Abhimanyu (1991 film)

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Abhimanyu
DVD Cover
Directed by	Priyadarshan
Written by	T. Damodaran
Produced by	V. B. K. Menon
Starring	Mohanlal Geetha
Cinematography	Jeeva
Edited by	N. Gopalakrishnan
Music by	Songs: Raveendran Background Score: Johnson
Production company	Anugraha Cine Arts
Distributed by	Anugraha Release
Release date	21 December 1991 (1991-12-21)
Country	India
Language	Malayalam
Budget	₹ 35 lakhs
Box office	₹ 85 lakhs(25 days)

Abhimanyu is a 1991 Indian Malayalam-language crime drama film directed by Priyadarshan and written by T. Damodaran. It stars Mohanlal and Geetha. The plot revolves around the Bombay (now Mumbai) underworld and the transformation of an innocent guy into a crime boss in the city. The movie is loosely based on the life of Bada Rajan. The tagline of the movie is Crime Never Pays.

The Fim Got A Certificate from Censorboard.The film was a superhit at the box office. The film is noted for its screenplay, direction and background score. Mohanlal won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Actor. Its Tamil dubbed version Arasan was also a superhit.^[1] The movie was later dubbed and released in Hindi as Satyaghath - Crime Never Pays. It was remade in Tamil as Thalai Nagaram (2006), Telugu as Nagaram (2008) and in Kannada as Devru (2009). Art direction was by Thotta Tharani.