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The King is a 1995 Malayalam-language political thriller film. Directed by Shaji Kailas and written by Renji Panicker, with Mammootty in the title role as district collector. The film was a commercial success. In 2012, Shaji Kailas made a combined sequel for The King and Commissioner (1994), titled The King and the Commissioner, in which Mammootty and Suresh Gopi reprised their roles as Joseph Alex IAS and Bharath Chandran IPS.
Original Release
11/11/1995
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Mammootty | Thevalliparambil Joseph Alex IAS / Joseph Alex |
| Murali | Jayakrishnan |
| Vani Viswanath | Anura Mukharji IAS / Anura Mukharji |
| Ganesh Kumar | ACP Prasad IPS / Prasad |
| Vijayaraghavan | Sanjay |
| Suresh Gopi | Bharathchandran IPS |
| Devan | Shankar IPS / Shankar |
| M.G. Soman | Alexander |
| K.P.A.C. Lalitha | Alexander's Wife / Joseph's mother |
| Kuthiravattam Pappu | Krishnan |
Directors
Writers
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Mammootty | Thevalliparambil Joseph Alex IAS / Joseph Alex |
| Murali | Jayakrishnan |
| Vani Viswanath | Anura Mukharji IAS / Anura Mukharji |
| Ganesh Kumar | ACP Prasad IPS / Prasad |
| Vijayaraghavan | Sanjay |
| Suresh Gopi | Bharathchandran IPS |
| Devan | Shankar IPS / Shankar |
| M.G. Soman | Alexander |
| K.P.A.C. Lalitha | Alexander's Wife / Joseph's mother |
| Kuthiravattam Pappu | Krishnan |
| Rajan P. Dev | Govinda Menon |
| K.P.A.C. Sunny | Sulaiman |
| Azeez | Kandakuzhi Thankachan |
| Maniyanpilla Raju | Collector's assistant |
| Kollam Thulasi | John Varghese |
| Sankaradi | Pillai |
| C.I. Paul | Chacko / DYSP Chacko |
| Appa Haja | Madhu |
| Sonia | Alexander's Daughter |
| Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair | Radhakrishnan |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| M. Ali | Producer |
