Inspector Garud

Cast: Dileep, Kavya Madhavan, Lalu Alex, Innocent, Vijayaraghavan, Janardhanan, Suja Karthika, Harisree Ashokan, Salim Kumar, Cochin Haneefa, Shammi Thilakan, Suja Menon, Kalasala Babu, Saddique, Kunjan, Bineesh Kodiyeri, Machan Varghese, Sudheer, Urmila Unni
Language: Malayalam
Banner: Galaxy Films
Director: Johnny Antony
Producer: Milan Jaleel
Camera: P.Skumuar
Story: Udaya Krishna, Sibi.K.Thomas
Screenplay: Udaya Krishna, Sibi.K.Thomas
Dialogue: Udaya Krishna, Sibi.K.Thomas
Lyrics: Sarath Vayalar
Music: Alex Paul
Distribution: Galaxy Release
Year: 2007

The comedy team- writers Udayakrishnan & Sibi K.Thomas, director Johnny Antony and Dileep are back with yet another slapstick comedy for the masses with large dose of crude and inane jokes. They believe that no joke is too low to be cracked as long as there is an audience for it.

Here is the far out plot- Madhavan Kutty better known by his nickname Garuda (Dileep) is one of the most corrupt cop in Kerala police always on the look out to make a fast buck. He justifies it by saying that he has paid a bribe of Rs 15 Lakhs to get the job and has now become a Circle Inspector! The corrupt Home Minister (T.P.Madhavan) puts him in charge to help Chettiar (Vijayaraghavan) a guy with a permanent scowl on his face who is hand-in-glove with Guptaji an international gun runner who is supplying ammunitions to terrorist organizations.

A consignment of arms reach Kochi meant for LTTE and Chettiar is keeping it in a colony run by him. An honest cop Rajan Joseph (Lalu Alex) is sacked by the Home Minister discovers the plot but is sacked by the Home minister. Garuda saves Chettiar at the same time rips him off.

Meanwhile, Madhavan Kutty is humiliated by the new sub collector Sethulakshmi (Kavya Madhavn) who make shim apologize to her in front of the Vanitha commission. He takes revenge by working out a marriage with Sethulakshmi under pressure leading to further complications. Finally Garuda has a change of heart and turns a new leaf and takes on the baddies.

There are half a dozen stock buddy comedy characters you have seen in earlier films- Salim Kumar, Harisri Asokan, Cochin Haneefa etc. trying desperately for maximum guffaws when in actuality they might warrant no more than a chuckle.

To be fair some of the moments are truly hilarious. The wedding scene between the lead pair and Dileep telling the Vanitha commission that he can call the sub-collector (his wife) Edi, Podi! And the scene in police station where Harisri Asokan thinks that Garuda is a petty thief and bad mouths him in front of other cops without realizing he is the new circle inspector.

Another problem is that Inspector Gurud does not have a single original bone in its body. Typical of Johnny Antony, generous tributes have been paid off to a dozen Kollywood and Bollywood films. One of the songs in which Dileep dresses in a suit is a straight lift from Rajni hit song Kick Eeruthe.. from Padayappa. For Dileep, playing the title role comes naturally to him and he excels in slapstick madness. But his pairing with Kavya is a bit stale.

If crude gags and slapsticks galore are your idea of fun then Inspector Garud is worth a laugh.

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