Rajaputhran

1996 film by Shajoon Kariyal

11 October 1996 (1996-10-11)

Running time

150 minutesCountryIndiaLanguageMalayalam

Rajaputhran (transl. King's son) is a 1996 Indian Malayalam-language action drama film directed by Shajoon Kariyal, written by Ranjith, and produced by Dinesh Panicker. It stars Suresh Gopi, Vikram, Vijayaraghavan, Shobana, and Murali.

The film was simultaneously released in Malayalam, Tamil, and Telugu languages. It was a commercial success at the box office.^[1]

Plot

Anand, who is a wildlife photographer by profession, has to return from a tour program upon hearing the shocking news of his father, M. K. Nair's unexpected death. He soon had to manage all the business establishments of his father under the guidance of their family friend, Balaraman, and his father's adopted son, K. R. Bhadran. Anand is already in love with a girl named Veni, who is the only daughter of a wealthy businessman, Vishwanathan, and both the families were arranging everything for the marriage.

As the story progresses, Anand becomes friends with Manu and his gang and also with a smuggler, Akbar, who is working for KC. Anand soon realizes that the people with him were not trustworthy and were actually cheating him and his company Sun Marines. They were illegally smuggling under his company's label and with the help of KC, whose boss is a Malabari, a criminal and a businessman.

When Anand realizes the truth he is shown out of the company as the company is now in the hands of Bhadran and his cronies who have forced MK Nair to write all the properties to them. Overnight Anand loses everything and is shown out.

How Anand fights back and wins everything back and destroys his enemies forms the crux of the movie.

Cast

Suresh Gopi as Anand, aka "Colonel"
Vikram as Manu
Vijayaraghavan as Akbar
Murali as Bhadran Thampi
Shobhana as Veni
Vineetha as Moti
Thilakan as Balaraman
M. G. Soman as Vishwanathan, Veni's Father
Nedumudi Venu as M. K. Nair, Anand's Father
Narendra Prasad as Vamadevan Karunakaran
N. F. Varghese as Adv. Issac Thomas
Mohan Raj as KC
Sadiq as Prathap Menon
Augustine as Aboobacker
Mamukkoya as Sayed Ibrahim Jabbar Thangal
Tej Sapru as Masood Ali Malabari
Jagannatha Varma as Chief Minister
Kollam Thulasi as Advocate
Mohan Jose as Police Officer
Shivaji as Ex-minister Thomas Kurian
Subair as Customs officer
Abu Salim as Vinayan
Sudheer Sukumaran as Goonda
Manjulan as Goonda

Production

Ranjith originally wrote the screenplay for director Shaji Kailas with Mohanlal in the leading role. The movie was initially titled titled Emperor. However, the film did not materialise. Producer Dinesh Panicker, who was then searching for a screenplay for Suresh Gopi, bought Emperor from Ranjith. Rajaputhran was shot in Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Ernakulam and the fight and underwater scenes in Chennai. Filming lasted around 60 - 63 days.^[2]

References

^ "10 Suresh Gopi films to watch before you die - The Times of India". The Times of India. 27 November 2016.
^ Panicker, Dinesh (11 February 2023). "സിനിമയുടെ ക്ലൈമാക്സിൽ സഹകരിക്കാൻ സുരേഷ്‌ഗോപി വിസമ്മതിച്ചു കാരണം? | Point With DP | Dinesh Panicker" (in Malayalam). YouTube. Retrieved 3 March 2023.