Mukham

1990 Indian film

1990 (1990)

Running time

118 minCountryIndiaLanguageMalayalam

Mukham (transl. Face) is a 1990 Indian Malayalam-language thriller film co-written and directed by Mohan, starring Mohanlal, Nassar and Ranjini in the lead roles. The film does not have any songs, but features a musical score composed by Johnson.^[1]^[2]^[3] It is considered one of the best murder mystery movies in Malayalam but didn't do well in boxoffice.^[4]

Plot

The film is about a police officer who tries to uncover and stop an unknown serial killer who has sniped three victims and plans for the fourth one.

Cast

Mohanlal as ACP Hariprasad IPS
Ranjini as Usha
Nassar as Comm. P. N. Narendran IPS^[5]
Priya as Prema
Bindhya as Nirmala
Sukumaran as DySP Minnal Madhavan
Sankaradi as Kesavan Nair
Vijay Menon as Vijay
Soman as Home Minister
Innocent as Anthony
Mala Aravindan as Agasthy
Ravi Menon as Kunjikrishnan
Valsala Menon as Usha's Mother
Shivaji as CI Narayana Swamy
T. P. Madhavan as Usha's Father
Kundara Johnny as Menon
Anderson as Alexander
Rajan Sankaradi as George
Joseph Madapally in Cameo Appearance
Rajeevnath in Cameo Appearance
Ramyasree in Cameo Appearance

References

^ Menon, Neelima (24 March 2019). "'Mukham' to 'Mayaanadhi': 8 Malayalam film that would make for great web series". The News Minute. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
^ Menon, Neelima (14 May 2019). "15 Best Malayalam Films To Stream On Netflix, Amazon & Hotstar (This Summer)". HuffPost. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
^ Shafeeq (23 November 2017). "On the face of it: Community and State in a Mohanlal Police Thriller". MCH Film Club. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
^ "10 Best Malayalam Murder Mystery Movies". HuffPost. 8 November 2019. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
^ Rajan, Heera (5 April 2021). "Most underrated psychopaths in Malayalam cinema". Retrieved 12 May 2021.