Big B (film)
Big B (short form of "Big Brother") is a 2007 Indian Malayalam language action thriller film co-written and directed by Amal Neerad, starring Mammootty, Manoj K. Jayan, Bala, Sumit Naval and Shereveer Vakil. The cinematography was done by Sameer Thahir, songs were composed by Alphonse Joseph and background score by Gopi Sundar. It is heavily inspired from the film Four Brothers (2005). Big B is considered as a pathbreaking movie in the history of Malayalam cinema, which introduced a new style of making and has later attained a cult following. A sequel titled "Bilal" was announced  by Amal Neerad on 17 November 2017 and is in pre-production. Plot. The story begins with the cold-blooded murder of Mary John Kurishingal. Her adopted sons arrive for her funeral from various places; Bilal John Kurishingal – a gangster, Eddy John kurishingal-hotel owner, Murugan John Kurishingal – film stunt master and Bijo – a student. The four brothers take it upon themselves to unearth the mystery behind their mother's murder. Murugan is in love with Rimy, the daughter of Tommy Parekkadan, a happy go drunkard. Tommy is against their relationship. Bilal starts meeting his old friends and contacts in  the Kochi underworld to get information on the killers. Little by little, they piece together the evidence and find out that the murder was committed by two professional 'hitmen' from Mumbai. The ACP Balaji Shakthivel, who is an upright cop put in charge of investigations, tries his level best but cannot fetch any evidence to prove anything related. He is assisted by CI George. They soon find out that the murder was one of the many meticulously planned operations, aimed to check the teacher's intrusions into unlawful exporting of children from Kochi. As the Mayor and his henchman , an underworld don called 'Sayippu' Tony are involved, the brothers decide to take up arms to avenge their mother. Even George is the sidekick of Tony. Meanwhile Bilal makes Tommy accept the relationship between Murugan and Rimy. One night, Bijo gets killed by Tony's henchmen. However Bilal shoots down on of the henchmen and learns that Tony is the brain behind the series of crimes. Later Tony kills Shakthivel and warns Mayor to obey his instructions. Bilal orders Eddy and Murugan to talk to Tony for knowing his demands. Asi, one of Tony's men joins Bilal and his  brothers as he too have a grudge on Tony. They also become successful in keeping George on their side. Bilal threatens Mayor that he will expose his corruptive plans to the whole media. This causes the Mayor to shoot and kill himself. George files this as a suicide in order to save Bilal from this. Eddy and Murugan are called up to an island by Tony and his henchmen drops them there. Tony arrives and opens up to Eddy about his plans to kill Bilal and brothers. However Tony learns that his henchmen were bribed and are now against him . Asi tells the grudge he had on Tony. Bilal arrives the spot and kills Tony after a long fight. Tony is buried under the ditch by his men. After their mission, Eddy live a happy and peaceful life with his family. Murugan spends time cheering with Rimy. Bilal is seen helping the poor kids of their colony. Release. The film was released on 13 April 2007. Although it was praised later for its cinematography and editing, the film was an average grosser at that time. But Mammootty gained lot of appraisal for his portrayal as Bilal. He received the Best  Actor award from Asianet Film Awards for his role in the film. The director announced a sequel to the movie titled as Bilal in 2017. Reception. The film was an average grosser at the box office. Later this film became a trendsetter for its cinematography and making. The film according to many redefined how a mass action drama is made in Malayalam cinema. With its use of very few dialogues, dark color tone and extensive use of slow-motion and background music, the film brought in a new and fresh format to the age old action dramas seen in Malayalam  cinema. Music. The songs were composed by Alphons Joseph, with lyrics penned by Jophy Tharakan and Santhosh Varma. The background score was composed by Gopi Sundar. Shreya Ghoshal sang her first song in Malayalam through this film. The song 'O January' is an unofficial cover of Shakira's Ojos Así.