Raudram

Roudram is the first release of mammootty in 2008 directed by Renji Panikkar. The film has Mammootty played the role of Narendran, a daring Police Officer, who has always been keen on doing his duty, but is forced to make compromises due to all kinds of pressures. The enthusiasm that he had when he donned Khaki for the first time gradually gets eroded and he is often reminded that as a Police Officer, there were a lot of limitations. But then something good happens. Narendran is put in charge of a murder case. The usual pressures are there, but somehow he finds it in him to work against these pressures and do his duty the way he thinks is right.

It's a firebrand character that Mammootty executed usefully. This is the 25th cop character of Megastar. The film has amassed around 20 lakhs from its ten day run in the capital city. In its 55^th day movie collected more than 45 Lakhs from Trivandrum, (Kirali & Ajantha), more than 55 Lakhs from Ernakulam (Kavitha) and more than 50 Lakhs from Calicut (Apsara). 55 days movie grossed nearly 9 crores from kerala state alone.

Movie ran nearly 70 days in major centers and biggest initial collection helped the movie to get first super hit for mammootty in 2008. Dubbed versions of movie released in Tamil and Telugu box office and collected well. Roudram also got good satellite and channel rights.