Aanaval Mothiram
| Aanaval Mothiram | |
|---|---|
 DVD cover | |
| Directed by | G. S. Vijayan |
| Produced by | Century Productions |
| Written by | T. Damodaran |
| Starring |
Sreenivasan Suresh Gopi Jagathi Sreekumar |
| Music by | Johnson |
| Cinematography | Sunny Joseph |
| Edited by | G. Murali |
Release dates | 1991 |
| Country | India |
| Language | Malayalam |
Aanaval Mothiram (Malayalam: ആനവാല് മോതിരം) is a 1991 Malayalam film directed by G. S. Vijayan, written by T. Damodaran, and starring Sreenivasan, Suresh Gopi, Saranya Ponvannan, and Jagathy Sreekumar.
This film is an uncredited remake of the 1990 American film Short Time directed by Gregg Champion and written by John Blumenthal and Michael Berry.
Plot
The movie is about an average police officer who mistakenly believes he has a fatal disease and is about to die soon. He eyes the insurance payout his family would get if he dies in action and embarks on impossible missions to get himself killed in action. Little does he know that the diagnosis is wrong and he is in fact healthy. The movie comically chronicles his new-found bravado.
Cast
- Sreenivasan as James Pallithara
- Suresh Gopi as Nandakumar
- Sara as Sruthi
- Saranya Ponvannan as Annie
- Jagathi Sreekumar as Chellappan
- Karamana Janardanan Nair as Home Minister
- Riza Bava as Commissioner Sajith Kumar
- Rajan P. Dev as Kuruvila
- K.P.A.C. Sunny as D.I.G. Mathew Kurien
- Jagannatha Varma as I. G. Karthikeyan
- Mohan Jose as a Terrorist
- Kundara Johny as John
- Keerikadan Jose as Guru
- Gavin Packard as Alberto Fellini
- Ravi Vallathol as Bank Manager
Remakes
| Year | Film | Language | Cast | Director | Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Gambler | Hindi | Govinda, Shilpa Shetty, Aditya Pancholi | Dayal Nihalani | Average |
| 2013 | Ragalaipuram | Tamil | Karunas, Sanjana Singh, Kovai Sarala | Mano | Disaster |