CBI (film series)

CBI is an Indian Malayalam-language film series of mystery films directed by K. Madhu and written by S. N. Swami featuring Mammootty as Sethurama Iyer, a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) officer in the title role. The series started off in 1988 with Oru CBI Diary Kurippu. The character Sethurama Iyer is said to have been inspired by a police officer named Radha Vinod Raju, who in 2009 was appointed as the first chief of India's National Investigation Agency.[1][2]

CBI
Directed byMadhu
Written byS. N. Swamy
Produced byM. Mani (1 - 2)
K. Madhu (3 - 4)
Swargachitra Appachan (5)
StarringMammootty
Mukesh
Jagathy Sreekumar
CinematographyVipindas (1 - 2)
Saloo George (3 - 4)
Akhil George (5)
Edited byV. P. Krishnan (1 - 2)
P. C. Mohanan (3 - 4)
A. Sreekar Prasad (5)
Music byShyam (1 - 4)
Jakes Bejoy (5)
Production
companies
Sunitha Productions (1 - 2)
Krishnakripa (3 - 4)
Swargachithra Films (5)
Distributed byAroma Movies (1 - 2)
Swargachithra Films (3 - 4)
Release dates
1988 (1)
1989 (2)
2004 (3)
2005 (4)
2022 (5)
CountryIndia
LanguageMalayalam

Films

The films depicts a team of three CBI officers led by Sethurama Iyer investigating into a murder case. All the films feature Mammootty as Sethurama Iyer. The other two members of the team vary in the series. All the four films so far released have Vikram, the character played by Jagathy Sreekumar as a CBI officer. But he is not part of the three-men team in the third film but appears in the film for a short length. Chacko played by Mukesh appears in the first film but is not part of the team. But Chacko becomes part of the team from the second film onwards. Harry played by Suresh Gopi is present in the first movie as part of the team, but later transferred to Madras in the second sequel.

The films of the franchise are:

Year Film Director Screenwriter Producer Composer
1988 Oru CBI Diary Kurippu K. Madhu S. N. Swamy M. Mani Shyam
1989 Jagratha
2004 Sethurama Iyer CBI K. Madhu
2005 Nerariyan CBI
2022 CBI 5: The Brain Swargachitra Appachan Jakes Bejoy

Sethurama Iyer
Main article: Sethurama Iyer

Sethurama Iyer (Malayalam: സേതുരാമയ്യര്‍) is a fictional character and the protagonist of the CBI film series. The character was played by Mammootty in all the films. He is an investigative officer of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). Iyer's popularity is attributed to the fact that he uses his brain rather than brawn to solve cases.

Timeline
CBI film series released timeline
1988Oru CBI Diarykkurippu
1989Jagratha
1990–2003
2004Sethurama Iyer CBI
2005Nerariyan CBI
2006–2021
2022CBI 5: The Brain

Cast and characters
Central characters Mammootty, Jagathy and Mukesh as CBI officers.
Character Oru CBI Diary Kurippu
(1988)		 Jagratha
(1989)		 Sethurama Iyer CBI
(2004)		 Nerariyan CBI
(2005)		 CBI 5
(2022)

Introduced in Oru CBI Diary Kurippu

Sethurama Iyer Mammootty
Vikram Jagathy Sreekumar
Chacko Mukesh
CI Harry Suresh Gopi
DySP Devadas Sukumaran
K. A. Ouseppachan Janardhanan
Narayanan Prathapachandran
Omana

Lissy
Annie

Urvashi
John Thomas Bahadoor
Joy Mathew Vijayaraghavan
SP Prabhakara Varma Captain Raju
SP of CBI Jagannatha Varma
C.I Alex K. P. A. C. Sunny
Sunny Sreenath Sreenath
Bhargavan C. I. Paul
Police Surgeon Kollam Thulasi
Padathalam Mathai Poojappura Ravi
Mary Adoor Bhavani Adoor Bhavani
Sreedharan T. P. Madhavan
Driver Vasu Kundara Johny
Nun Sukumari
Mohammed Kothuku Nanappan

Introduced in Jagratha

Ashwathy Parvathy Jayaram
Babu Babu Antony
Adv. Janardanan Nair Babu Namboothiri
I.G K. P. A. C. Azeez
Vishwam Devan
Kumar K. B. Ganesh Kumar
Mohan Jose
Anchor Kaithapram Damodaran Namboothiri
Kurupu M. S. Thripunithura
Thomas Paravoor Bharathan
Vandana Sreeja
Rukmini Kanakalatha
Fake policeman James
Suryan Tony
Rajendrababu Vishnuprakash
Hotel boy Poojappura Radhakrishnan
Union leader Adinad Sasi

Introduced in Sethurama Iyer CBI

Balagopal Siddique
Isow Alex Kalabhavan Mani
Ganesh Vineeth Kumar
DySP Sathyadas Sai Kumar Sai Kumar
Mani Jagadish
Rachana Navya Nair
Reshmi Nandana
Adiyodi Oduvil Unnikrishnan
CBI Director Kalasala Babu
Bahuleyan Rajan P. Dev
Manikunju / Zakariah Paravoor Ramachandran
Mosi Geetha Vijayan
Krishan Iyer Kunchan
Meenakshi Iyer Urmila Unni
Dr. Vijayalakshmi Poornima Anand
Vijayamma Kalpana
Kuzhivetty Mathai Mala Aravindan
Fr. Gomez Bharath Gopi
Crime branch C.I Shammi Thilakan
Sharngadaran Subair
Varkey Punnapra Appachan
Broker Suraj Venjaramoodu

Introduced in Nerariyan CBI

Kapra Valiya Narayanan Thilakan
Mythili Samvrutha Sunil
Anitha Gopika
Devaswam Indrans
George C. Nair Cochin Haneefa
DYSP Dhanapalan Augustine
ASP Saikumar IPS Jishnu
Velu Mohan Jose
Dr. Krishnan Nair P. Sreekumar
Mythili's Father M. R. Gopakumar
Dr. Krishnan Nair P. Sreekumar
Dr. Babu Rizabawa
Banjamin C. Nair Madhu Warrier
Poopparathy Vasu Baburaj
Reshmi Suja Karthika
Lakshmiyamma Bindu Ramakrishnan
Elizabeth C. Nair Bindu Panicker
Mythili's mother Shobha Mohan
Anitha's Kin Ambika Mohan
Maya Suvarna Mathew

Introduced in CBI 5

TBA Asha Sarath
TBA Soubin Shahir
TBA Ramesh Pisharody
TBA Renji Panicker
TBA Dileesh Pothan
TBA Sudev Nair
TBA Anoop Menon
TBA Edavela Babu
TBA Alexander Prasanth
TBA Ramesh Kottayam
TBA Jayakrishnan
TBA Prathap Pothen
TBA G. Suresh Kumar
TBA Chandhu Karamana
TBA Santhosh Keezhattoor
TBA Kaniha
TBA Ansiba Hassan
TBA Malavika Menon
TBA Malvika Nair

References
  1. "NIA chief inspired hit film 20 yrs ago". Hindustan Times. 18 January 2009. Retrieved 14 September 2019.
  2. "A crack investigative team". hindu. Retrieved 20 August 2010.
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