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New Delhi is a film of genre Drama directed by Joshiy with Mammootty
New Delhi (1987)
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Add to a movie listNew Delhi is a 1987 Malayalam thriller film written by Dennis Joseph and directed by Joshiy. It stars Mammootty, Suresh Gopi, Sumalatha, Urvashi, B. Thiagarajan, Siddique, Vijayaraghavan, Mohan Jose, Devan, and Jagannatha Varma.
New Delhi is one of the highest grossing films in the history of Malayalam cinema, it was the top grosser of 1987. The huge success of the film resurrected Mammootty's career in 1987 after having a string of box-office flops in the prior year. Many later films adapted the storyline of New Delhi.
The film was remade and released in Telugu as Anthima Theerpu, with veteran actor Krishnam Raju in the lead, which was directed by Joshiy himself. Joshiy also directed the Hindi and Kannada versions titled "New Delhi". Lead roles were played by Jeetendra in its Hindi version and Ambareesh in the Kannada version , respectively.The story is loosely based on the novel "The Almighty" by Irving Wallace.
Thiagarajan, who played the role of Salem Vishnu in New Delhi, later produced and directed a Tamil film titled Salem Vishnu which showcased the prequel story of his character and why he became a murderer.
Synopsis
New Delhi is about Delhi-based Malayali journalist, G. Krishnamoorthy (Mammootty), who is imprisoned in a mental asylum after exposing the wrongdoings of two corrupt politicians, and the film follows his subsequent attempts at revenge. The story is loosely based on the novel The Almighty by Irving Wallace. It ran clean for 200 days.Actors
Mammootty
(G. Krishnamoorthy)
Sumalatha
(Maria Fernandez)
Urvashi
(Uma)
Devan
(Shankar)
Thiagarajan Sivanandam
(Nataraj Vishnu)
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New Delhi is about a Delhi based journalist who is imprisoned in a mental asylum after exposing the wicked side of two corrupted politicians, and his subsequent attempts at revenge with the help of this lady love. The story is loosely based on the novel The Almighty by Irving Wallace. The film is the remake of highly successful Malayalam film under the same title New Delhi released in 1987.It was Urvashi's and Suresh Gopi's first Hindi (Bollywood) film.
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