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{{Infobox film
| name = Chinthamani Kolacase
| image = Chinthamani Kolacase.jpg
| director = [[Shaji Kailas]]
| producer = M. Renjith
| screenplay = [[A. K. Sajan]]
| starring = {{ubl|[[Suresh Gopi]]|[[Bhavana (actress)|Bhavana]]|[[Thilakan]]|[[Biju Menon]]|[[Kalabhavan Mani]]}}
| story = [[A. K. Sajan]]
| music = *Music <br/>[[Ishaan Dev]]<br/>*Score <br/> C.Rajamni
| cinematography = Raja
| released = 14 April 2006
| language = Malayalam
| country = India
| budget = 
| gross = 
}}
'''''Chinthamani Kolacase''''' ({{translation|Chinthamani Murder Case}}) is a [[List of Malayalam films of 2006|2006]] Indian [[Malayalam cinema|Malayalam]]-language [[legal thriller]] film directed by [[Shaji Kailas]] with [[Suresh Gopi]] in the lead role and [[Bhavana (actress)|Bhavana]] playing the central character, this film narrates the story of a Lal Krishna Viradiyar, a Psychotic and Daredevil lawyer and his style of law enforcement and criminal verdict for the criminals after the court sessions.

The style of the movie is non-linearity that is maintained throughout the entire film. The basic story-telling style of Shaji Kailas is spun on and off by the writer [[A. K. Sajan]].

It was remade in Telugu as ''[[Sri Mahalakshmi]]'' and remade in Tamil as ''[[Ellam Avan Seyal]]''. The core storyline was also used in the Kannada movie ''[[Aptha]]''.

==Plot==
The basic premise is of a lawyer doling out his brand of justice on criminals whom he himself had acquitted from the courts.

The story is centered on Lal Krishna Viradiyar ([[Suresh Gopi]]), a Daredevil and Psychotic criminal lawyer with an even more enigmatic mission. Lal Krishna assists hardened criminals to get away from the courts by efficiently managing the case, and stating authentically (falsified) about the lack of evidence. Post-acquittal, he pursues and takes them out in a bizarre show of vigilante justice.

The film begins with the acquittal of Isra Khureshi ([[Baburaj (actor)|Baburaj]]), accused of killing Rasiya, his Arabic teacher after raping her. Isra Khureshi invites Lal Krishna - his lawyer - asking him to join for a party at his farmhouse for celebrating the success. Lal Krishna arrives at the spot and kills Khureshi, claiming that it is his duty to wipe out evil forces to maintain the cosmic law. Later, L.K kills David Rajarathnam ([[Bheeman Raghu]]), a Tamil Gangster, who was accused of raping his own daughter. Jagannivasan ([[Biju Menon]]), the Additional Superintendent of Police, is suspicious of Lal Krisnan's moves, and has been closely observing him for a long time. It was then that the case of Mirchi Girls, a band of spoilt, rich [[Non resident Indian|NRI]] girls, reaches him.

They are the main accused in the ragging and murder of Chinthamani ([[Bhavana (actress)|Bhavana]]), their college mate, an innocent girl from a conservative background. Veeramani Warrier ([[Thilakan]]), her father is fighting hard for justice and is represented by Kannayi Parameshwaran ([[Sai Kumar (Malayalam actor)|Sai Kumar]]), the public prosecutor, who is famous for his unique style of argument. After a long court battle, Lal Krishna succeeds in bringing the judgement in favor of Mirchi Girls.

L.K finds out that it was none other than Kannayi Parameshwaran and the college principal Dr. KIM Sudarshan - Kannayi is a silent partner in the private Medical College - who committed the murder of Chinthamani. Chinthamani was sent to Sudarshan's house by her conniving hostel warden. But she was trapped there and was asked to withdraw her admission from the Medical College but she resists to comply. But then Parameshwaran interferes - decides to rape and kill her, and plans to charge Mirchi Girls for the inhumane act. A free reign of vicious lust is unleashed and she is killed by them after raping her for hours.

Kannayi had other major business interests, through selling the Medical seats of the Mirchi Girls (9 Girls) - presumed to be vacated by them during the course of the investigation and trial of the case - to a potential buyer charging an exorbitant sum of Rs.50 Lakhs per seat. Lal Krishna, in his self-styled violent methods murder both Kannayi and Sudarshan to deliver justice to Chinthamani and her old father Veeramani Warrier. Though aware of the entire scenario, Jagannivasan is unable to arrest L.K due to lack of evidence and let's go off him with a small admiration for the latter.

==Cast==
*[[Suresh Gopi]] as Adv. Lal Krishna Viradiyar/LK<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pinklungi.com/most-underrated-psychopaths-in-malayalam-cinema/?amp|title=Most underrated psychopaths in Malayalam cinema|first=Heera|last=Rajan|date=5 April 2021|access-date=12 May 2021}}</ref>
*[[Bhavana (actress)|Bhavana]] as Chinthamani Warrier
* [[Thilakan]] as Veeramani Warrier
* [[Biju Menon]] as ASP Jagannivasan IPS
* [[Kalabhavan Mani]] as CI Ayyappadas
* [[Sai Kumar (Malayalam actor)|Sai Kumar]] as Adv. Kannayi Parameswaran
* [[Vani Viswanath]] as Adv.Pattammal
* [[Maniyanpilla Raju]] as CI Bava
* [[Vijayakumar (Malayalam actor)|Vijayakumar]] as Shulapani Warrier
* [[Prem Prakash]] as Dr. Kim Sudarshan
* [[Baburaj (actor)|Baburaj]] as Isra Khureshi
* [[Bheeman Raghu]] as David Rajarathnam
* [[Balachandran Chullikkadu]]
* [[Vinayakan]] as Uchandi the Beggar
* [[T. P. Madhavan]] as Adv. Manishankar Iyer
* Jibin Thomas (achayan)
* Poornima Anand as Volga,Caretaker of ladies hostel 'America'
* Aishwarya Ajit
* Deepika Mohan
* Jisna Ali as Thara Shanmugan
* [[Rekha (South Indian actress)|Rekha]] as LK's sister
* T.P Madhavan
* Biju Pappan

==Reception==

This film was released a few months after the success of [[Shaji Kailas]] - [[Suresh Gopi]] team's The Tiger. Chinthamani Kolacase went on become one of the biggest money grosser of the year 2006. This film also reaffirmed the chair of [[Shaji Kailas]] and [[Suresh Gopi]] in [[Malayalam cinema]]. The script of this film was done by [[A. K. Sajan]], who had earlier done films like ''Butterflies'', ''Janathipathyam'', ''Crime File'' and ''[[Stop Violence]]''.

===Box office===
The film was commercial success.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/reign-of-the-superstars/article3218743.ece|title=Reign of the superstars|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=14 July 2006}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://m.sify.com/movies/2006-a-flashback-news-malayalam-kkfvg4dfgiasi.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170116173631/http://m.sify.com/movies/2006-a-flashback-news-malayalam-kkfvg4dfgiasi.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=16 January 2017|title=2006-A Flashback!|work=[[Sify]]|date=1 January 2007}}</ref> The film ran for 100 days in major centres of its release.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/10-Suresh-Gopi-films-to-watch-before-you-die/10-Suresh-Gopi-films-to-watch-before-you-die/photostory/52450621.cms|title=10 Suresh Gopi films to watch before you die - The Times of India|work=[[The Times of India]]|date=27 November 2016}}</ref>

==Remakes==
It was remade in Telugu as ''[[Sri Mahalakshmi]]'' starring Srihari and remade in Tamil as ''[[Ellam Avan Seyal]]'' with same director. Newcomer RK plays Lal Krishna and actress [[Bhama]] plays Chinthamani in the Tamil version and Srihari is L.K. and [[Shamna Kasim|Shamna]] plays Sri Mahalakshmi in the Telugu version. The core storyline was also used in the Kannada movie ''[[Aptha]]''.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0882759|Chinthamani Kolacase}}
{{Shaji Kailas}}

[[Category:2006 films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Indian legal films]]
[[Category:2000s Malayalam-language films]]
[[Category:Malayalam films remade in other languages]]
[[Category:Indian vigilante films]]
[[Category:Films about lawyers]]

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