After a keenly fought election, MKR becomes the new chief minister. When the opponents hire a psychotic killer to assassinate him, Perumal, a crime branch officer, is assigned to stop him.
Acting
Mammootty's simmering intensity as Perumal
Direction
Sibi Malayil's relentless tension-building
Writing
Tight screenplay adapted from The Day of the Jackal
Director
Sibi Malayil
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on Frederick Forsyth's The Day of the Jackal, relocated to Kerala's volatile 1980s political landscape.
The title refers to August 1, 1957 — the day Kerala became the first elected communist government in the world, making the assassination plot historically loaded.
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