Gandhinagar 2nd Street (1986)

Director
Sathyan Anthikad

Main cast
Mohanlal; Mammootty; Sreenivasan; Innocent; Karthika

Genres
Comedy, Family, Romance

Description
Madhavan (Sreenivasan) is trying to get a job for his unemployed friend Sethu (Mohanlal). When a spate of robberies takes place in a middle-class neighbourhood, Madhavan has Sethu pose as Raam Singh, a Nepali emigre, to fulfill the residents' need for a Gorkha security guard. A police officer (Thilakan) and his daughter (Karthika) move into the neighbourhood, bringing back memories from the past for Sethu.


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