Aanakkallan

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Aanakkallan
Aanakkallan film poster.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed bySuresh Divakar
Screenplay by Udaykrishna
Starring
CinematographyAlby Antony
Edited by Johnkutty
Music by
Production
company
Saptha Tarang Cinema
Distributed bySaptha Tarang Cinema
Release date
  • 18 October 2018 (2018-10-18)
Running time
155 minutes
CountryIndia
Language Malayalam

Aanakkallan is a 2018 Indian Malayalam-language comedy thriller film directed by Suresh Divakar and written by Udaykrishna. The film stars Biju Menon, Anusree, Siddique in the leading roles. [1] [2] It was produced under the banner of Saptha Tarang Cinema. [3] [4] [5] [6]

Contents

Plot

Esthappan is a DySP, who has married Nancy from a wealthy household, without the approval of her parents. He is assigned with the duty of finding the mystery behind a skeleton which was found from Ananthapuram Palace.

Pavithran, a thief claims he knows the identity of the murderer. Esthappan's wife's house is near the palace, so he sees this as an opportunity to mend his relationship with the family and solve the case with the help of Pavithran. They together attempt to figure out the identity of the murderer. [7]

"PAST" : Neelima is a banker and is married to Pavithran. Aniruddhan (Pavithran's childhood friend) and Suryanarayanan (a rich builder, who is Aniruddhan's relative) convince Pavithran to start a catering unit which would yields huge profits within a year. The catering unit would have 3 partners - Aniruddhan, Pavithran and Suryanarayanan and each partner needs to invest money. Pavithran mortgages his land and house to raise the money. Suryanarayanan and Aniruddhan inform Pavithran that there is a shortage of ₹30 lakhs which would take a week to arrange and they may lose the business deal. Neelima places fake gold at the bank and hands over ₹30 lakhs to her husband and Aniruddhan on the assurance that ₹30 lakhs would be returned within a week to the bank. Both Aniruddhan and Suryanarayanan cheat Pavithranan and abscond with the money. Unable to withstand the criticism Neelima who was 6 months pregnant commits suicide.

"PRESENT" : Pavithran and Kallan Rammu kills Aniruddhan and hides his body in the palace. Finally, the film end with Pavithran killing Suryanarayanan and Pavithran surrenders to the police.

Cast

Music

The music for the film is composed by Nadirsha and Bijibal. [8] Lyrics were by Rajeev Alunkal and Harinarayanan.

Release

Aanakkallan released on 18 October 2018. [9]

Reception

The Times of India gave the film a rating of 3.0/5 [10] and Mathrubhumi gave the film a rating of 3.5/5. [11]

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References

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