Best movies like Athirathram
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Prasad (Mohanlal) and Rajesh (Captain Raju) are brothers and police officers tasked to take down a smuggling ring. Taradas (Mammootty) and his uncle Tarasankar (Ummer) outwit the efforts of the police. Things take a twist when Rajesh realizes that his wife Tulasi (Seema) was the ex-girlfriend of Taradas.
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Nadodikkattu
After losing their jobs, Dasan and Vijayan have no hope of finding work in Kerala. They plan to escape to Dubai, but end up in Chennai. Can they find luck there?
Narasimham
Poovalli Induchoodan (Mohanlal) is sentenced for six years prison life for murdering his classmate. Induchoodan, the only son of Justice Maranchery Karunakara Menon (Thilakan) was framed in the case by Manapally Madhavan Nambiar (Narayanan Nair) and his crony DYSP Sankaranarayanan (Bheeman Raghu) to take revenge on idealist judge Menon who had earlier given jail sentence to Manapally in a corruption case. The story begins with Induchoodan released and his father & mother coming to stay with him.
Rakshasa Rajavu
Rakshasa Rajavu movie is all about Ramanathan IPS (Mammotty) who is a police officer with a difference. Murder of his wife makes him take law into his hands as he gets no support from the various people he meets in this regard. He brings to justice the wrong doer's even though he accepts bribes. He follows the policy of 'Kayamkulam Kochunni' a renowned real life robber. Taking from the rich and giving it to the poor. He also Funds to run an orphanage for the mentally retarded children.
Adimakal Udamakal
It is a political film on trade union and its functioning in factories. The story revolves a trade union and company owner. She brings new manager Mohan Cheriyan (Mohanlal) to solve the company issues with trade union leaders. When the company was about to lay off due to union problems, Raghavan (Mammootty)suggest a new formula for solving the company issues and this leads to save the company.
Gaayam
Durga is in love with Anith; he is all set to marry her and settle down in life. But things change when his brother Mohanakrishna is killed by a rival gang supported by Gurunarayana, the local MLA. Durga wants to settle the scores with the rival gand and in turn becomes a gangster. But Anitha does not approve of his ways and leaves him to marry a cop. Their paths cross again when the cop is posted to the same city where Durga is a leading gangster.
Mazha Peyyunnu Maddalam Kottunnu
Mazha Peyyunnu Maddalam Kottunnu is a 1986 Malayalam comedy film directed by Priyadarshan. Starring Mohanlal, Mukesh, Lizy, Sreenivasan, Jagathi Sreekumar, Maniyanpilla Raju, and Kuthiravattam Pappu in the main roles. This film was a huge hit in theaters and is considered as one of the best comedy films in Malayalam cinema.
Seema Simham
Seema Simham is a action based movie in which, Visweswara Rao (Raghuvaran) and Chandra Sekhar (Charan Raj) are the best friends. They have a kid each. Visweawara Rao is a business magnate and Chandra Sekhar is a police officer. Chandra Sekhar arrests a dreaded goon and the goon
Manichitrathazhu
A young couple, Ganga and Nakulan, arrives at the ancestral home called Madampalli of the latter. Hailing from a family that follows tradition and superstitions, Nakulan's uncle Thampi objects to the couple's idea of moving into the allegedly haunted mansion, which Nakulan ignores. The couple moves in anyway following which seemingly supernatural events begin to happen.
Butterflies
Prince (Mohanlal) is a race car driver and the son of industrialist Bharathan Menon(K. P. Ummer) and Sreedevi Menon (Sukumari). He lives a happy-go-lucky life style spending time racing cars, entertaining his nephews in his farm house and hanging out with his close friend Vettikkal Sadashivan (Jagadish). Sadasivan introduces Prince to his relative Pavithran(Nandhu) who seeks help in kidnapping his girl friend. In a comedy of errors, Prince and Sadasivan sedate and kidnap another girl with the same name(Aishwarya).
Ee Thanutha Veluppan Kalathu
When an elderly and socially well-respected judge is found murdered in a series of gruesome killings involving elderly victims, a cop must revisit history and start with an old unsolved murder while warding off chances of possible continued serial killing. The plot unravels while keeping the viewer on tenterhooks and the film moves at a steady pace. How do a Godman and his psychic abilities influence the investigation? Are the murders related to tormented childhoods of psychopaths and the twisted world of mental illness? How many die before the criminal is brought to justice, and what is the real crime? Watch on.
Samrajyam
Alexander is a powerful underworld don but in reality, he is Vinu, the son of the current Inspector-General of Police, Balakrishnan (Madhu). Balakrishnan is torn between his duty as a police officer and as a father. Alexander too has the same dilemma: he has a son of his own as well.
Karimpin Poovinakkare
The film revolves around the life and revenge of a few villagers against each other.
Wanted
Wanted movie revolves around Unni, Nandu, Mani and Chupran who are friends who are unemployed but have a lot of liabilities in life. Unni aspires to become a police officer while Nandu wants to go to the Middle East. Mani is a loner who is willing to take any risk in life to make fast money and Chupran is taunted by his parents at home.
Iniyenkilum
Extraordinary and long-drawn out melodrama contrasting conditions in Kerala with those in Japan. A group of performers from Kerala are invited to Japan, but they are left stranded when their criminal host disappears. With the assistance of Nambiar (Nair), a benevolent Tokyo-based Malayali, they learn about the Japanese economy, initiating - on their return - a series of reformist movements that end up with the revolutionary overthrow of corrupt leadership.
Harikrishnans
When Guptan, a college lecturer, gets killed, the police suspect Gabriel to be the murderer. A girl takes help from her brothers, who are famous lawyers, in proving his innocence.
Gandhinagar 2nd Street
Madhavan (Sreenivasan) is trying to get a job for his unemployed friend Sethu (Mohanlal). When a spate of robberies takes place in a middle-class neighbourhood, Madhavan has Sethu pose as Raam Singh, a Nepali emigre, to fulfill the residents' need for a Gorkha security guard. A police officer (Thilakan) and his daughter (Karthika) move into the neighbourhood, bringing back memories from the past for Sethu.
Sradha
Shradha movie tells the story of Ganga Prasad IPS (Mohanlal) who is a daring officer of the Anti Terrorist Wing of the State Police. Into his small world consisting of wife, Suma (Shobana) and son Abi, enters Swapna (Abhirami), who sees her dream man and falls head over heels in love with him, even overlooking the fact that he is married.In the meantime, a group of hard-core terrorists led by Lucifer Munna (Arun Pandiyan) and Janisha (Rasika) wreak havoc at various places.
Usthad
Usthad movie is all about the relation between the brother (Mohanlal) and the sister ( Divya Unni).