24 Hrs (film)

Debutante actor Kuldeep was cast in the lead role while Manoj K. Jayan plays the Mafia don.

Devan, Vinaya Prasad, Anil Murali, Jagathy Sreekumar, Jameel Khan and Irshad play other major roles.

Jagannath Varma, alias Jagan is a reckless but courageous young lad who makes money in drag races in Cochin city.

As he is leaving the bar, Rocky attacks Jagan again with a dagger which the latter simply dodges, and the knife lands in Hazari's back, killing him.

Cops are called, but Inspector Ajay surprises Jagan by telling him that he has won Rs.5 lakh for killing the criminal.

News of his brother's murder reaches Ikhthar, and he orders that Jagan be brought to him dead or alive within 24 hours.

While driving, Jagan finds a surprise in the car, a girl by the name of Gauri, who earlier that day snubs him off when he tries to talk with her, hiding in the back seat.

She tells him that she is trying to run away from home that night on learning that her parents are trying to get her married next week, when a group of thugs attacked her, and she is hiding from them.

But lady luck favours Jagan again, and he borrows a racing car from one of his friends, Ranjit, who happens to be passing by that time.

Now on the advice on one of them by the name of Salim, the gang decides to kill them by placing a time bomb in the house, and take Jagan and Gauri away.

Unfortunately, the battery goes off, and when the goons return to replace it and torture him again, Jagan breaks free with a knife put in his hand by an unknown person, and knocks everyone out.

He gets a rude shock when one of his most trusted men pulls a gun on him, saying that he is Special Task Force Officer Salim Ali, and he was the informer cop.

He then lights a cigarette and throws the match on the dropping fuel, which leads to flames that blast the helicopter to pieces.

Toward the end, it is revealed that the bomb at Jagan's house was deactivated by Inspector Salim, so his loved ones were unharmed; he also had taken Gauri to a safe place.