Pokkiri Raja

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Pokkiri Raja is a 2010 Indian Malayalam-language masala film written by Udaykrishna–Sibi K. Thomas and directed by Vysakh. The film stars Mammootty in titular role, alongside Prithviraj Sukumaran, Shriya Saran, Siddique, Nedumudi Venu, Vijayaraghavan, Salim Kumar, Suraj Venjaramoodu and Riyaz Khan. The film marks the acting debut of Shriya Saran and Vysakh’s directorial debut in Malayalam cinema.

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Kunnath Madhavan Nair, a teacher living happily with his two sons Raja and Surya Narayanan, accidentally kills a boy Gopi, who belongs to their rival family. Raja takes the blame to save Madhavan. Despite Raja getting released from prison, Madhavan refuses to accept him not knowing about his innocence. Raja leaves for Madurai and saves the son of the village landlord Maniannan. Due to this, Raja turns into his right-hand and was named as Madurai Raja.

Years later, Raja becomes a fearsome kingpin called Pokkiri Raja, while Surya is an educated person and is also well known for getting involved in fights. To change his character, Surya is sent to Ernakulam to his brother-in-law SI Sugunan. At Ernakulam, Surya falls in love with Aswathy, the daughter of city commissioner Rajendra Babu. Sugunan takes advantage of Surya’s character and sends him in his uniform to take care of severe police cases.

Meanwhile, Surya follows Aswathy, but is unaware that Home Minister Kumaran’s son Mahendran is also in love with Aswathy. Aswathy hates Surya as she assumes that he is a cop, but she tells him that Rajendra Babu is her step-father and was the person behind her mother’s death. Rajendra Babu have left her alive because Mahendran was in love with her. Rajendra Babu and Mahendran learns of Surya and Aswathy’s relationship, where they arrests Surya on false charges of smuggling narcotics.
Rajendra Babu and Mahendran also plan to kill Surya and gives the contract to Raja. At this point, Madhavan leaves for Madurai in search of Raja and asks for his help to rescue Surya. Realizing that Surya is his brother, Raja rescues Surya and warns Rajendra Babu. Raja and Surya crosses many hurdles and manages to defeat Rajendra Babu and Mahendran, but they spare them. Surya reunites with Aswathy and the two get married.