Commissioner (film)
Commissioner is a 1994 Indian Malayalam-language neo-noir action thriller film directed by Shaji Kailas, written by Ranji Panicker, and produced by M. Mani. It stars Suresh Gopi as police commissioner Bharathchandran IPS, and also features Ratheesh, Shobana, Vijayaraghavan, M. G. Soman, Rajan P. Dev, K. B. Ganesh Kumar, N. F. Varghese, Karamana Janardanan Nair, and Maniyanpilla Raju in pivotal roles. The background score was composed by Rajamani.
| Commissioner | |
|---|---|
Poster | |
| Directed by | Shaji Kailas |
| Written by | Ranji Panicker |
| Produced by | M. Mani |
| Starring | Suresh Gopi Ratheesh Shobana Vijayaraghavan M. G. Soman Rajan P. Dev K. B. Ganesh Kumar N. F. Varghese Karamana Janardanan Nair Maniyanpilla Raju |
| Cinematography | Dinesh Baboo |
| Edited by | L. Bhoominathan |
| Music by | Rajamani |
Production company | Sunitha Productions |
| Distributed by | Aroma Release |
Release date | 14 April 1994 |
Running time | 175 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Malayalam |
Commissioner became the highest grossing Malayalam film of 1994, which earned Suresh Gopi the status of an Action Superstar. It is a cult film among Malayali audiences, with several dialogues becoming very famous and remaining so even decades later. The Telugu dubbed version Police Commissioner was also a major commercial success.
The sequel titled Bharath Chandran I.P.S. was released in 2005, directed by Ranji Panicker. In 2012, a crossover film titled The King & the Commissioner, with the characters from The King (1995), Commissioner (1994) and Bharath Chandran I.P.S. (2005) was released, but the film was panned by critics and became a box-office bomb.