''Memories'' is a 2013 Indian

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written and directed by

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, starring

Prithviraj Sukumaran Prithviraj Sukumaran (born 16 October 1982) is an Indian actor, director, producer and playback singer primarily working in Malayalam cinema. He has also done Tamil, Telugu and Hindi films. He acted in more than 100 films in a variety of rol ...

S. P. Sreekumar S. P. Sreekumar is an Indian actor who works in Malayalam cinema and TV series. He was a former contestant of Mammoty the reality show streamed in Asianet. His first TV show was ''Chirikidathom'' on Amrita TV and later his performance as Lo ...

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, Suresh Krishna and

Rahul Madhav Rahul Madhav (born 29 December 1984) is an Indian actor who mainly appears in Malayalam cinema. He has also acted in Tamil and Kannada films. His notable films are ''Vaadamalli'', ''Thani Oruvan'', ''Memories'' and ''100 Days of Love''. Acting ...

. The film is produced by P. K. Muralidharan and Santha Murali under the banner of Anantha Visions. The film follows Sam Alex (Prithviraj), a drunkard cop, who is forced to investigate a series of murders. The film was released on 9th August 2013 and was critically acclaimed by the critics and was a commercial success at the box office. The film received

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and regarded as one of the best crime thrillers in Mollywood, where it was remade in Tamil in 2016 as '' Aarathu Sinam''.

Plot

Sam Alex is a SP of

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, who is heavily dependent on

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to ease the pain of his family loss. Sam was a peaceful family guy, leading a good life with his family. His loving wife Teena and beloved daughter were murdered by his enemy right in front of his eyes. He kills him and as a result, he turns into an alcoholic. Sam's supervisor 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 postmortem documents and the doctors who conducted it. Soon, Sam is seen making a breakthrough in the case. Another two kidnappings happen in the series, and all this leads to Sam's rough conclusion of the killer. The killer is an eccentric person, who has a limp in his feet, 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

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, 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 soon figures out that the wives of the kidnapped husbands have links with a guy named Anand (who now goes by the name Peter), who studied with them certain years back, but there was no evidence of such a person. After this, Sam realizes that there is one last target and Peter will not miss and will disappear after that. He eventually finds out that the next target is his own brother Sanju, and his brother's wife is the last link in the connection. Sam finds out with the help of his colleague and other evidence that Peter has a property near Kottayam. He goes there for one last confrontation. After killing Peter, Sam gives up drinking and adopts the daughter of Peter's sister and finally moves on.

Cast

as SP Sam Alex

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, former Kerala Thunderbolts-Commando Task Force Leader, who became an

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due to his wife Teena's and daughter's death *

as Peter/Anand **Jerin T. R. as Young Anand/Peter *

as Teena Sam, Sam's wife * Miya as Varsha Mathews *

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as Marykutty Alex, Sam's mother *

Sreejith Ravi Sreejith Ravi (born 19 May 1976) is an Indian actor who appears predominantly in Malayalam films and also in Tamil films. He is the son of actor T. G. Ravi. Early life Sreejith is the son of actor and industrialist T. G. Ravi and V. K. Subhad ...

as CI Antony *

as IG Aravindhaksha Menon

as Sanju Alex, Sam's brother *V.K Baiju as SI Suresh *

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as Father John * Suresh Krishna as SP Vinod Krishna

* Irshad as Issac *

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as Parvathi Issac *

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as Krishna Pillai *Deepika Mohan as Krishna Pilla's wife *

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as Dr.Sukumaran Nair *

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as Dr.Shami *

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as Valsamma *Disney James as Terrorist *

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as Mechanic *

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as Merchant * Balaji Sarma as Police officer *

Vineeth Mohan Vineeth Mohan. is a Malayalam film actor, he made his debut in ''Memories''. He acted in ''Peruchazhi'', ''Aadu'', Aadu 2, Adi Kapyare Kootamani. He is more popular for his roles in ''Aadu'', ''Adi Kapyare Kootamani'' and Aadu 2. He also act ...

as Ramesh *

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as Vimala Menon *Rishi Prakash as Photographer Sujith *Jeena Riju as Jancy *Deepa Jayan as Lakshmi *Aneesh G Menon as Vijay *Thankachan Vithura as mechanic Ratheesh

Release

''Memories'' was released on 9 August 2013. The film had been remade into

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as Aarathu Sinam with Arulnithi in lead.

Reception

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rated the film as "Good", stating that "''Memories'' is an engaging film that has been well made." Gayathry of

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says that "''Memories'' is undoubtedly an entertaining investigation movie." Aswin of

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says that "''Memories'' is an engaging watch, courtesy a good plot and a cast that does justice to the plot." Indiaglitz.com says that "''Memories'' is a thriller which may find space among the list of well crafted suspense thrillers in Mollywood. 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."

Music

Accolades

* Won the Kerala State Film Awards in 2014 for Best Cinematography
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* Won the Asianet Film Awards in 2014 for Most popular actor.

References

External links

* {{Jeethu Joseph 2013 films 2010s Malayalam-language films Indian detective films 2010s mystery thriller films 2013 crime thriller films Films directed by Jeethu Joseph Malayalam films remade in other languages Indian mystery thriller films Fictional portrayals of the Kerala Police 2010s police procedural films 2010s serial killer films Indian serial killer films Indian films about revenge Films about murder Films about murderers Films set in Kerala Indian crime thriller films Indian nonlinear narrative films