Pokkiri Raja (2010)

Pokkiri Raja is a Malayalam action comedy directed by Vyshakh, built around two brothers from the Kunnath family. As a young man, Raja (Mammootty) accepts the blame for a death caused by his father, the teacher Kunnath Madhavan Nair (Nedumudi Venu), when a boy from a rival family is killed by accident. Once Raja is released, his father refuses to take him back, and he moves to Madurai to start over. Years later, his younger brother Surya (Prithviraj Sukumaran) falls for Aswathy (Shriya Saran), who is engaged to Mahendran (Riyaz Khan), and Raja steps in when Surya runs into trouble with a corrupt police officer and the son of a home minister. Sidhique plays City Police Commissioner Rajendra Babu, while Suraj Venjaramoodu and Salim Kumar appear in comic roles. The film marked Vyshakh's debut as a director and was produced by Tomichan Mulakuppadam under Mulakuppadam Films, with music by Jassie Gift and cinematography by Shaji Kumar. Shot in locations including Kollengode, Pollachi and Ottapalam, it released in theatres in May 2010 and was followed by Madhura Raja in 2019.