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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Aavanazhi<br />
| image = Aavanazhi poster.jpg<br />
| caption = Theatrical release poster<br />
| director = [[I. V. Sasi]]<br />
| producer = Sajan<br />
| writer = [[T. Damodaran]]<br />
| narrator = <br />
| starring = {{ubl|[[Mammootty]]|[[Geetha (actress)|Geetha]]|[[Sukumaran]]|[[Janardhanan (actor)|Janardhanan]]|[[Seema (actress)|Seema]]|[[Nalini (actress)|Nalini]]}}<br />
| music = [[Shyam (composer)|Shyam]]<br />
| cinematography = Jayaram V.<br />
| editing = [[K. Narayanan]]<br />
| studio = Saj Productions<br />
| distributor = <br />
| released = {{Film date|1986|9|12|df=y}}<br />
| runtime = 152 minutes<br />
| country = India<br />
| language = Malayalam<br />
| budget = <!--Must be attributed to a reliable published source with an established reputation for fact-checking. No blogs, no IMDb.--><br />
| gross = <!--Must be attributed to a reliable published source with an established reputation for fact-checking. No blogs, no IMDb.--><br />
}}<br />
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'''''Aavanazhi''''' is a 1986 Indian [[Malayalam]]-language [[action film]] directed by [[I. V. Sasi]], written by [[T. Damodaran]]. The film deals with social and political issues of that time. It stars [[Mammootty]], [[Geetha (actress)|Geetha]], [[Seema (actress)|Seema]], [[Sukumaran]], [[Captain Raju]], [[Janardhanan (actor)|Janardanan]], [[Jagannatha Varma]], [[Innocent (actor)|Innocent]], [[Thikkurisi Sukumaran Nair]], [[Sreenivasan]] and [[Sankaradi]].<ref name="indulge">{{Cite web |date=24 October 2017 |title=Remembering a legend: Five iconic IV Sasi movies that shaped Mollywood |url=https://www.indulgexpress.com/entertainment/cinema/2017/oct/24/remembering-a-legend-five-iconic-iv-sasi-movies-that-shaped-mollywood-4145.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200710080404/https://www.indulgexpress.com/entertainment/cinema/2017/oct/24/remembering-a-legend-five-iconic-iv-sasi-movies-that-shaped-mollywood-4145.html |archive-date=10 July 2020 |access-date=10 July 2020 |website=[[Indulge Express]]}}</ref><br />
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''Aavanazhi'' was the highest grossing Malayalam film at the time and was an industry hit. It was remade in Kannada as "Anthima Theerpu" starring [[Ambareesh]] and Geetha, in Tamil as ''[[Kadamai Kanniyam Kattupaadu]]'', in Telugu as ''Marana Sasanam'' and in Hindi as ''[[Satyamev Jayate (1987 film)|Satyamev Jayate]]''. I. V. Sasi made two sequels — ''[[Inspector Balram]]'' in 1991 and ''[[Balram vs. Taradas]]'' in 2006.<br />
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==Plot==<br />
Balram, popularly known as Karadi, is an honest Circle Inspector. Frustrated in his life after several personal setbacks, including a failed affair of the heart, Balram has turned to drinking and womanizing. Balram is assigned to nab Satyaraj, who evaded the clutches of the police after murdering Chackochan, a contractor. Balram successfully arrests him, but in court, Satyaraj is represented by Advocate Jayachandran . Satyaraj is acquitted by the court, but Balram decides to frame in several other criminal charges pending against him. Usha, Balram's ex-lover, is now married to Jayachandran.<br />
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Balram falls in love with Seetha, a prostitute, whom he decides to marry. Meanwhile, Radha, a young lady, is determined to avenge herself on Balram, who she believes to have killed her brother while in police custody. But in reality, it was a handwork of Satyaraj, on instruction from Vincent. Falsely implicated, Balram had been suspended from police for a couple of years, but has been reinstated. Though Seetha tries to convince Radha of the truth, she is not ready to accept it. To gain her revenge over Balram, Radha decides to offer Satyaraj a safe stay away from the police eyes. Balram's open fight with Satyaraj and his "outside the law" dealing with him forms the rest of the story.<br />
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==Cast==<br />
{{colbegin}}<br />
*[[Mammootty]] as CI Balram<br />
*[[Geetha (actress)|Geetha]] as Seetha<br />
*[[Seema (actress)|Seema]] as Radha <br />
*[[Nalini (actress)|Nalini]] as Usha Jayachandran<br />
*[[Sukumaran]] as Adv.Jayachandran<br />
*[[Captain Raju]] as Sathyaraj<br />
*[[Janardhanan (actor)|Janardanan]] as Vincent<br />
*[[Innocent (actor)|Innocent]] as Vishnu<br />
*[[Sreenivasan]] as Sreeni<br />
*[[C. I. Paul]] as Chandrahasan<br />
*[[Paravoor Bharathan]] as Chackochan<br />
*[[Kundara Johny]] as Dy SP Alex George<br />
*[[K. P. A. C. Azeez]] as Commissioner Azeez<br />
*[[Sankaradi]] as Viswanathan<br />
*[[Jagannatha Varma]] as DIG Kumar<br />
*[[Augustine (actor)|Augustine]] as Ummer<br />
*[[Kunchan (actor)|Kunchan]] as "Samshayam" Vasu<br />
*[[Shafeeq (actor)|Shafeeq]] as Benny Vincent<br />
*[[Thikkurisi Sukumaran Nair]] as Nampoothiri<br />
* Kumari Shibi as Jyothi <br />
*[[Santhakumari]] as Radha's Mother<br />
*[[Prathapachandran]]<br />
*[[Hari (actor)|Hari]] as Advocate<br />
* Rajan Padoor as Kallan Kuttan<br />
* Amit Amee as Unni/Radha's younger Brother <br />
* Thiruthiyadu Vilasini as Chackochan's wife<br />
* Sajith Devadas as Nirmal Hasan<br />
* Gorilla Unni as Circle Inspector<br />
* Krishnakkurupp NB<br />
* Aliyar<br />
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{{colend}}<br />
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==Release==<br />
The film was released on 12 September 1986.<br />
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=== Reception ===<br />
The film received positive reviews from critics.<br />
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===Box office===<br />
The film was a major commercial success. It was the highest grossing film at the time<ref>{{Cite web |date=26 April 2013 |title=Architect of blockbusters |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/architect-of-blockbusters/article4655388.ece |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171205145004/http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/architect-of-blockbusters/article4655388.ece |archive-date=5 December 2017 |access-date=2 August 2016 |website=[[The Hindu]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=13 April 2013 |title=Saluting the maker of super hits |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/saluting-the-maker-of-super-hits/article4612482.ece |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160815143249/http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/saluting-the-maker-of-super-hits/article4612482.ece |archive-date=15 August 2016 |access-date=2 August 2016 |website=[[The Hindu]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=24 October 2017 |title=I.V. Sasi reigned at the box office, and made classics too |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/he-reigned-at-box-office-but-made-classics-too/article19912969.ece |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624210559/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/he-reigned-at-box-office-but-made-classics-too/article19912969.ece |archive-date=24 June 2021 |access-date=24 June 2021 |website=[[The Hindu]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=24 May 2016 |title=Kollywood's craze for Malayalam screenplays |url=https://www.sify.com/movies/kollywoods-craze-for-malayalam-screenplays-imagegallery-kollywood-qcqlVVcfihhcd.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624231430/https://www.sify.com/movies/kollywoods-craze-for-malayalam-screenplays-imagegallery-kollywood-qcqlVVcfihhcd.html |archive-date=24 June 2021 |access-date=24 June 2021 |website=[[Sify]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=C S Venkiteswaran |date=8 November 2017 |title=Trendsetting titan |language=en-IN |work=[[The Hindu]] |url=https://frontline.thehindu.com/other/obituary/trendsetting-titan/article9947168.ece/amp/ |url-status=live |access-date=24 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624205647/https://frontline.thehindu.com/other/obituary/trendsetting-titan/article9947168.ece/amp/ |archive-date=24 June 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=26 October 2017 |title=The End of an Epoch |url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/i-v-sasi-has-been-a-trendsetter-in-the-film-industry/article19924652.ece |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20181013165144/https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/i-v-sasi-has-been-a-trendsetter-in-the-film-industry/article19924652.ece |archive-date=13 October 2018 |access-date=7 July 2021 |website=[[The Hindu]]}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> The film ran for more than 200 days in theatres in Kerala.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=24 May 2016 |title=10 Mammootty films to watch before you die |url=https://m.timesofindia.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/photo-features/10-mammootty-films-to-watch-before-you-die/photostory/52419768.cms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210811214043/https://m.timesofindia.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/photo-features/10-mammootty-films-to-watch-before-you-die/photostory/52419768.cms |archive-date=11 August 2021 |access-date=24 June 2021 |website=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref><br />
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==Remakes==<br />
All the remakes of the film were commercial successes.<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;"<br />
! Year<br />
! Film<br />
! Language<br />
! Ref.<br />
|-<br />
|1987<br />
|''[[Anthima Theerpu (1987 film)|Anthima Theerpu]]''<br />
|[[Kannada]]<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|1987<br />
|''[[Marana Shasanam]]''<br />
|[[Telugu language|Telugu]]<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
| 1987<br />
|''[[Satyamev Jayate (film)|Satyamev Jayate]]''<br />
|[[Hindi]]<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
| 1987<br />
|''[[Kadamai Kanniyam Kattupaadu]]''<br />
|[[Tamil language|Tamil]]<br />
|<br />
|}<br />
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== Sequels ==<br />
The movie had two sequels; 1991 movie [[Inspector Balram]] and a spiritual successor, [[Balram vs. Tharadas|Balram vs Tharadas]] in which [[Mammootty]] reprises his roles from two movies, [[Inspector Balram]] from Aavanazhi and [[Tharadas]] from [[Athirathram (film)|Athiratram]].<br />
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==Legacy==<br />
The film is considered to be one of IV Sasi's best works. The film remains to be the only Malayalam Industry hit with a policeman as its central character. The protagonist ''Inspector Balram'' remains to be one of the most iconic characters in Malayalam cinema.<ref name="indulge" /><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{IMDb title|0271345}}<br />
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{{I. V. Sasi}}<br />
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[[Category:Indian crime action films]]<br />
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