The Truth

The Truth is a 1998 Malayalam-language police procedural thriller film written by S. N. Swamy and directed by Shaji Kailas. Mammootty plays the lead role of an IPS officer investigating a political assassination of the CM. The film was dubbed in Tamil as Unmai and in Telugu as Delhi Simham. It was remade in Kannada as Naxalite in 2000. Plot Patteri, a respected brahmin astrologer, helps a cop named Pothuval to crack an ill-famed temple robbery. Madhavan. P is a respectable CM of Kerala, who initiates a crackdown on corrupt government officials, angering his party and ministers alike. In the upcoming by-election, Madhavan has to retain his position as the CM, the party conspires against him for that matter. During a chance encounter with the CM, Patteri senses a bad omen regarding Madhavan's success and hopes that the by-elections won't happen. Meanwhile, an enigmatic and alluring woman is shown entering an apartment where she meets an accomplice and they check the details of an assassination which they plan to carry out soon. Right before Madhavan's next election meeting, DGP Hariprasad shares his concern about an anonymous threat call that he received with DYSP John asking him to tighten the security and be with Madhavan at all times, but the plan is executed and Madhavan is killed along with the people on the stage with him, including John, where the initial investigation is headed by SP Meena Nambiar. Aided by a misplaced CCTV from the debris, Meena's suspicion is laid on the photograph of the killer woman, who sneaked into the venue using a forged reporter pass. They trace the local temporary residence of the woman and arrest the home owner and his family on charges of sheltering the culprit, although he was tricked by the woman. The investigation advance no further, which provokes the Judge, who was dealing the case; because for no solid reason, the home owner and his family are being punished, due to the inefficiency of the investigating officer. The sensational nature of the case, achieved partly because of Meena Nambiar's media obsession, causes a SIT to take over.