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Abkari is a film of genre Drama directed by I. V. Sasi with Mammootty

Abkari (1988)

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Genres Drama
Rating53% 2.6506352.6506352.6506352.6506352.650635

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Abkari is a 1988 Malayalam movie starring Mammootty and Ratheesh in the title roles. It was written by T. Damodaran and was directed by I. V. Sasi. The movie, based on the life of liquor barons and contractors, known as Abkaris, in Kerala, was a super hit.

Synopsis

Vasu and Chacko are working as drivers and low ranking workers for the Abkari contractor Sreekandan. Sreekandan is heavily involved in the smuggling of liquor from the neighbouring state of Tamil Nadu in order to increase the already high profits in his business. Chacko once makes an incorrect move to seduce the wife of Sreekandan, hoping that she is just waiting for any new man to come into her love life. But she only wanted to have an affair with Vasu. Sreekandan comes to know about this, and Chacko is beaten black and blue and thrown out of the organisation.

Actors

Mammootty

(Vasu)Ratheesh

(Chacko)T. G. Ravi

(Sreekandan)Parvathy

(Sarada)Urvashi

(Sridevi)
And :
Jalaja
Thiagarajan Sivanandam
M. G. Soman
Balan K. Nair
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