Black (2004 film)

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Black: The Man From Darkness

DVD poster
Directed by Ranjith
Produced by Lal
Written by Ranjith
Starring Mammootty
Lal
Rahman
Babu Antony
Shreya Reddy
Music by Alex Paul
Rajamani (background score)
Cinematography Amal Neerad
Editing by Bhoominathan
Distributed by Lal Release
Release dates 10 November 2004
Country India
Language Malayalam

Black: The Man From Darkness is a 2004 Indian Malayalam action thriller film written and directed by Ranjith, and produced by Lal. It deals with the underworld operations in Kochi. Mammootty plays the role of Police Constable Karikkamuri Shanmugham, who ironically is a hit man and a contract killer. The film features cinematography by Amal Neerad. The film was a comeback for actor Rahman to Malayalam cinema.[1] The film was a box office hit.[2][3]

Plot

Black is based on the underground activities in the city of Kochi(Cochin). Shanmughan (Mammooty) plays a Head Police Constable but also a hitman who does his job with perfection. On the top of the underworld, there is a man, Advocate Devin Carlos Padaveedan (Lal). He and Shanmughan are accomplices.

A newly appointed police officer, Ashok (Rahman), tries to clean up the city from the criminals, but fails to do so as he is killed by Padaveedan. Shanmugan is not very happy about the death of Ashok, and creates some indifference between the friends. After Shanmugan finds his own daughter, he wants to live a peaceful life, but the transformation is not acceptable to Padaveedan, and he wants Shanmughan dead.

This changes the situation, and as Shanmughan asks City Police Commissioner (Babu Antony) for aiding him to kill the gangsters, he could only speak about putting them in jail. This leads to Shanmughan going against the criminals and eliminating them one by one.

At the same time, Padaveedan is ready for the arrival of his old friend and current enemy - the man from darkness. Verdict : Box Office Average

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Cast

  • Mammootty as Head Constable Karikkamuri Shanmughan aka Kumbari
  • Lal as Adv. Devin Carlos Padaveedan aka Machchán
  • Rahman as Ashok Srinivas
  • Shreya Reddy as Anandam
  • Babu Antony as Govind Chenkappa
  • Janardanan as Aasan
  • Mohan Jose as Mammali
  • Kulappully Leela as Veronica
  • T. P. Madhavan
  • Prem Kumar as Unni
  • Sadiq as Mustafa
  • Tom George Kolath as Ajay Srinivas
  • Ramu as Francis
  • Sona Nair as Sheela
  • Meenakshi ... Cameo appearance in the song Ambalakkara
  • Daniel Balaji as Ezhumalai
  • Anoop Chandran as Pauly
  • Kannan Pattambi as Auto Raju

Boxoffice

The movie was hit at the boxoffice and a come back movie for both Mammootty and Rahman(the old golden pairs)[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Rahman in a new role", The Hindu, 2005-06-11.
  2. ↑ "Year 2004 — a flashback", The Hindu, 2004-12-31.
  3. ↑ "Malayalam cinema- Analysis 2004!", Sify.com, 2004.
  4. ↑ http://www.mouthshut.com/review/Black_-_Malayalam_Movie-70322-1.html
  5. ↑ http://www.keralamax.com/forum/kerala.php?t=32&sid=4b45dc639297e9089ce69b2fd1dd5d48.html

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