August 1 (film)

August 1?
Directed bySibi Malayil
Written byS. N. Swamy
Based onThe Day of the Jackal
by Frederick Forsyth
Produced byM. Mani
StarringMammootty
Sukumaran
Captain Raju
CinematographyS. Kumar
Edited byV. P. Krishnan
Music byShyam
Production
company
Sunitha Productions
Distributed byAroma Release
Release date
  • 21 July 1988 (1988-07-21)
Running time
145 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageMalayalam

August 1? is a 1988 Indian Malayalam language action thriller film directed by Sibi Malayil, written by S. N. Swamy, starring Mammootty, Sukumaran and Captain Raju.[1] The film was produced and distributed by M. Mani under the banner of Sunitha Productions. August 1? is loosely based on the 1971 British novel The Day of the Jackal, by Frederick Forsyth which had inspired a film of the same name.[2][3] The film was a commercial success and is considered one of the best investigative thrillers in Malayalam cinema.[4]

This film was remade in Telugu as Rajakeeya Chadarangam (political chess) in 1990, with Akkineni Nageswara Rao in the chief minister role and Krishna in the inspector role. A sequel titled August 15, directed by Shaji Kailas, and scripted by S. N. Swamy was released in March 2011.[2]

  1. ^ "Aye Aye, Captain". www.outlookindia.com/. 18 September 2018. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Shaji Kailas starts Mammootty's film". Sify. 2010-10-12.
  3. ^ "The Day of the Jackal: Cunning 'Fox'". 13 October 2017.
  4. ^ "Celluloid sultans of Kerala". India Today. 31 December 1988.