Action Hero Biju is a 2016 Indian Malayalam-language police procedural comedy film directed by Abrid Shine.
The film stars Nivin Pauly, Anu Emmanuel, Saiju Kurup, Joju George, Alexander Prasanth, Kalabhavan Prajod, Rony David and Sohan Seenulal.
After being postponed several times, Action Hero Biju was released in Kerala on 4 February 2016 and rest of India the following day.
[6] In February 2024, coinciding with the eighth anniversary of the release of the film, a sequel titled Action Hero Biju 2 was announced with Abrid Shine returning as the director.
[7] The film revolves around SI Biju Paulose and other officers, who handle a series of different types of complaints and cases, petty and major, that are registered at the police station.
One day, Biju receives a call from the hospital informing him of a 12 year-old girl who gets mauled by a dog when she tried to pluck some mangoes from a highly influential businessman Samson Tharakan's house.
Through the course of the next few days, he resolves different cases including that of an auto driver who stalks a married woman he loves, bikers without helmet and a drunk who steals a wireless-set from a careless cop Minimon.
When investigating a substance abuse and battering case by an adolescent he goes after the rising narcotics sales that targets school children, he discovers a group of teenagers purchasing marijuana from a notorious criminal during random vehicle checks.
Biju arrests them in the presence of the magistrate and takes them to police station and uses third degree interrogation on the criminal and informs the parents of the teenagers.
Meeting her husband Rajendran and children, her daughter Raji is a respected SPC student cadet whom he knows; Biju faces moral dilemma when he learns the mother did it to pay school fees.
As he corners and apprehends them, he gets injured when one of the criminals stabs him, but Biju successfully manages to prevent them from escaping until the rest of the police force arrives.
As he is treated for his wounds in the hospital, he jokes with his fiancée Benitta Dominic that injuries are common in his occupation and that she is free to marry someone else.
It was reported that Nivin, Abrid and Shibu Thekkumpuram would both produce the film under Pauly's production banner Pauly.Jr Pictures and Shine's Full on Studios.
My film tells the story of a common man who becomes a brave cop, and I felt the title is a perfect fit".
[21] The Cinematography was given to Alex J. Pulickal, background score to Rajesh Murugesan and lyrics were written by Santosh Varma and Harinarayanan.
[10] Rajesh Murugesan composed the background score of the film while Santhosh Varma and BK Harinarayanan wrote the lyrics.
[29][26] Long ago Jerry heard a Young India gramophone version of Vande Mataram which was composed by Rabindranath Tagore.
He states that "the cinematic reconstruction of the life of a police officer that Abrid Shine attempts in 'Action Hero Biju' is efficient to the core, and the craft elements on display exceptional.
"[40] Arathi Kannan of Malayala Manorama rated of 3.5/5 and said "With a salute to the cops, who sweat their ways through their duties and moral obligations, Abrid Shine leaves a sparkling note of thanks before the screen blackout.