Fireman (film)

The movie starts off with Narendan Achari at a shop with his daughter who has been treated for a brain tumour. He is distracted for some time during which his daughter goes missing. In a frenzy, he rushes to the nearest police station but is frustrated at the officers' lack of effort to find her.

On the same day, a fireman Lakshmanan Pillai has his send-off from service. Later, Achari is driving his car and finding his daughter. He causes an accident making an LPG tanker topple on the road. There are casualties and the police and the fire force arrive and try to contain the situation. However, the tanker springs a leak and a police officer inadvertently causes an explosion despite Pillai's best efforts to thwart this. Pillai gets kkilled in the ensuing explosion destroying his lower body. Vijay, a fireman appears heroically on the scene and takes over the reins of averting the disaster. Vijay and the police force clash have conflict regarding the action plan to be taken. Eventually, Vijay is given complete reins of the project. Some time later, Achari appears and threatens to light up the area if his daughter is not found within two hours. Vijay tries to calm him, blaming the police for humiliating him. Later, residents at the jail learn of the gas leak and shout to get out. The police with the help of Iqbal calm them. Due to the mounting pressure, the tanker moves and the refinery technicians are able to check the tanker. Vijay stops it by decreasing its pressure to 60 cubic volume before it could blast.

A refinery technician who checks the tanker finds that the screws and the connecting lamp of the chasis were not properly connected to the truck. Simultaneously, the police get information that the tanker drivers have gone missing. Vijay predicts that the tanker accident was pre-planned by a man identified as Achari, to break his criminal friend out of the central jail. However, the force is left with no option but to vacate the jail. After a series of events, Vijay locks himself in jail to find out who the wannabe free prisoner is and finds the culprit successfully. He also instructs his unit to refill the LPG in the tanker to a new tanker, thus thwarting a major disaster.

The next day, Vijay and his team, who are supposed to attend the funeral of their dear colleagues, get an emergency call and decide to thwart the accident. As the hero says, a commoner dialling 101 believes that a fireman would come in any problem to save him.

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• Mammootty as Fireman Vijay
• Unni Mukundan as Fireman Shahjahan
• Siddique as Sakhav Iqbal
• Nyla Usha as City Police Commissioner Sherin Thomas IPS
• Salim Kumar as Narendan Achari
• P. Sreekumar as Lekshmanan Pilla, Fire & Rescue officer
• Manu Varma as Amal, Engineer
• Krishna Prasad as Fireman Prasad
• Baiju VK as CI
• Sadiq as SI Chellappan
• Balaji Sharma as Police Constable
• Hareesh Peradi as Home Minister Sugunan
• Sabumon Abdusamad as Binoy, Comrade
• Padmaraj Ratheesh as Prisoner Bharathan
• Shivaji Guruvayoor as IG Ayyappan IPS
• Kalashala Babu as Salim, a jail warden
• Ragesh Krishnan Ragesh Devikrishna as the main accused

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• PC Soman as Raghavan
• Shreegopika Neelanath as a journalist
• Kalabhavan Haneef as Satheeshan, Juice seller

On 4 September 2014, it was reported that Mammootty would play a firefighter in a movie directed by Deepu Karunakaran.{{cite web |url=http://www.nowrunning.com/mammootty-to-play-a-fire-fighter/102201/story.htm |title=Mammootty to play a fire fighter |publisher=Nowrunning.com |date=2014-09-04 |accessdate=2015-03-17 |archive-date=28 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150428004622/http://www.nowrunning.com/mammootty-to-play-a-fire-fighter/102201/story.htm |url-status=dead }} Deepu initially approached Mohanlal for the role. The actor liked the script and suggested some changes in the screenplay. However, after the revision of the screenplay, Deepu had to wait two years for his dates. hence, he decided to cast Prithviraj but the fate was the same. Finally, he offered the role to Mammootty who already knew the story from Mohanlal and the revisions he made.{{Cite web|url = http://malayalam.filmibeat.com/news/why-did-mohanlal-rejected-deepu-karunakaran-s-fireman-022776.html|title = Why Mohanlal rejected fireman|date = 6 April 2015|accessdate = |website = |publisher = Filmibeat.com|last = |first = }} The initial reports stated Andrea Jeremiah and Nyla Usha in the film, but not as Mammootty's pair.{{cite web |url=http://www.nowrunning.com/andrea-jeremiah-to-play-mammoottys-heroine/102726/story.htm |title=Andrea Jeremiah to play Mammootty's heroine |publisher=Nowrunning.com |date=2014-09-23 |accessdate=2015-03-17 |archive-date=27 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150427212945/http://www.nowrunning.com/andrea-jeremiah-to-play-mammoottys-heroine/102726/story.htm |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=http://www.nowrunning.com/andrea-and-nyla-usha-in-mammootty-film/103583/story.htm |title=Andrea and Nyla Usha in Mammootty film |publisher=Nowrunning.com |date=2014-10-27 |accessdate=2015-03-17 |archive-date=4 February 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150204024552/http://www.nowrunning.com/andrea-and-nyla-usha-in-mammootty-film/103583/story.htm |url-status=dead }} On 1 November 2014, Unni Mukundan confirmed about his role through Facebook.{{cite web|url=http://www.fb.com/IamUnniMukundan |title=Unni Mukundan | Facebook |publisher=Fb.com |date= |accessdate=2015-03-17}} Movie planned to start its shoot by the third of October at Ernakulam,{{cite web|url=http://www.indiaglitz.com/fireman-to-start-soon-malayalam-news-114896 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141220182401/http://www.indiaglitz.com/fireman-to-start-soon-malayalam-news-114896 |url-status=dead |archive-date=20 December 2014 |title=Fireman to start soon - Malayalam Movie News |work=Indiaglitz.com |date=2014-09-24 |accessdate=2015-03-17}} but started rolling on 20 October 2014 at Palakkad.{{cite web |url=http://www.nowrunning.com/fireman-shooting-started/104320/story.htm |title='Fireman' shooting started |publisher=Nowrunning.com |date=2014-11-24 |accessdate=2015-03-17 |archive-date=4 February 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150204011022/http://www.nowrunning.com/fireman-shooting-started/104320/story.htm |url-status=dead }} The first look poster was released on 26 November 2014{{cite web|url=https://m.facebook.com/Mammootty/photos/a.419831762773.202008.257135417773/10152927795402774/?type=1&source=46&refid=17 |title=Timeline Photos |publisher=M.facebook.com |date=2014-11-26 |accessdate=2015-03-17}} followed by a second one on 29 November 2014 through Mammootty's official Facebook page.{{cite web|url=https://m.facebook.com/Mammootty/photos/a.419831762773.202008.257135417773/10152933491617774/?type=1&source=46&refid=17 |title=Timeline Photos |publisher=M.facebook.com |date= |accessdate=2015-03-17}}

The film was released on 19 February 2015.

The film received positive reviews from critics.{{cite web|author=T |url=http://www.manoramaonline.com/cgi-bin/MMOnline.dll/portal/ep/malayalamContentView.do?contentId=18422955&programId=1074209438&channelId=-1073750705&BV_ID=%40%40%40&tabId=3 |title=Movie Reviews |publisher=Manoramaonline.com |date=2015-02-19 |accessdate=2015-03-17}}{{cite web |author=മനീഷ് നാരായണന്‍ |url=http://www.southlive.in/reviews/4952 |title=ഫയര്‍മാന്‍ | Southlive |publisher=Southlive.in |date=2015-02-19 |accessdate=2015-03-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150219221523/http://www.southlive.in/reviews/4952 |archive-date=19 February 2015 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=http://www.metromatinee.com/movie-review/fireman-movie-review-565 |title=Fireman Movie Review |publisher=Metromatinee.com |date= |accessdate=2015-03-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150320034730/http://www.metromatinee.com/movie-review/fireman-movie-review-565 |archive-date=20 March 2015 |url-status=dead }} Deepa Soman, writing for The Times of India, rated the film 3.5 out of 5 and said, "The movie keeps you on the edge of the seat throughout and there is no dull moment. The freshness of the subject and its intention in recognizing the tribe of firemen is commendable," and she appreciated Mammootty for his performance as a fireman.{{cite web|author=Deepa Soman|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movie-reviews/Fireman/movie-review/46329994.cms|title=Fireman Movie Review|website=The Times of India |access-date=22 November 2015|agency=The Times of India|date=22 February 2015}} Tony Mathew of Malayala Manorama wrote: "There was no hype; neither were the expectations high. Still it has all elements in place to keep the critics quiet, satiate the fans and common audience alike in the days ahead." He concluded the review saying, "Firefighters are supposed to douse the flames that eat everything it comes across, but this 'Fireman' will set fire to theatres for sure."Tony Mathew (20 February 2015). [http://english.manoramaonline.com/entertainment/movie-reviews/this-fireman-sets-fire-to-theatres.html "This Fireman sets fire to theatres"]. Malayala Manorama. Retrieved 22 February 2015. Veeyen of Nowrunning.com stated that Fireman was a tribute to firefighters and that the film was "fairly good."{{cite web|author=Veeyen|url=http://www.nowrunning.com/movie/16195/malayalam/fireman/4991/review/|title=Fireman Review|agency=Nowrunning.com|access-date=22 November 2015}} Applauding the film's cast and performances, direction, cinematography, editing and score, but criticising the graphics works and the incompleteness in screenplay, Akhila Menon of Filmibeat.com gave a rating 2.5 out of 5 and wrote a verdict, "Kudos to team for materialising India's first fire force based movie. Overall, a partially accomplished mission."{{cite web|author=Akhila Menon|url=http://www.filmibeat.com/malayalam/reviews/2015/mammootty-fireman-movie-critics-review-174404.html|title=Fireman Movie Review|date=20 February 2015|agency=Oneindia.com}} A reviewer of Indiaglitz.com said that "opens to a very shaky start" it has an engaging storyline and it is " one of the well made thrillers in recent Malayalam."{{cite web|url=https://www.indiaglitz.com/fireman-malayalam-movie-review-19347.html|title=Fireman|access-date=22 November 2015|agency=Indiaglitz|date=20 February 2015}}

Pramod Thomas of The New Indian Express, however, said, "The movie throws cold water on the fire of expectations of an average spectator. The bland screenplay of the movie isn't helping either. The only saving grace of the film is that it tells a hitherto untold story of the heroics of firemen and deserves a salute for the same."Pramod Thomas (22 February 2015). [https://web.archive.org/web/20150222182515/http://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/reviews/Fireman-Borders-on-Average/2015/02/22/article2680659.ece "Fireman Borders on Average"]. The New Indian Express. Retrieved 22 February 2015.

In Malayalam movie Fireman (film), also dubbed into Tamil, Kannada, and Telugu, a jailed terrorist reveals certain details of a terror plot that only the police and fire force would have naturally known, thus arousing suspicion[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64cxrUsoiuY]. In Suddenly (1954 film)), a henchman arouses the suspicion of the police at the rail station by inadvertently referring to the 5 o'clock train, which happens to be a special train whose schedule is known only to the police. In both movies, a villain inadvertently reveals details that should be known only to the authorities.

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