''Race'' is a 2011

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-language

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directed by Kukku Surendran and starring Indrajith,

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Mamta Mohandas Mamta Mohandas is an Indian actress, film producer and a playback singer of Malayalam film industry, she has also worked in Tamil and Telugu productions. She has acted in more than 50 films and won several accolades including two Filmfare Awar ...

, Baby Anikha, and

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. The story is based on

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's novel '' 24 hours''. The film opened in Kerala theatres on 11 February 2011 to negative reviews. It was dubbed into Telugu as ''Game'' by Narne Media Solutions (Pvt) Limited in 2013. It was a remake of the Hindi film '' Deadline: Sirf 24 Ghante''.

Plot

Dr. Eby John (

) is a successful

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, leading a happy family life with his wife Niya (

) and their lovely daughter Achu (Baby Anika). One day Eby is attending a conference in Bengualuru, a lady named Shweta (Gowri Munjal) tells him that her friends have kidnapped his daughter and his wife Niya (Mamta Mohandas) and are holding them captive in their home. It goes without saying that the child's life will be in danger if he fails to meet their demand for Rs 1 crore within twenty four hours. Hence the title "Race", denoting 'race against time'.

Cast

* Indrajith as Niranjan *

as Dr. Eby John *

as Swetha *

as Niya *

Anikha Surendran Anikha Surendran, also known as Baby Anikha, is an Indian actress known for her work in the Telugu, Malayalam, and Tamil film industries. She acted in ''Kadha Thudarunnu'' (2010), ''Yennai Arindhaal'' (2015) and ''Viswasam'' (2019). She has rec ...

as Achu *

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as Eldo *

Geetha Vijayan Geetha Vijayan (born 22 June 1972) is an Indian actress who appears in Malayalam movies, a few Tamil and Hindi movies. She debuted in the 1990 Malayalam comedy- thriller film ''In Harihar Nagar''. She has since acted in more than 150 Malayalam ...

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as police commissioner *

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Home video

This movie was released on

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and

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in 2011 and the second film was released on Blu-ray in Malayalam.

References

External links

* 2011 films 2010s Malayalam-language films 2011 thriller films Malayalam remakes of Hindi films Indian thriller films {{2010s-Malayalam-film-stub