# Sound of Boot > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Sound_of_Boot > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Sound_of_Boot.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sound_of_Boot > Source revision: 1344992741 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|2008 Indian film}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2015}} {{Use Indian English|date=December 2015}} {{Infobox film | name = Sound of Boot | image = Sound of Boot.jpg | caption = DVD cover | director = [Shaji Kailas](/source/Shaji_Kailas) | producer = | writer = Rajesh Jayaraman | starring = {{Unbulleted_list|[Suresh Gopi](/source/Suresh_Gopi)|[Murali](/source/Murali_(Malayalam_actor))|[Bala](/source/Bala_(actor))|[Honey Rose](/source/Honey_Rose)}} | music = [Ishaan Dev](/source/Ishaan_Dev) | cinematography = Raja Rathinam | editing = [Arun Kumar](/source/Arun_Kumar_Aravind) | studio = Sai-Meera Productions | distributor = | released = {{Film date|df=yes|2008|02|08|[Kerala](/source/Kerala)}} | runtime = | country = India | language = [Malayalam](/source/Malayalam) | budget = | gross = }} '''''Sound of Boot''''' is a 2008 Indian [Malayalam](/source/Malayalam)-language [crime thriller](/source/crime_thriller) film directed by [Shaji Kailas](/source/Shaji_Kailas) and written by Rajesh Jayaraman. It stars [Suresh Gopi](/source/Suresh_Gopi), [Bala](/source/Bala_(actor)), [Honey Rose](/source/Honey_Rose) and [Murali](/source/Murali_(Malayalam_actor)). == Plot == The film begins with a scene taking place in the [Kakkayam police camp](/source/Kakkayam_police_camp) when a police officer is seen assaulting a prisoner. The scene then shifts to the retirement ceremony of three police officers - [DYSP](/source/Deputy_superintendent_of_police) Abdul Sathar, [IG](/source/Inspector-general_of_police) Raghavan Nambiar and [ADGP](/source/Additional_director_general_of_police) Thomas Sebastian. Sathar is murdered on his way back home. Holiday Home is a tourist resort in the high ranges of [Kerala](/source/Kerala). It is frequented by tourists especially newly married couples who come for their honeymoon. Sankaranarayanan is the caretaker of the Holiday Home. Rahul Krishna comes to Holiday Home with his lover Meera Nambiar. The next day Meera Nambiar is found murdered, with [SP](/source/Superintendent_of_police_(India)) Siddharth Mahadev being designated as the investigation officer. Everyone who is involved with the crime gives a different story to Siddharth. The story later shifts back to the period when [Indira Gandhi](/source/Indira_Gandhi) declared [the state of emergency](/source/The_Emergency_(India)) In [India](/source/India). The press was censored. The people who opposed the emergency were taken into preventive custody. Many police atrocities took place during that time. Sankaranarayanan was a local press baron. He and Anthony reported through the newspapers, the atrocities/rape faced by the female plantation workers due to the local police. Seeking revenge, Raghavan Nambiar, Abdul Sathar and Thomas Sebastian brutally torture Sankaranarayanan and rapes and kills Sankaranarayanan's wife and daughter and falsely implicate him in their murders. Sankaranarayanan reveals to Rahul that he is his son and they must take revenge against Nambiar, Sathar and Thomas Sebastian. Later Sathar retired from the police force as a [DYSP](/source/Deputy_Superintendent_of_Police), Nambiar retired as an [IGP](/source/Inspector_General_of_Police) and Thomas Sebastin retired as an [ADGP](/source/Additional_Director_General_of_Police). Meera (Nambiar's daughter) is held captive by Sankaranarayanan. Rahul is against killing Meera since it was her father who had raped/murdered his sister and Meera must not be punished. Meera escapes the clutches of Sankaranarayanan with the help of Rahul. However while escaping Meera slips and hits a stone leading to her death. Sankaranarayanan and Rahul murder Nambiar and Sathar but later Siddarth successfully arrests Shankaranarayanan when he attempted to attack Siddarth. When questioned, Shankaranarayanan revealed that his son Rahul would murder retired Thomas Sebastian. [ADGP](/source/Additional_director_general_of_police) Vincent Cherian asks Siddarth to arrest Rahul also and to protect Thomas Sebastian at any cost since Thomas was a close relative of Cherian. The next day when Siddarth and Aravind visited Thomas Sebastian at his home a gang led by Rahul made an attempt to attack him, but their attempt was foiled due to the timely intervention of Siddarth and Aravind. The entire gang was arrested by the police officers. However Janaki murders Thomas Sebastian. It is later known that Janaki is married to Sankaranarayanan and that she had survived the rape and attack and she had been alive all this time as a [Palmist](/source/Palmist). == Cast == {{Cast listing| * [Suresh Gopi](/source/Suresh_Gopi) as [SP](/source/Superintendent_of_Police) Siddharth Mahadev [IPS](/source/Indian_Police_Service), the investigating officer * [Murali](/source/Murali_(Malayalam_actor)) as Sankaranarayanan * [Bala](/source/Bala_(actor)) as Rahul Krishna (voiceover by [Sarath Das](/source/Sarath_Das)) * [Krishnakumar](/source/Krishnakumar) as [CI](/source/Circle_Inspector) Aravind * [Bheeman Raghu](/source/Bheeman_Raghu) as Retd [ADGP](/source/Additional_Director_General_of_Police) Thomas Sebastian [IPS](/source/Indian_Police_Service) * [Rizabawa](/source/Rizabawa) as Retd [DYSP](/source/Deputy_Superintendent_of_Police) Abdul Sathar * [Rajan P. Dev](/source/Rajan_P._Dev) as Retd [IG](/source/Inspector_General_of_Police) Raghavan Nambiar [IPS](/source/Indian_Police_Service) * [Honey Rose](/source/Honey_Rose) as Meera Nambiar * [Sona Nair](/source/Sona_Nair) as Janaki * [Lakshana](/source/Lakshana_(actress)) as Sofiya Hassan * [Sonia Bose Venkat](/source/Sonia_(actress)) as Bhadra * [Biju Pappan](/source/Biju_Pappan) as George Abraham * [Maniyanpilla Raju](/source/Maniyanpilla_Raju) as Antony * [T. P. Madhavan](/source/T._P._Madhavan) as [IG](/source/Inspector_General_of_Police) Vincent Cherian [IPS](/source/Indian_Police_Service) * [Sangeetha Mohan](/source/Sangeetha_Mohan) as Compere * [Chali Pala](/source/Chali_Pala) as Peter, Driver * [Bindu Panicker](/source/Bindu_Panicker) as Mathaji }} ==Reception== ''Rediff'' said that the film, "fairs a notch better than other recent outings of Suresh Gopi, because of the technical and scripting departments."{{cite web |last1=Palicha |first1=Paresh C |title=Sound of the Boot is enjoyable |url=https://www.rediff.com/movies/2008/feb/11sssob.htm |website=Rediff |access-date=21 June 2021}} On the contrary, a critic from [Sify](/source/Sify) wrote, "Added to that there are no nuances, twists or turns, and no drama in this non-thriller, with only Suresh Gopi bringing some cheer to otherwise a film that will put you into a deep slumber!"{{cite web |title=Sound of Boot |url=http://sify.com/movies/malayalam/review.php?id=14602767&ctid=5&cid=2428|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080404000040/http://sify.com/movies/malayalam/review.php?id=14602767&ctid=5&cid=2428 |archive-date=4 April 2008|website=[Sify](/source/Sify)|access-date=29 September 2024}} ==References== {{reflist}} == External links == * {{IMDb title|id=1359589}} {{Shaji Kailas}} Category:2008 films Category:2008 Malayalam-language films Category:Indian psychological thriller films Category:Fictional portrayals of the Kerala Police Category:Films shot in Munnar Category:Films shot in Idukki Category:Films directed by Shaji Kailas --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Sound of Boot](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sound_of_Boot) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sound_of_Boot?action=history)). 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