The best Prathapa Chandran’s crime movies

Prathapa Chandran

Prathapa Chandran

01/01/1941- 16/12/2004
If you love cinema, you will share this ranking of the best Prathapa Chandran’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 Prathapa Chandran.

Nayakan

Nayakan
8.7/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 21/10/1987
  • Character: Minister of Law & Public Affairs
Velu Naicker, who witnesses the brutal murder of his father, kills a corrupt policeman and escapes to Mumbai, only to become a gangster.

Indrajaalam

Indrajaalam
6.2/10
Carlos, an underworld mafia, murders a man for his selfish needs. However, things take a turn when the son of the dead man sets out to seek revenge against the perpetrator.

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

Jagratha

Jagratha
7.5/10
  • Genre: Crime
  • Release: 07/09/1989
  • Character: Narayanan
CBI office Sethurama Iyer is back. This time, he investigates the murder of a famous actress, Aswathy.

Mounam Sammadham

Mounam Sammadham
7/10
The plot revolves around the wrong conviction of a business man and the efforts taken by the protagonist, a lawyer, to find the truth. The portrayal of the characters is similar in many ways to Malayalam cinema's investigative thrillers. The suspense is well maintained until the climax with little clue to the audience on the identity of the real culprit. The arguments in court were mostly inspired from 12 Angry Men (1957).

Panchagni

Panchagni
7.4/10
  • Genre: Crime
  • Release: 04/07/1986
  • Character: Avarachan
The movie revolves around Indira, who is serving life sentence in the jail. She has been charged for the murder of Avarachan, a landlord who killed a young tribal woman after raping her.

August 1

August 1
7.3/10
  • Genre: Crime
  • Release: 21/07/1988
  • Character: Kazhuthumuttam
After a keenly fought election, MKR becomes the new chief minister. When the opponents hire a psychotic killer to assassinate him, Perumal, a crime branch officer, is assigned to stop him.

Vrutham

Vrutham
7/10
Balu takes revenge against people who falsely implicated him in a murder. Will he be able to bring the real criminals in front of the law?

New Year

New Year
5.8/10
A businessman (Prathapachandran) gets murdered by his driver. His daughter Rekha (Urvashi) is married to Vinod (Suresh Gopi) who is more interested in taking over the business than taking care of his wife. Rekha's erstwhile boyfriend Ajith (Jayaram) who's now in the army is more sympathetic to her, but Vinod gets suspicious about their relationship.

Cochin Express

Cochin Express
6.8/10
  • Genre: CrimeThriller
  • Release: 28/10/1967
  • Character: Police constable
Rajan, a police officer, is in charge of the investigation regarding a murder that took place on a train. He tries by hook or by crook to find the culprit as he has only one witness.

Veena Meettiya Vilangukal

Veena Meettiya Vilangukal
3.6/10
Dileep who is from a poor family goes in search of a job, but he fails and ends up as a thug. His life takes a turn when he meets Hariprasad, a business tycoon.

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