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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Iyer the Great<br />
| image = Iyer the Great.jpg<br />
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| caption = Promotional poster<br />
| director = [[Bhadran (director)|Bhadran]]<br />
| producer = [[Ratheesh]]<br />[[R. Mohan]]<br />
| story = <br />
| writer = Bhadran {{small|(Story)}}<br />
[[Malayattoor Ramakrishnan]] {{small|(Screenplay & Dialogues)}}<br />
| narrator = <br />
| starring = [[Mammootty]]<br />[[Geetha (actress)|Geetha]]<br />[[Shobana]]<br />[[Sukumari]]<br/>[[Devan (actor)|Devan]]<br />
| music = [[M. S. Viswanathan]]<br />
| cinematography = [[Anandakuttan]]<br />
| editing = [[M. S. Mani (film editor)|M.S.Mani]]<br />
| studio = [[Shogun Films|GoodKnight Films]]<br />
| released = {{Film date|1990|08|31|India|df=y}}<br />
| runtime = 123 minutes<br />
| country = India<br />
| language = Malayalam<br />
| budget = <br />
| gross = <br />
}}<br />
'''''Iyer the Great''''' is a 1990 Indian [[Malayalam]]-language [[psychological thriller]] film directed by [[Bhadran (director)|Bhadran]], starring [[Mammootty]], [[Geetha (actress)|Geetha]], [[Shobana]], [[Sukumari]], and [[Devan (actor)|Devan]]. It was a commercial success upon release. [[M. S. Mani (film editor)|M. S. Mani]] won the [[National Film Award for Best Editing]] for his work in the film. <ref>{{cite book|last=Ojha|first=Rajendra|title=Screen World Publication presents National film award winners: 1953-1997|publisher=Screen World Publication|year=1998|pages=228|isbn=9788190025829|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wgEbAQAAIAAJ&q=%22iyer+the+great%22+malayalam}}</ref><br />
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== Plot ==<br />
Vaikundam Soorya Narayana Iyer, a business executive, leads a normal family life with Veni, his wife and his mother. After falling from a tree while trying to capture an escaped pet parrot, Iyer undergoes [[acrophobia]] giving him the power of [[clairvoyance]].<br />
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A couple of days later, he foresees a train crash with the precise train number and time of the incident. He warns the railway authorities but is ignored. The crash killed more than a hundred passengers. Then, Iyer foresees an airplane crash and informs the authorities about a future bombing on a flight in Delhi. Aided by the information, the disaster is prevented, causing Iyer to hit the headlines.<br />
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Iyer gets an insight about steroids added to a particular brand of baby food by Gabrias Group. Iyer contacts Amala, a news reporter who does an exposé, destroying the business empire of Gabrias. Gabria vows vengeance on Iyer and plants a bomb in his car, killing Iyer's entire family. In retaliation, Iyer kills Gabrias but is shot and admitted to the hospital. At the hospital, he predicts the sun will set early at 3 p.m. on the upcoming 3rd. Amala realises that Iyer had just predicted his own death. The police impose tight security; however, a terrorist group successfully enters the hospital and shoots Iyer down at 3 p.m. The film ends showing Iyer's broken pair of glasses, with the caption ''The man who foresaw future''.<br />
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== Cast ==<br />
* [[Mammootty]] as Soorya Narayana Iyer<br />
* [[Geetha (actress)|Geetha]] as Veni<br />
* [[Sukumari]] as Soorya's Mother<br />
* [[Devan (actor)|Devan]] as Gabria<br />
* [[Shobana]] as Amala<br />
* [[Ratheesh]] as Police Officer Chellappan<br />
* [[M.G. Soman]] as Dr. Jacob<br />
* [[M. S. Thripunithura]] as Moorthy<br />
* [[K. P. Ummer]] as G.D. Nair<br />
* Ragini as Ammu<br />
* [[Vijay Menon]]<br />
* [[Pradeep Shakthi]]<br />
* Rachana Prasad as Saudham<br />
* Nisha as Raji<br />
* Kokila Gopinath as Dr Jacob's Wife<br />
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== Release ==<br />
The film was released on 31 August 1990.<br />
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== Reception ==<br />
The film received positive reviews from critics and audience. It was a commercial success and ran for a considerable period in [[Tamil Nadu]] too.<ref>{{Cite web |date=23 September 2019 |title=Thamizh Talkies: Union of stars |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/tamil/2019/sep/23/thamizh-talkies-union-of-stars-2037598.html |website=[[The New Indian Express]]}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* {{IMDb title|id=0271572}}<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120325210331/http://popcorn.oneindia.in/title/6699/iyer-the-great.html ''Iyer the Great''] at [[Oneindia.in]]<br />
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