesting story."[6] Aswin of The Times of India says that the film " arrests and engages the audience with bold portrayals from a well-chosen cast."[7]
Veeyen of Nowrunning.com praised the writing and said the "dark lined elegance that the movie sports, makes it a gritty, knotty thriller – a hardboiled treat."[8]
Shekhar of
References
- ^ George, Vijay (2 May 2013). "Dreaming big". The Hindu. SCT Trivandrum. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
- ^ Deepa Gauri. The best of Malayalam cinema in 2013 Archived 2 January 2014 at the Wayback Machine 26 December 2013 Khaleej Times
- ^ "Teaser of 'Mumbai Police' Telugu remake grabs attention". Onmanorama.
- ^ Review: Mumbai Police Sify
- ^ Mumbai Police Malayalam Movie Review. Indiaglitz.com (4 May 2013). Retrieved 19 August 2013.
- ^ Review: Mumbai Police is impressive – Rediff.com Movies. Rediff.com (6 May 2013). Retrieved 19 August 2013.
- ^ Archived 8 May 2013 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Indian Movies, showtimes, reviews, videos – Indian movie portal. nowrunning.com. Retrieved 19 August 2013.
- ^ Archived 6 May 2013 at the Wayback Machine
External links
- Mumbai Police on Facebook
- Mumbai Police at IMDb