New Delhi is a 1987 Malayalam language action thriller film written by Dennis Joseph and directed by Joshiy and produced by Joy Thomas. It stars Mammootty, Suresh Gopi, Thiagarajan, Sumalatha, Urvashi, Siddique, Vijayaraghavan, Mohan Jose, Devan, and Jagannatha Varma.[1]
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| Directed by | Joshiy |
| Written by | Dennis Joseph |
| Produced by | Joy Thomas |
| Starring | Mammootty Suresh Gopi Thiagarajan Sumalatha Urvashi Devan Vijayaraghavan Mohan Jose |
| Cinematography | Jayanan Vincent |
| Edited by | K. Sankunni |
| Music by | Shyam |
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| Distributed by | Jubilee Productions |
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Running time | 143 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Malayalam |
The film was remade and released in Telugu as Anthima Theerpu, which was directed by Joshiy himself. Joshiy also directed the Hindi and Kannada versions titled New Delhi. Lead roles were played by Jeetendra in its Hindi version and Ambareesh in the Kannada version, respectively, Gopi made his debuts in the Telugu, Kannada and Hindi film Industries through the remakes in those languages but he played different roles. The story is loosely based on the novel The Almighty by Irving Wallace.[2]
Thiagarajan, who played the role of Salem Vishnu in New Delhi, later produced and directed a Tamil film titled Salem Vishnu which showcased the prequel story of his character. The film rose Mammootty to Mega Star status after consecutive failures in the early 80s.[3][4] The film was a critical and commercial success and the highest-grossing Malayalam film at that time. It earned cult status and is considered one of the best films ever made in India.[5][6][7]
Cast
edit- Mammootty as G. Krishnamoorthy aka G.K
- Suresh Gopi as Suresh
- Thiagarajan as Nataraj Vishnu/Salem Vishnu
- Sumalatha as Maria Fernandez
- Urvashi as Uma
- Devan as Shankar
- Jagannatha Varma as C.R. Panikkar
- Prathapachandran as Jailor
- Vijayaraghavan as Ananthan
- Siddique as Siddique
- Mohan Jose as Appu
- P. K. Abraham as Fernandez, Maria's Father
Production
editThe film was shot in New Delhi.
Remake
editThe movie was remade into three different languages such as Telugu, Hindi & Kannada by Joshiy himself.
| Year | Film | Language | Cast | Director |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Antima Teerpu | Telugu | Krishnamraju, Thiagarajan, Sumalatha, Urvashi, Prabhakar Reddy, Ranganath | Joshiy |
| 1988 | New Delhi | Hindi | Jeetendra, Sumalatha, Urvashi, Raza Murad, Thiagarajan | Joshiy |
| 1988 | New Delhi | Kannada | Ambareesh, Sumalatha, Urvashi, Thiagarajan | Joshiy |
Release
editThe film released on 24 July 1987. It was a commercial success at the box office.[8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16] New Delhi became the highest-grossing Malayalam film at that time.[17] New Delhi making a box office collection of ₹ 2.5 crore in Kerala box office.[18][19] The film ran for over a hundred days in Ernakulam center.[20] and also was the first Malayalam film to run over 100 days in 2 centers in Tamil Nadu box office.[21][22]
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