Nariman (film)

Nariman is a 2001 Malayalam film. Directed by K. Madhu, this film is an investigative thriller. Suresh Gopi appears in the title role as Ashok Nariman, a Crime Branch DySP who is assigned to re-investigate "couple murder case" and later to investigate "Ammini missing case". Along with him, Siddique, Jagathi Sreekumar, Jagadeesh, Anju, Augustine, T. P. Madhavan, N. F. Varghese, Sadiq, Janardanan, Ashokan and Samyuktha Varma also shares the screen. The script was done by S. N. Swamy. This film turned out to be a Super hit in box office. The rights to broadcast is held by Kiran TV.

The movie was dubbed into Hindi as Farz ki Pukaar.

Manu, the accused in the notorious couple murder case, attempts an escape during his prison transfer, but ends up shot by the police multiple times. Dr. Giri, a senior surgeon takes pity on the escaped criminal who is to be hanged for his crime. Manu is accused to having murdered his elder brother and sister-in-law out of lust for the latter, in an attempted rape. For various reasons Dr. Giri believes Manu to be innocent. He convinces his friend Shekharan, the Chief Minister of Kerala, to re-open the case and assign the case to a sincere and brilliant, yet aggressive police officer Ashok Nariman. Initially termed "hopeless" by legal advisors—due to the excellent way the case was framed, Nariman finds loopholes. He learns that the crime was committed by the intelligent adv. Padhmanabhan Thampi and his friends Kochunarayanan, SP Philippose and their allies including Musthafa Kamal (a.k.a. Karate Kamal) -- who executed the crime. Nariman submits the report and the case comes to the Sessions Court. To everyone's disappointment, the Judge refuses to have a second hearing of the case—as earlier the case had gone up to Supreme Court and even the President of India did not have any pity on the "perpetrator" Manu. The Judge believes the case to be a publicity stunt as the result of change in Government and the Court cannot be deceived by any.