A past ridden with crime, death and pain is recounted to Freddy, a juvenile criminal, who has been assigned to eliminate his estranged uncle Sulaiman, an aging patriarch, while behind bars.
Direction
Mahesh Narayanan's single-shot opening is 11 minutes of pure audacity.
Acting
Fahadh Faasil ages 40 years without prosthetics—just presence.
Cinematography
The coastal Kerala landscape as character, beauty and menace intertwined.
Director
Mahesh Narayanan
Fahadh Faasil
Ahammadali Sulaiman
Nimisha Sajayan
Roseline
Vinay Forrt
David Christudas
Jalaja
Jameela Amma
Salim Kumar
Moosakka
Joju George
Anwar Ali
Dileesh Pothan
Aboobacker
Sanal Aman
Freddy
Parvathy Krishna
Dr. Shermin
Dinesh Prabhakar
Peter Esthappan
Indrans
C.I. George Zacharia
Chandhunadh
S P Rishab
Sarath Kumar
Shibu
Rajesh Sharma
Jail Suprintendent
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The real-life Beemapally police firing (2009) inspired the film's central communal conflict. Director Mahesh Narayanan spent years researching coastal Muslim political history.
Fahadh Faasil learned Arabic and the coastal dialect for months; his prayer scene was done in one take with actual local fishermen as extras. The censors initially blocked the film's political content, forcing edits.
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