Dear Holmesians,
In continuation of my efforts to trace out the influence of Sherlock
Holmes on the detective fiction genre, I think I should mention about
the very succesful Malayalam movies made by K Madhu , featuring a
detective called Sethurama Iyer. This detective works for the Central
Bureau of Investigation (CBI). There have been four movies produced
upon this character , all of them succesful. He is fond of chewing
betelnut, a take off ( Probably)on Holmes's well known habits of Pipe
smoking and addiction to cocaine.
Sumalsn