Red Indians (film)

Red Indians is a 2001 Malayalam action-drama movie directed by Sunil and produced by Ahmed Bachan. It stars Vikram, Vijayaraghavan and Preetha Vijayakumar in the lead roles.[1]

Red Indians
Directed by	Sunil
Produced by	Jasim Bachan
Starring	Vikram Vijayaraghavan Preetha
Music by	S. P. Venkatesh
Cinematography	Tony
Release date	5 May 2001
Running time	173 minutes
Country	India
Language	Malayalam
Budget	5 crore
Box office	est.12 crore

Plot

A forest smuggle, played by Mansoor Ali Khan, lives in the jungle and smuggles sandalwood. He is also involved with other anti-social behaviour and forest controlling activities like robberies, dacoity, murders and drug pedalling. He consequently kidnaps an electrician Vikram and takes him to the jungle, forcing him to teach him how to make explosives. Vikram refuses to help create bombs and is subsequently falsely accused of murder. The rest of the story is about how Vikram proves his innocence to police investigators.[2]

Cast

• Vikram as Rahul
• Vijayaraghavan as Dy.SP Ravisankar
• Preetha Vijayakumar as Preetha
• Manjula Vijayakumar as Matha Mayadevi
• Mansoor Ali Khan as Wayanadan
• Charanraj as Jacky/Jackson
• Mohanraj as Hyder Marakkyar
• Baburaj as Jumbo Sankar
• Abu Salim as Pokken
• Vimalraj as Kazhuku Maruthu
• Devan as Harisankar
• Captain Raju as Commissioner
• Alphonsa as Item dancer
• Suvarna Mathew as Maya
• Prathapachandran as Dr Madhavadas
• Lekhasri

Release

The film was originally released in Malayalam in May 2001; later it was dubbed and re-released in Tamil as Thilak in June 2004.[3] It was also dubbed and released in Telugu under the same name.[4]

References

1. https://www.republicworld.com/entertainment-news/regional-indian-cinema/chiyaan-vikram-starrer-malayalam-films-that-you-can-binge-watch.html
2. "Red Indians (2001)". Retrieved 19 April 2017.
3. "Vikram's Thilak - Preview". Retrieved 19 April 2017.
4. https://web.archive.org/web/20080324155419/http://www.screenindia.com:80/old/jan14/south.htm