New Delhi (1987 film)

New 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 about Delhibased 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.G. Krishnamoorthy, aka G. K. Mammootty, is a cartoonist and investigative journalist working in New Delhi. Urvashi plays the role of his sister, Uma, who is also a journalist. G. K. falls in love with New Delhi dancer Maria Fernandes Sumalatha. C. R. Panikkar Jagannatha Varma and Shankar Devan, two political icons, book a show with Maria on the eve of Republic Day and brutally rape her in a hotel room. G.K. attempts to report the incident in the newspaper, but is foiled by his chief editor, who notifies the villains. After being arrested on fake charges, G.K. is brought to trial to face many false witnesses including Fernandes and her father, who claims nobody harmed his daughter. G.K. is deemed mentally unfit and sentenced to one and a half years in a mental asylum, as well as five years in prison where he suffers abuse. G. K. meets Ananthan Vijayaraghavan, Siddiq Siddique and Appus acquaintance from the jail. He was once selected to be set free from prison on Republic day, but he was denied the chance by Shankar. ........

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