Catherine chechi, are there any other good malayalam detective movies out there like the first sethuramen iyer movies?

aha, you had me at chechi XD sure thing darl, here are some of my favs;

• yavainka (1982); one of the oldest and perhaps most critically acclaimed investigative thriller in indian cinema history.
  
• lekhayude maranam oru flash back (1983); what’s really great about this is that it’s inspired by a true story. supposedly this is a look into the death of the actress shoba who committed suicide at the age of 17 and was married to balu mahendra. mammootty unsussly plays sukumaran.
  
• kariyila kattu pole (1986); mohanlal, rahman, mammootty, and padmarajan- what more does one need?
• charithram (1989); this is the only movie that has scarred me (for reasons that are completely trivial in hindsight)- i was physically sick after watching it. unfortunately (or fortunately?) i can’t find a link online 
  
• mukham (1990); somewhat a cult classic now- one of the few investigative thrillers mohanlal did
• the truth (1998); another movie with mammootty donning the investigative officer’s cap
• crime file (1999); inspired by the infamous murder case of sister abhaya 
  
• chinthamani kolacase (2006); is it really a detective movie? not really, but it’s a hell of a watch. also, *insert every trigger warning ever*
  
• detective (2007); i quite like this one- it’s well built. not many people know that this was the famous jeethu joseph’s first movie.
• nadiya kollappetta rathri (2007); another in my collection of suresh gopi detective films (the last 3 also being his). kavya is MINDBLOWING. i actually read up on the kray brothers after watching this movie.
  
• paleri manikyam (2009); mammootty x 3. it’s very confronting but you can’t help but marvel at the excellence that is mammootty and ranjith.
• grandmaster (2012); despite it’s flaws i really like the villain in this.
  
• memories (2013); ah, the movie that should be considered a warning for what was to come (D R I S H Y A M). watch it for prithvi’s performance- the interval scene and ofc jeethu joseph.
• mumbai police (2013); again PRITHVIRAJ.

*notice how detective films seem to only circulate around mammootty, suresh gopi and now prithviraj*

and the not so serious detective films

• cid nazir (1971); iconic alla, athukum mela!
  
• kallikalam (1990); mammootty in all his various disguises- it’s really fun to watch.
• cid unnikrishnan b.a. b.ed (1994); i cry tears of laughter watching this movie. i kid you not.
  
• harikrishnans (1998); same as above. there’s something so legendary about the mammootty/mohanlal bromance + juhi chawla + a young chackochan.

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