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The King is a 1995 Indian Malayalam-language political action thriller film written by Renji Panicker and directed by Shaji Kailas, with Mammootty in the lead role as district collector.[1][2] In 2012, Shaji Kailas made a combined sequel for The King and Commissioner (1994), titled The King and the Commissioner, in which Mammootty and Suresh Gopi reprised their roles as Joseph Alex IAS and Bharath Chandran IPS.[3][4][5]

The King
Directed byShaji Kailas
Written byRenji Panicker
Produced byManjalamkuzhi Ali
StarringMammootty
CinematographyRavi K. Chandran
Dinesh Babu
Edited byL. Bhoominathan
Music byRajamani
Distributed byMAK Productions
Release date
  • 11 November 1995 (1995-11-11)
Running time
185 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageMalayalam

The King was released on October 23 1995, Diwali day, where it was declared one of the highest grossing Malayalam film at that time.[6]


Plot


The city of Kozhikode has been victimized by a massive communal riot against the slums, costing the lives of 12 civilians. Before the riot happened, a wildlife photographer named Madhu Kumar witnessed a group of criminals transporting explosives through the local forest check post, so he calls up the local police commissioner Shankar and passes on the information. However, the goons managed to capture and murder Madhu to cover their tracks. While helping the police to fight against the rioters, the aggressive yet honorable DC Thevalliparambil Joseph Alex is suspicious of Shankar's activities and decides to investigate the case with the help from his subordinates ASP Prasad and AC Anura Mukherji, who admires Joseph for his honesty and aggressive behaviour against corrupt officials and politicians.

Joseph is brought over to a personal hearing with the state minister John Varghese, who berates him over his behavior while attempting to stop the riots. However, Joseph stands up by reprimanding Varghese for his belief in using his authority to belittle and harass others. Meanwhile, Madhu's father reaches out to Prasad after filing a case regarding to Madhu's disappearance, resulting Prasad to finally discover Madhu's corpse with his camera, though the film is missing. As the investigation heats up, MP Jayakrishnan is assisting in relief works in the damaged area by meeting the aggrieved entities after his arrival from Delhi. However, it turns out that Jayakrishnan is the mastermind behind the massacre as he planned the riot against the slums to plan a new real estate business in the area.

It is revealed that the people involved in the conspiracy are Varghese, Ibrahim Jalal and Shankar, as the latter sent up the goons to murder Madhu to cover their tracks. The local police medical surgeon Dr. Vijay, who has conducted the autopsy on Madhu's body, deduces that Madhu was murdered, but he ends up dying in a road accident. Eventually, Joseph finds a new ally named Sanjay, who happens to be Vijay's younger brother and a close buddy of Joseph during his Mussourie training days. Joseph, along with Sanjay and Prasad, finds out that Dr. Vijay was injected with a powerful drug by the same goons who murdered Madhu, which could have contributed to the accident. While Jayakrishnan flies back to Delhi to accept his new job as a cabinet minister in the central government, Joseph arrests and interrogates Jalal, who reveals that the lead goon Ananthashankara Iyer is responsible for murdering Madhu and Dr. Vijay.

After arresting Iyer at a shopping mall, Joseph uses the same sedative to force Iyer into giving out important information about the conspiracy behind the communal riot. Before Joseph and Prasad could escort Iyer to the police station, Iyer's boss Vikram Khorpade, a Mumbai-based crime boss, who has strong ties with Jayakrishnan and being a major player in the conspiracy, arrives and causes a shootout that allowed him to rescue Iyer. Vikram also takes the opportunity to murder Anura before fleeing away with Iyer, much to Joseph's shock. Declaring this personal, Joseph, Prasad, and Sanjay track down Vikram and his goons to a horse farm, where they kill all of the goons residing there. After Sanjay kills Iyer by hanging him on a chain, Joseph beats up Vikram before taking him into custody, forcing him to reveal the identities of the people behind the conspiracy.

Following his return after being sworn as the new cabinet minister, Jayakrishnan is met by an angry Joseph and several officers. Joseph takes the opportunity to expose Jayakrishnan's conspiracy plot to the public, using both Iyer and Vikram's confessions as proof of his findings. As a result, Jayakrishnan is placed under arrest for conspiracy and murder while Shankar is suspended and arrested by his own officers for the same charges. Jayakrishnan refuses to concede defeat and instead takes one of the officers's guns before firing at the crowd, murdering Vikram and several citizens in the process. Jayakrishnan uses the commotion to make a getaway in a car, only for Joseph to shoot the gas tank, causing the car to explode and kill Jayakrishnan. Joseph is then hailed as a hero by the public for his actions.


Cast


Cameo appearance

Box office


The film was a commercial success,[7][8][9] which ran over 200 days in theatres and was the highest grossing Malayalam film at that time.[10][11][12]


Sequel


The film The King & the Commissioner was released on 23 March 2012, which has Mammootty and Suresh Gopi in lead roles and is the sequel to the films The King and Commissioner.[13]


References


  1. Nagarajan, Saraswathy (22 March 2012). "Day of the action heroes". The Hindu.
  2. "Report". Deepika. Archived from the original on 22 February 2018. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  3. "Mammootty and Suresh Gopi team up". Rediff.com. 11 July 2011. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  4. Nair, Unni Nair (15 July 2015). "Double Impact". The Indian Express. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  5. "All Set for a Double Impact". The New Indian Express. 24 March 2012. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  6. Praveen, S. R. (27 February 2017). "Slap, insult and tame the shrew — a common vein in Malayalam films". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
  7. Narayanan, Nirmal (8 February 2021). "This Mollywood director reshaped masculinity of Mohanlal, Mammootty, and Suresh Gopi: HBD Shaji Kailas". International Business Times. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
  8. Narayanan, Nirmal (8 April 2019). "Exclusive: Nikhil Renji Panicker talks about Kalamandalam Hyder Ali, influence of dad and future". International Business Times. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
  9. Nagarajan, Saraswathy (22 March 2012). "Day of the action heroes". The Hindu. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
  10. Praveen, S R (27 February 2017). "Slap, insult and tame the shrew — a common vein in Malayalam films". The Hindu. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
  11. "10 Mammootty films to watch before you die". The Times of India. 24 May 2016. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
  12. "26 years of 'The King': Reasons why this Mammootty starrer will give you an adrenaline rush". The Times of India. 11 November 2021. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
  13. "The King and Commissioner on March 23". Sify. 24 May 2016. Archived from the original on 27 July 2021. Retrieved 13 April 2022.




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