New Delhi (1987 film)
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Poster designed by Gayathri Ashokan
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| Directed by | Joshiy |
| Produced by | Joy Thomas |
| Written by | Dennis Joseph |
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Mammootty Suresh Gopi Sumalatha Thiagarajan Urvashi Devan Vijayaraghavan Mohan Jose |
| Music by | Shyam |
| Cinematography | Jayanan Vincent |
| Edited by | K. Sankunny |
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| Distributed by | Jubilee Productions |
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143 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Malayalam |
New Delhi is a 1987 Malayalam thriller film written by Dennis Joseph and directed by Joshiy and produced by Joy Thomas. It stars Mammootty, Suresh Gopi, Sumalatha, Urvashi, B. Thiagarajan, Siddique, Vijayaraghavan, Mohan Jose, Devan, and Jagannatha Varma. The film was the highest grosser of the year, its success resurrected Mammootty's career in 1987 after having a string of box-office flops in the prior years.
The film was remade and released in Telugu as Anthima Theerpu, which was directed by Joshiy himself. Joshiy also directed the Hindi and Kannada versions titled "New Delhi". Lead roles were played by Jeetendra in its Hindi version and Ambareesh in the Kannada version, respectively. The story is loosely based on the novel "The Almighty" by Irving Wallace. Thiagarajan, who played the role of Salem Vishnu in New Delhi, later produced and directed a Tamil film titled Salem Vishnu which showcased the prequel story of his character. The film was a commercial success.
G. Krishnamoorthy, aka G. K. (Mammootty), is a cartoonist and investigative journalist working in New Delhi. Urvashi plays the role of his sister, Uma, who is also a journalist. G. K. falls in love with New Delhi dancer Maria Fernandes (Sumalatha). C. R. Panikkar (Jagannatha Varma) and Shankar (Devan), two political icons, book a show with Maria on the eve of Republic Day and brutally rape her in a hotel room. G.K. attempts to report the incident in the newspaper, but is foiled by his chief editor, who notifies the villains. After being arrested on fake charges, G.K. is brought to trial to face many false witnesses including Fernandes, her father, who claims nobody harmed his daughter. G.K. is deemed mentally unfit and sentenced to one and a half years in a mental asylum, as well as five years in prison where he suffers abuse. G. K. meets Ananthan (Vijayaraghavan), Siddiq (Siddique) and Appu's acquaintance from the jail. He was once selected to be set free from prison on Republic day, but he was denied the chance by Shankar.
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