''Eesho'' is an Indian Malayalam-language thriller film directed by

Nadirshah Nadhirshah is an Indian film director, music composer, singer, lyricist, actor, mimicry artist, comedian, and television host, who works in Malayalam films, television and stage. He has done several supporting roles in Malayalam cinema. His area ...

featuring

Jayasurya Jayasurya (born August 1978) is an Indian actor, distributor, Sponsor, Model, film producer, playback singer, and impressionist, who works in the Malayalam films. He has appeared in more than 100 films and has won several awards, including a N ...

and

Namitha Pramod Namitha Pramod (born 19 September 1996) is an Indian actress who appears mainly in Malayalam films She made her acting debut in the Malayalam film '' Puthiya Theerangal''. She went on to appear in super hit films like Puthiya Theerangal (2012 ...

in the lead roles. The film written by Suneesh Varanad is produced by Arun Narayan. Roby Varghese is the cinematographer while Nadirshah composes the songs and the original background score is composed and produced by

Rahul Raj Rahul Raj (born 17 March 1978) is an Indian music composer. He has composed and produced Film score, scores and soundtracks for Malayalam language, Malayalam, Telugu language, Telugu and Tamil language, Tamil movies. He is an alumnus of the pr ...

. The film released on 5 October 2022 through

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OTT platform.

Plot

While working the night at an ATM, a security guard, Ramachandran Pillai (

Jaffar Idukki Jaffar Idukki is an Indian actor, impressionist, and comedian, who predominantly works in the Malayalam cinema. Started his career with the 2007 film ''Kaiyoppu'', he has acted in about hundred films and has performed in a number of comedy s ...

) who is the prime witness in the case against a powerful industrialist, Sevichan ( Suresh Krishna) happens across a mysterious man named Eesho (

). They engage in a conversation and the guard pours his heart out to the stranger before realising that Eesho may not be a friend. Who is Eesho and what does he want? Turns out Eesho is a hitman and turns for the rest of the plot.

Cast

as Shivan/Eesho *

as Ramachandran Pillai *

as Advocate Aswathy * Suresh Krishna as Sevichan *

Johny Antony Johny Antony is an Indian film director and actor, known for making comedy films in Malayalam cinema. He is from Changanassery in Kottayam district, Kerala. He worked for about a decade as an associate to directors Thulasidas, Taha, Kamal a ...

as Advocate Sebastian Aduppukkunnel * Akshara Kishor as Shivani, Shivan's daughter * Yadhu Krishnan as Viswambaran * Manikandan R. Achari as Ambi Sura * Srikant Murali as Joseph *

Indrans Indrans is an Indian actor and former costume designer, who appears in Malayalam films.His mentor was Shiyas M S, a law college student. He started his film career as a costume designer and actor in 1981 and got a breakthrough in 1994 with the ...

as Varghese *

Kottayam Nazeer Kottayam Nazeer is an Indian actor, impressionist, and an artist from Kerala. Kottayam Nazeer started his career as a stage artist . Recently he also started his career in painting. Family Nazeer is married to Haseena. They have two sons, Mo ...

as Salim *

Rajith Kumar Rajith Kumar R. is an Indian lecturer, actor and ''Bigg Boss'' (Malayalam season 2) participant from Kerala who has won numerous awards for television programs and also social activist. A lecturer at the Department of Botany, Sree Sankara Coll ...

as Raveendran *

Mohan Jose Mohan Jose is an Indian actor in Malayalam cinema. He has acted more than 100 films. He came into movie industry portraying villains and later began acting in different comedy and character roles. He is the son of famous singer Pappukutty Bha ...

as Jamal * Jayakumar Parameswaran Pillai as driver * V. K. Baiju as S. I. Michale * Sindhu Varma as councellor * Arun Narayan as Sethu * Samadh Sulaiman as Alex * Eloor George as Alex's relative * Nandu Poduval as Shivan's coworker * Adinad Sasi as Krishnankutty * Priyanka Anoop as Teashop owner *

as a passenger in the bus (

cameo appearance A cameo role, also called a cameo appearance and often shortened to just cameo (), is a brief appearance of a well-known person in a work of the performing arts. These roles are generally small, many of them non-speaking ones, and are commonly ei ...

) *

Rajini Chandy Rajini Chandy is an Indian actress who works primarily in Malayalam cinema. She debuted in 2016 Malayalam film Oru Muthassi Gadha by Jude Anthany Joseph. In 2020, she participated in the reality show Bigg Boss Malayalam season 2 and she got e ...

as the court judge (

)

Marketing

The first look motion poster of the film was released by Mammootty through his official Facebook account on 15th May 2021.Later on 5th August 2021 second look poster of the movie was released. The teaser of the movie was released on 3rd April 2022.

Release

The film will have a direct

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release through the

OTT platform on 5th October 2022.

Controversy

The film was briefly embroiled in controversy over its title which is the Malayalam name of

Jesus Jesus, likely from he, יֵשׁוּעַ, translit=Yēšūaʿ, label= Hebrew/ Aramaic ( AD 30 or 33), also referred to as Jesus Christ or Jesus of Nazareth (among other names and titles), was a first-century Jewish preacher and religiou ...

. The Kerala High Court eventually dismissed the plea to stay the release of the film.

References

External links

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