''7th Day'' is a 2014 Indian

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-language

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action thriller film Action film is a film genre in which the protagonist is thrust into a series of events that typically involve violence and physical feats. The genre tends to feature a mostly resourceful hero struggling against incredible odds, which include life ...

directed by Syamdhar (in his directorial debut) and written by Akhil Paul. It stars

Prithviraj Sukumaran Prithviraj Sukumaran (born 16 October 1982) is an Indian actor, director, producer and playback singer primarily working in Malayalam cinema. He has also done Tamil, Telugu and Hindi films. He acted in more than 100 films in a variety of rol ...

as David Abraham, a 42-year-old

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officer who is on a trail of an unnatural case. The film also features

Tovino Thomas Tovino Thomas (born 21 January 1989) is an Indian actor and film producer who prominently works in Malayalam films. He made his debut in 2012 with the film ''Prabhuvinte Makkal''. His breakthrough roles were in the films ''ABCD'' (2013), '' 7t ...

, Anu Mohan,

Vinay Forrt Vinay Kumar, professionally credited as Vinay Forrt is an Indian film and stage actor. He hails from Fort Kochi, Kerala and is a theatre activist with more than a decade's worth of experience in the theatrical field as well as a postgraduate in ...

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and Praveen Prem in substantial roles. ''7th Day'' was a commercial success of the year at the box office.

Plot

The story starts with a monologue by David Abraham (

), IPS during the night of Christmas. When he leaves a party, he gets involved in an accident with Shan (

) and Vinu (

Anu Mohan Anu Mohan (born 24 August 1990) is an Indian actor who works in Malayalam films. Career He made his debut in the 2011 film, ''Orkut oru Ormakut''. He also played the antagonist in Roopesh Peethambaran's '' Theevram''. Anu Mohan is the young ...

). David takes them to the hospital to treat Vinu's injury which he sustained while falling off the bike. From the hospital Vinu escapes, to Shan's horror. David starts to suspect that there is something wrong. But Shan says there is no problem and David drops him at his place. Then he notices that Vinu has dropped his wallet in his jeep. Shan recounts the story of his friends - Ebineser aka Aby (

), Jessica aka Jessy (

), Cycle (

Praveen Prem Praveen Prem (born on 21 April 1984) is a south Indian film actor who began his acting career in 2010 in the Malayalam language film ''Kadha Thudarunnu''. His first major role in Malayalam cinema came through the movie ''Tournament – Play & Re ...

) and Vinu. Vinu runs an internet cafe. Cycle is the son of a gulf-returnee with a lot of financial problems. Shan is a local correspondent for a newspaper. Aby and Jessica grew up together in an orphanage, and Vinu has a special interest for Jessica and Jessica to him. One day, Vinu's internet cafe is raided by the police looking for some stuff. Since they couldn't find anything, the police returns without saying anything to Vinu. That night, Vinu's house is raided by a goon named Charlie (

), who is commissioned by Christopher Moriarty, a fearsome crime boss with a near mythical reputation, to locate a missing sum of Rs. 1crore 75lakhs. They suspect that Vinu took the money from them and gives 36 hours to surrender the money to him. Later David receives a call from a local travel agent that someone has given him a fake note of thousand rupees to book a bus ticket to Bangalore. David catches him from the bus and it turns out it is Cycle who was trying to get out of the town. Using Cycle, David locates his other friends - Vinu and Jessica. Aby is nowhere to be seen. David asks Vinu to recount the happenings of the night of his suicide. Though at first he tells them a lie, under pressure Vinu tells David that Aby had planned everything and stole the cash so he could kill Vinu because of his secret love for Jessica, but Jessica and Cycle were hearing all this. Jessica said she could not forgive him for trying to kill Vinu. With guilt Aby tells them that the money is in the vehicle and commits suicide by jumping off a waterfall. Coincidentally Aby's blood group was the same as Vinu's and they both had the same tattoo, so they decide to use Aby's suicide to fake Vinu's death. After their confession David reveals that Aby was a carrier for Christopher and the money in the bag was grade one counterfeit cash. David gave them the option of either leaving the money on the table so that he can report it as an abandoned bag of counterfeit money and that no one would ever disturb them about it or arrest them and take them to the court for planned murder. They chose the first option and handed the money over to David and left. When they left, however, Shan stops the car and questions the true identity of David Abraham, and the simple option given to them. They have a light-bulb realization that David Abraham IPS doesn't exist and that David is actually Christopher Moriarty.

Cast

as David Abraham IPS / Christopher Moriarty *

as Aby Ebineser *

as Shan Shahar *

as Jessie *

as Vinu Ramachandran *

as Cyril Samuel aka Cycle *

Joy Mathew Joy Mathew (born 20 September 1961) is an Indian film and theatre actor.He is also a film director, playwright and screenwriter.He predominantly works in Malayalam cinema. Career Joy Mathew is best known for playing the lead role in John Abra ...

as P.T.R. Bhattathiri *

as Charlie *

Lakshmi Priya Lakshmi Priya (born Sabeena Abdul Latheef; 11 March 1985) is an Indian actress who appears in Malayalam films. She participated in Bigg Boss Malayalam Season 4. Early life She was born on 11 March 1985 to Kabir, who was from Haripad, and Raml ...

as Lab Technician *

Shobha Mohan Shobha Mohan is an Indian actress known for her works, predominantly in Malayalam cinema along with few Tamil films. Biography Shobha Mohan was born to actor Kottarakara Sreedharan Nair and Vijayalakshmi at Kottarakkara in Kollam, Kerala. She ...

as Vinu's mother * Sreedevi Unni as Sr. Veronica * Gayathri *

Sunil Sukhada Sunil Sukhada is an Indian actor in Malayalam cinema. He debuted in a small role in the film '' Best Actor''. His first full length role was as the supermarket manager in '' Chappa Kurishu'' (2011). He won a special mention in the Kerala state ...

as Security Simon

Soundtrack

The songs of the film is composed by Deepak Dev and The Film Includes 3 Songs.

Release

The film was released on 12 April 2014.

Box office

''7th Day'' was a commercial success. In

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, the film earned 40

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in distributor's share in 50 days run.

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 3661988 2014 films 2010s Malayalam-language films 2014 crime thriller films 2014 directorial debut films Indian crime thriller films