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RUNTIME
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Clocks in at 170 minutes — on the longer side of feature-length cinema.
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Commissioner
1994 2h 50m ML
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7.2
SOLID
★7.2TMDB · 9
CrimeThriller
Synopsis
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Bharathchandran, an honest city police commissioner, loses his temper each time he encounters corrupt authorities and politicians. So he decides to put an end to various social and political evils.
“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”
Where to watch · US
Cast
Suresh Gopi
Bharathchandran I.P.S
Ratheesh
Mohan Thomas
Vijayaraghavan
ASP Muhammad Iqbal IPS
Shobana
Adv. Indu Kurup
K. B. Ganesh Kumar
ASP Prasad IPS
M G Soman
IG Balachandran Nair
Rajan P Dev
IG Rajan Felix
N F Varghese
AIG Menon
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Shaji Kailas
- Writers
- Renji Panicker
- Languages
- Malayalam
- Countries
- India
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Fun facts 🍿
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ERA
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32 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
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CINEMA
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Part of the "The King & The Commissioner collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
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DIRECTOR
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Directed by Shaji Kailas, shot by Dinesh Baboo. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
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DIRECTOR
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Editor L. Bhoominathan shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
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CAST
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Suresh Gopi and Ratheesh and Vijayaraghavan carry the top of the cast.
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WILD
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IMDB entry: tt0299693 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
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WILD
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Only 9 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
Shaji Kailas directs. Dinesh Baboo behind the camera. L. Bhoominathan cuts. A long sit — settle in. Produced in India. Dialogue in Malayalam.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Clocks in at 170 minutes — on the longer side of feature-length cinema.
- 232 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
- 3Part of the "The King & The Commissioner collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
- 4Directed by Shaji Kailas, shot by Dinesh Baboo. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
- 5Editor L. Bhoominathan shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
- 6Suresh Gopi and Ratheesh and Vijayaraghavan carry the top of the cast.
- 7IMDB entry: tt0299693 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 8Only 9 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
The technical file
- Cinematography
- Dinesh Baboo
- Editing
- L. Bhoominathan
- Runtime
- 170 min · 2h 50m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- ML
- Certification (US)
- A
Part of
The King & The Commissioner collection
The King & The Commissioner collection consists of four films; Commissioner, The King, Bharathchandran IPS and The King & the Commissioner. The films are directed by Shaji Kailas and written by Renji Panicker.
Also by
Shaji Kailas
Key crew
- ProducerM. Mani
- EditorL. Bhoominathan
- MusicC. Rajamani
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical1994-04-01A
