August Onnu

K.G. Ramachandran becomes the new Chief Minister of Kerala, overshadowing his rival candidate Kazhuthumuttam, but faces a threat when a high-profile businessman plans to assassinate him, leading to an investigation and ultimately the villains defeat. August Onnu is a 1988 Indian Malayalam-language Action Thriller movie featuring Mammootty, Sukumaran, Captain Raju, Prathapachandran, Innocent Vareed Thekkethala, Jagadish and Vijayan. The movie is inspired from 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 Onnu is written by S. N. Swamy and directed by Sibi Malayil. Aroma Release acquired the distribution rights for the movie. August Onnu was released on 21st July 1988 and takes a screen time of 145 minutes. The Film was successful at box office. August Onnu 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.