Jagratha

Jagratha: CBI Diary - Part 2 ( trad. Caution ) es una película de suspenso y misterio en malayalam indio de 1989 dirigida por K. Madhu, protagonizada por Mammootty , Mukesh y Jagathy Sreekumar .

Es la segunda película de la serie de thrillers de investigación del CBI, que sirve como secuela de Oru CBI Diary Kurippu, estrenada en 1988. ^{[ 1 ]} Mammootty retoma su papel como el oficial del CBI Sethurama Iyer . Se produjeron tres secuelas más en la serie del CBI: Sethurama Iyer CBI (2004), Nerariyan CBI (2005) y CBI 5: The Brain (2022). Jagratha fue un éxito comercial y se considera uno de los mejores thrillers de investigación en malayalam. ^{[ 2 ] [ 3 ]}

La famosa actriz Aswathi fue encontrada ahorcada en la habitación de un hotel y declarada muerta. El subinspector Devadas investigó el caso y confirmó que la causa de la muerte fue suicidio. Sin embargo, debido a la presión pública, el gobierno de Kerala se vio obligado a transferir el caso a la CBI, que asignó a Sethurama Iyer para completar la investigación en un plazo breve con la ayuda de sus dos subalternos, Vikram y Chacko, un ex policía que había sido asignado temporalmente a la CBI.

Durante la investigación, el agente Sethu del CBI descubrió que Aswathi, de tan solo 1,63 metros de altura, no habría podido alcanzar el gancho del techo para ahorcarse, ni siquiera con la ayuda de los muebles más altos . Además, las manchas de grasa en el sari utilizado para el suicidio indicaban que el culpable lo había usado para subir el cuerpo por el gancho del techo, confirmando así que Aswathi fue asesinada. Esto permitió la detención de los principales sospechosos.

The first suspect is Viswam, a popular actor who was defamed after Aswathi detailed his extramarital affairs in a popular magazine. The second suspect is a local goon named Babu, who was hired by Viswam to supposedly murder Aswathi. The third suspect is ex-Minister Bhargavan who had molested Ashwathi in the past. And the fourth suspect was Mohan Nair, who is the fiancée of Aswathi as he could not provide an alibi for the night of the murder. Viswam and Babu end up being cleared as it turns out that Aswathi was already dead when Babu broke into her room. This statement further detours the investigation and also becomes a primary turning point in the story. In parallel, it turns out that an anonymous phone call made at night to the hotel where Aswathi stayed on the night of the murder seems to be another red herring in the story.

Upon further investigation, it turns out that the saree used to hang Aswathi was a brand new piece and was purchased from a nearby KSRTC station. The shop owner remembers the person, who was 6 feet tall when he purchased the saree, and also a phone call from a public telephone box at the railway station was used to call both Aswathi's hotel and also to the home of lawyer Janardhanan Nair, who is Mohan's father. Connecting these two together, CBI Sethu arrests Mohan, and Janardhanan challenges that he will disprove the case against Mohan as there is no solid evidence against him. CBI Sethu says he has enough evidence against Mohan to charge him with murder, which finally provoked Janardhanan to confess by accident that Mohan could never have committed the crime as he was not there at the scene. This confession led the CBI to force Janardhanan to reveal how he knows that Mohan wasn't there that night. Janardhanan finally confesses that he was the one murdered Aswathi, and his aide Ramesh (who is 6 feet tall) was involved in it as he purchased the saree to hang her.

It turns out that Janardhanan had an affair with one of his clients Rukmini, who gave birth to Aswathi, which would make both Mohan and Aswathi half-siblings. Since Janardhanan was already married, his relationship with Rukmini was kept a secret. He also opposed the relationship of Aswathi and Mohan, but didn't have the courage to tell them the truth out of fear for social consequences. After his attempts to convince Mohan and Aswathi to separate proved futile, Janardhanan and Ramesh resorted to murder Aswathi. As such, Janardhanan and Ramesh end up being arrested by the police, and the case is now closed.

La película se estrenó el 7 de septiembre de 1989.

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