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{{Infobox film
| name = CID Ramachandran Retd. SI
| image = File:CID_Ramachandran_Retd_SI.jpg
| caption = Official poster
| director = Sanoop Sathyan
| writer = Sanoop Sathyan <br/> Aneesh V Sivadas
| producer = Shiju Mispa<br/>Sanoop Sathyan
| starring = [[Kalabhavan Shajohn]]<br/>[[Baiju Santhosh]]<br/>[[Sudheer Karamana]]
| cinematography = Joe Christo Xavier
| editing = [[Lijo Paul]]
| music = Anu B Ivar
| studio = AD 1877 Pictures
| released = {{film date|df=y|2024|05|17|}}
| country = [[India]]
| language = [[Malayalam]]
}}
'''''CID Ramachandran Retd. SI''''' is a 2024 Indian [[Malayalam cinema|Malayalam]] language [[crime thriller film]] written and directed by Sanoop Sathyan.<ref>{{Cite news |date=15 May 2024 |title=Release date shift: Kalabhavan Shajohn's 'CID Ramachandran Retd SI' hits theaters on THIS date |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/news/release-date-shift-kalabhavan-shajohns-cid-ramachandran-retd-si-hits-theaters-on-this-date/articleshow/110151106.cms |accessdate=23 May 2024 |work=[[The Times of India]] |issn=0971-8257 |archive-date=23 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240523092742/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/news/release-date-shift-kalabhavan-shajohns-cid-ramachandran-retd-si-hits-theaters-on-this-date/articleshow/110151106.cms |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=10 May 2024 |title='CID Ramachandran Retd. SI' trailer: Kalabhavan Shajohn starrer promises a riveting investigation thriller. This marks as Shiju Mispa First Debut Malayalam as a producer and actor. |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/news/cid-ramachandran-retd-si-trailer-kalabhavan-shajohn-starrer-promises-a-riveting-investigation-thriller/articleshow/110011896.cms |accessdate=23 May 2024 |work=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=4 June 2023 |title=കലാഭവൻ ഷാജോൺ നായകനാകുന്ന 'സി.ഐ.ഡി. രാമചന്ദ്രൻ റിട്ട. എസ്. ഐ'; ഫസ്റ്റ് ലുക്ക് പോസ്റ്റർ പുറത്ത് |url=https://www.mathrubhumi.com/movies-music/news/kalabhavan-shajon-cid-ramachandran-ret-si-first-look-poster-1.8614579 |accessdate=23 May 2024 |work=[[Mathrubhumi]] |language=ml |archive-date=23 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240523092733/https://www.mathrubhumi.com/movies-music/news/kalabhavan-shajon-cid-ramachandran-ret-si-first-look-poster-1.8614579 |url-status=live }}</ref> He has also co-written the script with Aneesh V Sivadas.<ref>{{Cite news |date=28 February 2023 |title=Kalabhavan Shajohn to headline an investigative thriller next |url=https://www.cinemaexpress.com/malayalam/news/2023/Feb/28/kalabhavan-shajohn-to-headline-an-investigative-thriller-next-40486.html |accessdate=23 May 2024 |work=[[Cinema Express]] |archive-date=14 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240514175335/https://www.cinemaexpress.com/malayalam/news/2023/Feb/28/kalabhavan-shajohn-to-headline-an-investigative-thriller-next-40486.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=5 June 2023 |title=കോൺസ്റ്റബിൾ സഹദേവനിൽ നിന്നും എസ്.ഐയായി പ്രൊമോഷൻ; ഷാജോണിന്റെ 'സി.ഐ.ഡി.രാമചന്ദ്രൻ റിട്ട. എസ്.ഐ.' |url=https://malayalam.news18.com/news/film/movies-kalabhavan-shajohn-in-cid-ramachandran-retired-si-mm-606320.html |accessdate=23 May 2024 |work=[[News18.com]] |language=ml}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=9 May 2024 |title=സി.ഐ.ഡി. രാമചന്ദ്രൻ റിട്ട. എസ്. ഐ. മെയ് പതിനേഴിന് |url=https://www.mathrubhumi.com/movies-music/news/cid-ramachandran-retired-si-sanoop-sathyan-kalabhavan-shajon-1.9545333 |accessdate=23 May 2024 |work=[[Mathrubhumi]] |language=ml |archive-date=23 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240523092736/https://www.mathrubhumi.com/movies-music/news/cid-ramachandran-retired-si-sanoop-sathyan-kalabhavan-shajon-1.9545333 |url-status=live }}</ref> The film stars [[Kalabhavan Shajohn]], [[Baiju Santhosh]] and [[Sudheer Karamana]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=11 May 2024 |title=CID Ramachandran Retd SI Trailer: Kalabhavan Shajohn's film promises a gripping investigative thriller |url=https://www.cinemaexpress.com/malayalam/news/2024/May/11/cid-ramachandran-retd-si-trailer-kalabhavan-shajohns-film-promises-a-gripping-investigative-thriller-2 |accessdate=23 May 2024 |work=[[Cinema Express]] |archive-date=25 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240525175403/https://www.cinemaexpress.com/malayalam/news/2024/May/11/cid-ramachandran-retd-si-trailer-kalabhavan-shajohns-film-promises-a-gripping-investigative-thriller-2 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=4 June 2023 |title='സിഐഡി രാമചന്ദ്രൻ റിട്ട. എസ്ഐ', ഫസ്റ്റ് ലുക്ക് പോസ്റ്റർ പുറത്ത് |url=https://www.asianetnews.com/entertainment-news/cid-ramachandran-retd-si-first-look-out-hrk-rvqh85 |accessdate=23 May 2024 |work=[[Asianet News]] |language=ml |archive-date=23 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240523092733/https://www.asianetnews.com/entertainment-news/cid-ramachandran-retd-si-first-look-out-hrk-rvqh85 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=10 May 2024 |title=സി.ഐ.ഡി. രാമചന്ദ്രൻ റിട്ട. എസ്. ഐ. മെയ് പതിനേഴിന് |url=https://www.mangalam.com/news/detail/708643-latest-news-c-i-d-ramachandran-rtd-s-i-seventeenth-may.html |accessdate=23 May 2024 |work=[[Mangalam Publications]] |language=ml |archive-date=23 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240523092733/https://www.mangalam.com/news/detail/708643-latest-news-c-i-d-ramachandran-rtd-s-i-seventeenth-may.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Film produced by Shiju Mispa and Sanoop Sathyan.<ref>{{Cite news |date=16 May 2024 |title=ഷാജോൺ പ്രധാന വേഷത്തില്‍; 'സിഐഡി രാമചന്ദ്രൻ റിട്ടയേർഡ് എസ് ഐ' നാളെ |url=https://www.asianetnews.com/entertainment-news/cid-ramachandran-retd-si-movie-from-tomorrow-starring-kalabhavan-shajohn-sdkqu0 |accessdate=23 May 2024 |work=[[Asianet News]] |language=ml |archive-date=23 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240523092733/https://www.asianetnews.com/entertainment-news/cid-ramachandran-retd-si-movie-from-tomorrow-starring-kalabhavan-shajohn-sdkqu0 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=9 May 2024 |title='സി.ഐ.ഡി. രാമചന്ദ്രൻ റിട്ട. എസ്. ഐ' മെയ് പതിനേഴിന് പ്രദർശനത്തിനെത്തുന്നു |url=https://zeenews.india.com/malayalam/movies/cid-ramachandran-retd-si-movie-will-be-released-on-may-17-195502 |accessdate=23 May 2024 |work=[[Zee News]] |language=ml |archive-date=23 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240523092733/https://zeenews.india.com/malayalam/movies/cid-ramachandran-retd-si-movie-will-be-released-on-may-17-195502 |url-status=live }}</ref>

== Plot ==
Retired police inspector Ramachandran investigates a case of falsely accused suspects in a rural area, uncovering lies, betrayal, and the real culprit to exonerate the innocent and restore faith in justice.

== Cast ==
*[[Kalabhavan Shajohn]] as Rtd [[Sub Inspector|S.I]] Ramachandran
*[[Anumol]] as Urmila
*[[Baiju Santhosh]] as [[Advocate]] Lalji
*[[Sudheer Karamana]] as Jayarajan
*[[Shanker Ramakrishnan]] as [[Deputy superintendent of police|DYSP]] Shahjahan
*[[Prem Kumar (Malayalam actor)|Prem Kumar]] as Vasundaran
*[[Srikant Murali]] as Omanakuttan
*Anand Manmadhan as Raghu
*[[Azees Nedumangad]] as Saji
*[[Thulasidas]] as Balan Maash
* Deepu Navayikkulam as Rajan
*[[Pauly Valsan]] as Madhavi
*Balaji Sarma as [[Assistant sub-inspector of police|ASI]] Sahadevan
*Geethi Sangeetha as Bindu
*Thushara Pillai as Vasantha
* Arun Punaloor as Conductor Suni
* Viyaan Mangalassery as [[Inspector]] Arun
*Nikhil as Manu
*Lakshmi Devan as Lathika
*Varsha as Arya
*Nandhana as Raji
*Selvaraj as Akri Ramesh
*Unni Raj as Purushan
*Shiju Mispa as [[Inspector]]

==Production==
[[Principal photography]] began on 27 February 2023 with a customary [[Puja (Hinduism)|pooja]] function held at [[Thiruvananthapuram]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=27 February 2023 |title=ഇന്‍വെസ്റ്റിഗേറ്റീവ് ത്രില്ലറുമായി ഷാജോൺ; 'സി.ഐ.ഡി. രാമചന്ദ്രന്‍ റിട്ട. എസ്.ഐ'യുടെ പൂജ നടന്നു |url=https://www.mathrubhumi.com/movies-music/news/kalabhavan-shajon-new-movie-cid-ramachandran-ret-si-title-launch-1.8347445 |accessdate=23 May 2024 |work=[[Mathrubhumi]] |language=ml}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=28 April 2023 |title=കോൺസ്റ്റബിൾ സഹദേവനിൽ നിന്നും എസ്.ഐയായി പ്രൊമോഷൻ; ഷാജോണിന്റെ 'സി.ഐ.ഡി.രാമചന്ദ്രൻ റിട്ട. എസ്.ഐ.' |url=https://keralakaumudi.com/news/news.php?id=1056111 |accessdate=23 May 2024 |work=[[Kerala Kaumudi]] |language=ml}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movie-details/cid-ramachandran-retd-si/movieshow/110148446.cms |title=CID Ramachandran Retd. SI on Times of India |website=[[The Times of India]] |publisher=[[Times Internet]] |accessdate=23 May 2024 |archive-date=22 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240522195202/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movie-details/cid-ramachandran-retd-si/movieshow/110148446.cms |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=4 June 2023 |title=സി.ഐ.ഡി.രാമചന്ദ്രൻ റിട്ട. എസ്.ഐ! അന്വേഷണ കഥയുമായി കലാഭവൻ ഷാജോൺ |url=https://www.madhyamam.com/entertainment/movie-news/kalabhavan-shajohns-cid-ramachandran-retd-si-movie-first-look-poster-out-1167285 |accessdate=23 May 2024 |work=[[Madhyamam]] |language=ml |archive-date=23 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240523092743/https://www.madhyamam.com/entertainment/movie-news/kalabhavan-shajohns-cid-ramachandran-retd-si-movie-first-look-poster-out-1167285 |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Music==
The film's music was composed by Anu B Ivar and the background score was composed by Anto Francis.<ref>{{Cite news |date=28 August 2024 |title=ഷാജോൺ നായകനായി 'സിഐഡി രാമചന്ദ്രന്‍ റിട്ട. എസ്ഐ'; പുതിയ പോസ്റ്റർ പുറത്ത് |url=https://www.etvbharat.com/malayalam/kerala/entertainment/movie/cid-ramachandran-retd-si-new-poster/kerala20230828164611874874764 |accessdate=23 May 2024 |work=[[ETV Bharat News]] |language=ml |archive-date=23 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240523092734/https://www.etvbharat.com/malayalam/kerala/entertainment/movie/cid-ramachandran-retd-si-new-poster/kerala20230828164611874874764 |url-status=live }}</ref> The song "Aarum Kaana" was released on 16 May 2024.<ref>{{Cite news |date=16 May 2024 |title=CID Ramachandran Retd SI Song - Aarum Kaana |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/videos/entertainment/music/malayalam/cid-ramachandran-retd-si-song-aarum-kaana/videoshow/110148283.cms |accessdate=23 May 2024 |work=[[The Times of India]] |archive-date=23 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240523092733/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/videos/entertainment/music/malayalam/cid-ramachandran-retd-si-song-aarum-kaana/videoshow/110148283.cms |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Release==
The film was released in theatres on 17 May 2024.<ref>{{Cite news |date=15 May 2024 |title=Kalabhavan Shajohn-starrer Film CID Ramachandran Retd SI New Release Date Out |url=https://www.news18.com/movies/kalabhavan-shajohn-starrer-film-cid-ramachandran-retd-si-new-release-date-out-8891510.html |accessdate=23 May 2024 |work=[[News18.com]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Narayanan Nambu |date=18 May 2024 |title=ലളിതമായ അവതരണം, ഒരു മർഡർ ഇൻവെസ്റ്റിഗേഷൻ കൃത്യമായ രീതിയിൽ സസ്പെൻസ് ഒളിപ്പിച്ചു തന്നെ കാണിച്ചിരിക്കുന്നു |url=https://boolokam.com/cid-ramachandran-retd-si-review/ |accessdate=23 May 2024 |work=boolokam.com |language=ml}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=9 May 2024 |title=സി ഐ ഡി രാമചന്ദ്രന്‍ റിട്ട. എസ്.ഐ മെയ് പതിനേഴിന് |url=https://www.deshabhimani.com/post/20220313_32163/cid-ramachandran,-retrd,-SI |accessdate=23 May 2024 |work=[[Deshabhimani]] |language=ml |archive-date=23 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240523092742/https://www.deshabhimani.com/post/20220313_32163/cid-ramachandran,-retrd,-SI |url-status=live }}</ref>

== Reception ==
''CID Ramachandran Retd. SI'' received generally positive to mixed reviews.<ref>{{Cite news |date=23 May 2024 |title='CID Ramachandran RTD SI' box office collections day 6: Kalabhavan Shajohn starrer earns Rs 6 lakhs |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/news/cid-ramachandran-rtd-si-box-office-collections-day-6-kalabhavan-shajohn-starrer-earns-rs-6-lakhs/articleshow/110356818.cms |accessdate=23 May 2024 |work=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref> Gopika of ''[[The Times of India]]'' also gave a positive review rating the movie 2.5/5.<ref>{{cite news |date=25 May 2024 |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movie-reviews/cidramachandran/movie-review/110423919.cms |title=CID Ramachandran Retd. SI Movie Review : An investigative thriller held together by Shajohn |work=[[The Times of India]] |publisher=[[Times Internet]] |accessdate=27 May 2024 |archive-date=27 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240527081707/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movie-reviews/cidramachandran/movie-review/110423919.cms |url-status=live }}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{IMDb title| tt26931586}}

[[Category:2024 Malayalam-language films]]
[[Category:2024 films]]
[[Category:2020s police procedural films]]
[[Category:2024 Indian films]]
[[Category:2024 thriller films]]
[[Category:Indian mystery thriller films]]
[[Category:Films shot in Thiruvananthapuram]]

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