Highway (1995 film)

Highway is a 1995 Indian Malayalam-language action thriller film directed by Jayaraaj, produced by Prem Prakash, and written by Sab John. The film stars Suresh Gopi and Bhanupriya, with Vijayaraghavan, Janardhanan and Biju Menon in supporting roles. The film's original songs were composed by S. P. Venkatesh, while cinematography was handled by P. Sukumar.[1][2]

Highway
Pre-release poster
Directed byJayaraaj
Screenplay bySab John
Story byJayaraaj
Produced byPrem Prakash
StarringSuresh Gopi
Banupriya
Vijayaraghavan
Janardhanan
Sukumari
CinematographyP. Sukumar
Edited byB. Lenin
V. T. Vijayan
Music byS. P. Venkatesh
Production
company
Heyday Films
Distributed byCentury Release
Release date
  • 3 March 1995 (1995-03-03) (India)
Running time
146 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageMalayalam

Highway was released in theatres on 3 May 1995. It was a commercial success at the Kerala box office. The film's dubbed Telugu version was also a box office success in Andhra Pradesh.[3]

Plot

Sreedhar Prasad is a RAW field agent who is assigned with the task of investigating a bomb blast that killed 30 innocent college students. Sreedhar operates under the name of Mahesh Aravind, a planter from Udumbanchola and chooses a township Wintergreen as his temporary residence during the course of the investigation. Mahesh establishes a friendly relation with ACP George Alexander, who was the official in charge of the criminal investigation. As the investigation proceeds, it is understood that the bomb blast was connected with a chain of crimes that happened in the area including the missing of a scientist Guhan Menon from Baddapur Space Research Organization (BSRO), who is later revealed to be killed. It is revealed that Shankar Dev Rana, an established businessman and educationist in the common front, is actually a traitor and drug lord in his parallel life. Sreedhar Prasad and his subordinate Moorthy finally solves the cases after hurdles and arrest Shankar Dev Rana for orchestrating the bomb blast.

Cast

Music
Highway
Soundtrack album by
S. P. Venkatesh
GenreFilm soundtrack
Length22:56
LabelMagnasound[4]
Sony Music India[5]

The soundtrack album was composed by S. P. Venkatesh for the lyrics penned by Gireesh Puthenchery.[6]

TrackSong TitleSinger(s)Length
1Dolo DolakkuK. S. Chithra, Mano4:53
2Oru Thari KasthooriSwarnalatha, Chorus5:15
3Kikkili KiliMalgudi Subha, Sangeethaa-Sangeetha Sajith4:07
4Kunji KurumbinK. S. Chithra, Chorus4:51
5AdipoliSuresh Peters3:49

Box office

The film was a commercial success in Kerala and also in Andhra Pradesh. According to producer Khader Hassan, it created pre-release hype in Andhra Pradesh due to the successes of Suresh Gopi's previous dubbed films, and after the success of Highway, older Malayalam films in which he appeared in supporting roles too were released in the Tamil and the Telugu industries.[3]

Sequel

A sequel to the film titled Highway 2 was announced in 2022.[7]

References
  1. Aravind, C. V. (2 May 2018). "'Bhayanakam' director Jayaraj, Malayalam cinema's non-conformist who treads his own path". The News Minute.
  2. "ഹൈവേ". M3DB.COM. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
  3. "Here is how Suresh Gopi became the 'Supreme Star' of Telugu cinema". OnManorama.
  4. "Highway Audio CD". India Town Gifts.
  5. "Highway (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) - EP". Apple Music.
  6. "Highway (1995) - MSIDb". Malayalasangeetham.info.
  7. Gandhi, Mohak (26 June 2022). "Highway 2: Suresh Gopi, Jayaraj reunite for sequel of superhit film; Check all about upcoming mystery-thriller". NewsroomPost. Retrieved 5 July 2022.

Highway at IMDb

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