Unda (film)
Unda () is a 2019 Indian Malayalam-language black comedy film directed by Khalid Rahman and scripted by Harshad from Rahman's story. Krishnan Sethukumar produced the film under the banners of Moviee Mill and Gemini Studios. The film stars Mammootty, Shine Tom Chacko, Jacob Gregory and Arjun Ashokan. The story is based on a real incident that occurred at the time of the 2014 Lok Sabha election, when a police unit from Kerala was sent to a Maoist affected area of Chhattisgarh as part of election duty. Sajith Purushan was the film's cinematographer, and its soundtrack and score were composed by Prashant Pillai. The film tells the story of a nine-man police unit from Kerala led by Sub-inspector Manikandan C. P. (Mammootty), who travel for another state election duty in a Maoist prone area in Chhattisgarh. Deceived by the calm and quiet on their first day, they were just starting to let their hair down when the shootout the next day made them aware of the dangers they were about to face. In their initial rush of excitement, they fired all of the very limited number of bullets they had brought with them. To conduct the elections peacefully with only eight bullets left becomes a humongous task ahead of them. Unda’s development began in 2014, when Rahman spotted an article featured in the Malayala Manorama daily. The article was about a police unit from Kerala posted as part of election duty in a Maoist affected area in Chhattisgarh without sufficient ammunition. After a brief research, Harshad along with Rahman wrote the screenplay in 2016. Eventually, Sethukumar replacing Anwar Rasheed, who was its initial financier, became the producer of the film. The title was announced on 21 September 2018 and production commenced from October. Principal photography began by the second week of October in Kasaragod and shooting was completed on 23 March 2019 in Chhattisgarh. The film was released in India on 14 June 2019 and globally on 19 June. Upon release, the film met with widespread critical acclaim. The performances of its cast, direction and screenplay were praised by critics. It grossed over ₹20 crore worldwide in 10 days at the box office and ₹30 crore in its final run and became a commercial success. The film was screened at the 24th International Film Festival of Kerala 2019 under the section 'Malayalam Cinema Today'. It was included in The Hindu's top 25 Malayalam films of the decade. Plot 
Police units from the Kerala Police camp in Idukki are preparing to go for their other state election duty. They are briefed by their senior officer Sam J. Mathan that the duty will be in Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Jharkhand and will last for forty days. He also emphasizes on the statement to use ammunition only when necessary. A unit under CI Mathews Anthony arrives in Bastar at Chhattisgarh, which is one of the most dangerous Maoist affected red belts in India. Due to the unavailability in accommodating all the police teams in the ITBP camp, they are forced to find shelter in their respective polling booths assigned to them until the Election Day. On their way to the booths, they split into three teams with Mani leading one. That very night, they receive a wireless message warning of a likely Maoist attack. Though they became alert with loaded guns, no such attack happens. The next day morning, ITBP Commandant Dakota Akanito finds the team irresponsible and informs them of the seriousness of their duty by showing them footage of people killed during Maoist attacks in the past. He is surprised to learn that the team has not been provided with sufficient bullets and ammunition by the State Government. After realizing the threat in their duty, Mani speaks to Mathews over phone and informs him what the ITBP commandant told. Mathews tells him that the state government had said that providing ammunition is the responsibility of the state government in Chhattisgarh. The next day night, the team encounters with a light shootout by the Maoists and fires back. Later, the ITBP officers inform them that some Maoists were chased by them and they unknowingly fired back bullets seeing the lights and the remaining were fire crackers. The ashamed team realizes that they wasted bullets and now only eight bullets remain. The next day, Mani goes to meet Mathews and informs him that their situation is in danger without sufficient ammunition. Some in the team are angry at Mani as they felt that he hadn't done anything during the previous day's firing on purpose. Mani realizing that something has to be done immediately to stay alive, sends some pictures to his friends in Kerala of the team laying on floor without any facilities and making a note of their current situation. Back in Kerala after receiving his  message, the news gets featured on a newspaper and Sam J. Mathan is forced to take action and quickly makes arrangement to send more bullets and ammunition for the team. Two cops Rajan and Balan continue their journey in a train from Kerala to Chhattisgarh with the necessary bullets and ammunition that has been allotted. Meantime, Unnikrishnan accompanied by Biju Kumar, without informing Mani gets to a place in the village to buy liquor. On their way back, Unnikrishnan starts to tease Biju Kumar who belongs to the adivasi community. Biju Kumar who has been hearing the abuses repeatedly loses control and hits Unnikrishnan. They end the fight when they spot a truck approaching from the distance, which suddenly explodes passing over a land mine. Both of them survive with minor injuries. That night, Biju Kumar informs the others in the presence of Mani that he would want to quit his job because he cannot withstand such criticism anymore. Later that night, Rajan and Balan find the box carrying the bullets in the train missing and stand furious without knowing what to do next. On the day of the election, Mathews informs them that both the bullets and the people assigned to carry it have been missing. Mani reaches the booth and learns that a candidate along with his goons had barged into the booth and had created a ruckus by vote rigging. He slaps a goon who tries to destroy the EVM and asks the rest of them to leave. Sometime later, they see the goons approaching in a larger number. Mani tells his team that they would have to conduct the election peacefully no matter how with only the eight bullets left. Due to the shortage of ammunition he instructs his team to use their lathis and shields in which they are very experienced. Mani and his team defeat the goons and complete their election assignment. Then, a monkey is shown jumping over the lost box of bullets by a railway track. 