Nirakkoottu

Nirakkoottu
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Directed by	Joshiy
Written by	Dennis Joseph
Produced by	Joy Thomas
Starring	Mammootty Sumalatha Urvashi Lizy Babu Namboothiri Jose Prakash Azeez P. K. Abraham
Cinematography	Jayanan Vincent Vipin Das
Edited by	K. Sankunni
Music by	Shyam
Production company	Jubilee Productions
Release date	12 September 1985 (1985-09-12)
Running time	130 minutes
Country	India
Language	Malayalam

Nirakkoottu is a 1985 Indian Malayalam-language crime thriller film directed by Joshiy, written by Dennis Joseph, starring Mammootty, Sumalatha, Urvashi, Lizy, Babu Namboothiri and Jose Prakash. The music was composed by Shyam.^[1] The story follows journalist Sasikala Varghese's (Urvashi) investigation of millionaire Ravi Varma (Mammootty), who is sentenced to death for the murder of his wife Mercy (Sumalatha). The film was remade in Tamil as Manithanin Marupakkam and in Kannada as Sathya Jyothi.