''Cadaver'' is a 2022 Indian
Tamil
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** Sri Lankan Tamils, Tamil people native to Sri Lanka also called ilankai tamils
**Tamil Malaysians, Tamil people native to Malaysia
* Tamil language, nati ...
-language
police procedural
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thriller film
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directed by Anoop Panicker and written by
Abhilash Pillai
Abhilash Pillai (born 17 May 1969) is an Indian theatre director, both pedagogue and scholar of contemporary Indian theatre.
Early life and education
Abhilash Pillai was born on 17 May 1969 at Trivandrum to S. R. K. Pillai and Sarada Pillai. I ...
. The film was under Production House Amala Paul Productions. The film stars
Amala Paul
Amala Paul (born 26 October 1991) is an Indian actress who mainly appears in Tamil cinema, Tamil, Malayalam cinema, Malayalam and Telugu cinema, Telugu films. She made her acting debut by appearing in a supporting role in the Malayalam-language ...
with
Riythvika
Riythvika Panneerselvam also well known as Riythvika, is an Indian actress who appears in supporting roles in Tamil films. In 2018, she won the Tamil reality television show, '' Bigg Boss Tamil season 2'', and became the first and only woman to ...
,
Munishkanth
Ramdoss, better known as Munishkanth, is an Indian actor who appears in Tamil language films. He had notable roles in films, including ''Mundasupatti'' (2014), ''Maanagaram'' (2017), ''Maragadha Naanayam'' (2017) and ''Raatchasan'' (2018).
Ca ...
,
Thrigun
Thrigun (formerly known as Adith Arun) is an Indian actor who has appeared in Tamil and Telugu language films.
Early life
Thrigun was born as the only son to his parents and did his schooling in Vizag and pursued journalism in Madras Christ ...
,
Harish Uthaman
Harish Uthaman (born 5 April 1982) is an Indian actor who appears in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, and Kannada films. He made his début portraying the lead role in '' Tha'' (2010), before playing villains in '' Gouravam'', ''Pandiya Naadu'', ''Mea ...
and
Athulya Ravi
Athulya Ravi is an actress who has appeared in Tamil films. After making her debut with ''Kadhal Kan Kattudhe'' (2017), Athulya has gone on to act in films including ''Yemaali'' (2018) and ''Naadodigal 2'' (2019).
Career
Athulya started her a ...
in supporting roles. The film's music is composed by Ranjin Raj with cinematography handled by Aravind Singh and editing done by San Lokesh. The film was released in
Disney+ Hotstar
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on 12 August 2022.
Plot
The film starts off with a mystery man abducting and cruelly murdering a chief
heart surgeon
Cardiothoracic surgery is the medical speciality, field of medicine involved in surgery, surgical treatment of organs inside the thoracic cavity — generally treatment of conditions of the heart (heart disease), lungs (pulmonology, lung disease) ...
Salim Rahman, of a reputed JC hospital in the city. As the case proceeds, we are introduced to Bhadra Thangavel, an expert
pathologist
Pathology is the study of the causal, causes and effects of disease or injury. The word ''pathology'' also refers to the study of disease in general, incorporating a wide range of biology research fields and medical practices. However, when us ...
, who aids the city's
ACP Vishal in handling the case. Alongside, we also witness a prisoner, Vetri in prison, who had already vowed to kill the same surgeon by drawing his portrait on the walls of his cell. As this news leaks out, the commissioner and the pathologist are left with no choice, but to interrogate Vetri.
Despite being in captivity, Vetri manages to kill his second target just as he vowed. This shocks the entire city and they realise someone is helping him from the outside. Later, the whole film revolves around the Vetri and his late wife Angel and their connection to there case. Angel was actually pregnant at that time of her death and the autopsy done was none other than Salim Rahman, itself. Bhadra raises a question with Vishal that why does a heart surgeon need to conduct an autopsy of Angel, as her cause of death was due to blood loss from her head. That is when they find out that something is fishy with the autopsy. Angel's autopsy has never been done and her heart is missing.
Vishal is transferred to another city and Bhadra thinking over the case. It is then revealed that Bhadra met Angel before on a bus. She was returning back from a village to Vetri. Angel shows a locket to Bhadra in which she wants to keep miniature photos of her marriage with Vetri and their unborn child. After some days, Angel returns from hospital and meets with an accident due to chain snatching. She was severely injured. Vetri immediately takes her to a hospital where Salim Rahman works. It is shown that the baby was taken out from her womb and Salim Rahman removed her heart for transplantation into a rich patient body. A hospital nurse Priya takes away the baby for disposal only to find it crying suddenly. She takes the baby to her home and takes care of her.
Vetri thinking his wife and child are dead mourns for them. After a few days Bhadra finds Angel's body while teaching to students and finds a worker over there suspicious as he stares at Angel with grief. She questions him and finds out that he is Priya's father. He tells Bhadra about what had happened. She asks Priya's help in exposing the crimes. Initially afraid, Priya decides to serve justice for Angel. She sneaks into Salim's office but Salim finds her and attacks her with his father and Abel. Priya though wounded helps Bhadra by telling the names of persons who are responsible for Angel's death but succumbs to her injuries. Bhadra teams up with the church father and Priya's father to expose the crime to the society. The Church father guides Vetri about what to do, who is then in prison.
All the murders are not actually done by Vetri, but Bhadra. She punishes everyone according to the punishments given in puranas. Soon proper investigation is opened and the crime is exposed. Vetri now free from all charges talks with Bhadra about his life ahead as his wife and child are dead. Bhadra gives Vetri a locket which he opens and finds his and Angel's picture with the picture of Bhadra's daughter. The locket was actually the one Angel wanted to gift Vetri. Bhadra takes in the baby after Priya's death and raises her as her own. Vetri hugs his daughter with emotion. It is shown after a few days that students are afraid to conduct autopsy over a dead body and Bhadra talks about the Cadaver (dead corpse) being humiliated by not conducting autopsy on it. It is revealed that the body is of Ali Rahman's and the screen cuts black.
Cast
*
Amala Paul
Amala Paul (born 26 October 1991) is an Indian actress who mainly appears in Tamil cinema, Tamil, Malayalam cinema, Malayalam and Telugu cinema, Telugu films. She made her acting debut by appearing in a supporting role in the Malayalam-language ...
as
Dr.
Doctor is an academic title that originates from the Latin word of the same spelling and meaning. The word is originally an agentive noun of the Latin verb 'to teach'. It has been used as an academic title in Europe since the 13th century, w ...
Badra Thangavel
*
Harish Uthaman
Harish Uthaman (born 5 April 1982) is an Indian actor who appears in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, and Kannada films. He made his début portraying the lead role in '' Tha'' (2010), before playing villains in '' Gouravam'', ''Pandiya Naadu'', ''Mea ...
as
ACP Vishal
IPS
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* Intraparietal sulcus, ...
*
Munishkanth
Ramdoss, better known as Munishkanth, is an Indian actor who appears in Tamil language films. He had notable roles in films, including ''Mundasupatti'' (2014), ''Maanagaram'' (2017), ''Maragadha Naanayam'' (2017) and ''Raatchasan'' (2018).
Ca ...
as
Inspector
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Australia
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Michael
*
Riythvika
Riythvika Panneerselvam also well known as Riythvika, is an Indian actress who appears in supporting roles in Tamil films. In 2018, she won the Tamil reality television show, '' Bigg Boss Tamil season 2'', and became the first and only woman to ...
as Priya
*
Thrigun
Thrigun (formerly known as Adith Arun) is an Indian actor who has appeared in Tamil and Telugu language films.
Early life
Thrigun was born as the only son to his parents and did his schooling in Vizag and pursued journalism in Madras Christ ...
as Vetri
*
Athulya Ravi
Athulya Ravi is an actress who has appeared in Tamil films. After making her debut with ''Kadhal Kan Kattudhe'' (2017), Athulya has gone on to act in films including ''Yemaali'' (2018) and ''Naadodigal 2'' (2019).
Career
Athulya started her a ...
as Angel
*
Ravi Prakash
Ravi Prakash is an Indian actor who primarily appears in Telugu and Tamil films.
Career
Ravi was born in Vijayawada and grew up in Visakhapatnam, India. After completing his secondary education, he chose to pursue a career in medicine and stu ...
as Doctor Salim Rahman
*
Nizhalgal Ravi
Ravichandran Samanna (born 16 April 1956), known professionally as Nizhalgal Ravi, is an Indian film, television and voice actor who works mainly in Tamil cinema. He has performed in Tamil, Malayalam and Telugu films and television series. He st ...
as
Dr.
Doctor is an academic title that originates from the Latin word of the same spelling and meaning. The word is originally an agentive noun of the Latin verb 'to teach'. It has been used as an academic title in Europe since the 13th century, w ...
Abraham Abel
*
Velu Prabhakaran
Velu Prabakaran is an Indian filmmaker, cinematographer and actor. He is known for his themes highlighting atheism and revolutionary subjects in his films.
Career
Velu Prabakaran began as a cinematographer before making his directorial debut w ...
as Ali Rahman, Dr. Salim Rahman's father
*
Vinod Sagar
Vinod Sagar is an Indian actor and dubbing artist working in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam films, mostly as a supporting actor. Making his debut with '' Idhayam Thiraiarangam'', he played almost 30 small roles, before getting noticed in ''Pichaikka ...
Production
The film's shoot started in 2019. The film was earlier planned to release in theatres, but it released directly on
Disney+ Hotstar
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.
Release
The film had an OTT release on 12 August 2022. A critic from ''
The Hindu
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'' noted that "''Cadaver'' sets up the milieu and its characters quite well". A reviewer from the
Times of India
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opined that "Cadaver is thrilling in parts". A reviewer from ''
IndiaToday'' wrote that "Sincere Amala Paul fails to save bland investigative thriller".
References
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