Simhasanam

Simhasanam is a 2012 Malayalam action film written and directed by Shaji Kailas starring Prithviraj Sukumaran and Sai Kumar with supporting cast including Siddique and Devan. The music was composed by Ronnie Raphael. Simhasanam was initially intended to be a remake of the cult Mohanlal-starrer Naduvazhikal but on scripting, it deviated so much from the original story that, it is no longer a rehashed version of the 1989 hit. So they made it as a loosely based adaptation of Mario Puzo's The Godfather. Premise Chandragiriyil Arjun is a student in Manipal and the son of Chandragiriyil Madhava Menon, a landlord in Chandragiri, Thiruvananthapuram. One day, Arjun is called from Manipal and learns about constants struggles between Madhava Menon's enemy Ramadhathan Unni's sons Ramanunni, Bhargavanunni and Krishnanunni who runs a franchise of grocery stores called Annapoorna. Arjun decides to restore order and secretly fight back Ramanunni and his brothers as Madhava Menon doesn't want him to become violent. Cast Prithviraj Sukumaran as Chandragiriyil Arjun Menon/Arjunan (Achu) Sai Kumar as Chandragiriyil G. Madhava Menon Siddique as Ramanunni Devan as Bhargavanunni Jayakrishnan as Krishnanunni Biju Pappan as Jamal Thilakan as Bishop Aishwarya Devan as Nanda Vandana Menon as Lakshmi (Lechu) P. Sreekumar as Chief Minister Chacko Kollam Ajith as Razool Musthafa Riyaz Khan as Vetrivel Maaran, Superintendent of Police Manikuttan as Suresh, Arjun's friend Rajeev Parameshwar as Lokan, Arjun's Friend Vishnupriyan as Govindan, Arjun's friend Irshad as Adv. Manilal Vijayakumar as S.P Chandrashekharan T. P. Madhavan as Issac Shammi Thilakan as V. S. Nair Ramu as Kuruvila Jacob Kunchan as Pisharadi V. K. Sreeraman as Kollamkottu Krishna Sharma Jayan Cherthala as Cheriyappilli Mukundan Sana as Hemalatha Gundappa Santhosh as Dasan Pradeep Chandran as Cheriyappilli Peethambaran Nandu Poduval as Khader Gayathri Geetha Nair Rema Devi Gayathri Priya