C.I.D. Moosa

C.I.D. Moosa
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Directed by	Johny Antony
Written by	Udayakrishna Siby K.Thomas
Produced by	Dileep Anoop
Starring	Dileep Bhavana Ashish Vidyarthi
Cinematography	Saloo George
Edited by	Ranjan Abraham
Music by	Vidyasagar
Production company	Graand Production
Distributed by	Kalasangham Films Kas Right Release
Release date	4 July 2003 (2003-07-04) (Kerala)
Running time	170 minutes
Country	India
Language	Malayalam

C.I.D. Moosa is a 2003 Indian Malayalam-language slapstick comedy film written by the duo Udayakrishna and Siby K. Thomas, directed by Johny Antony, and co-produced by and starring Dileep in the title role.^[1] The film also stars Harisree Ashokan, Cochin Haneefa, Jagathy Sreekumar, Bhavana, Oduvil Unnikrishnan, Saleem Kumar, Sharat Saxena and Ashish Vidyarthi. This movie is a debut for Ashish Vidyarthi in the Malayalam film industry. It is considered one of the best slapstick comedy movie in Malayalam cinema and has developed a cult film status.^[2][3]

C.I.D Moosa was remade in Tamil as Seena Thaana 001, in Kannada as CID Eesha and in Telugu as Ramachari - Eedo Pedda Goodachari. CID Moosa was a box office success and became the second highest-grossing Malayalam film of the year, behind "Balettan".

Plot[]

Moolamkuzhiyil Sahadevan is the son of a police constable named Moolamkuzhiyil Prabhakaran, who works in the local police department's dog squad; even their dog Arjun is a trained member of the squad with a unique ability to nab culprits and decipher a crime scene. Sahadevan has only one ambition: to join the police department for which he clears his exams and prepares for the physical test. However, Sahadevan is not in good terms with his brother-in-law Pitambaran (who too is a sub inspector) since the latter married Sahadevan's elder sister after an elopement.

Meanwhile, a terrorist mastermind named Khalid Muhammed Baba, who is incarcerated in the Tihar Jail, formulates a plot to murder the Kerala Chief Minister Ravi Menon with the help of the shrewd and cunning Police Commissioner Gowrishankar. It was later revealed that Menon previously served as the Minister of State for Home Affairs who ordered for the quelling of Baba's terrorist organization, which led to Baba's imprisonment and the slaying of his family. Baba and Shankar arranged several of their terrorists to implant a time bomb inside the hospital where Menon is undergoing treatment, but Sahadevan and Arjun find the bomb and throws it out before it explodes, though Arjun ends up being injured. Despite this, Sahadevan is able to arrange medical treatments to restore Arjun back to full health.

In response to Sahadevan's heroics for saving the hospital, Commissioner Gowrishankar (with the help from Pitambaran) intentionally makes Sahadevan fail his physical test. When Sahadevan finds out who the terrorists are, he tries to find a way to foil it by becoming a private detective and through taking over the private investigative firm run by his uncle Karunan Chanthakkavala (aka Karamchand). Sahadevan alters his name and adopts the alias CID Moosa. In his first assignment, Moosa and his associates manage to nab the first terrorist Randheer (who planted the bomb at the hospital) and surrender him over to the police, impressing the Deputy Inspector General Sathyanath (who happens to be Menon's nephew). However, the commissioner secretly murders Randheer and destroys Moosa's office after learning that the firm doesn't have a license. The terrorists then plant another bomb on Menon's car in another attempt to kill him, but this was foiled when Moosa tries to meet Menon to file a complaint about the office ransacking, saving Menon from being killed by the explosion and leading Moosa to receive more praise by the public. Upon hearing what has happened, Baba furiously breaks out of prison as he personally intends to help the commissioner and the terrorists finish both Menon and Moosa themselves.

Moosa later finds another terrorist named Amar, recognizing him as the one who tried to free Randheer from custody. With that in mind, Moosa tries to nab Amar, but accidentally kills him by shooting him in the head (as he was told by Sathyanath only to shoot below the knee or he would face criminal charges). However, Sathyanath learns that the central government issued a reward of 5 lakhs rupees for Amar's head which Moosa will receive, much to the commissioner's distraught. In the meantime, Moosa falls in love with a young woman named Meena, who informed him that both Randheer and Amar along with another person named Jandu were paying guests in her apartment, and that she filed a complaint to the commissioner. However, upon being told by Moosa that they were terrorists, Meena realized in horror as she ends up being arrested by the commissioner under the false charges of harboring terrorists. Moosa tries to plead for Meena's innocence to the commissioner by stating that she was unaware of the terrorists' identities, but he refuses and takes Meena into custody.

As the commissioner has Meena tortured, he tries to molest her, but Moosa arrives to the rescue by thrashing him before releasing Meena, who reciprocates her feelings to Moosa in return. Because of this, the commissioner issues an arrest warrant on Moosa approved by a reluctant Menon. In Menon's house, Moosa sneaks in to plead his innocence to Menon, who unsurprisingly states that he already knows it by admitting that he witnessed Baba walking on the road on his way home. As Menon explains to Moosa about Baba's backstory, the latter arrives by shooting Menon in the arm, forcing Moosa to shoot back to drive him away. Realizing that Baba and the commissioner are in cahoots with each other, Moosa drives Menon to safety in his car with Arjun. Using the devices on his car, Moosa is able to evade the cops pursuing him. However, Baba and the commissioner intercept them, and as just Baba is about to finish Moosa, he uses his wits to save Menon and Arjun by shooting both Baba and the commissioner to death.

With his name cleared, Moosa is declared a hero by the citizens and authorities for foiling Baba's plot. He and Arjun are sent to Scotland Yard for advanced professional training. Before leaving, Moosa bids farewell to his family, friends and associates (even Sathyanath and Pitambaran paid their respect by waving goodbye to him). However, they realize the plane is piloted by a lunatic man who tied up the actual pilot in the cargo area. The movie ends with Moosa and Arjun flying off to Scotland in this plane controlled by the lunatic.

Cast[]

• Dileep as Moolamkuzhiyil Sahadevan / C.I.D. Moosa
• Bhavana as Meena
• Ashish Vidyarthi as Gowri Shankar, the Commissioner of Police
• Sharat Saxena as Khalid Muhammed Baba, a terrorist mastermind and the main antagonist.
• Murali as Ravi Menon, the Chief Minister.
• Jagathy Sreekumar as S.I. Peethambaran, Sahadevan's brother-in-law.
• Captain Raju as Karunan Chanthakkavala / Detective Karamchand.
• Harisree Asokan as 'Thorappan' Kochunni.
• Salim Kumar as The Lunatic Man.
• Cochin Haneefa as Vikraman.
• Oduvil Unnikrishnan as Moolamkuzhiyil Prabhakaran, Sahadevan's father.
• Sukumari as Sahadevan's mother.
• Paravoor Bharathan as Meena's grandfather.
• Subbalakshmi as Meena's grandmother.
• Indrans as Theekkanal Varkey.
• Bindu Panicker as Ramani, Peethambaran's wife and Sahadevan's sister.
• Vijayaraghavan as Sathyanath, the Deputy Inspector General of police
• Kunchan as Doctor.
• Machan Varghese as Policeman.
• Geetha Salam as Kochunni's father.
• Abu Salim as C.I. George.
• Narayanankutty as Policeman.
• Kalabhavan Shajohn as Police Constable.
• Reena as Menon's wife.
• Nandu Pothuval as Tailor.
• Kalabhavan Haneef as Broker.
• Kalabhavan Rahman as Ramakrishnan.
• Arjun Rex as Arjun, Sahadevan's dog
• Shweta Agarwal (Special Appearance in the song "James Bond")^[4]
• Kazan Khan as terrorist
• as terrorist

Soundtrack[]

The film featured a soundtrack composed by Vidyasagar, with lyrics written by Gireesh Puthenchery except where noted.

Reception[]

Box office[]

CID Moosa is one of the most successful and evergreen box-office hits of Malayalam cinema.^[5] The movie was the second highest-grossing Malayalam film of the year.^[6]

Response[]

The movie received positive response from the audience and has an evergreen stature in Malayalam cinema, not only because of its success in the Kerala box office but also the fan following it still has.^{[7][8][9][10][11]} The movie has achieved a cult status in Kerala.

Remakes[]

Following the success of CID Moosa, it was remade in Tamil as Cheena Thaana 001 in 2007 and in Telugu as Ramachari - Eedo Pedda Goodachari in 2013 and in Kannada as C. I. D. Eesha in 2013.

Sequel[]

In 2016, it was revealed that a sequel is in development by the same team. But later on 28 October 2020, actor Dileep himself launched the promo of an animated series based on CID Moosa. The actor announced that a CID Moosa animation film will soon hit the screens after 17 years since its release.^[12]

References[]

External links[]

• C.I.D. Moosa at IMDb
• CID-Moosa