Adayalam () is a 1991 Indian Malayalam comedy-mystery film directed by K. Madhu and written by S. N. Swamy, starring Mammootty, Rekha, Shobana, Murali, Lalu Alex, and Maniyanpilla Raju. The film was produced by actor Janardhanan, who also played a supporting role.
Plot Latha, daughter of Menon, a rich businessman, gets a threatening call from Raji demanding Rs 5 lakhs not to reveal a deadly secret about her father. Frightened Latha approaches her family advocate, Haridas, for a solution. Haridas refers Latha to Captain Hariharan who now runs a security service. Though initially, he is reluctant to take up the investigation on Raji, Haiharan decides to go ahead. In the meantime, Raji is found dead. Inspector Raju Peter suspects Hariharan who informs Latha about the death. Malini, Latha's sister, inquires with Hariharan about Raji, Latha, and the reason for the probe. Hariharan refuses to divulge and says it's personal. Meanwhile, Suresh, their cousin, is found dead too. Hariharan's probe to find the truth forms the rest of the story.
Cast Mammootty as Captain Hariharan Shobana as Malini, Hariharan's love interest Rekha as Latha, Malini's sister Murali as Dr. Mohan, Latha's family friend and Malini's ex-lover Lalu Alex as CI Raju Peter, Hariharan's friend Maniyanpilla Raju as Pappan, Hariharan's friend and assistant Vijayaraghavan as Suresh, Malini and Latha's cousin Janardhanan as Advocate Haridas, Hariharan's friend Innocent as DYSP S. Vishwappan, Peter's subordinate officer Sankaradi as Panicker, Hariharan and Pappan's house owner K. P. Ummer as Shankara Menon, Latha and Malini's father Kalpana as Rosemary, Pappan's love interest and Hariharan's assistant Kunchan as Sub Inspector of Police, Peter's assistant T. P. Madhavan as Forensic Surgeon M.K. Keshavan, Hariharan's friend Valsala Menon as Sarojini, Shankara Menon's sister and Latha and Malini's aunt Bheeman Raghu as Raju, Shankara Menon's driver and Suresh's friend Ragini as Raji, Suresh and Raju's friend
Box office The film received a positive response from the critics and was a commercial success.
In his memoir, "Innaleyude Innu", Janardhanan says that he sold the movie outright to producer Good Knight Mohan. He also said that the movie was not as much a financial success as they expected.
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