''Pakida'' () is a 2014 Indian

Malayalam Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian languages, Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry (union territory), Puducherry (Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of ...

-language

road movie A road movie is a film genre, genre of film in which the main characters leave home on a road trip, typically altering the perspective from their everyday lives. Road movies often depict travel in the hinterlands, with the films exploring the the ...

directed by Sunil Karyattukara, written by Rajesh Rajendran and Sreejith N., and starring Asif Ali and

Biju Menon Biju Menon (born 9 September 1967) is an Indian actor who predominantly appears in Malayalam films, and also has a few Tamil, Telugu and Kannada film credits. He made his debut in the 1994 Malayalam film ''Puthran''. In a career spanning over ...

with Malavika Nair,

Shine Tom Chacko Shine Tom Chacko (born 15 September 1983) is an Indian actor and former assistant director who works in Malayalam cinema along with a few Telugu language, Telugu and Tamil language, Tamil films. After working as an assistant to director Kamal ...

Aju Varghese Aju Kurian Varghese (born 11 January 1985), better known as Aju Varghese, is an Indian actor, producer and singer who appears in Malayalam cinema. He made his debut in 2010 in '' Malarvadi Arts Club'', directed by his collegemate Vineeth Sr ...

, Vishnu G Raghav, and Anjo Jose in supporting roles. The film was released on 14 February 2014.

Plot

Five friends - Aadhi, Rafeeq, C. P., Pauly, and Balu - are graduates in

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and are close to each other. Aadhi has a love affair. He meets a middle-aged man, George Koshy Anthrapper, who walks with the help of a walking stick. Aadhi accompanies Anthrapper on a journey to

Rameswaram Rameswaram (; also transliterated as Ramesvaram, Rameshwaram) is a municipality in the Ramanathapuram district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is on Pamban Island separated from mainland India by the Pamban channel and is about from ...

. They come across Sunny and a

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girl, Kani.

Cast

* Asif Ali as Aadhi *

as George Koshy Anthraper *

as Sunny * Malavika Nair as Kani *

as Maathan * Vishnu G Raghav as Rafik * Anjo Jose *

Sajid Yahiya Sajid Yahiya (born 20 December 1984) is an Indian film director, actor, Film producer, producer and Composer, music composer who works in Malayalam cinema. He made his directorial debut in 2016 with the film ''IDI - Inspector Dawood Ibrahim''. ...

as Sherif * Apoorva Bose as Pooja *

Renji Panicker Renji Panicker (born 23 September 1960) is an Indian actor, screenwriter, director, film producer, and journalist known for his works in Malayalam films. He made his debut as a director with '' Bharatchandran IPS'' in 2005. Early life He di ...

Sreekumar *

P. Balachandran Padmanabhan Balachandran Nair (2 February 1952 – 5 April 2021) was an Indian writer, playwright, scenarist, director, and actor. He was known for his work in Malayalam literature and Malayalam cinema. Career Balachandran is best known fo ...

as Adhi's father * Balaji Sharma as Xaiver *

Assim Jamal Assim Jamal is an Indian actor who works in Malayalam cinema, Malayalam films. He debuted in Kurukshetra (2008 film), ''Kurukshetra'' which was directed by Major Ravi in which he appeared as a Pakistani official. He is known for his portrayal of ...

as Stephen

Production

Pakida is the second movie of Sunil Karyattukara after ''

Chacko Randaaman ''Chacko Randaaman'' () is a 2006 Indian Malayalam-language action film directed by Sunil Karyattukara, written by Biju Devassi, and produced by Saji Nanthyattu. It stars Kalabhavan Mani in a triple role as a son, father and grandfather along wi ...

''. Filming was carried in

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and

Kochi Kochi ( , ), List of renamed Indian cities and states#Kerala, formerly known as Cochin ( ), is a major port city along the Malabar Coast of India bordering the Laccadive Sea. It is part of the Ernakulam district, district of Ernakulam in the ...

Kerala Kerala ( , ) is a States and union territories of India, state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, by combining Malayalam-speaking regions of the erstwhile ...

Soundtrack

The music was composed by

Bijibal Bijibal Maniyil is an Indian music composer and playback singer who works predominantly in Malayalam films. In a career spanning more than twenty years, he has composed for more than 150 feature films, several television commercials and a few d ...

with lyrics by

Rafeeq Ahamed Rafeeq Ahamed (born 17 December 1961) is an Indian poet, lyricist and novelist. He has won the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Poetry and is a six-time winner of the Kerala State Film Award for Best Lyrics. With more than 600 songs to his cr ...

, Jophy Tharakan, and Nillai Jayanthi.

Release

The film was released in theatres on 14 February 2014.

References

External links

* 2014 films Indian thriller films 2010s Malayalam-language films 2014 thriller films {{2010s-Malayalam-film-stub