''I Love Me'' is a 2012 Indian

Malayalam Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry (Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of 22 scheduled languages of India. Malayalam was des ...

thriller film Thriller film, also known as suspense film or suspense thriller, is a broad film genre that evokes excitement and suspense in the audience. The suspense element found in most films' plots is particularly exploited by the filmmaker in this genre ...

directed by

B. Unnikrishnan Unnikrishnan B (born 14 August 1970) is an Indian film director, screenwriter, distributor and exhibitor who works in the Malayalam film industry. Early life Unnikrishnan. B. was born on 14 August 1970 in Pathanamthitta district in Kerala, I ...

and written by Sethu. It stars

Unni Mukundan Unnikrishnan Mukundan (born 22 September 1987), commonly known as Unni Mukundan, is an Indian actor who predominantly works in Malayalam cinema. He has also acted in a few Telugu and Tamil films. Unni Mukundan made his acting debut with the Ta ...

, Asif Ali,

Isha Talwar Isha Talwar (born 22 December 1987) is an Indian actress and model who predominantly works in Malayalam and Hindi-language films, besides appearing in a few Tamil and Telugu films. She started out as a model and appeared in various commercial ...

, with

Anoop Menon Anoop Menon (born 3 August 1976) is an Indian actor, director, screenwriter and lyricist. He worked in television before acting in Malayalam films and has acted in more than 75 films. Menon won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Supportin ...

and Kadambari Jethwani in supporting role. The film was shot in

Vietnam Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,., group="n" is a country in Southeast Asia, at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of and population of 96 million, making i ...

Bangkok Bangkok, officially known in Thai language, Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon and colloquially as Krung Thep, is the capital and most populous city of Thailand. The city occupies in the Chao Phraya River delta in central Thailand and has an estima ...

and

Kochi Kochi (), also known as Cochin ( ) ( the official name until 1996) is a major port city on the Malabar Coast of India bordering the Laccadive Sea, which is a part of the Arabian Sea. It is part of the district of Ernakulam in the state of K ...

and was produced by Vaishak Rajan under the banner Vyshakha Cinemas. The film features a score and soundtrack composed by

Deepak Dev Deepak Devraj Komath (born 30 April 1978), better known as Deepak Dev, is an Indian music composer, best known for his compositions in Malayalam cinema. He started his career in the Film Industry through the movie ''Chronic Bachelor'' (2003) di ...

. It is the first film directed by Unnikrishnan thar he did not write the script for.

Plot

Ram Mohan, a high-profile businessman, brings two criminals - Xavi and Prem - from Kochi to Bangkok to kill a person, so that Ram can save his sinking business empire. The situation gets complicated when Samantha, a young lady enters the equation and Ram Mohan wants that Xavi and Prem have to kill each other.

Cast

as Xavi * Asif Ali as Prem *

as Ram Mohan *

as Samantha * Kadambari Jethwani as Susan *

Rupa Manjari Rupa Manjari is an Indian former actress who has appeared in Tamil as well as Malayalam films. Her mother tongue is Tamil. She made her debut in Nandhini's film ''Thiru Thiru Thuru Thuru'' (2009), before playing the leading roles in ''Naan'' (2 ...

as Sameera *

Junaid Sheikh Junaid Sheikh (born 31 July 1984) is an Indian actor and an international model. Since 2010, Junaid has starred in many commercially successful films in Tamil, Telugu, and Malayalam as an Antagonist. His athletic and muscular physique has made ...

as Albert Lawrence * Biju Pappan as Maniyappan *

Shine Tom Chacko Shine Tom Chacko (born 15 September 1983) is an Indian actor and former assistant director who works in Malayalam cinema. After working as an assistant to director Kamal for about 9 years, he forayed into acting through the film. ''Gaddama''. ...

as Puyol *

Indrans Indrans is an Indian actor and former costume designer, who appears in Malayalam films.His mentor was Shiyas M S, a law college student. He started his film career as a costume designer and actor in 1981 and got a breakthrough in 1994 with the ...

as Alves *

Joju George Joseph George, better known as Joju George (born 22 October 1977) is an Indian actor, playback singer and producer who works mainly in Malayalam cinema. He has acted in Malayalam films and worked on Tamil projects as well. In 2015, he won the ...

as Chacko * Sinosh Ekkilissery as Eto'o

Production

The film was written by Sethu and directed by B. Unnikrishnan; it is the first film directed by him that he did not write the script for. Explaining the reasons for his decision, he says: "That is because I enjoyed the story that Sethu narrated to me. Moreover, I was looking for an opportunity to work with young actors and this script seemed just right for such an outing. Writing and directing can be tedious and time-consuming and I wanted to take a break from the responsibility of doing both." The film was shot in

, and

Reception

Veeyen of Nowrunning.com gave the film a negative rating of 2/5 and stated, "at a time when novel themes and experiments are filling our screens, this one just doesn't impress".

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 2631080 2012 films 2010s Malayalam-language films 2012 thriller films Indian thriller films Films shot in Kochi Films shot in Bangkok Films shot in Vietnam Films directed by B. Unnikrishnan