Cast : Suresh Gopi, Vijayaraghavan, Jagathy Sreekumar, Kiran Raj, Devan, Rajan P. Dev, Saikumar
Direction : B Unnikrishnan
Music Direction : M. Jayachandran
Lyricist : Gireesh Puthencherry
Cinematographer : Shyam Dutt

Suresh Gopi is going up in ranks each time. From police constable to SI, from CI to IPS officer and now as IG.

Suresh Gopi’s character in the film is an inspiration from the much respected ATS chief Hemant Karkare, who probed the Malagou Blasts.

The film is based on terrorism and its roots in Kerala. Film deals with how youth from Kerala are trained by LET in Pakistan and sent to be fidayeen.

Unnikrishanan is back with the trigger happy Suresh Gopi once again and presented him the role of IG.

Some Actors adorn certain roles the best. And for Suresh Gopi as police officer the same holds absolutely true. You give him a decent script and premises. Provide him with adequate supporting cast. Also add a noteworthy climax twist to a murder mystery. Include some contemporary issues. Some fiery dialogues. And with all the above in place, if Suresh Gopi has a police officer's role, he will carry it with such gumption, élan and precision that it can end up raising an ordinary movie to an engaging one.

The above in nut shell is B.Unnikrishnan'and Suresh Gopi's latest outing - IG. I think now we almost have a jounre in thrillers when a twist is in place during the climax. IG is more in lines with Tiger. I cud guess the climax well in to the second half but I am sure that it has been well and convincingly presented. A good one but if the same thing twist in the climax is repeated, it can get to a boring point soon coz you will always expect and know that the twist is coming.

The -ves for the movie are that when you walk out of the theatre, you may feel that you didn't see anything new. Its all been there and done that. Its terrorism mixed with a murder mystery and climax twist. But you don't have long speeches on what is good Islam and all that. This in itself is a relief. Dialogues are well written in many parts.

The second half wavers a bit but soon is back on track. I feel that its a better effort than many Suresh Gopi police movies. I for once rate it better than his comeback movie 'Bharath Chandran IPS'. But no way close to what we saw in ‘Commisioner ‘and ‘Ekalavyan’.

Someone who should watch IG is Amal Neerad. Not that he should change his style (each director has his own) but it will make him understand how a script needs to be better navigated. A typical mallu audience will like IG better than SAJ, any day, given the choice to rate both.

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