Khaki
One of the big banners of recent times in Malluwood, Valiya Veettil International has always believed in the ability of the young directors to deliver. Starting from their first project Aparichithan which didn't make good returns, but introduced the director Sanjeev Sivan, they were not hesitant to create another big hit with the newcomer Anwar rasheed in Rajamanikyam.
And now in their latest venture they are introducing another debutant Bibin Prabhakar into direction. A former assistant to Ranjith, Shaji Kailaas and Padmakumar, Bibin believes very much in the potential of his hero Prithviraj and has created a demanding roles for him in the new film Khaki.
Prithviraj is wearing the police uniform once again in Khaki after his successful portrayals in Sathyam, Vargam, Police and Oruvan. After Sathyam where he played a good duty conscious cop and a corrupt cop in Vargam. Here he plays a Sub-Inspector once again, as SI Unnikrishnan, who moves around with his elder brother Ramakrishnan (Mukesh), the head constable!
Khaki is about the bonding between the two brothers and their problems told in a lighter way. For Ramakrishnan, the police uniform is something that he has to wear to ensure a comfortable life for his family. He is a family man who salutes his younger brother in the station, but in the house he is in his usual self enmeshed in the duties of his family and as an elder brother. But, Unnikrishnan sees the same job as an opportunity to serve society.
He is there to deal with every atrocities committed and to ensure law in the area. The story begins when the protagonist is transferred to the police station where his elder brother has been working for years. There he gets into the company of Parvana Varma, a bold TV reporter but gains a lot of enemies who are against his way of transforming the society into a better place.
As days goes by the brothers also enter into conflict as new problems come over which places both at different heads.
Prithviraj and Mukesh come together for the first time in this film along with Manasa and, Meera Vasudev who appear as their heroines. Jagathy, Janardanan, Nedumudi Venu, Sudheesh, Chandra lakshman , Bindhu Panikkar, P Sreekumar and Mammookoya are also in the cast of this film which has fiery dialogues and story lines by TA Shahid. The entire film was shot in and around Kozhikode, home town of the director, in a single schedule.
The film has Camera is by Salu George, editing by Ranjan Abraham, art direction by Sreeni, The music department of the film is handled by Girish Puthenchery and Deepak Dev.