Kauravar

Kauravar is a 1992 Indian Malayalam-language gangster film directed by Joshiy, written by Lohithadas, starring Mammootty, Vishnuvardhan, Thilakan, Murali, Anju, Babu Antony and Bheeman Raghu. The film was remade in Telugu in 1998 as Khaidi Garu, with Mohan Babu. It was also remade into Kannada in 2004 by the title Devasura, starring Devraj and B. C. Patil.

The musical score and songs were composed by S. P. Venkatesh.

Plot
Aliyar, a crime boss and his gang Hamsa, Ramayyan, Antony, who was responsible for the death of his lieutenant Antony's wife Suja and daughter as well as Aliyar's wife and two daughters 12 years ago and sent Antony to jail. The story runs to the past when Haridas is appointed as new commissioner to reduce organized crime. He takes swift action and summons Aliyar, Hamsa, Ramayyan, Antony to office. He arrests them and subjects them to third degree torture. Meanwhile Kannan Nair Head Constable molests Suja. Antony who turned a new leaf while working as a taxi driver let's all hell loose and kills Kannan Nair and other police officers in the Police Station. In retaliation, Haridas mercilessly conducts raid in the slum of Aliyar. Suja gets shot while protecting Antony while Aliyar's family gets killed in bomb blast. Antony looses his daughter also. Aliyar, Antony and Ramayyan are arrested and are sentenced in prison. When Antony and gang are finally freed, they reunite with Aliyar and they plan to kill Haridas. Rajagopal IPS tries to arrest them after their release by sending a Police Officer but they escape and hides with the help of Driver Jaffer. They seek help from George Mathew MLA who grants them after initial refusal. The gang tries to assassinate Haridas and his daughters but Haridas escapes. Finally Haridas hunts them down and in a fight between Antony and his gang with Haridas, They manage to defeat him. Haridas tries to shoot Antony and his gang but he get stabbed by Aliyar. A dying Haridas tells Antony that his daughter who he thought had died is actually still alive and was raised by him as one of his daughters. Aliyar and gang are not allowing him to see his daughter as he might be lying. Antony pleads to the gang to leave Haridas alone to find his daughter but fails to stop them. The gang abandons Antony and Antony admits Haridas in a hospital where he see the daughters of Haridas. Antony asks Haridas which one is his daughter but Haridas refuses to reveal the truth to Antony him stating that he has not shown any partiality to them while rasing them. Haridas dies in the hospital but before dying he tells Antony to adopt and take care of his daughters as Antony's daughters. Antony returns to Haridas's house to fulfill Haridas's wish. At first, the three girls despise Antony but slowly they start to see Antony as their father. When Aliyar and gang attacks Haridas's daughters, Antony fights back with his gang and tries to convince Aliyar to not kill his daughter. Aliyar tells him that he needs to kill only Haridas's daughters, but Antony tells that the three girls are his daughters. Antony gets shot by Aliyar and in defense kills Aliyar, Ramayya and Hamsa. Aliyar dies in Antony's arms.

As the movie ends when Rajagopal IPS, is about to tell Antony who his actual daughter of Antony, Antony stops Rajagopal saying that all the three girls are his daughters.

Release
The film was released on 12 February 1992. It was dubbed into Tamil as Kshatriyavamsham and Telugu as Kankanam.

Box office
The film was both commercial and critical success.

Soundtrack
The film's soundtrack was composed by S. P. Venkatesh. Lyrics were penned by Kaithapram.