Iyer the Great

Iyer the Great
Directed by Bhadran
Produced by R. Mohan
Written by Malayatoor Ramakrishnan
Starring Mammootty
Geetha
Shobana
Sukumari

Devan
Music by M. S. Viswanathan
Cinematography Anandakuttan
Edited by M. S. Mony
Release dates
1990
Running time
123 minutes
Country India
Language Malayalam

Iyer the Great is a 1990 Malayalam language psychological thriller film directed by Bhadran and starring Mammootty, Geetha, Sukumari and Devan. M. S. Mony won the National Film Award for Best Editing for his work in this movie.[1]

Plot

Vaikundam Soorya Narayana Iyer (Mammootty), a normal business executive leads a normal family life along with Veni Geetha, his wife and his motherSukumari. After falling from the tree top, trying capture an escaped pet parrot, Iyer undergoes (fear of heights)giving him the power of clairvoyance. His mind is severely strained where which begins a new revelation. A couple of days later, he foresees a train accident with precise train number, and time of incident. He warns the railway authorities. But failing to take his warning into account, a huge accident takes place killing more than a hundred passengers. A couple of days later, Iyer foresees a terrible airplane accident and informs the authorities about a future bombing at a flight in Delhi. Aided with the information, a huge disaster was prevented, making Iyer to hit the headlines. Iyer gets an insight about adding steroids into a particular brand of baby food by Gabrias group. Iyer contacts Amala, a news reporter who does an expose, destroying the business empire of Gabrias. Gabria (Devan) vows to avenge Iyer, and plants a bomb in his car killing Iyer's entire family. In retaliation Iyer kills Gabrias, but is shot and admitted in hospital. At hospital, he makes predicts the setting of sun early at 3:00pm on Thursday. But Amala realizes that Iyer had just predicted his death. The police imposes tight security; However terrorist group successfully enters the hospital shooting down Surya Narayana Iyer.

Cast

References

  1. Ojha, Rajendra (1998). Screen World Publication presents National film award winners: 1953-1997. Screen World Publication. p. 228.

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