Careful (2017 film)

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Directed by V. K. Prakash
Written byRajesh Jayaraman
Story by Pawan Kumar
Based on U Turn (Kannada)(2016) by Pawan Kumar
Produced by Suresh Balaje
George Pius Tharayil
Starring
CinematographyDhanesh Raveendranath
Music byAravind–Shankar
Production
company
Wide Angle Creations
Distributed by Maxlab Cinemas and Entertainments
Release date
  • 26 May 2017 (2017-05-26)(India)
Running time
120 min
CountryIndia
Language Malayalam

Careful is a 2017 Indian Malayalam-language thriller film directed by V. K. Prakash. The film stars Sandhya Raju, Saiju Kurup, and Parvathy Nambiar in lead roles. [1] It was released in India on 26 May 2017. [2] It is a remake of 2016 Kannada film U Turn by Pawan Kumar. The film marked actress Jomol's feature film comeback after a decade-long hiatus from film acting. [3]

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Cast

Reception

Anna M. M. Vetticad of Firstpost called the film "immensely watchable" giving it a rating of 2.75/5. [4] Reviewing the performances of the cast, Deepa Soman of The Times of India wrote: "Sandhya hardly seems comfortable in the skin of a journalist to carry it off convincingly. Sadly for the rest of the actors, the story does not provide any scope for interesting performances". She gave a rating of 2.0/5. [5] A reviewer of Sify rated the film as "an easy one time watch". [6]

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