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Aavanazhi (1986)

Aavanazhi poster
Original title
ആവനാഴി
Directed by
I. V. Sasi
Genre
action film, crime film
Country
India
Runtime
2h 33m
Rated
U
Rating
6.2 of 10 from 7 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man takes on a system of corruption and crime. The story follows his fight against powerful forces in society.

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What happens

Aavanazhi is a 1986 Indian Malayalam-language action film directed by I. V. Sasi, written by T. Damodaran. The film deals with social and political issues of that time. It stars Mammootty, Geetha, Seema, Sukumaran, Captain Raju, Janardanan, Jagannatha Varma, Innocent, Thikkurisi Sukumaran Nair, Sreenivasan and Sankaradi. Aavanazhi was the highest grossing Malayalam film at the time and was an industry hit. It was remade in Kannada as Anthima Theerpu, in Tamil as Kadamai Kanniyam Kattupaadu, in Telugu as Marana Sasanam and in Hindi as Satyamev Jayate. I. V. Sasi made two sequels — Inspector Balram in 1991 and Balram vs. Taradas in 2006. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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