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Baba Kalyani is a 2006 Indian Malayalam-language action thriller film directed by Shaji Kailas, written by S. N. Swami, and produced by Antony Perumbavoor through Aashirvad Cinemas. It stars Mohanlal in the title role, and also features Biju Menon, Indrajith Sukumaran, Mamta Mohandas, Sai Kumar, and Jagathy Sreekumar in important roles. The film's music was composed by Alex Paul.[1] The film released on 15 December 2006 was a commercial success at the box office, becoming one of the top ten highest-grossing Malayalam films of the year.[2]

Baba Kalyani
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Shaji Kailas
Written by	S. N. Swami
Produced by	Antony Perumbavoor
Starring	Mohanlal Indrajith Sukumaran Mamta Mohandas Biju Menon Sai Kumar Jagathy Sreekumar
Cinematography	Shaji Kumar
Edited by	Don Max
Music by	Alex Paul
Production company	Aashirvad Cinemas
Distributed by	Central Pictures
Release date	15 December 2006 (2006-12-15)
Country	India
Language	Malayalam

Plot

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Following a tip from a small-time lodge owner, the ATS conducts a search at the rooms where a group of suspicious youths stayed. Baba Kalyani IPS, the head of ATS M3-division finds certain clues, which he wants to follow. With the permission from IG Bose Ninan, Baba Kalyani arrives in Kochi, and is posted in the Law and order department with Thomas and a couple of ATS officers assisting him. All his men are newly inducted IPS officers. At Kochi, Kalyani clashes with Adv. Ashokan and his daughter Madhumitha, who was his ex-girlfriend. A bundle of counterfeit currency is found at a local bank, which was transferred from the account of a charity organization run by Sait Issa Mohammed Haji, a respected businessman.

Baba Kalyani reaches the residence of Issa Mohammed on the same night, where Issa denies any knowledge about any hawala dealings in the state. The cash was transferred from the account by Issa Mohammed's son-in-law Babu, who is a college lecturer and king-pin of a terror organization in the state. He is with a bunch of young men had secretly undergone Jihadi training in Pakistan and is planning a massive explosion. Unaware of this, Issa supports him thinking Babu is a normal college lecturer busy with his own life. One morning, Issa arrives at Baba Kalyani's residence, informing about a group of suspicious young men recently seen at the nearby mosque. He also adds that the Muslyar of the mosque has some doubts regarding their activities.

Along with Thomas and their group, Baba Kalyani conducts a raid at the house and gathers vital information. The house gets blown up, signing the storage of inflammable explosives. From the prints, maps and photographs, Baba Kalyani concludes that their next target is Palani, a divine pilgrimage center in South India. He arrives at Palani along with his team, where he meets up Tamil Nadu IG Raghupathi. With the support of local cops, Baba seizes the trucks in which the explosives were stored, where he sends Issa Mohammed as a negotiator to Babu who was hiding along with a group of jihadis. Unwilling to give up the plan, Babu decides to shoot down Issa. The ATS team conducts a commando operation and shoots down the jihadis, aborting their plan. Baba patches up with Madhumitha, where they happily get married.

Cast

Production

Shaji Kailas was supposed to direct another film with Mohanlal in the lead role. But due to several reasons, the film did not start production and he asked S. N. Swami to do a script on urgent basis. The only song was written by Vayalar Sarath Chandra Varma and was composed by Alex Paul.

Soundtrack

Baba Kalyan
Soundtrack album by Alex Paul
Recorded	2006
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Length	13:50
Label	M.C. Audios & Videos

The soundtrack for this movie was composed by Alex Paul while the lyrics were written by Sharath Vayalar.

Box office

The film was released in 61 screens in 48 stations in Kerala. It took a good opening and grossed ₹1.08 crore (US$140,000) in three days, with a distributors share of ₹54 lakh (US$68,000).[3] Baba Kalyani became one of the top ten highest-grossing Malayalam films of the year, in terms of the box office earnings and the cost of production.[4][2]

References

External links

• Baba Kalyani at IMDb
• Malayala Chalachithram

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