August 1

KGR becomes the new Chief Minister and is targeted for assassination by businessmen Kazhuthumuttam and Vishwanathan, and a professional assassin named Gomez, but they are stopped by DYSP Perumal. August 1 is a 1988 Indian Malayalam-language Action Thriller movie starring Mammootty, Sukumaran, Captain Raju, Urvashi, Prathapachandran, Innocent Vareed Thekkethala and Vijayan. The movie is based on The Day of the Jackal by Frederick Forsyth. Sunitha Productions was the production house involved in the project along with executive producer(s) M. Mani. August 1 is written by S. N. Swamy and directed by Sibi Malayil. Aroma Release acquired the distribution rights for the film. August 1 was released on 21st July 1988 and takes a screen time of 145 minutes. The Film was successful at box office. August 1 was made on a budget of ₹2 lakh and it was a super hit at box office gross of ₹60 lakh. Cinematography was done by S. Kumar and editing by V. P. Krishnan. The music was composed by Shyam.