A prominent scientist gets kidnapped by terrorists. To investigate the incident, two police officers, Alby and Jobi, arrive in the guise of circus artists.
Acting
Mohanlal committing fully to circus-artist-cum-commando
Costume
The sheer variety of undercover disguises
Stunts
Practical action before CGI ruined everything
Director
Thampi Kannanthanam
Mohanlal
Maj. Stephen Ronald (Alby)
Priya Raman
Betty Fernandez
Jagadish
Subedar Teddy Lopez (Joby D'costa)
Vinita
Lt. Diana (Menaka)
Raghuvaran
Dr. Abdul Rahman
Rajan P Dev
Antonio
Krishna Kumar
Douglass
Madhupal
Willy
Ravi Menon
Fr. Thaliyath
Hemant Ravan
Gonsalves
Sreenath
Col. Raveendran
Ajith Kollam
Freddy
Santhosh
Beeran
Vinayakan
Michael Jackson imitator
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Maanthrikam exemplifies the 'masala spy' subgenre of 90s Malayalam cinema, where Cold War paranoia met local stunt choreography and star vehicles.
Director Thampi Kannanthanam and Mohanlal collaborated multiple times in this era; this was their attempt to out-Rajnikant Rajnikant with sheer absurdity.
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