New Delhi (1987 film)

For other uses, see New Delhi (disambiguation).
New Delhi

Poster designed by Gayathri Ashokan
Directed by Joshiy
Produced by Joy Thomas
Written by Dennis Joseph
Starring Mammootty
Suresh Gopi
Sumalatha
Thiagarajan
Urvashi
Devan
Vijayaraghavan
Mohan Jose
Music by Shyam
Cinematography Jayanan Vincent
Edited by K. Sankunny
Production
company
Distributed by Jubilee Productions
Release dates
  • 24 July 1987 (1987-07-24)
Running time
 143 minutes
Country India
Language Malayalam

New Delhi is a 1987 Malayalam thriller film written by Dennis Joseph and directed by Joshiy and produced by Joy Thomas. It stars Mammootty, Suresh Gopi, Sumalatha, Urvashi, B. Thiagarajan, Siddique, Vijayaraghavan, Mohan Jose, Devan, and Jagannatha Varma.[1]

New Delhi is one of the highest grossing films in the history of Malayalam cinema, it was the top grosser of 1987. The huge success of the film resurrected Mammootty's career in 1987 after having a string of box-office flops in the prior year.[2] Many later films adapted the storyline of New Delhi.The film's huge success fetched Mammootty the "Mega star" status.[3]

The film was remade and released in Telugu as Anthima Theerpu, with veteran actor Krishnam Raju in the lead, which was directed by Joshiy himself. Joshiy also directed the Hindi and Kannada versions titled "New Delhi". Lead roles were played by Jeetendra in its Hindi version and Ambareesh in the Kannada version, respectively.The story is loosely based on the novel "The Almighty" by Irving Wallace.

Thiagarajan, who played the role of Salem Vishnu in New Delhi, later produced and directed a Tamil film titled Salem Vishnu which showcased the prequel story of his character and why he became a murderer.

Plot

New Delhi is about Delhi-based Malayali journalist, G. Krishnamoorthy (Mammootty), who is imprisoned in a mental asylum after exposing the wrongdoings of two corrupt politicians, and the film follows his subsequent attempts at revenge. The story is loosely based on the novel The Almighty by Irving Wallace. It ran clean for 200 days.[4]

Summary

G. Krishnamoorthy, aka G. K. (Mammootty), is a cartoonist and investigative journalist working in New Delhi. Urvashi plays the role of his sister, Uma, who is also a journalist. G. K. falls in love with New Delhi dancer Maria Fernandes (Sumalatha). C. R. Panikkar (Jagannatha Varma) and Shankar (Devan), two political icons, book a show with Maria on the eve of Republic Day and brutally rape her in a hotel room. G.K. attempts to report the incident in the newspaper, but is foiled by his chief editor, who notifies the villains. After being arrested on fake charges, G.K. is brought to trial to face many false witnesses including Fernandes and her father, who claims nobody harmed his daughter. G.K. is deemed mentally unfit and sentenced to one and a half years in a mental asylum, as well as five years in prison where he suffers abuse. G. K. meets Ananthan (Vijayaraghavan), Siddiq (Siddique) and Appu's acquaintance from the jail. He was once selected to be set free from prison on Republic day, but he was denied the chance by Shankar.

Nataraj Vishnu (Thiagarajan) is a murderer who was sentenced to death by the court. G.K., who already has a plan of revenge, meets Vishnu and offers to help him break out of jail. After completing the five-year period, G.K. is free. Maria is all set, ready with a new newspaper which she dedicates to G.K. He arranged help for Vishnu, Ananthan, Siddiq, and Appu to break out of jail. G.K. delays the issuing of his newspaper even though the newspaper had all the facilities and trained journalists, including Uma and Suresh (Suresh Gopi), Uma's fiancée. He wants his newspaper to release only after getting sensational news. He also informs that he has appointed a reporter named Viswanath who will provide sensational news to him, if available.

When the team breaks out of jail, they head towards the residence of former judge and newly appointed ambassador to USA, Mr Aggarwal who had sentenced G.K. to prison, and kill him according to G.K.'s instructions. The newspaper is released immediately and has a grand reception by the people since this sensational news. G.K.'s newspaper soon becomes the leading newspaper in India.

Uma and Suresh have doubts about how the news being published in their newspaper so early by the "unknown" reporter Viswanath. G.K. instructs the team of four to kill C. R. Panikkar. He is electrocuted and killed, the torturing method G.K. faced in the mental asylum.The killing is witnessed by Suresh and team notices it. G.K. instructs the team to kill Suresh who has some evidences and photos about this. G.K., who later came to know about the affair between Uma and Suresh, tries to rescue Suresh but could not. Siddiq gets killed while Appu gets caught by the police.

The last prey of G.K.'s series of killings was Shankar, who is a central minister. G.K., as usual, instructs the team ( now limited to Ananthan and Vishnu) to kill Shankar, and he publishes a news about Minister Shankar's murder. But the team could not cross the tight security to kill him. They both were killed in an encounter with police. G.K., who was all set to release his next day's newspaper, is arrested by the police for conspiring to attack Shankar. Shankar comes to the office of G.K. to harass him. Soon, Maria Fernandes shoots Shankar with the pistol as a revenge for rape. The police try to lock her, but she succeeds in killing him. In the end both Maria and G.K. are arrested by the police.

Cast

Production

Casting

The original cast included Mammootty, Sumalatha, Suresh Gopi, Devan, and Urvashi, Thiagarajan, Siddique, Vijayaraghavan, Mohan Jose, and Jagannatha Varma. Most of these actors were in the early days of their careers.

Filming

The film was scheduled to begin on 17 January 1987, in New Delhi, but due to tight security following communal violence in Delhi, it was postponed to 29 January, which created a huge loss to the producer. The film was shot on location in New Delhi. Major portions were shot in the Kerala House and in the Delhi Jail. Principal photography was completed on 14 February, after a tight 16- to 17-day schedule, a relatively short time period.

Boxoffice

The film was a record breaking blockbuster and an industry hit at that time.[5][6][7][8] The film ran 300 days in theatres.[9][10] The film became the first malayalam film to get a record ₹1 crore (US$150,000) share from theatres and record rights of ₹42 lakh (US$62,000) against budget of ₹29 lakh (US$43,000).[11]

Remakes

Year Film Language Cast Director
1988 Antima Teerpu Telugu Krishnamraju, Thiagarajan, Sumalatha, Prabhakar Reddy, Ranganath Joshiy
1988 New Delhi Hindi Jeetendra, Sumalatha, Raza Murad, Thiagarajan Joshiy
1988 New Delhi Kannada Ambareesh, Sumalatha, Thiagarajan Joshiy

References

  1. ↑ "New Delhi Film details". malayalachalachithram. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
  2. ↑ http://www.filmibeat.com/malayalam/news/2016/director-actor-combos-in-malayalam-cinema-223947-pg3.html
  3. ↑ https://picasaweb.google.com/114147942626960267796/MalayalamBoxOfficeOpeningKingMammootty#5530185619206966482
  4. ↑ http://www.onlookersmedia.in/evergreen-movies/new-delhi-trendsetter-mollywood
  5. ↑ http://www.filmibeat.com/malayalam/news/2016/director-actor-combos-in-malayalam-cinema-223947-pg3.html
  6. ↑ http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/mammootty-turns-64-mohanlal-dulquer-salman-jayasurya-wish-on-facebook/1/467182.html
  7. ↑ http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/lf/2002/08/29/stories/2002082900550200.htm
  8. ↑ http://www.rediff.com/movies/2003/nov/01south.htm
  9. ↑ http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/mammootty-and-mohan-lal-emerge-as-unprecedented-superstars-of-malayalam-films/1/330129.html
  10. ↑ http://www.onlookersmedia.in/evergreen-movies/new-delhi-trendsetter-mollywood
  11. ↑ https://picasaweb.google.com/114147942626960267796/MalayalamBoxOfficeOpeningKingMammootty#5530511338761723346

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