''The Thriller'' is a 2010 Indian

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written and directed by

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. It stars

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 ...

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, Siddique,

Lalu Alex Lalu Alex is an Indian actor who works in Malayalam cinema. In a career spanning four decades, Lalu Alex has acted over 250 movies and is known for his character roles, comic roles and antagonistic roles in Malayalam movie industry. Lalu Alex ...

Prajin Prajin Padmanabhan is an Indian actor concentrating in Tamil and Malayalam-language films. He started his career as a VJ with Sun TV. He played the protagonist in the film '' Pazhaya Vannarapettai''. Film career Prajin started his career in ...

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, and

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in pivotal roles. It was released on 17 November. Later on, it was dubbed in Hindi under the same title. The film is based on the murder case of renowned banker Paul Muthoot, who was murdered in 2009.

Plot

DCP Niranjan, a furious police officer, is assigned to investigate the murder case of prominent banker Simon Palathungal (based on Paul Muthoot), which formed the headlines in the

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media for more than three months. The case had attracted attention for its mysterious planning and execution. Niranjan meets a few suspects: Simon's fiancee, Meghna; Martin Dinakar, a Dubai-based gold smuggler who had a problem with Simon; Simon's brother, Jacob; ADGP Balagopal, Niranjan's high-rank officer and Balagopal's daughter, Meera, who is also Niranjan's girlfriend. Through this investigation, Niranjan finds out that a big crime racket is behind Simon's murder. Niranjan also has enmity with Martin Dinakar, who is a headache in Niranjan's investigation. The rest of the film shows how Niranjan tries to bring the real culprit of the murder case.

Cast

as DCP Niranjan

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* Siddique as Ex- ADGP Balagopal

, the main antagonist *

as IG Thomas Mathew

as Meera, Niranjan's girlfriend *

as Simon Joseph Palathungal (charecter based on Paul Muthoot George) *

as Meghna Gupta, Simon's fiancee *

as Martin Dinakar, the secondary antagonist *

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Manmohan

, City Police Commissioner *

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as ACP Shihabudeen *

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as CI Alex *

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as Ex-

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Sadhasivan, Niranjan's Father *

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as Paramada Subhash * M. R. Gopakumar as Adv.Uthaman Pillai, Meera's uncle *

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as Meera's mother *

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as Narayanan,

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as DGP Eapen Mathew

*Tosh Christy as Joshua *

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as Joseph Palathungal, Simon's father *

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as Jacob Joseph Palathungal, Simon's Brother *

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as the dancer (Special Appearance) *V. K. Baiju as

Philipose *

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as ASI Shivarajan * Pawan as Udayabhanu

Production

''The Thriller'' was the fifth consecutive superstar project of

, the previous ones being ''

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'', and '' Pramaani'' starring

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. In ''The Thriller'', he teams up with Prithviraj, constantly hailed by the media as an upcoming superstar. The director once again chose a contemporary investigative story that takes viewers on a breathless roller coaster ride of suspense and intrigue. Unnikrishnan said he spent several months studying similar cases and the investigative methods of the police, including the working of the cyber cell to come up with a logical narrative. Prithviraj plays a tough and canny cop who is investigating the murder in the film. "This is the first time I am acting as a police officer who is tracking a killer. It is an out-and-out suspense thriller," says Prithviraj. Although he has donned the khaki in several films, this is the first time playing a role that has him investigating a specific case. The director has also cast several new faces in the film to play important characters. While Prajan plays the young entrepreneur (Simon Palathingal) who is mysteriously found dead on the highway, Miss South India runner-up, Katherine, plays the female lead in the film.

also plays an important character. Tamil actor

has been cast in a negative role. The first schedule of ''The Thriller'' takes place in and around Thiruvananthapuram, Kovalam, and Vizhinjam. The second schedule is likely to take place in a foreign country.

Soundtrack

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Thriller 2010 crime thriller films 2010 films 2010s Malayalam-language films 2010s police procedural films Fictional portrayals of the Kerala Police Films directed by B. Unnikrishnan Films scored by Dharan Kumar Films shot in Thiruvananthapuram Indian crime thriller films