Janathipathyam movie is all about the communist party wins the assembly election but their proposed chief minister candidate loses the election. The party chief Bhattathirippadu suggests the name of R D Nayanar (Suresh Gopi) for the top post in Kerala. Nayanar, who was the former asst city police commissioner of Trivandrum has his own reasons to come back to the city. He has to take the revenge.
Acting
Suresh Gopi's simmering rage as Nayanar
Direction
K. Madhu's tight political thriller mechanics
Writing
Sreenivasan's screenplay balancing ideology and pulp
Director
K. Madhu
Suresh Gopi
R.D. Nayanar
Urvashi
Indira Menon
Balachandra Menon
Moorthy
Devan
Prathapa Varma
Saikumar
K. Gopinatha Menon
Rajan P Dev
Pillai
Manju Pillai
Mrs. Thirumulpadu
Shivaji
Thirumulpadu
T. P. Madhavan
Kaimal
Vani Viswanath
Maya Pillai
Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair
Maharaja
Appa Haja
Aranmula Ponnamma
Thirumulpadu's Mother
Poojappura Ravi
Jose Pellissery
Eeppachan
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released during Kerala's turbulent 1990s political realignments, the film captures genuine anxiety about communist identity crisis post-USSR collapse.
Suresh Gopi's 'Nayanar' became archetypal for Malayalam cinema's 'honest man corrupted by system' template that dominated late 90s.
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