Bus Conductor

Bus Conductor is a hit Malayalam directed by V. M. Vinu. Mammootty plays the male protagonist and Bus Conductor. The story, set in the Malabar culture, revolves around Zakir Hussain aka Kunjakka (Mammootty). This bus conductor lords over the family that has a motley cast to it. Being a good man, Kunjakka is faced with all kinds of troubles and responsibility. On the one hand he has to take on the wily cop Adithya who also runs a bus company on the sly. Then the problems within the family come to hand. Najeeb’s (Jayasurya) dalliance with a local girl (Bhavana) ends in her becoming pregnant. But Najeeb goes to Dubai leaving the girl in the lurch. So the responsibility of looking after her also falls on Kunjakka’s shoulders. There are misunderstandings in the family and his only solace is Noorjahan (Nikitha). The story then is about how Kunjakka unties all the knots of distrust and disappointments.

Malabar accent was hit and movie made record collection from Malabar area. Movie collected more than 41 lakhs in 63 days from Trivandrum and more than 61 Lakhs from Calicut. Movie grossed more than 10 crores from its 70 day run in the state. Bus Conductor ran 55 days in 21 release centers. Bus Conductor got huge initial collection because it released after the success of block bluster Rajamanikyam. The 60 Lakhs channel right was a record at that time.