Memories (2013 film)

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Memories
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Theatrical release poster
Directed by Jeethu Joseph
Written by Jeethu Joseph
Produced byP K Muralidharan
Santha Murali
Starring Prithviraj Sukumaran
Meghana Raj
Miya George
S. P. Sreekumar
Cinematography Sujith Vaassudev
Edited by Johnkutty
Music by Sejo John
Anil Johnson (background score)
Production
company
Anantha Visions
Distributed byMurali Films & Tricolor Entertainments
Release date
  • 9 August 2013 (2013-08-09)
Running time
143 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageMalayalam

Memories is a 2013 Indian Malayalam-language slasher crime-thriller film written and directed by Jeethu Joseph, starring Prithviraj Sukumaran, Meghana Raj, S. P. Sreekumar, Vijayaraghavan, Miya George, Suresh Krishna and Rahul Madhav. The film is produced by P. K. Muralidharan and Santha Murali under the banner of Anantha Visions. [1] The film follows Sam Alex, a drunkard cop, who is forced to investigate a series of murders.

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Memories was released on 9 August 2013 to positive reviews from critics and became a commercial success at the box office.

The film received a cult status and is regarded as one of the finest and most entertaining crime thrillers in Malayalam cinema. It was remade in Tamil as Aarathu Sinam . The climax sequence is adapted from Hollywood film Kiss the girls(1997)

Plot

Sam Alex is a SP of Kerala Police, who is heavily dependent on alcohol to ease the loss of his family. Sam was a peaceful family guy, leading a good life with his family. His beloved wife Teena and daughter were murdered by his enemy right in front of his eyes. He kills him and as a result, turns into an alcoholic. Sam's superior officer Aravindhaksha Menon requests him to proceed with a parallel investigation in a case involving the disappearance and possible kidnapping of several young married men, since the present police team is not able to make any progress in the case.

Sam refuses to this. Later, his mother Marykutty requests him to take up the investigation. Sam soon gets into the case files and consults the post-mortem documents and the doctors who conducted it. Soon, Sam is seen making a breakthrough in the case. Another two kidnappings happen, and all this leads to Sam's rough conclusion of the killer. The killer is an eccentric person, who has a limp and a short right leg, and either hates or loves women. The killer leaves certain clues inscribed by a sharp surgical knife on the chest of the victims.

This serves Sam's thinking of what kind of person the killer is and who is his next target. Upon careful examination of the words inscribed in the body of the victims, Sam uncovers that the words are actually Aramaic, the language Jesus used for communication. The words are later found to point to biblical proverbs, thus helping Sam lead to conclusions that the killer is insane and assumed the victims gave up their lives for the sins committed by their respective wives. He calls the wives for an inquiry and tells they tells that they had a link with a guy named Anand, who studied with them certain years back, but there was no evidence of such a person. Sam concludes that Anand changed his identity and is living in a new name Peter and identity.

After this, Sam realizes that there is one last target and Anand will not miss and will disappear after that. He eventually finds out that the target is his own brother Sanju, and his wife Anitha is the last link in the connection. Sam finds out with the help of his colleague and other evidence that Anand has a property near Kottayam. He goes there for one last confrontation. After killing Anand using a fish bowl , Sam gives up drinking, where he finally moves on and adopts Anand's sister Parvathi's daughter.

Cast

Release

Memories was released on 9 August 2013.

The film had been remade into Tamil as Aarathu Sinam with Arulnithi in lead.

Reception

Sify.com rated the film as "Good", stating that "Memories is an engaging film that has been well made." [2] Gayathry of Oneindia.in says that "Memories is undoubtedly an entertaining investigation movie." [3] Aswin of The Times of India says that "Memories is an engaging watch, courtesy a good plot and a cast that does justice to the plot." [4] Indiaglitz.com says that "Memories is a thriller which may find space among the list of well crafted suspense thrillers in Mollywood. [5] Nowrunning.com rated the film as "Above Average", stating that "Memories is a decent entertainer and stunning triller in which plot twists abound, and the ambiance is laced with intrigue." [6]

Music

The music for the film is composed by Sejo John. The background score was composed by Anil Johnson.

Memories
Soundtrack album by
Sejo John
Released2013 (2013)
Recorded2013
Genre Film soundtrack
Language Malayalam
Producer P K Muralidharan
Santha Murali
Sejo John chronology
Housefull
(2013)		Memories
(2013)		6B Paradise
(2013)
No.TitleLyricsArtist(s)Length
1."Thirayum Theeravum"Sejo John Vijay Yesudas  
2."Memories"Shelton PinheiroShelton Pinheiro 

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References

  1. ↑ Memories - Malayalam Movie, Indiaglitz.com
  2. ↑ Memories - Review, Web.archive.org
  3. ↑ "Memories - Movie Review". Filmibeat.com. 9 August 2013. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
  4. ↑ "Memories Movie Review {3/5}: Critic Review of Memories by Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
  5. ↑ Memories - Review - Indiaglitz Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg
  6. ↑ "Memories (2013) | Memories Malayalam Movie | Movie Reviews, Showtimes". Nowrunning.com. 29 January 2013. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
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