Thank You (2013 Film)
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''Thank You'' is a 2013
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written by
Arunlal Ramachandran Arunlal Ramachandran( ml, അരുണ്‍ലാൽ രാമചന്ദ്രൻ;born 14 January 1983) is an Indian screenwriter working in Malayalam cinema. His films include Vettah and Karinkunnam 6'S. Early life Arunlal completed ...
and directed by
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. The firm stars
Jayasurya Jayasurya (born August 1978) is an Indian actor, distributor, Sponsor, Model, film producer, playback singer, and impressionist, who works in the Malayalam films. He has appeared in more than 100 films and has won several awards, including a N ...
,
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and Sethu and is produced by Shahul Hameed Marikar. ''Thank You'' was produced under the banner of Marikar Films and features music 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 ...
. The film's cinematography was led by Arvind Krishna and edited by Babu Rathnam. Although the film earned back its revenue from satellite rights, it did not perform well in theaters.


Plot

The film is shown to be a reflection of the current socio-political system, based on the violence against women. It revolves around a person who arrives in
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city who takes a ride from place to place in an
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. His name or whereabouts are not revealed, and he just travels from place to place in the auto rickshaw. The questions about his whereabouts form the rest of the story.


Cast

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Jayasurya Jayasurya (born August 1978) is an Indian actor, distributor, Sponsor, Model, film producer, playback singer, and impressionist, who works in the Malayalam films. He has appeared in more than 100 films and has won several awards, including a N ...
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Honey Rose } Honey Rose Varghese is an Indian actress who mainly appears in Malayalam films. She has also appeared in a few Tamil, Kannada and Telugu films. She made her acting debut with the 2005 Malayalam film ''Boyy Friennd''. Her breakthrough role came ...
as Remya * Sethu as Dev Menon *
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as Shankar * Abi *
Tini Tom Tini Tom is an Indian actor, comedian and mimicry artist from Kerala. He works in Malayalam films and television. Early life Tini was born in North Paravoor, Kerala, India. His father Tomy T.D. is an engineer. He has a sister Tincy. Tom comp ...
as Sugunan * Jubil Rajan P Dev *Mukundan *
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as Balettan *
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as Sruthi *Mridul as Gopan *
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as Arun * Durga Premjith as saiju kurup daughter


Production


Development

The movie kicked off a series of films by the production firm Marikar Films that also includes the Mollywood debut of directors
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and
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. ''Thank You'', which is penned by '' 10:30 am Local Call'' scribe Arun Lal, was the first among the eight films to go on floors. On the film, the scriptwriter had revealed before shoot that the film is a thriller that unravels in Trivandrum and the plot revolves around a person who comes to the city. Also that they do not introduce the person by his name or whereabouts, and he just travels from place to place in an auto rickshaw. The questions about his whereabouts form the rest of the story. Incidentally, the project took shape in just over two weeks. The scriptwriter discussed the idea with actor Jayasurya on the set of ''
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'' and the actor had asked him to approach the director V. K. Prakash, who had been astonished over by the story and requested for a complete script as soon as possible to start work on the film. The project took shape really fast over a few days. Jayasurya told that "he thinks it's a gem of a script and Arun Lal's a master scriptwriter to come up with it in such a short time. Even VKP is thrilled about the movie."


Casting

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was cast by the script writer as he was the first one of cast and crew which the script was told to.
Honey Rose } Honey Rose Varghese is an Indian actress who mainly appears in Malayalam films. She has also appeared in a few Tamil, Kannada and Telugu films. She made her acting debut with the 2005 Malayalam film ''Boyy Friennd''. Her breakthrough role came ...
who had been in the directors previous film ''
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'' paired with Jayasurya was cast to do the role as a modern wife.
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was also considered for a prominent role. Actor Sethu who played the role of police officer Bhaskar in the Tamil film ''
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'' was cast to play the one of the lead role as the director was impressed with his performance. There was also rumours of Sunny Wayne at the time a rising actor to be part of the film.
Tini Tom Tini Tom is an Indian actor, comedian and mimicry artist from Kerala. He works in Malayalam films and television. Early life Tini was born in North Paravoor, Kerala, India. His father Tomy T.D. is an engineer. He has a sister Tincy. Tom comp ...
was also cast to play a police officer after being part of the director V. K. Prakash's 2011 film ''
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''. Other people announced as per cast were
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, Mukundan, Balachandran and Aishwarya Devan. The actress Aishwarya, who debuted in Tamil films with ''Yuvan'', had now signed her next in prominent and one of her best roles. Aishwarya Devan plays a reporter in the film, a challenging role which is an emotional thriller.


Filming

The puja of ''Thank You'' and seven other films by Marikar Films was conducted on 9 April 2013.
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began on 11 April 2013 at
Trivandrum Thiruvananthapuram (; ), also known by its former name Trivandrum (), is the capital of the Indian state of Kerala. It is the most populous city in Kerala with a population of 957,730 as of 2011. The encompassing urban agglomeration populati ...
in the residential area Chackai.


References


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