who immediately agreed without hesitation. The interior scenes of the train was shot inside an original moving train to avoid artificial feeling of using sets. For that, they bought a Nilambur–Shoranur route train for rent and drove it to places to and fro for filming. Music The film score was composed by S. P. Venkatesh. The single song "Pichakappoonkaavukal" featured in the film was composed by Ouseppachan and sung by M. G. Sreekumar, lyrics were by Shibu Chakravarthy. This song was later reused in the film Husbands in Goa (2012). A. R. Rahman who was then yet to debut as a film composer, did the keyboard and synth programming whereas Vidyasagar assisted Ouseppachan in the recording of the song "Pichakappoonkaavukal". The chorus portions of the song were done by the above three along with the singer M. G. Sreekumar. Release and reception The film was a commercial success, it ran for over 125 days. Tony Kurishangal, the character played by Mohanlal in the film is one of the most celebrated ones. Trivia Dennis Joseph had to abandon writing Anjali for No. 20 Madras Mail References External links 1990 films Films shot in Thiruvananthapuram Films shot in Kollam 1990s Malayalam-language films 1990s crime comedy films Indian crime comedy films 1990s comedy mystery films 1990s mystery thriller films Films scored by Ouseppachan Films set on trains Malayalam films remade in other languages Indian comedy mystery films Indian mystery thriller films Films with screenplays by Dennis Joseph 1990 comedy films Films directed by Joshiy