Highway was released in theatres on 3 May 1995. It was a commercial success at the Kerala box office. The film's dubbed Telugu version was also a box office success in Andhra Pradesh.[3]
Plot
Sreedhar Prasad is a RAWfield agent who is assigned with the task of investigating a bomb blast that killed 30 innocent college students. Sreedhar operates under the name of Mahesh Aravind, a planter from Udumbanchola and chooses a township Wintergreen as his temporary residence during the course of the investigation. Mahesh establishes a friendly relation with ACP George Alexander, who was the official in charge of the criminal investigation. As the investigation proceeds, it is understood that the bomb blast was connected with a chain of crimes that happened in the area including the missing of a scientist Guhan Menon from Baddapur Space Research Organization (BSRO), who is later revealed to be killed. It is revealed that Shankar Dev Rana, an established businessman and educationist in the common front, is actually a traitor and drug lord in his parallel life. Sreedhar Prasad and his subordinate Moorthy finally solves the cases after hurdles and arrest Shankar Dev Rana for orchestrating the bomb blast.
The film was a commercial success in Kerala and also in Andhra Pradesh. According to producer Khader Hassan, it created pre-release hype in Andhra Pradesh due to the successes of Suresh Gopi's previous dubbed films, and after the success of Highway, older Malayalam films in which he appeared in supporting roles too were released in the Tamil and the Telugu industries.[3]
Sequel
A sequel to the film titled Highway 2 was announced in 2022.[7]
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