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CBI Film Franchise is an Indian Malayalam-language film series of mystery films directed by K. Madhu and written by S. N. Swamy featuring Mammootty as Sethurama Iyer, a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) officer in the title role. The series started off in 1988 with Oru CBI Diary Kurippu.
The movie received positive to mixed reviews, with praise of performances of Mammootty and Saikumar and the appearances of Mukesh and Jagathy Sreekumar. The Times of India rated the movie 3.5/5 and commented that "A tantalising and twisty crime thriller" along with the advice of "Just stay away from spoilers as smartly as you can!".
The film is the third installment in the CBI film series, featuring Mammootty as CBI officer Sethurama Iyer. The film was a blockbuster and was the highest-grossing film of the year collecting around distributors share of ₹4 crore and a gross around ₹10 crore. [1] The success of the film made Mammootty "Man of the year". [1]
Mammootty (born 7 September 1951), is an Indian actor and film producer who works predominantly in Malayalam films. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest actors of all time. He has acted in more than 420 films in Malayalam and other languages including Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, English and Kannada films.
Senior Superintendent Sethurama Iyer CBI (alternate spelling Sethuramayyar) is a fictional character, and the main protagonist of the CBI series of investigative thriller films in Malayalam directed by K. Madhu. The character was played by Mammootty in five films so far. [1] [2]
CBI diarykurippu was released on February 18, 1988.The film was made on a shoestring budget of only 37 Lakhs. Oru CBI Diary Kurippu was Industry hit at the box office. [11] The film was released in 21 centres, completed 50 days in all release centres and 150 days in 3 centres. Movie collected 19 Lakhs in 170 days in Trivandrum Dhanya theatre . [12]
In 2004, he acted in the third instalment of CBI, Sethurama Iyer CBI. The movie has become the second highest-grossing movie of the year. [141] Mammootty won Kerala State Film Awards and Filmfare awards for Best Actor for the performance in the movie Kaazhcha. The movie was the directorial debut of Blessy.
Nerariyan CBI (transl. To know the truth CBI) is a 2005 Indian Malayalam-language mystery film directed and produced by K. Madhu and written by S. N. Swamy.The fourth installment in the franchise of CBI investigative thrillers, Mammootty reprised the role of Sethurama Iyer, a Central Bureau of Investigation officer, with Mukesh and Jagathy Sreekumar reprising their roles as the associate ...