Ivar (2003 film)

Ivar is a 2003 Indian Malayalam-language action crime thriller film written and directed by T. K. Rajeev Kumar and produced by Santhosh Damodharan under the banner Damor Cinema. The film is loosely based on the Hong Kong crime thriller Infernal Affairs. Jayaram plays the protagonist^[1] and Biju Menon is the antagonist. The film also stars Bhavana, Siddique, Janardhanan and Rizabawa. The film was mostly shot in Steadicam by the cinematographer of the film Madhu Neelakandan, and was edited by Arun Kumar Aravind.

Ivar
Directed by	T. K. Rajeev Kumar
Written by	T. K. Rajeev Kumar
Produced by	Santhosh Damodharan
Starring	Jayaram Bhavana Biju Menon
Cinematography	Madhu Neelakandan
Edited by	Arun Kumar Aravind
Music by	songs: Srinivas background score: Sharreth
Production company	Damor Cinema
Distributed by	Platinum Motion Pictures Pvt. Ltd
Release date	24 October 2003 (2003-10-24)
Running time	159 minutes
Country	India
Language	Malayalam

Plot

Ivar is an action movie. The movie is all about the underworld, goons and the mafia. Jose, known as Pambu Jose (Biju Menon), is a dreaded underworld don and his rival is Minnal Thankan (P.Balachandran). Jose's close aide is Ninja Hakkim (Anil Murali) and gun moll is Rita (Devi Ajith) along with blind man Vinayakan (Vinayakan). Raghava Menon (Jayaram), a police officer gets into the gang and becomes close to Jose like Hakkim. No one knows that Raghava Menon's goal is to wipe out the mafia.

Raghava Menon works in tandem with the DGP (Janardhanan). The DGP's daughter Nandini (Bhavana) is in love with Menon. Menon uses the underworld rivalry and gathers information on police informers and those on the take to create havoc in mafia camps.

Cast

• Jayaram as Raghava Menon IPS, City Police Commissioner
• Biju Menon as Paambu Jose
• Bhavana as Nandini
• Devi Ajith as Reetha
• Vinayakan as Vinayakan
• Anoop Menon as Thomas IPS, Assistant Superintendent of Police
• Anil Murali as Hakkim, Jose's right hand and henchmen
• Siddique as Jacob Mathew IPS, Superintendent of Police
• Janardhanan as S.K.Nair IPS, Director General of Police and Nandini's father
• Rizabawa as Prem Kumar IPS, Police Commissioner
• Sona Nair as Hakkim's wife
• P. Balachandran as Minnal Thankachan
• Rajesh Hebbar as "Alambu" Rajan, Thankachan's henchmen
• Poornima Anand as Jose's wife
• Lishoy as Circle Inspector
• Kalasala Babu as Chief Minister
• J. Pallassery
• Ramu as Home Minister