''Pakida'' () is a 2014 Indian

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-language

road movie A road movie is a film genre in which the main characters leave home on a road trip, typically altering the perspective from their everyday lives. Road movies often depict travel in the hinterlands, with the films exploring the theme of alienatio ...

directed by Sunil Karyattukara, written by Rajesh Rajendran and Sreejith N., and starring Asif Ali and

Biju Menon Biju Menon (born 9 September 1970) is an Indian actor who predominantly appears in Malayalam films, and also has a few Tamil cinema, Tamil and Telugu cinema, Telugu film credits. He made his debut in the 1994 Malayalam film ''Puthran''. In a car ...

, with

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Aju Varghese Aju Kurian Varghese (born 11 January 1985) better known as Aju Varghese is an Indian actor and producer who appears in Malayalam cinema. He made his debut in 2010 in ''Malarvadi Arts Club'', directed by his college classmate Vineeth Sreenivas ...

, Vishnu Raghav, and Anjo Jose in supporting roles. The film was released on 14 February 2014.

Plot

Five friends: Aadhi, Rafeeq, C. P., Pauly, and Balu are graduates in

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and are close to each other. Aadhi has a love affair. He meets a middle-aged man George Koshy Anthrapper who walks with the help of a walking stick. Aadhi accompanies Anthrapper on a journey to

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. They come across Sunny and a

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girl Kani.

Cast

* Asif Ali as Aadhi *

as George Koshy Anthraper *

as Sunny *

as Kani *

as Maathan * Vishnu Raghav as Rafik * Anjo Jose *

Sajid Yahiya Sajid Yahiya (born 20 December 1984) is an Indian film director, actor, producer and music composer who works in Malayalam cinema. His directorial debut was in 2016 with the film '' IDI - Inspector Dawood Ibrahim''. He is the founder of a film ...

as Sherif * Apoorva Bose as Pooja *

Renji Panicker Renji Panicker (born 23 September 1960) is an Indian actor, scriptwriter, director, film producer, and journalist best known for his Malayalam films. He made his debut as a director with ''Bharatchandran IPS'' in 2005. Early life He did his ...

Sreekumar *

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as Adhi's father * Balaji Sharma as Xaiver *

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as Stephen

Production

It is the second movie of Sunil Karyattukara after ''

Chacko Randaaman ''Chacko Randaaman'' () is a 2006 Indian Malayalam-language action film directed by Sunil Karyattukara, written by Biju Devassi, and produced by Saji Nanthyattu. It stars Kalabhavan Mani in a triple role along with Mohini and Jyotirmayi. in lea ...

''. Filming was carried in

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and

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Soundtrack

The music was composed by

Bijibal Bijibal Maniyil is an Indian music composer and playback singer who works predominantly in Malayalam films, documentaries, short films and television commercials. He has composed for more than 150 feature films, several documentaries and televisi ...

, with lyrics by

Rafeeq Ahamed Rafeeq Ahmed (born 17 December 1961) is a Malayalam poet, lyricist and novelist. He has won the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Poetry and is a five-time winner of the Kerala State Film Award for Best Lyrics. With more than 600 songs in his cr ...

, Jophy Tharakan, and Nillai Jayanthi.

Release

The film was released in theatres on 14 February 2014.

References

External links

* 2014 films Indian thriller films 2010s Malayalam-language films 2014 thriller films {{2010s-Malayalam-film-stub