Offhand) is a 1988 Indian Malayalam-language comedy drama film directed by Kamal and written by Shibu Chakravarthy from a story by Ranjith.
[1] Freddy and his father Nicholas belong to a brokers and commission agents group.
Owing to financial debts, they had to pledge this boat to Avaran, who is a money lender.
One day they saw about an advertisement for old model car to be sold, which was put by Sherin's mother.
JJ discovers that his associate was cheated, and being aware of how clever the duo were, he plans a task for them.
Avaran says that he will sell their boat Martha if they fail to pay 50,000 Rupees inclusive of principal and interest.
JJ calls Freddy and Nicholas and offers 50,000 as reward to kidnap Chacha, who was once his partner in business.
They get confused as both Chacha and JJ visit Sherin's house and asks for the piano, which they had already sold.
As they leave, JJ, Chacha and their gangs confront them and a huge fight takes place.
Finally Freddy, Nicholas and Apaji handles them to the cops and they get rewarded for the treasure retrieval.
Director Priyadarshan contributed a twist in the film, when the writers were unable to produce a turn in the second half of the story, Mohanlal told the plot to his friend Priyadarshan, who suggested him to hide the treasure map inside the piano in the story-line.
The film does not feature any song, except the Irish ballad "Danny Boy" written by Frederic Weatherly.