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Kariyilakkattu Pole is a film of genre Thriller directed by Padmarajan with Mohanlal
Kariyilakkattu Pole (1986)
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Add to a movie listKariyilakkattu Pole (English: Like a Zephyr of Dry Leaves) is a 1986 Malayalam mystery thriller film written and directed by P. Padmarajan. It stars Mammootty, Mohanlal, Rahman, Sripriya, Karthika, Jalaja, and Unni Mary. The background score for the film is composed by Johnson. Based on the radio drama Sisirathil Oru Prabhatham by Sudhakar Mangalodayam (credited as Sudhakar P. Nair), the film revolves around the murder investigation of film director Harikrishnan (Mammootty) by police inspector Achuthankutty (Mohanlal).
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Harikrishnan (Mammootty), a famous movie director, is found dead at his house one morning. DySP Achuthankutty (Mohanlal) is assigned to probe the death. Anilkumar (Rahman), his younger brother, is in love with Shilpa, who is in shock after receiving the news of the murder. Achuthan kutty's investigation leads to three different female suspects. The rest of the plot centers around the probeActors
Mohanlal
(Inspector Achuthankutty)
Mammootty
(Harikrishnan)
Rashin Rahman
(Anil Kumar)
Sripriya
(Shilpa's Mother)
Karthika
(Shilpa)
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