''Thakkol'' (meaning : "key" in English) is a 2019 Malayalam thriller film directed by Kiron Prabhakaran and starring

Indrajith Sukumaran Indrajith Sukumaran (born 17 December 1978) is an Indian actor and singer. He predominantly works in Malayalam cinema. Indrajith was born to the actors Sukumaran and Mallika Sukumaran and is the elder brother of Prithviraj Sukumaran. Indrajit ...

and

Murali Gopy Gopynathan Velayudhan Nair Muralikrishnan (born 4 March 1972), professionally credited as Murali Gopy, is an Indian actor-screenwriter, producer, author, singer, lyricist, music composer and journalist. He has written critically acclaimed films ...

. The film was in production for over a year. The lead cast had previously starred together in ''

Ee Adutha Kaalathu '' Ee Adutha Kaalathu'' ( en, In Recent Times) is a 2012 Indian Malayalam-language black comedy crime film written by Murali Gopy and directed by Arun Kumar Aravind. The film marks the second directorial venture by Arun Kumar Aravind, after his ...

'' (2012), '' Left Right Left'' (2013) and ''

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'' (2017). The film is produced by director

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. Sukumaran and Gopy play priests in the film. The film was predominantly shot in Goa.

Cast

as Father Ambrose Vas Pochampalli *

as Father Mankunnath Paili *

Ineya Shruti Sawant better known by her stage name Ineya, is an Indian actress and model from Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala who predominantly appears in Malayalam and Tamil films. She won the Best Actress Award for her role in the Tamil film '' Vaagai S ...

as Sarah *

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 ...

as Clement Achayan / Clement Appachan *

Sudev Nair Sudev Nair is an Indian actor and model working in Malayalam films best known for his performance in the 2014 film '' My Life Partner'', for which he was awarded the Kerala State Film Award for Best Actor in 2014. He also starred in the 2019 ...

as Father Silvester *

Meera Vasudevan Meera Vasudevan (born 29 January 1982) is an Indian actress, who has mainly appeared in films and TV soap's in Malayalam, Tamil, Hindi and Telugu language. She received the Tamil Nadu State Film Award Special Prize in 2005 and the Kerala Sta ...

as Jaceentha Morris Vas *

Nedumudi Venu Kesavan Venugopal (22 May 1948 – 11 October 2021), better known by his stage name Nedumudi Venu, was an Indian actor and screenwriter from Kerala, who predominantly worked in Malayalam cinema. He acted in more than 500 films, primarily in Ma ...

as Thomas IPS(retd), Thomachayan *

Gilu Joseph Gilu Joseph (born 14 March 1990) is a Malayali poet and lyricist. She earlier worked as an air hostess with Fly Dubai. She has also acted in Malayalam movies. Personal life Gilu hails from Kumily in Idukki district in Kerala. She has two sist ...

as Renji Panicker's wife *Thushara Pillai as Nedumudi Venu's wife *Nandhana Varma *

Lal Lal ( fa, لعل, hi, लाल, bn, লাল, ur, لال, ps, Lāl) is an Indo-Iranian surname and given name, which means "darling", "precious", or "beloved", from the Sanskrit ''lala'' ("cajoling").''Dictionary of American Family Names''F ...

as Metropolitan Archbishop *

Sudheer Karamana Sudheer Karamana (born 24 May 1971) is an Indian actor who appears mainly in Malayalam cinema. He is the son of veteran actor Karamana Janardanan Nair. Personal life He is the eldest son to actor Karamana Janardanan Nair and Jaya, at Karamana, ...

*Rushin as young Fr. Ambrose Vas Pochampalli *Telly Sebastian as Germiyas *Hani Mani as Guest appearance

Release and reception

The film released on 6 December 2019. ''

The Times of India ''The Times of India'', also known by its abbreviation ''TOI'', is an Indian English-language daily newspaper and digital news media owned and managed by The Times Group. It is the third-largest newspaper in India by circulation and largest ...

'' gave the film a rating of three out of five stars and stated that "The title of the movie itself is an example for that as the story speaks about one’s key to wisdom and contentment in life". ''

The New Indian Express ''The New Indian Express'' is an Indian English-language broadsheet daily newspaper published by the Chennai-based Express Publications. It was founded in 1932 as ''The Indian Express'', under the ownership of Chennai-based P. Varadarajulu Naid ...

'' gave the film the same rating and wrote that "Besides, the old-fashioned filmmaking approach, the slightly colour-drained images, and the mismatched background score make the film a bit of a chore to sit through".

References

External links

*{{IMDb title, 8309524 Indian thriller films Films shot in Goa 2010s Malayalam-language films 2019 thriller films