Shobaraj

Shobaraj
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Directed by	J. Sasikumar
Produced by	P. K. R. Pillai
Written by	Vijayan
Starring	Mohanlal T. G. Ravi Madhavi K. P. Ummer
Music by	Gemini (Score L. Vaidyanathan (Songs)
Cinematography	Thaara
Edited by	G. Venkittaraman
Production company	Shirdi Sai Creations
Distributed by	Shirdhisai Release
Release date	6 December 1986 (1986-12-06)
Country	India
Language	Malayalam

Shobaraj is a 1986 Indian Malayalam action film directed by J. Sasikumar and starring Mohanlal and Madhavi. The film is a remake of the 1978 Hindi film Don starring Amitabh Bachchan. Mohanlal portrays duel roles as Shobaraj and Dharmaraj.

Shobaraj (Mohanlal) is the leader of an underworld gang who in spite of being one of the most wanted on the list of Interpol, remains elusive to the police. Along with the police, He makes a few other enemies through his merciless approach to running his organization, especially when he kills one of his own men, Babu, when the latter decides to leave the business. This introduces Shobaraj to two new enemies, Julie, Babu's fiancee, and Nisha, Babu's sister. When Julie seduces Sobharaj and attempts to have the police arrest him, her plan backfires as Shobaraj outsmarts her and the police in his escape, and in the process, Julie is killed. A shattered, revenge-seeking Nisha gets trained in judo and karate, then enters Shobaraj's gang after deceiving them into thinking that she too is on the wrong side of the law. Shobaraj is impressed with her fighting skills and allows her to work for him, without realizing her true intentions.

Meanwhile, after a couple of unsuccessful attempts at nabbing Shobaraj but unbeknownst to her, the Deputy Superintendent of Police Mohandas (K.P Ummer) is tracking down Shobaraj and in one of their confrontations the DSP wounds Shobaraj, resulting in his death. After which the DSP remembers a person 'Dharmaraj' (Mohanlal) who looks like Shobaraj, Who's really is Shobaraj's blood brother, who were separated when they were small. DSP then tracks that person down.He requests Raj to impersonates Shobaraj so that the DSP can take down the rest of Shobaraj's gang, Raj requests that the DSP promises him that he will give a proper education to the children Salim and Suhra that he is looking after. The DSP then secretly holds a burying of Shobaraj. Around the time Dharmaraj "returns" to Shobaraj's gang as Shobaraj under the guise of amnesia, Raheem (T. G. Ravi), just released from jail, begins his mission of revenge against DSP Mohandas and his search for his children Salim and Suhra, who had been saved and taken care of by Dharmaraj. Raheem has a past starting from his childhood playing with Shobharaj and Dharmaraj.