Anwar becomes entangled with a terrorist group after personal tragedy leads him down a dark path. As he infiltrates their network, his true motives and loyalties are revealed in a tense battle between faith, vengeance, and redemption.
Cinematography
Amal Neerad's shadow-drenched frames that breathe like a wounded animal.
Acting
Prithviraj's eyes doing everything the script won't say out loud.
Score
Gopi Sundar's haunting synths that never let you relax.
Director
Amal Neerad
Prithviraj Sukumaran
Anwar Ahmed
Lal
Babu Mather / Babu Sait
Mamta Mohandas
Ayesha Begum
Prakash Raj
DIG Stalin Manimaran IPS
Sampath Raj
Basheer Bhai
Saikumar
Ahmed Haji
Geetha
Rasiya Begum
Nithya Menen
Asna Begum
Salim Kumar
Ashraf
Assim Jamal
Saleem
Sudheer Karamana
Shaji
Rajeev Pillai
Terrorist
Vinay Forrt
Abu
Shane Nigam
Boy At Telephone booth
P N Sunny
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released during a wave of Malayalam cinema exploring terrorism post-2008, it's less political statement than psychological portrait of radicalization as personal wound.
The mosque scene where Anwar prays — Prithviraj insisted on shooting it in one take, refusing direction on how to perform grief and devotion simultaneously.
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