The best Jagannatha Varma’s thriller movies

Jagannatha Varma

Jagannatha Varma

01/05/1939- 20/12/2016
If you love cinema, you will share this ranking of the best Jagannatha Varma’s movies, although you may have ordered them differently. In any case, we hope you love it and with a little luck discovering a movie that you still don’t know about Jagannatha Varma.

Ee Thanutha Veluppan Kalathu

Ee Thanutha Veluppan Kalathu
7.5/10
  • Genre: Thriller
  • Release: 29/11/1990
  • Character: I.G
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.

Oru CBI Diary Kurippu

Oru CBI Diary Kurippu
8.1/10
The films depicts a team of CBI officers led by Sethurama Iyer investigating into a murder case. The lead character, Sethurama Iyer is said to have been inspired by a police officer named Radhavinod Raju, who in 2009 was appointed as the first chief of India's National Investigation Agency

Narasimham

Narasimham
7.6/10
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.

Aanaval Mothiram

Aanaval Mothiram
7.4/10
James (Sreenivasan) is an average police officer, apathetic towards his job and only in it for his monthly salary. Due to a misunderstanding during a blood test at a laboratory, he believes that he has a fatal disease and is about to die soon. He eyes the insurance payout his family would get if he dies in action and embarks on impossible missions to get himself killed in action.

New Delhi

New Delhi
7.8/10
  • Genre: Thriller
  • Release: 24/06/1987
  • Character: C. R. Panikkar

Nagarathil Samsara Vishayam

Nagarathil Samsara Vishayam
5.3/10
Gopinatha and his friend Samson are in a fix when they find a box containing Rs. 40 lakh in cash. They try to hide it but the owner of the cash gets to know.

Pathram

Pathram
7.1/10
Nandagopal, an associate editor with Keralareshmi, one of the leading dailies, is aggressive and daring and enjoys a good reputation among the media circle. Born and brought up in Mumbai, Nandan is the son of Venugopal, a daring journalist who was killed by textile mafia long back. Nandan, in Kochi meets Sekharan, an old naxalite who is running Jagratha, a newspaper which is feared by political class. Sekharan's outspoken and belligerent nature had earned him more enemies than friends. He is constantly fighting Vishwathan, who rules Kochi with his muscle and money. Vishwanathan holds a large share in Keralareshmi and enjoys a huge political clout at state and central levels. Shekharan brings out the role of Vishwanathan in the murder of Vincent Paul, which creates a panic in the political level.

Ee Sabdam Innathe Sabdam

Ee Sabdam Innathe Sabdam
7.3/10
  • Genre: DramaThriller
  • Release: 10/04/1985
  • Character: Police Officer
A group of unruly youth harasses Dr. Ramachandran (Mammotty) and his family. His wife (Sobhana) ends up being raped and murdered by this group. His sister Pushpa (Rohini) becomes mentally ill following the trauma. Distraught when the law doesn't give him justice, the doctor ends up being a vigilante and decides to take revenge on the people who destroyed his family.

Aranyakam

Aranyakam
7.2/10
  • Genre: DramaThriller
  • Release: 08/12/1988
  • Character: Madhavan Nair
When feudal lords try to exploit the tribal people, a group of naxals put up resistance. The feudal lords decide to suppress the resistance. Who will emerge triumphant in the fight for justice?

Samrajyam

Samrajyam
7.4/10
  • Genre: Thriller
  • Release: 22/06/1990
  • Character: K. M. Shah
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.

Moonilonnu

Moonilonnu
6/10
After a brief military career, Venugopal has resumed his education and gets romantically involved with Ambika, his classmate. Things go awry when she gets pregnant and disobeys his mandate to take abortion pills, following which, an inexplicable homicidal tendency unfurls within him. An avid reader of crime fiction, Venu devises a series of sure-fire plans to do what he does best; murder.

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