Mafia

Mafia is a 1993 Indian Malayalam- language action crime film directed by Shaji Kailas and written by Renji Panicker. It stars Suresh Gopi, Vikram, Tiger Prabhakar, Janardhanan, Vijayaraghavan and Babu Antony. Mafia was released on 12 November 1993 and became successful at the box office. The film revolves around the Bangalore underworld. Surya Devaraja Gowda is a crime boss who rules the city along with his younger brother Chandra. Jayashankar a honest police officer tries all his efforts to stop them, but he gets killed by Gowda. Jayashankar's brothers Ravisankar and Harishankar teams up with Gowda's enemy Shivaraman alias Shivappa to avenge Jayashankar's death, which forms the rest of the story. Plot DSP Jayashankar, a sincere senior cop, along with Bangalore City Police Department (B.C.P.D) is in a direct fight with a crime boss named Surya Devaraja Gowda, who rules the city along with his younger brother Chandra. Jayashankar's family is too worried about his safety and younger brother Harishankar always reminds him of it. Shivaraman "Shivappa", a former mafia leader is now leading a retired life in the city suburbs running a stable. Though retired, he has deep vengeance against Gowda, who had broken his leg, making him permanently disabled. Jayashankar longs his brother Ravishankar to join the IPS. Currently working for a leading Bangalore daily Deccan Chronicle, Ravi is also attempting for IPS. One day, Jayashankar receives a piece of information that a consignment belonging to Gowda is arriving in the city. Along with Inspector Narayanan, Jayashankar manages to seize the trucks, but gets shot and killed by Gowda's goons. Ravi, who has just got a letter confirming his selection for IPS, reaches Jayashankar to inform the news, witnesses the brutal murder of Jayashankar. Ravi reaches out to the commissioner's office, but is shocked to find the killers, having a small talk with DCP Govindan. Ravi reacts violently and raises his hands at Govindan, accusing him of siding with Gowda. Govindan orders the arrest of Ravi, where the court sentences him to 2 years imprisonment for assaulting a senior cop on duty. Ravi loses his IPS selection because of his prison term.