Malayalam
cinema
industry
is
well-known
for
the
brilliant
movies,
which
earned
recognitions
in
National
and
International
levels.
Unlike
the
other
language
movie
industries
which
gives
the
prime
importance
for
the
commercial
elements;
Malayalam
movie
industry
always
gives
the
prime
importance
to
the
strength
of
the
script.
Action
and
investigative
thrillers
are
one
of
the
most
popular
genre,
when
it
comes
to
mainstream
cinema.
Thriller
movies
always
have
a
special
place
in
the
hearts
of
audience.
When
it
comes
to
Malayalam
cinema,
investigative
thrillers-especially
the
movies
which
depicts
the
story
of
police
investigations,
has
always
did
wonders
at
box
office.
Mollywood
is
one
of
the
rare
movie
platforms,
which
has
experimented
a
lot
with
the
police
roles.
The
best
police
characters
in
Malayalam
movies
are
not
always
played
by
a
protagonist
or
antagonist.
There
are
a
bunch
of
extra-ordinary
police
roles,
which
were
played
by
the
supporting
actors.
The
character
constable
Sudhakaran
Nair,
played
by
actor
Kunjan
in
Mumbai
Police
is
one
of
the
best
examples
for
such
roles.
Police
roles
are
not
every
actor's
cup
of
tea.
There
are
some
actors,
who
can
do
complete
justice
to
the
police
characters,
more
than
any
other
types
of
roles.
Suresh
Gopi
and
Prithviraj
are
the
best
example
for
such
actors.
Suresh
Gopi
emerged
as
the
top
league
actor
of
M'town
with
his
action-oriented
police
roles.
Prithviraj,
on
the
other
hand,
earned
the
credit
for
experimenting
with
the
police
characters.
Mammootty
and
Mohanlal,
the
big
M's
of
Mollywood
have
also
played
some
exceptional
police
roles
in
their
careers.
Check
out
the
slides
to
know
the
best
police
roles
of
Malayalam
cinema..
Mammootty
In
Aavanazhi
Inspector
Balram,
the
character
played
by
Mammootty
in
IV
Sasi's
Aavanazhi,
is
one
of
the
iconic
police
characters
of
Malayalam
cinema.
Mohanlal
In
Mukham
Mohanlal
has
not
played
much
police
roles
in
his
career.
But
his
character,
police
officer
Hariprasad
from
the
classic
movie
Mukham,
directed
by Mohan,is
one
of
the
extra-ordinary
police
roles
of
Malayalam
cinema
and
was
an
image-breaking
character
for
Mohanlal.
Suresh
Gopi
In
Commissioner
Suresh
Gopi
is
doubtlessly
the
perfect
police
officer
we
have
ever
seen
in
Mollywood's
silver
screen.
The
actor
has
played
some
extra-ordinary
police
roles
in
his
career;
but
Bharath
Chandran
IPS
from
Commissioner
is
the
best
role
among
them.
Biju
Menon
In
Pathram
Even
though
he
appeared
in
a
small
role,
Biju
Menon
portrayal
of
the
character
Firoz
Mohammed
IPS
in
Joshiy
directed Pathram,
was
highly
appreciated
by
the
audience
and
critics.
Biju
Menon
is
one
of
the
actors
who
can
perfectly
carry
a
cop
role
in
his
shoulders.
Sreenivasan
In
Traffic
The
most
surprising
entry
into
the
list
of
best
police
roles.
Sreenivasan
perfectly
played
Sudevan
Nair,
a
traffic
police
constable
who
take
up
a
risky
mission,
in
Traffic
directed
by
Rajesh
Pillai.
Prithviraj
In
Mumbai
Police
Anthony
Moses
IPS
of
Mumbai
Police
is
doubtlessly
the
most
daring
police
role,
in
the
history
of
Malayalam
cinema.
Prithviraj
delivered
a
fantastic
performance
as
a
cruel,
ruthless
police
officer,
who
tries
to
hide
his
sexuality
from
his
friends.
The
movie
is
directed
by
Roshan
Andrews.
Indrajith
In
Left
Right
Left
PK
Jayan
aka
Vattu
Jayan
from
Arun
Kumar
Aravind's
Left
Right
Left
is
another
brilliant
police
character
of
Malayalam
cinema.
Indrajith
delivered
an
electrifying
performance
as
as
a
mentally
unstable
police
officer
in
the
movie.