Keshu or Keshav Menon (Jayasurya) is a school dropout and a good-for-nothing sort. He is an introvert by nature, works in a photostat shop for living and stays with his mother in modest surroundings. One fine day, he makes a counterfeit note and it leads him to a shady antique shop owner, Danny Sayippu (Mukesh). At the insistence of Danny, he starts making more fake currency and soon, his life goes from bad to worse.
Acting
Jayasurya's transformation from blank slate to hollowed-out criminal.
Direction
Swathi Bhaskar's unflinching gaze at Kerala's underbelly.
Director
Swathi Bhaskar
Jayasurya
Keshava Menon
Mukesh
Danny D'Souza
Meera Nandan
Rose
Kalabhavan Mani
Iruttu
Suraj Venjaramoodu
Indrabalan
Anoop Menon
Paneer Raghavan
Seetha
Subhadra, Kesu's Mother
Mamukkoya
Koyakka
Anoop Chandran
Danny D'Souza's helper
Anil Murali
Police Officer
Kalabhavan Haneef
Flower Seller
Majeed Edavanakad
Doctor
P N Sunny
Fish auctioneer
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Jayasurya reportedly stayed in character between takes, refusing crew conversation to maintain Keshu's isolation.
The film deliberately echoes 2008 Kerala counterfeit currency scandals, using regional slang 'Danny Sayippu' to signal Anglo-Indian criminal networks.
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