August 15 (2011 film)
August 15 is a 2011 Malayalam-language crime thriller film directed by Shaji Kailas, written by S. N. Swamy, and produced by M. Mani. It stars Mammootty, Meghana Raj, Nedumudi Venu, Siddique, Sai Kumar, Shwetha Menon and Lalu Alex.
| August 15 | |
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| Directed by | Shaji Kailas |
| Written by | S. N. Swami |
| Produced by | M. Mani |
| Starring | Mammootty Nedumudi Venu Siddique Saikumar Lalu Alex Meghana Raj Shwetha Menon |
| Cinematography | Pradeep Nair |
| Edited by | Boominathan |
| Music by | Rajamani |
Production company | Sunitha Productions |
| Distributed by | Aroma Release & PJ Entertainments |
Release date |
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Running time | 179 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Malayalam |
The film is a sequel to the 1988 film August 1, which was directed by Sibi Malayil, and written by S. N. Swamy.[1][2]
August 15 was released on 24 March 2011. It received mixed reviews from critics and became a box office failure.
Premise
On 15 August, DYSP Perumal of Crime Branch in Kerala, is assigned to investigate the assassination attempt of V. G. Sadasivan, the Chief Minister of Kerala. Perumal realizes that Abraham, a cunning assassin and a professional killer who leaves no evidence, is behind the assassination and a cat-and-mouse game begins with Perumal heading to capture Abraham.
Cast
- Mammootty as Perumal, DySP, Crime Branch[3]
- Nedumudi Venu as V. G. Sadasivan, Chief Minister of Kerala
- Siddique as Abraham, a professional assassin
- Jagathy Sreekumar as Aravindakshan, an aide at CM's residence
- Meghana Raj as Lakshmi, a cyber cell officer.
- Sai Kumar as Subhash, Party Secretary
- Shwetha Menon as Dr. Farida Hassan
- Lalu Alex as ADGP Peter Zackariah IPS
- Balachandran Chullikkadu as Vasudevan, political secretary to the chief minister
- Thalaivasal Vijay as DGP Reghuram IPS
- Biju Pappan as DGP Srinivasan IPS
- Madhu as Dr. George
- Deepesh as Stephen, Perumal's assistant
- Aditya as Vinod
- Ranjith as Kannan
- Kundara Johny as Rajeevan
- Chali Pala as Govindan
- Poojappura Ravi as Swami
- Krishna
- Zeenath
- Harishree Ashokan as Chackochan
- Ambika Mohan as Ammini, V.G. Sadasivan's wife
- Maya Moushmi as Dr. Usha
- Reshmi Boban as Nithya, Sadasivan's daughter
- Indulekha as Radhika, a journalist.
References
- "Mammootty is back as cop in August 15". Sify. Archived from the original on 25 March 2022.
- "August 15 - Movie Review: A thriller without kick". www.filmibeat.com. 28 March 2011.
- "I'm like a hard working farmer: Mammootty". The New Indian Express.