Ali Bhai

Brother Ali) is a 2007 Indian Malayalam-language action film directed by Shaji Kailas, written by T. A. Shahid, and produced by Antony Perumbavoor through the company Aashirvad Cinemas.

[2] The plot follows Anwar Ali, a member of a Barami family, who flees home when he is wrongly accused of a theft.

The movie opens with flashback sequences that establish Ali, who was a member of a Barami family famous for making Urus, who leaves his home in his childhood when his father, Khalid Ahmed Sahib, mistakes him for being an unexpected thief and beats him black and blue in front of people.

Ali's friend, Sundaran Thampi, tells the mob he saw the theft which was actually done by himself for avenging his father's rivalry with Ahmad Sahib.

Ali, knowing he was cheated by his friend, grabs a butcher sword and chops off his right hand and flees from his home to the Palayam market.

There are a bunch of friends and well-wishers who form his gang, including Hameed, Salim Babu, Ramu, Podipaatti Kunjaattu, Sameer Das, Vijayan, Dasappan and a little boy Ganapathy.

He also looks after Abraham, who earlier used to rule over the Palayam market as a goonda, and who was defeated in a fight by Alibhai, following which he was so badly injured that he has been bedridden ever since.

They are hand in glove with the city corporation and the state administration and are having the aid of big investors from foreign countries.

They are into anything, to settle their old scores and change the Kozhikode city into an international tourist centre which provides fun, wine and women.

The film pooja ceremony was held at Vismayas Max Studio in Thiruvananthapuram on 21 May 2007 coinciding with Mohanlal's birthday.