C.I.D. (1955 film)

C.I.D.
Directed byM. Krishnan Nair
Written byT. N. Gopinathan Nair
Produced byP. Subramaniam
(Merryland)
StarringPrem Nazir
Miss Kumari
Kottarakkara Sreedharan Nair
Kumari Thankam
CinematographyN. S. Mani
Edited byK. D. George
Music byBr Lakshmanan
(songs)
Thirunayinarkurichi
(lyrics)
Production
company
Distributed byKumaraswamy & Co.
(Travancore)
Film Distributing Co.
(Malabar & Cochin)
Release date
  • 27 August 1955 (1955-08-27)
Running time
170 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageMalayalam

C.I.D. is a 1955 Indian Malayalam film made for Merryland Studio by director M. Krishnan Nair which stars Prem Nazir, Miss Kumari, Kottarakkara Sreedharan Nair and Kumari Thankam. It is generally considered as the first crime thriller movie in Malayalam.[1]

The film was dubbed into Tamil with the same title and was released in the same year, 1955.[2] K. Devanarayanan wrote the lyrics and dialogues.

  1. ^ Vijayakumar, B. (28 September 2014). "Panchathantram: 1974". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
  2. ^ Film News Anandan (23 October 2004). Sadhanaigal Padaitha Thamizh Thiraipada Varalaru [History of Landmark Tamil Films] (in Tamil). Chennai: Sivakami Publishers. Archived from the original on 26 August 2017.