CBI Film Franchise is an Indian Malayalam-language film series of mystery films directed by K. Madhu and written by S. N. Swamy featuring Mammootty as Sethurama Iyer, a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) officer in the title role. The series started off in 1988 with Oru CBI Diary Kurippu. The character Sethurama Iyer is said to have been inspired by a police officer named Radha Vinod Raju, who in 2009 was appointed as the first chief of India's National Investigation Agency.

Films The films depicts a team of three CBI officers led by Sethurama Iyer investigating a murder case. All the films feature Mammootty as Sethurama Iyer. The other two members of the team vary in the series. All the five films that were released have Vikram, the character played by Jagathy Sreekumar as a CBI officer. But he is not part of the three-man team in the third film and fifth film but appears in the films for a short length. Chacko played by Mukesh appears in the first film but is not part of the team. But Chacko becomes part of the team from the second film onwards. Harry played by Suresh Gopi is present in the first movie as part of the team, but later transferred to Madras in the second sequel.

The films of the franchise are: YearFilmDirectorScreenwriterProducerComposer 1988 Oru CBI Diary KurippuK. MadhuS. N. SwamyM. ManiShyam 1989 Jagratha 2004 Sethurama Iyer CBIK. Madhu 2005 Nerariyan CBI 2022 CBI 5: The Brain Swargachitra Appachan Jakes Bejoy

Sethurama Iyer (Malayalam: സേതുരാമയ്യര്‍) is a fictional character and the protagonist of the CBI film series. The character was played by Mammootty in all the films. He is an investigative officer of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). Iyer's popularity is attributed to the fact that he uses his brain rather than brawn to solve cases. A sixth film in the franchise was announced by the director K. Madhu himself. The writer S. N. Swamy said he is not sure that whether he will be part of the crew.

Cast and characters

Character Oru CBI Diary Kurippu(1988) Jagratha(1989) Sethurama Iyer CBI(2004) Nerariyan CBI(2005) CBI 5(2022)Introduced in Oru CBI Diary Kurippu Sethurama Iyer Mammootty Vikram Jagathy Sreekumar Chacko Mukesh CI Harry Suresh Gopi colspan="4" DySP Devadas Sukumaran colspan="3" K. A. Ouseppachan Janardhanan colspan="2" Narayanan Prathapachandran colspan="3" OmanaLissy colspan="4" AnnieUrvashi colspan="4" John Thomas Bahadoor colspan="4" Joy Mathew Vijayaraghavan colspan="4" SP Prabhakara Varma Captain Raju colspan="4" SP of CBI Jagannatha Varma colspan="3" C.I Alex K. P. A. C. Sunny colspan="3" Sunny Sreenath colspan="1" Sreenath colspan="2" Home Minister Bhargavan C. I. Paul colspan="3" Police Surgeon Kollam Thulasi colspan="3" Padathalam Mathai Poojappura Ravi colspan="4" Mary Adoor Bhavani colspan="1" Adoor Bhavani colspan="2" Sreedharan T. P. Madhavan colspan="4" Driver Vasu Kundara Johny colspan="4" Nun Sukumari colspan="4" MohammedKothuku Nanappan colspan="4" Introduced in Jagratha Ashwathy colspan="1" Parvathy Jayaram colspan="3" Babu colspan="1" Babu Antony colspan="3" Adv. Janardanan Nair colspan="1" Babu Namboothiri colspan="3" I.G colspan="1" K. P. A. C. Azeez colspan="3" Vishwam colspan="1" Devan colspan="3" Kumar colspan="1" K. B. Ganesh Kumar colspan="3" Mohan colspan="1" Jose colspan="3" Anchor colspan="1" Kaithapram Damodaran Namboothiri colspan="3" Kurupu colspan="1" M. S. Thripunithura colspan="3" Thomas colspan="1" Paravoor Bharathan colspan="3" Vandana colspan="1" Sreeja colspan="3" Rukmini colspan="1" Kanakalatha colspan="3" Fake policeman colspan="1" James colspan="3" Suryan colspan="1" Tony colspan="3" Rajendrababu colspan="1" Vishnuprakash colspan="3" Hotel boy colspan="1" Poojappura Radhakrishnan colspan="3" Union leader colspan="1" Adinad Sasi colspan="3" Introduced in Sethurama Iyer CBI Balagopal colspan="2" Siddique colspan="2" Isow Alex colspan="2" Kalabhavan Mani colspan="2" Ganesh colspan="2" Vineeth Kumar colspan="2" DySP Sathyadas colspan="2" Sai Kumar colspan="1" Sai Kumar Mani colspan="2" Jagadish colspan="2" Rachana colspan="2" Navya Nair colspan="2" Reshmi colspan="2" Nandana colspan="2" Adiyodi colspan="2" Oduvil Unnikrishnan colspan="2" CBI Director colspan="2" Kalasala Babu colspan="2" Bahuleyan colspan="2" Rajan P. Dev colspan="2" Manikunju / Zakariah colspan="2" Paravoor Ramachandran colspan="2" Mosi colspan="2" Geetha Vijayan colspan="2" Krishan Iyer colspan="2" Kunchan colspan="2" Meenakshi Iyer colspan="2" Urmila Unni colspan="2" Dr. Vijayalakshmi colspan="2" Poornima Anand colspan="2" Vijayamma colspan="2" Kalpana colspan="2" Kuzhivetty Mathai colspan="2" Mala Aravindan colspan="2" Fr. Gomez colspan="2" Bharath Gopi colspan="2" Crime branch C.I colspan="2" Shammi Thilakan colspan="2" Sharngadaran colspan="2" Subair colspan="2" Varkey colspan="2" Punnapra Appachan colspan="2" Broker colspan="2" Suraj Venjaramoodu colspan="2" Introduced in Nerariyan CBI Kapra Valiya Narayanan colspan="3" Thilakan colspan="1" Mythili colspan="3" Samvrutha Sunil colspan="1" Anitha colspan="3" Gopika colspan="1" Devaswam colspan="3" Indrans colspan="1" George C. Nair colspan="3" Cochin Haneefa colspan="1" DYSP Dhanapalan colspan="3" Augustine colspan="1" ASP Saikumar IPS colspan="3" Jishnu colspan="1" Velu colspan="3" Mohan Jose colspan="1" Dr. Krishnan Nair colspan="3" P. Sreekumar colspan="1" Hariharan colspan="3" M. R. Gopakumar colspan="1" Dr. Krishnan Nair colspan="3" P. Sreekumar colspan="1" Dr. Babu colspan="3" Rizabawa colspan="1" Banjamin C. Nair colspan="3" Madhu Warrier colspan="1" Poopparathy Vasu colspan="3" Baburaj colspan="1" Reshmi colspan="3" Suja Karthika colspan="1" Lakshmiyamma colspan="3" Bindu Ramakrishnan colspan="1" Elizabeth C. Nair colspan="3" Bindu Panicker colspan="1" Mythili's mother colspan="3" Shobha Mohan colspan="1" Anitha's Kin colspan="3" Ambika Mohan colspan="1" Maya colspan="3" Suvarna Mathew colspan="1" Introduced in CBI 5 Balagopal, C.B.I. Officer colspan="4" Renji Panicker I.G. Unnithan I.P.S colspan="4" Anoop Menon Adv. Prathibha Sathyadas colspan="4" Asha Sarath Paul Meijo / Mansoor / Sandeep colspan="4" Soubin Shahir Vinay, C.B.I. Officer colspan="4" Ramesh Pisharody Chief Minister colspan="4" Dileesh Pothan SI Iqbal colspan="4" Sudev Nair Mamman Varghese, C.B.I. Officer colspan="4" Edavela Babu Sudhi, C.B.I. Officer colspan="4" Alexander Prasanth Anwar colspan="4" Ramesh Kottayam CI Josemon colspan="4" Jayakrishnan Dr. George Abraham colspan="4" Prathap Pothen Home Minister Abdul Samad colspan="4" G. Suresh Kumar Journalist Bhasuran colspan="4" Chandhu Karamana D.Y.S.P. Babu Raj colspan="4" Santhosh Keezhattoor Susan George / Ambika Unnithan colspan="4" Kaniha Anitha, C.B.I. Officer colspan="4" Ansiba Hassan Aparna colspan="4" Malavika Menon Merlin colspan="4" Swasika Anuja colspan="4" Malvika Nair

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