>PALODAN at 08:02, 27 August 2021

2021-08-27T08:02:40Z

New page

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2015}}
{{Use Indian English|date=November 2015}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Ithu Thanda Police
| image = Ithu Thaanda Police (2016) - Poster.jpg
| image_size = 235px
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| alt =
| director = Manoj Palodan
| producer = Elu Films
| starring = [[Asif Ali (actor)|Asif Ali]] [[Janani Iyer]] [[Abhirami (actress)|Abhirami]] [[Sruthi Lakshmi]] [[Sunil Sukhada]] [[Sudheer Karamana]]
| writer = Manoj Renjith
| music = Sumesh Parameswaran
| cinematography = [[Hari Nair]] ISC
| editing = Samjith
| studio = Elu Films
| distributor = Elu Films
| released = {{Film date|2016|03|18}}
| runtime = 124 minutes
| country = [[India]]
| language = [[Malayalam]]
| budget =
| gross =
}}

'''''Ithu Thaanda Police''''' ({{lit|{{em|This}} is Police}}) is a 2016 Indian [[Malayalam cinema|Malayalam-language]] [[Comedy film|comedy]] [[Drama (film and television)|drama]] [[film]] directed by debutant director Manoj Palodan. It stars [[Asif Ali (actor)|Asif Ali]] in the lead role alongside [[Abhirami (actress)|Abhirami]], [[Janani Iyer]], [[Sajitha Madathil]] and [[Sruthi Lakshmi]]. The story revolves around the life of a lone male police officer as the driver of eleven female officers,<ref name="indiatimes1">{{cite web |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/news-and-interviews/Janani-Iyer-all-set-to-romance-Asif-again/articleshow/37391880.cms |title=Janani Iyer all set to romance Asif, again! |publisher=Timesofindia.indiatimes.com |date=29 June 2014 |access-date=9 April 2015}}</ref> inspired by [[Asia]]'s first women's police station, inaugurated in 1973 in [[Kozhikode]].<ref>{{cite web |author=Vijay George |url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/manoj-palodans-driver-on-duty/article6338247.ece |title=Coping with duty |publisher=Thehindu.com |date=21 August 2014 |access-date=9 April 2015}}</ref> The film's shoot started on 7 July 2014,<ref name="indiatimes1"/> in [[Thodupuzha]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/news/Driver-on-Duty-shoot-progresses/articleshow/38988904.cms |title=Driver on Duty shoot progresses |publisher=Timesofindia.indiatimes.com |date=25 July 2014 |access-date=9 April 2015}}</ref>

==Synopsis==
This movie deals with the difficulties faced by Ramakrishnan ([[Asif Ali (actor)|Asif Ali]]), when he is appointed as a driver at [[Elathur, Kozhikode|Elathur]] Police Station. There, he has to deal with Arundhathi Varma, a fiery sub-inspector. He realizes that the police officers are behoved to protect a minister and his family. He is also assigned the responsibility to guard the daughter of the minister ([[Janani Iyer]]). At the station they have to deal with Xavier ([[Sunil Sukhada]]), an industrialist and a wrongdoer, hand in gloves with the police CI Razak ([[Sudheer Karamana]]), who were planning to ruin Arundhathi and her team's reputation.

==Cast==
{{colbegin}}
* [[Asif Ali (actor)|Asif Ali]] as Ramakrishnan
* [[Janani Iyer]] as Niya Menon
* [[Abhirami (actress)|Abhirami]] as Arundhati Varma
* [[Sajitha Madathil]] as Lathika
* [[Sruthi Lakshmi]] as Mumthas
* [[Krishna Praba]] as Annamma
* [[Neena Kurup]] as Elsamma
* [[Sunil Sukhada]] as Xavier
* [[Sudheer Karamana]] as CI Razzak Hussain
* [[Sneha Sreekumar]] as Tintu
* Amit Kumar Vashisth as Ramdev/Musafir
*Thampi Antony as Mukunthan Menon
*Irshad as SP
*Sethulakshmi as Lady at bus
*Baiju VK as Havildar
*Shaju as Chettiyar
*Thodupuzha Vasanthy as Arundathi's Grandmother
*Pradeep Kottayam as Rasheed
*Ullas Panthalam as Vakkeel
{{colend}}

==Production==
[[Asif Ali (actor)|Asif Ali]] was signed to play the lead role, police jeep driver Ramakrishnan, with the actor saying that he was living the role since he was the only male actor among an all-woman cast.<ref>{{cite web|author= |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/news/I-look-cute-and-innocent-they-say-and-then-give-me-scary-characters/articleshow/41196010.cms |title=I look cute and innocent, they say, and then give me scary characters |publisher=Timesofindia.indiatimes.com |date=2014-08-30 |accessdate=2015-04-09}}</ref> [[Ramya Krishnan]] was supposed to play the role of the sub-inspector Arundhati Varma, but she had to opt out due to date issues and was replaced by [[Abhirami (actress)|Abhirami]].

==Soundtrack==
{{Infobox album
| name = Ithu Thanda Police
| type = Soundtrack
| artist = Sumesh Parameshwar
| cover =
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|df=yes|2016|02|09}}
| recorded = 2015
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = [[Film soundtrack]]
| length =
| language = Malayalam
| label =
| producer =
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title =
| next_year =
}}

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Track !! Song Title !! Lyricist !! Singer(s)
|-
| 1 || "Vayya Vayya" || Santhosh Varma || Arun
|-
| 2 || "Naadu Kaakkum" || [[Rafeeq Ahammed]] || Resmi Sateesh, Haritha Balakrishnan
|-
| 3 || "Othe Othe" || Santhosh Varma || [[Anna Katharina Valayil|Anna Katharina]]
|-
| 4 || "Kathilore Nadham" || || [[Vijay Yesudas]]
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb title|5448766}}

[[Category:2016 films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:2010s Malayalam-language films]]
[[Category:Fictional portrayals of the Kerala Police]]
[[Category:2016 directorial debut films]]

{{2010s-Malayalam-film-stub}}

Ithu Thaanda Police - Revision history

>PALODAN at 08:02, 27 August 2021