F.I.R (1999 film)

F.I.R is a 1999 Malayalam action movie. It is directed by Shaji Kailas, and stars Suresh Gopi, Indraja, Biju Menon, Bheeman Raghu, Maniyan Pillai Raju and Rajeev.

The film starts with Roy Alex (K. B. Ganesh Kumar), an investigative journalist doing a feature on the flow of Hawala money from Middle East, after seeing a foreign good during a visit to the nearby market which cannot be even seen in Metropolitan cities like Mumbai and Delhi. After that, a man named Basheer (Mohan Jose) tells that Rahim Haji (Narendra Prasad), a high profile businessman and politician, is inviting him to his home. Rahim Haji, a former member of Parliament, had lost his position as MP a year earlier after an article written by Roy on Bombay Chronicle which exposed his dollar business. After meeting Haji at a club, Roy proceeds him to a talk. Haji tells him about his enemy Narendra Shetty (Rajeev, another business tycoon, whom he believes as the man who destroyed his business. Later on, Roy follows the van of a drama troupe, which carries Chakrapani (Bheeman Raghu), a well reputed drama director and one among Shetty's trusted lieutenants. Chakrapani had directed a drama recently, which is going to be played in the home of one of his friends. Both of them reach their destination at night, and Roy is shocked to find that Chakrapani and the owner of that home are members of a huge dollar business. Roy captures the scenes with his camera, but Chakrapani finds him and he tries to escape. Chakrapani follows him with his dogs, and one among those dogs kill him. Chakrapani, even after realising that Roy is dead, cuts his head with his sword. At the same time, Rahim Haji passes through a nearby road and tries to call Roy, but after hearing the sound of dog barking, he suddenly finds out that the young journalist is dead. Then he tells his driver Basheer (the same man who invited Roy to Haji's home) to turn the car, but suddenly he meets with his enemy, who fatally shoots him on his head for trespassing his territory. It is also revealed that Basheer is also Shetty's lieutanant, as both of them go together. An unknown man takes the photo of Haji's dead body with his camera hiding behind the bushes, which is to be revealed later.