Mumbai Police (film)

Mumbai Police
Theatrical release poster
Directed byRosshan Andrrews
Written byBobby–Sanjay
Produced byNisad Haneefa
Starring
CinematographyR. Diwakaran
Edited byMahesh Narayanan
Music byGopi Sundar
Production
company
Nisad Haneefa Productions
Distributed byCentral Pictures
Release date
  • 3 May 2013 (2013-05-03)
Running time
145 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageMalayalam

Mumbai Police is a 2013 Indian Malayalam language neo-noir psychological thriller film written by Bobby-Sanjay and directed by Rosshan Andrrews. It stars Prithviraj Sukumaran, Jayasurya, Rahman in the lead roles along with Kunchan, Aparna Nair, Deepa Vijayan, and debutant Hima Davis in supporting roles. Shweta Menon and Riyaz Khan appear in guest roles. The film is produced by Nisad Haneefa and co-produced by Nivas Haneef and Niyas Haneefa. The background score was composed by Gopi Sundar and the cinematography was handled by G. Diwakaran. The film was edited by Mahesh Narayanan.

Mumbai Police completed filming in 56 days though the planned schedule was for 60 days.[1] The Khaleej Times identified Mumbai Police as one of the "remarkable box-office success" of 2013.[2] The film won Kerala State Film Award for Best Screenplay and Prithviraj's performance was regarded as one of his career-best performances. The film was remade in Telugu as Hunt starring Sudheer Babu in the lead role which was released in 2023.[3] A Hindi remake is announced with Shahid Kapoor playing the lead.[4]

  1. ^ George, Vijay (2 May 2013). "Dreaming big". The Hindu. SCT Trivandrum. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
  2. ^ Deepa Gauri. The best of Malayalam cinema in 2013 Archived 2 January 2014 at the Wayback Machine 26 December 2013 Khaleej Times
  3. ^ "Teaser of 'Mumbai Police' Telugu remake grabs attention". Onmanorama.
  4. ^ "Bollywood Remake: दस साल पुरानी मलयालम फिल्म के रीमेक में शाहिद-पूजा, तेलुगु में हो गई सुपर फ्लॉप".