C.I.D. Moosa
| C.I.D.Moosa | |
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 DVD cover | |
| Directed by | Johny Antony |
| Produced by |
Dileep Anoop |
| Written by |
Udayakrishna Siby K.Thomas |
| Starring |
Dileep Bhavana Ashish Vidyarthi Jagathy Sreekumar Cochin Haneefa Murali Harisree Ashokan Saleem Kumar |
| Music by | Vidyasagar |
| Cinematography | Saloo George |
| Edited by | Ranjan Abraham |
Production company | |
| Distributed by |
Kalasangam Kas Right Release |
Release dates |
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Running time | 160 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Malayalam |
C.I.D.Moosa is a 2003 Malayalam slapstick comedy film[1] written by the duo Udayakrishna and Siby K. Thomas, directed by Johny Antony, and co-produced by and starring Dileep in the title role. The film also stars Harisree Ashokan, Cochin Haneefa, Jagathy Sreekumar, Bhavana, Oduvil Unnikrishnan, Saleem Kumar, and Ashish Vidyarthi. The film is a parody of the spy genre such as the James Bond series and C.I.D. Nazeer. It is considered as one of the most popular and most loved movie of Dileep's career .
It was remade in Tamil as Seena Thaana 001, in Kannada as CID Eesha and in Telugu as Ramachari - Eedo Pedda Goodachari. The same team are planning to make the sequel of this film. The name they have announced is CID Moosa From Scotland (2016). This movie has been put on hold for the time being.
Plot
The movie starts with Khaled Muhammad aka Baba(Sharat Saxena) in jail telling one of his henchmen to kill the kerala chief minister Ravi Menon(Murali).Sahadevan(Dileep) is the son of a police constable(Oduvil Unnikrishnan) who works in the dog squad. Sahadevan has only one ambition and that is to join the police department and for that he has cleared the exams and is waiting for the physical test. But he has an enemy, his own brother-in-law Peethambaran(Jagathy Sreekumar) who does not like him.Some of Baba's henchmen with the help of commissioner Gauri shankar(Ashish Vidyarthi) plan to kill the CM by placing a bomb in his room in the hospital when Ravi Menon was unwell.However Sahadevan foils the plan as his dog Arjun sacrifices himself. The blame is put on him by the police commissioner but he is saved by the DGP(Vijayaraghavan). Because the commissioner is aware of Sahadevan's knowings about the bomb plan,he along with Peethambaran deliberately fails him in the physical test. When he finds out who the crooks are, he tries to find a way to foil it and that hope was to become a private detective via his uncle Karamchand(Captain Raju). He becomes a private detective and calls himself CID Moosa,Shortform of Moolamkushiyil Sahadevan. He has a funky car that do different tricks to assist him in evading his enemies. During all of this he falls in love with a girl named Meena (Bhavana).After innumerable attempts,he makes her fall in love with him.Meanwhile,he managed to intercept the first terrorists who planned to place the bomb in the hospital. Gauri in anger destroys Moosa's office saying it doesn't have license.When Moosa goes to the CM for a petition,the CM's car explodes.Moosa is applauded for saving him.Then he kills the second terrorist and gets a Rs.5 lakhs as a reward. Meena then told Moosa that those terrorists were sharing tenants in her house and filed a case to the commissioner not realising that she would be arrested as soon as she reached her flat.The commissioner tries to molest Meena but Moosa intervenes to save her.Later Gauri forces the CM to issue a warrant against Moosa which he reluctantly accepts.On the way home,Ravi Menon sees Baba on the road(he gets released from jail).Moosa meets the CM to prove his innocence but Baba enters to assault the CM and shoots him in his arm.Moosa takes the CM to safety in his cars and uses the different tricks and devices in his car to evade the police.Then he gets intercepted by Gauri and Baba but kills them using his wits and a little help from his dog.The CM is saved and now Moosa is sent to Scotland to solve bigger cases.
The name CID Moosa is given as an Easter Egg in the 1997 Dileep movie Kudamattom. It means the movie was in consideration more than 6 years ago. In the Kudamattam Dileep visits a Books Stall and reads the name of a book as CID Moosa while Manju steals his Chenda Stick
Cast
- Dileep as Moolamkuzhiyil Sahadevan aka CID Moosa
- Rex as Arjun
- Ashish Vidyarthi as Gowri Shankar (Police Commissioner)
- Sharat Saxena as Baba
- Jagathy Sreekumar as Police Sub Inspector Peethambaran
- Bhavana as Meena
- Harisree Ashokan as Thorappan Kochunni
- Murali as Chief Minister
- Bindu Panicker as Sahadevan's elder sister
- Cochin Haneefa as Police officer Vikram
- Oduvil Unnikrishnan as Sahadevan's father
- Salim Kumar as The Insane Man
- Indrans
- Captain Raju
- Kunchan as Doctor
- Kalabhavan Shajon as Police Constable
- Machan Varghese
- Vijayaraghavan as DIGP
- Sukumari as Sahadevan's mother
- Subbalakshmi as Meena's grandmother
- Paravoor Bharathan as Meena's grandfather
- Sudheer Sukumaran as Gunda
- Kasan Khan as Gunda
Reception
This film released on 4 July 2003 and was reviewed as a worth watching movie for the kids as well as the comic lovers. The director entered in the mainstream with this movie.
Soundtrack
The film featured a soundtrack composed by Vidyasagar, with lyrics penned by Gireesh Puthenchery.
| Song Title | Singers |
|---|---|
| "James Bond" | Karthik |
| "Main Ne Pyar Kiya" | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam |
| "Teepori Pambaram" | K. J. Yesudas |
| "Kadirangi Oodi" | V. Devanand, Chorus |
| "Chilamboli Katte" | Udit Narayan, Sujatha |
Sequel
In 2016,it was revealed that a sequel is in development.
Remakes
Following the success of CID Moosa, it was remade in Tamil titled Seena Thana 001 starring Prasanna in 2007. It was above average at the box office. A Telugu remake titled "Ramachari - Edo pedda gudachari" was released later in 2013, with Venu, Kamalinee Mukherjee and Murali Sharma replacing the roles played by Dileep, Bhavana and Ashish Vidyarthi respectively. It was reported as superhit at the box office. A Kannada remake titled "C. I. D. Eesha" was released the same year, with Jaggesh playing the lead role.
| CID Moosa (2003) Malayalam | Seena Thana 001 (2007) Tamil | Ramachari (2013) Telugu | CID Eesha (2012) Kannada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moolankuzhiyil Sahadevan (Dileep) | Tamizharasan (Prasanna) | Ramu (Venu) | Eranahalli Sankargowda (Jaggesh) | |
| Meena (Bhavana) | Mina (Sheela) | Geetha (Kamalinee Mukherjee) | Devika (Asha) | |
| ACP Gaurishankar (Ashish Vidyarthi) | AC Gaurishankar (Riyaz Khan) | Commissioner Chadda (Murali Sharma) | Commissioner (Avinash) | |
| CM Ravi Menon (Murali) | Governor Vishwanath Reddy (Visu) | Harishchandra Prasad (Balayya) | CM Rangaswamy (Srinivasamurthy) | |
| SI Peethambaran (Jagathy Sreekumar) | Parameswar (Manivannan) | SI Chintamani (Brahmanandam) | Narasimha (Rangayana Raghu) | |
| Thorappan Kochunni (Harisree Ashokan) | Seenichamy (Vadivelu) | Donga Gangully (Ali) | Komi (Komal Kumar) | |
| Moolankuzhiyil Prabhakaran (Oduvil Unnikrishnan) | (Delhi Ganesh) | Kotachari (Chandra Mohan) | (Chidanand) | |
| Vikraman (Cochin Haneefa) | (Ilavarasu) | Tatachari (L.B. Sriram) | (Bank Janardhan) | |
| Karunan Chandakkavala alias Karamchand (Captain Raju) | CID Ananthaikannan (Livingston) | James Bond jr. (Suthi Velu) | - | |
| Khaled Muhammad (Sarath Saxena) | Terrorist Baba (Kazan Khan) | Mukesh Bhai (Raj Premi) | Mohammed Ghouse | |