Sound of Boot
Sound of Boot is a 2008 Indian Malayalam-language psychological thriller by Shaji Kailas[1] starring Suresh Gopi, Bala, Honey Rose and Murali. The story is highly based on the Rashomon effect.
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| Directed by | Shaji Kailas |
| Written by | Rajesh Jayaraman |
| Produced by | Sai-Meera Productions |
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| Cinematography | R. Raja Ratnam |
| Edited by | Arun Kumar |
| Music by | Ishaan Dev |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Malayalam |
Plot
Holiday Home is a tourist resort in the high ranges of Kerala. It is frequented by tourists especially newly married couples who come for their honeymoon. Sankaranarayanan (Murali) is the caretaker of the Holiday Home. Rahul Krishna (Bala) comes to Holiday Home with his lover Meera Nambiar (Honey Rose). The next day Meera Nambiar is found murdered, with SP Siddharth Mahadev (Suresh Gopi) being designated as the investigation officer. Everyone who is involved with the crime gives a different story to the SP.
The story later shifts back to the period when Indira Gandhi declared the state of emergency In India. Sankaranarayanan was a local press baron. He and Anthony reported through the newspapers, the atrocities/rape faced by the female plantation workers due to the local police. Seeking revenge, the 3 police officers involved- DYSP Raghavan Nambiar, CI Abdul Sathar and SP Thomas Sebastian, brutally torture Sankaranarayanan and rape and murder Sankaranarayanan's wife and daughter and falsely implicate him in their murders. Sankaranarayanan reveals to Rahul that he is his son and they must take revenge against Nambiar, Sathar and Thomas Sebastian. Later Sathar retired from the police force as a DYSP, Nambiar retired as an IGP and Thomas Sebastin retired as an ADGP. Meera (Nambiar's daughter) is held captive by Sankaranarayanan. Rahul is against killing Meera since it was her father who had raped/murdered his sister and Meera must not be punished. Meera escapes the clutches of Sankaranarayanan with the help of Rahul. However while escaping Meera slips and hits a stone leading to her death.
Sankaranarayanan and Rahul murder Nambiar and Sathar but their attempt to kill Thomas Sebastian is foiled by SP Siddharth Mahadev. However Janaki murders Thomas Sebastian. It is later known that Janaki is the wife of Sankaranarayanan.
Cast
- Suresh Gopi as SP Siddharth Mahadev IPS, the investigating officer
- Murali as Sankaranarayanan
- Bala as Rahul Krishna
- Krishnakumar as CI Aravind, a police officer who assists SP Siddarth in his investigation
- Bheeman Raghu as Retd ADGP Thomas Sebastian IPS
- Rizabawa as Retd DySP Abdul Sathar
- Rajan P. Dev as Retd IGP Raghavan Nambiar IPS
- Honey Rose as Meera Nambiar
- Sona Nair as Janaki
- Lakshana as Sofiya Hassan
- Sonia Bose Venkat as Bhadra
- Biju Pappan as George Abraham
- Maniyanpilla Raju as Antony
- T. P. Madhavan as ADGP Vincent Cherian IPS
- Sangeetha Mohan as Compere
- Chali Pala as Driver Peter
- Bindu Panicker as Mathaji
Reception
Rediff said that the film, "fairs a notch better than other recent outings of Suresh Gopi, because of the technical and scripting departments."[2]
References
- "The Sound Of Boot Review". Indiaglitz. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
- Palicha, Paresh C. "Sound of the Boot is enjoyable". Rediff. Retrieved 21 June 2021.