''Soothrakkaran'' () is a 2019 Indian
Malayalam
Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry ( Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of 22 scheduled languages of India. Malayalam wa ...
-language
action drama film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super- ...
written and directed by Anil Rraj and produced by Tomy Varghese and Wichu Balamurali. Co-written by Wichu Balamurali, the film stars
Gokul Suresh
Gokul Suresh (born 29 September 1993) is an Indian actor who appears in Malayalam cinema, Malayalam films. He is the son of film actor and politician Suresh Gopi. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in Business Administration from Christ Uni ...
,
Niranj Maniyanpilla Raju and
Varsha Bollamma
Varsha Bollamma is an Indian actress who predominantly works in Tamil and Telugu films. She debuted in the Tamil film ''Sathuran'' (2015). Her works include '' Yaanum Theeyavan'' (2017), '' Kalyanam'' (2018), '' Seemathurai'' (2018) and ''Bigil ...
in lead roles. The music of the film is composed by Wichu Balamurali and the cinematography is handled by Anil Nair. Original background score by 'Saji Ram'.
Jacob Gregory
Jacob Gregory is an Indian-American actor who has appeared in Malayalam films. He made his film debut with ''ABCD'' (2013) directed by Martin Prakkat. He got a breakthrough role in the TV series ''Akkara Kazhchakal'', where he portrayed the char ...
,
Lalu Alex
Lalu Alex is an Indian actor who works in Malayalam cinema. In a career spanning four decades, Lalu Alex has acted over 250 movies and is known for his character roles, comic roles and antagonistic roles in Malayalam movie industry.
Lalu Alex ...
and
Kailash
Mount Kailash (also Kailasa; ''Kangrinboqê'' or ''Gang Rinpoche''; Tibetan: གངས་རིན་པོ་ཆེ; ; sa, कैलास, ), is a mountain in the Ngari Prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region of China. It has an altitude o ...
also appear in important roles. The story revolves around a series of murders that happen in a town, and how the family members of Sreedharan (
Lalu Alex
Lalu Alex is an Indian actor who works in Malayalam cinema. In a career spanning four decades, Lalu Alex has acted over 250 movies and is known for his character roles, comic roles and antagonistic roles in Malayalam movie industry.
Lalu Alex ...
), Prabhakaran (
Vijayaraghavan
Vijayaraghavan (born 20 December 1951) is an Indian actor who predominantly works in Malayalam cinema. He is popular for his character roles. He is the son of popular drama and cinema artist N. N. Pillai. He got his break by playing the iconi ...
) and Balachandran (
Santhosh Keezhattoor
Santhosh Keezhattoor (a.k.a. Maranan, will die in 9/10 movies) is an Indian film & theatre actor. He had acted in many leading and supportive roles. He won acclaim though doing character roles. Before entering into the film industry, he was wo ...
) are entangled in the same.
The film was released in India on 8 March 2019.
Cast
*
Gokul Suresh
Gokul Suresh (born 29 September 1993) is an Indian actor who appears in Malayalam cinema, Malayalam films. He is the son of film actor and politician Suresh Gopi. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in Business Administration from Christ Uni ...
as Madathil Aravindan
*
Niranj Maniyanpilla Raju as Sreejith Prabhakaran / Sreekuttan
*
Varsha Bollamma
Varsha Bollamma is an Indian actress who predominantly works in Tamil and Telugu films. She debuted in the Tamil film ''Sathuran'' (2015). Her works include '' Yaanum Theeyavan'' (2017), '' Kalyanam'' (2018), '' Seemathurai'' (2018) and ''Bigil ...
as Aswathy Balachandran
* Meera Nair as Clara
*
Jacob Gregory
Jacob Gregory is an Indian-American actor who has appeared in Malayalam films. He made his film debut with ''ABCD'' (2013) directed by Martin Prakkat. He got a breakthrough role in the TV series ''Akkara Kazhchakal'', where he portrayed the char ...
as Shibu Mon
*
Lalu Alex
Lalu Alex is an Indian actor who works in Malayalam cinema. In a career spanning four decades, Lalu Alex has acted over 250 movies and is known for his character roles, comic roles and antagonistic roles in Malayalam movie industry.
Lalu Alex ...
as Madathil Sreedharan
*
Vijayaraghavan
Vijayaraghavan (born 20 December 1951) is an Indian actor who predominantly works in Malayalam cinema. He is popular for his character roles. He is the son of popular drama and cinema artist N. N. Pillai. He got his break by playing the iconi ...
as Panambil Prabhakaran
*
Kailash
Mount Kailash (also Kailasa; ''Kangrinboqê'' or ''Gang Rinpoche''; Tibetan: གངས་རིན་པོ་ཆེ; ; sa, कैलास, ), is a mountain in the Ngari Prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region of China. It has an altitude o ...
as Krishnakumar, Prabhakaran's elder son
* Anjana Haridas as Lakshmi Krishnakumar
*
Siddique as Minister for Water Resources (Cameo appearance)
*
Padmaraj Ratheesh
Padmaraj Ratheesh is an Indian actor who appears in Malayalam films.
The son of film actor Ratheesh, Padmaraj made his debut with Deepu Karunakaran's ''Fireman'' (2015) in which he played a negative role. Then he starred in G. Marthandan's dir ...
as
CI Harish Kurup / Phantom Kurup
*
Parvathi T. as Jancy Prabhakaran
*
Shammi Thilakan
Shammi Thilakan is an Indian actor and dubbing artist who is active in Malayalam films. He is the son of veteran actor Thilakan. He lent his voice for Napoleon in '' Devasuram'', Prem Nazir in '' Kadathanadan Ambadi'' and for Nassar in ''G ...
as 'Peppatti' Rajan
*
Santhosh Keezhattoor
Santhosh Keezhattoor (a.k.a. Maranan, will die in 9/10 movies) is an Indian film & theatre actor. He had acted in many leading and supportive roles. He won acclaim though doing character roles. Before entering into the film industry, he was wo ...
as Balachandran
*
Sarayu Mohan
Sarayu Mohan (born 10 July 1989) is an Indian actress who appears in Malayalam films and television shows. She made her debut in the lead role with the movie '' Kappal Muthalaali'' in 2009.
Film career
Sarayu started her career by doing ...
*
Swasika
Pooja Vijay, better known by her stage name Swasika, is an Indian actress, dancer, and television presenter. She predominantly appears in Malayalam films and television shows, and has also worked in a few Tamil and Telugu films.
Personal li ...
as
CI Laura
*
S. P. Sreekumar as Film director
Soundtrack
The film features songs composed by debutant Wichu Balamurali and original
background score
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by Saji Ram.
Release
The film was released on 8 March 2019
Reception
The movie was rated 2.5/5 by Deepika Jayaram of ''
The Times of India
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'' and concluded that though there are few intriguing incidents in the film that also throw light on a pertinent social issue, the film fails to make an impact as a thriller.
References
External links
* {{IMDb title, id=9740730
2019 films
2019 thriller films
2010s Malayalam-language films
Indian thriller films