The Tiger (2005 film)
The Tiger | |
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Directed by | Shaji Kailas |
Written by | B. Unnikrishnan |
Produced by | Sasi Ayyanchira |
Starring | Suresh Gopi Gopika |
Cinematography | Shamdat |
Edited by | Don Max |
Music by | Ishaan Dev |
Production company | Sri Uthruttathi Films |
Release date |
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Country | India |
Language | Malayalam |
The Tiger (also known as Tiger) is a 2005 Indian Malayalam-language
The Tiger was released on 16 December 2005 and became a commercial success at the box office. The film was dubbed into Telugu as Police Samrajyam.[2][3][4]
Plot
A container packed with
Varma is summoned by the
In the meantime, Suhara Ahmed is a young journalist who along with her friend Kishore is found missing. She is believed to have certain sensational information regarding a minister named Vakkachan. Chandrasekhar meets her father Vivekam Ahmed Sahib, who leads him to Suhara's personal computer, which sheds light to certain truths. One day, Suhara is found in midst of a forest, critically wounded. Chandrasekhar admits her to the hospital, but her life is targeted many times. Chandrasekhar finds out shocking information regarding the anti-national activities of Vakachan along with John Varghese from Suhara's video tapes.
Vakkachan is forced to resign from the cabinet and is arrested by Chandrasekhar, who follows John Varghese to the sea port and learns about his plan to escape to Turkey. However, Varghese is stopped by Chandrasekhar, who also learns that his subordinate Sudev is none other than Musafir, an ISI agent and Varma and Kishore's killer. Sudev tries to shoot Chandrashekhar, but finds that the gun Chandrashekhar gave him had no bullets. Chandrashekhar reveals about his suspicion about the presence of a traitor when they were attacked while transporting Suhara to the hospital.
Since Sudev was the only outsider in the team, Chandrashekhar enquired about his track record and found that Sudev was present every time in the presence of Musafir was detected. In order to get concrete evidence against Sudev, Chandrashekhar secretly entered his house and managed to decrypt Sudev and Varghese's terrorism plans (which was stored in Sudev's
Cast
- DIG Tiger Chandrasekaran IPS
- Siddique as John Varghese
- DYSPJoseph Pothan
- Gopika as Suhara Ahmed
- SPSudev Sachidanand/Musafir
- Rajan P. Dev as Varkeychan Narimattathil
- Murali as Palliserri Kovilakathu Njanashekhara V
- Ramu as Thomas Kurien
- Kundara Johnnyas Venugopal, Customs Assistant Collector
- Santosh as Rajath Naidu IPS, City Commissioner
- Janardhanan as Ahmed Sahib
- Kollam Thulasi
- Chief Minister of KeralaSanthosh Kurup
- R&AW
- Augustine as Mankunnil Satish
- Kunchan as Appa, a tea shop vendor
- Santhakumari as a tea shop vendor
- Ajith Kollam as Nasser
- Kozhikode Narayanan Nair as Yousef Khan
- Vijayakumar as Harris Khan
- Sadiq as ACP Shaktivel IPS
- Kochaniyan as Dr. Ramachandran
- Balachandran Chullikkaduas Dr. Bharathan Kumar
- T. P. Madhavan as MLA Gopinathan
- Biju Pappan as Surendran, a police officer
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Release
The film was initially scheduled to release on Christmas.[6]
Reception
A critic from Sify wrote that "In effect Tiger has the right mood and creates anxiety and dread essential for racy thriller. In sum the reliable Kailas-Gopi combo deliver the goods. Satisfaction guaranteed for audience who love action based investigative thrillers".[7] A critic from Nowrunning wrote that "The Tiger has all the essentials for a racy thriller. The reliable Shaji Kailas - Suresh Gopi team has not lost its touch even after a gap of seven long years and has a hit on its hands".[8] A critic from Indiaglitz wrote that "Tiger is certainly a typical Suresh Gopi-Shaji Kailas film. But all through it is interesting and intelligent. In the event, the film emerges as a roaring entertainer with a smart suspense that is maintained till the end".[9] A writer from Rediff.com wrote that the film was "an investigative police story that left us [the audience] unsatisfied".[10]
References
- ^ Babu, Bibin (15 July 2020). "ഇടി പടങ്ങളുടെ തമ്പുരാൻ; ഷാജി കൈലാസിന്റെ 'തീപ്പൊരി' ചിത്രങ്ങൾ ഇവയാണ്!". The Times of India Samayam (in Malayalam). Archived from the original on 12 June 2023. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
- ^ "Tiger begins it roar". Indiaglitz. 23 September 2005. Archived from the original on 12 June 2023. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
- ^ "Will it roar?". Indiaglitz. 19 January 2006. Archived from the original on 12 June 2023. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
- ^ "Here is how Suresh Gopi became the 'Supreme Star' of Telugu cinema". Onmanorama. 28 June 2020. Archived from the original on 12 June 2023. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
- ^ Manmadhan, Prema. "On the trail of the `Tiger'". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 19 March 2007.
- ^ "Christmas releases". Indiaglitz. 10 December 2005. Archived from the original on 12 June 2023. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
- ^ "Tiger". Sify. 15 December 2005. Archived from the original on 11 May 2022.
- ^ "The Tiger Malayalam Movie". Nowrunning. 17 October 2005. Archived from the original on 27 November 2022. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
- ^ "The Tiger Review". Indiaglitz. 17 December 2005. Archived from the original on 27 November 2022. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
- ^ Palicha, Paresh C. (3 April 2006). "Chintamani Kola Case: Worth a watch". Rediff.com. Archived from the original on 12 June 2023. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
External links
- The Tiger at IMDb