Mohanlal plays a broke genius who snitches on smugglers for cash. What could go wrong? EVERYTHING.
A young debtor's idea of turning in a group of smugglers for a lump sum amount as a reward goes awry as they set the dogs on him.
Acting
Mohanlal's everyman desperation is pure cinematic gold
Direction
Sibi Malayil balances satire and genuine tension masterfully
Writing
Lohithadas script bites hard on economic inequality
Director
Sibi Malayil
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Dhanam captures early-90s Kerala's Gulf-money desperation, where 'reward money' schemes reflected real economic anxiety before the IT boom.
This was Lohithadas and Mohanlal's fifth collaboration in just three years—they were practically finishing each other's sentences by this point.
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