Suresh Gopi and Mammootty team up together

Come Friday and two firebrand police officers will take up a new challenge in Malayalam cinema.

Suresh Gopi played the lead role of Bharath Chandran IPS, a fiery Police Commissioner, who ruthlessly fought against the wrongdoings by a few influential men, in the 1994 film Commissioner. The film was scripted by Renji Panicker and directed by Shaji Kailas. The film became popular for its thrilling dialogues and spectacular action sequences.

The characters also became very popular, which prompted the filmamkers to come out with sequel called Bharath Chandran IPS in 2005. The sequel was scripted and directed by Renji Panicker which also set the cash registers ringing in a big way.

Thevallipparambil Joseph Alex IAS, a daredevil district collector took on some of the mighty names in Kerala politics, in the film The King in 1995.

Mammootty played the lead in the film, which was also known for its exciting dialogues that are being repeated by many film buffs even after so many years.

The King was scripted by Renji Panicker and directed by Shaji Kailas.

Now Renji and Shaji have combined the two characters in The King and the Commissioner, which will hit the theatres this weekend. There is huge buzz surrounding the film, which is expected to have huge initials.

Anto Joseph is producing the film under the banner of Emperor Cinema. The cinematographer is Bharani K Dharan.

The film also stars Sai Kumar, Devan, Ganesh, Dr Mohan Agashe, Nedumudi Venu, Janardhanan, Vijayaraghavan and Samvritha Sunil.

The film can turn out to be a crucial one for virtually everyone involved.

Mammootty, who has been going through one of the worst phases in his career with flops one after the other, has been mainly banking on the heavy satellite revenues that his films ensure.

Suresh Gopi is no longer the busy star that he was.

Renji Panicker has been taking a break for a while now and some big duds have seriously affected Shaji Kailas' credentials as a hotshot director. The quartet is all looking forward to the success of the film at the box office.