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title: 'Oru CBI Diary Kurippu (1988)'
type: 'film'
director: 'K. Madhu'
released: '1988-01-01'
genres:
  - 'Thriller'
countries:
  - 'India'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/oru-cbi-diary-kurippu-1988'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0271694/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Oru CBI Diary Kurippu (1988)

1988 · Thriller · India

Original title: ഒരു സി.ബി.ഐ. ഡയറിക്കുറിപ്പ്

## Synopsis

Oru CBI Diary Kurippu is a 1988 Indian Malayalam-language mystery thriller film directed by K. Madhu, written by S. N. Swamy, and starring Mammootty, Suresh Gopi, Jagathy Sreekumar, Mukesh, and Sukumaran. The lead character, CBI officer Sethurama Iyer is inspired by a police officer named Radha Vinod Raju, Jammu and Kashmir cadre IPS Officer, who in 2009 was appointed as the first chief of India's National Investigation Agency. It was the highest grossing Malayalam film at that time. Considered one of the best crime thrillers in Malayalam, it eventually developed a cult following. This is the first installment in the CBI film series featuring Mammootty as Sethurama Iyer.

## Credits

- **Director:** [K. Madhu](https://cinepixo.com/people/k-madhu)
- **Screenplay:** [S. N. Swamy](https://cinepixo.com/people/s-n-swamy)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Shyam](https://cinepixo.com/people/shyam)
- **Producer:** [M. Mani](https://cinepixo.com/people/m-mani)
- **Director of Photography:** [Vipindas](https://cinepixo.com/people/vipindas)

## Cast

- [Suresh Gopi](https://cinepixo.com/people/suresh-gopi) as Harry
- [Prathapachandran](https://cinepixo.com/people/prathapachandran) as Narayanan
- [Mukesh](https://cinepixo.com/people/mukesh) as Chacko
- [K. Madhu](https://cinepixo.com/people/k-madhu) as Telephone Exchange Officer
- [Poojappura Ravi](https://cinepixo.com/people/poojappura-ravi) as Padathalam Mathai
- [Sreenath](https://cinepixo.com/people/sreenath) as Sunny
- [Kothuku Nanappan](https://cinepixo.com/people/kothuku-nanappan) as Mohammed
- [Janardhanan](https://cinepixo.com/people/janardhanan) as Kilivathuckal Ouseppachan
- [Mammootty](https://cinepixo.com/people/mammootty) as Sethurama Iyer
- [Raju Daniel](https://cinepixo.com/people/raju-daniel) as DYSP Prabhakara Varma
- [T. P. Madhavan](https://cinepixo.com/people/t-p-madhavan) as T. P. Madhavan as
- [Bahadoor](https://cinepixo.com/people/bahadoor) as John Thomas
- [Jagathy Sreekumar](https://cinepixo.com/people/jagathy-sreekumar) as Vikram
- [C. I. Paul](https://cinepixo.com/people/c-i-paul) as Bhargavan
- [Sukumaran](https://cinepixo.com/people/sukumaran) as DYSP Devadas

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/oru-cbi-diary-kurippu-1988
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