Dubai

Dubai is a 2001 Indian Malayalam-language political action thriller film directed by Joshiy starring Mammootty, N. F. Varghese, Biju Menon and Nirmal Pandey. Anjala Zaveri, Vijayakumar, Cochin Haneefa, Janardhanan, Nedumudi Venu and Preetha Vijayakumar play supporting roles. The script for the film was written by Renji Panicker. It received negative reviews from the critics and was a failure at the box office. Barring a few scenes in the beginning, the film was completely shot in the United Arab Emirates. It was one of the most-expensive films made in Malayalam cinema at that time. The film ended up the biggest loss maker in Malayalam cinema at the time. The film's failure is attributed to insufficient marketing and the several delays in its release. Plot In 1989, Major Ravi Mammen is brought to interrogate two arrested LTTE terrorists in Bangalore, who are on a mission to assassinate the Indian Prime Minister on his visit to the city - later identified as professional assassins with no ties with any organisation. On the run, he identifies the Union Home Minister, K. J. Nair as the main conspirator behind the assassination plot. Nair anticipates a political coup after the death of the Prime Minister, through which he hopes to seize power. However, Mammen's attempts to foil his ambition. Nair tries to buy out Mammen, who refuses his offers. In an attempt to capture Nair and to unravel the conspiracy in the public domain, Mammen shoots at Nair, but the bullet accidentally hits Susan Joseph Pandala, Mammen's girlfriend, who dies on the spot. Nair fabricates a criminal case against Ravi Mammen, of killing Susan. Ravi is court-marshalled and sent to jail. Upon release, Ravi leaves to Dubai, where he emerges as a successful businessman in a short time. His business empire is spread all over the Middle East. He is assisted by Chandran Nair, an over-enthusiastic NRI. Ravi's sudden acquisition of exponential financial power and influence makes him an enemy of many who are eagerly waiting for a chance to finish him off. Swaminathan, a businessman and a fatherlike figure for Ravi, is in deep financial trouble. He wins a lawsuit and gains several million Dirhams, but Vincent Sebastian, his cunning attorney, cheats him by conspiring with Kishan Narayan Bhatta, an underworld don from Mumbai. Vincent kills Swaminathan and his wife, after forcefully transferring properties to his name. Ammu, Swaminathan's daughter reaches Dubai from Bangalore for the funeral.