Sumalatha

Journalist Sasikala covers and receives acclaim for the story of the once-wealthy but now death-sentenced convict Ravi Varma, for the cruel murder of his ex-wife Mercy, a beautiful model. A day before his scheduled execution, Ravi Varma escapes prison, and a deeper story that ties him, Sasikala and other characters unfolds in the events that follow. (imdb)

Film director Viswanathan (Mammootty), who hadn't been making movies since his wife's death 2 years back, finally decides to make a movie to financially help his ailing guru Krishnan Nambiar (Ravi Menon). He heads to Kodaikanal on his producer Thomas's (Azeez) behest to pen the script in peace, staying as a guest of Thomas's friend Menon (K.P. Ummar). There he meets Shyama (Nadia Moidu), Menon's daughter, & gets drawn towards her. He learns that Shyama also shares a similar bereavement like him.

When a young girl, Devi (Suchitra), gets killed during a train journey from Trivandrum to Madras, on board the No: 20 Madras Mail train, three young men - Tony Kurishinkal (Mohanlal), Hitchcock Kanjikuzhi (Manian Pillai Raju) & Kumbalam Hari (Jagadish) - suspected of murder, go on the run from the Police, & also tries to find the real murderer. They seeks help from & gets it from movie star Mammootty (Mammootty), who also happened to be a traveler on the train, the night the girl was killed.

Prabhakaran (Madhu), a hardworking fisherman, gets lost at sea, after which his wife Lakshmi (K.R. Vijaya) is forced to leave town with their three young children - Babu, Appu & Kunjumon. During the train journey, Lakshmi loses Babu & Appu too, who in turn again separates from each other. Babu grows up as Rajan (Jayan), a jewel thief, Appu grows up as Kumar (M.G. Soman), a rich businessman's protégé, & Kunjumon grows up as Ravi (Sukumaran), with his mother. Fate unites them again in life.

Justice T. Vasudev (Babu Nampoothiri) & businessman Kuwait Mani (M.G. Soman), both pals, gets killed back-to-back & in each case, a piece of coconut husk is found shoved in their mouths. DSP Haridas Damodaran (Mammootty) investigates the case & finds that a friend of theirs, Rosario Fernandes (Devan), was killed the same way 2.5 years ago in Bombay. Haridas's suspicion falls on Rosario's mentally ill son, Christie (Suresh Gopi), who had recently absconded from the asylum he was being treated in.

9 Malayali trainees arrive at the Indian Army camp in Kashmir for Special Armed Training (SAT) & is faced with a martinet instructor, Nair (Mammootty). After cadet Antony (Mukesh) is killed by arms dealer Kumar (Devan) & Nair is blamed for it, he becomes a fugitive. When Nair gets wind of a plot by Kumar & another criminal James (Lalu Alex), to steal arms & ammunition from the SAT camp, he re-unites with his students, who were originally sent to kill him, to bust the operation & save the day.

Jayakrishnan (Mohanlal), who led a double life as a stingy farmer in his village & as a lucullan quasi-hero amongst his friends in Trichur town, seeks solace in Clara (Sumalatha), an aspiring sex-worker, after being snubbed by the first girl to whom he took a fancy to - Radha (Parvathi). After learning that he took Clara's virginity, Jayakrishnan offers to marry her, but Clara disappears. Later, Radha comes back to Jayakrishnan's life, but Clara's thoughts & a brief reappearance torments him.

Journalist G. Krishnamoorthy aka GK (Mammootty) is crippled & jailed by minister Shankar (Devan) & politico Panicker (Jagannatha Varma), after GK tries to expose them for raping his friend Maria Fernandez (Sumalatha). After his release, GK helps four convicts, whom he befriended in jail, escape, uses them to pick off his political enemies & helps himself to first dibs on the news for his paper 'New Delhi Diary'. His sister Uma's (Urvashi) lover & staff newsman Suresh (Suresh Gopi) smells a rat.

Based on the 1999 hijacking incident of Indian Airlines Flight 814, in this 3rd outing by Major Mahadevan (Mohanlal), he, along with a group of NSG commandos including Surya (Ganesh Venkatraman), launches a commando operation to stop a group of Islamic terrorists who hijacked an Air India flight & planned to land it in Kandahar, Afghanistan.

Dr. Savithri (Sumalatha) is forced to save the life of the person she hated the most - death row convict Aravindan (Mammootty), who had killed her father Madhava Menon (Karamana Janardanan Nair), after he escapes from jail & is subsequently shot by the cops. After saving Aravindan's life, Savithri gets a chance to listen to the circumstances regarding the murder from nurse Tresa (Parvathi), which puts things in a different light for her & she starts thinking about letting Aravindan escape again.

Bachelor businessman Unnikrishna Menon (Balachandra Menon), after having made his fortune in Singapore, returns to Kerala & assumes responsibility of his newly widowed sister (Jayalalitha) & kids. Years later, however, disgusted at their lack of gratitude, Menon realizes his folly. During a trip to Ooty, he meets a female guide, Isabella (Sumalatha), & they fall in love. However, their personal baggage keeps them from uniting & having a life together.

Johnny (Mammootty) leads a peaceful life with his wife Meera (Sumalatha) and son, away from his father, underworld don Lawrance (Mammootty), whom Johnny had disavowed 17 years ago, but when his son gets kidnapped, Johnny is forced to seek the help of his father again.

Newly weds Rajendran (Ratheesh) & Sreedevi (Seema) come to Kashmir for their honeymoon as guests of Rajendran's uncle Nair (Balan K. Nair), but their romance is interrupted when Sreedevi gets disturbed by the surroundings & starts to behave queerly, including speaking in Hindi. Rajendran & Nair learn that Sreedevi may be the reincarnation of a Kashmiri girl, Naseema, who was killed 20 years ago with her lover Jabbar (Mammootty) & they try to learn Naseema's story in the hope of curing Sreedevi.

Balan (Mohanlal), a loner, comes to a remote mountainous village in search of his friend, Raju (Salim Ghouse), who had killed his wife Raji (Anju) & stolen his life savings.

Poor fisherman Balu's (Madhu) life is turned upside down when his son, honest customs officer Mohan (M.G. Soman), is killed by smugglers. Vowing revenge, Balu turns smuggler himself & becomes very rich. Balu entrusts Mohan's son Anand with Balu's best friend Yusuf (Prem Nazir). 20 years later, as Balu reunites with Anand, Veerendra Nath (Jose Prakash), the smuggler who had Mohan killed, reemerges as Balu's business rival & tries to take over Balu's empire.