August 1 (1988)
ആഗസ്റ്റ് 1
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.
- Date of release
- 1988-07-21
- TMDB
- 6.9 / 10 (7)
- Runtime
- 2h 24m
- Genres
- Crime
- Director
- Sibi Malayil
- Collection
- August Collection
Casting
- Mammootty — Perumal
- Sukumaran — K. G. Ramachandran
- Captain Raju — Professional Assassin
- Urvashi — Vatsala
- Jagathy Sreekumar — Gopikkuttan
- Sreenath — Gopu
- Prathapa Chandran — Kazhuthumuttam
- Janardhanan — Kaimal
- Mamukkoya — Aboobacker
- Kollam Thulasi — Pappachan
- Innocent — Thief
- Lissy — Thief
Interesting facts
August 1? is a 1988 Indian Malayalam language action thriller spy film directed by Sibi Malayil, written by S. N. Swamy, starring Mammootty, Sukumaran and Captain Raju. The film was produced and distributed by M. Mani under the banner of Sunitha Productions. 1 August? is loosely based on the 1971 British novel The Day of the Jackal, by Frederick Forsyth which had inspired a film of the same name. The film was a commercial success and is considered one of the best investigative thrillers in Malayalam cinema.
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