''Theerppu'' () is a 2022 Malayalam-language thriller film directed by

Rathish Ambat Rathish Ambat is an Indian film director, adfilm director, and producer who works predominantly in the Malayalam film industry. He is well known for his debut film ''Kammara Sambhavam'' which was released on 14 April 2018. Career Rathish start ...

and written by Murali Gopy. The film stars an

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including Prithviraj Sukumaran, Indrajith Sukumaran, Isha Talwar, Vijay Babu, Saiju Kurup, Hannah Reji Koshy,

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, Alencier Ley Lopez,

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and Siddique. The film is produced by Vijay Babu,

and Murali Gopi. This film is the second directorial of

after ''

Kammara Sambhavam ''Kammara Sambhavam'' () is a 2018 Indian Malayalam-language genre-bending satirical-thriller film written by Murali Gopy and directed by Rathish Ambat. The film was produced by Gokulam Gopalan and stars Dileep, Siddharth, Murali Gopy, Bobby ...

''.Theerppu was released theatrically on 25 August 2022 and opened to negative reviews from critics.

Plot

Theerppu revolves around four friends who share a traumatic past. Their fathers are embroiled in a property dispute. While the sons enjoy the fruits of their fathers' cunningness, life takes a different turn for the one who is cheated. It’s about Abdulla Marrakar who is avenging his father's death. He does this by trying to kill Ram Kumar Nair. In the end, Abdulla dies by getting hit in the head by a rock. They dump the body in the ocean. Then an arm comes out of the shore. The movie then ends.

Cast

* Prithviraj Sukumaran as Abdulla Marakkar * Indrajith Sukumaran as Kalyan Menon * Saiju Kurup as Parameshwaran Potty * Vijay Babu as Ram Kumar Nair * Isha Talwar as Mythili Ram Kumar * Hannah Reji Koshy as Prabha Nair *

as Anastasia Aubert * Siddique as Basheer Marakkar, Abdulla's father *

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as Beewathu, Abdulla's mother *

as Nair, Ram Kumar's father * Mammukoya as Musaliyar * Lukman Avaran as Chandrabhanu * Shaju Sreedhar as Menon, Kalyan's father * Alencier Ley Lopez as Chandrapilla * Aswin Kumar as the Commissioner * Poojappura Radhakrishnan as the Village Officer * Shameem Rein as Pavan Putra Bhede * Vinod Vaswani as Lakshman Kothadia * Mamta Mohandas as Dr. Shwetha (voice over only) * Manikandan Pattambi as a police officer (voice over only)

Release

Theatrical

The film released on theatres on 25 August 2022.

Home Media

The digital rights of the film is acquired by

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and started streaming from 30 September 2022.

Reception

Anna M. M. Vetticad of '' Firstpost'' rated the film 1.5 out of 5 stars. She heavily criticised how politically cautious it was and stated, “Prithviraj and Indrajith Sukumaran’s naturally arresting personalities cannot compensate for Theerppu’s ridiculously facile politics.” Manoj Kumar R of '' The Indian Express'' gave the movie 2/5 rating and commented that "the film seemingly has no inkling of how absolute power works". Lakshmi Priya of The News Minute rated the film with 2.5/5 stars, stating "the film can be read as a commentary on revisionist history and political appropriation with a lot to offer ‘between’ the lines, but the lines themselves have little solid to offer". S.R.Praveen of

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said "Theerppu comes perilously close to living up to that joke that some films are made quickly within the limited space of a room or a resort, and having no content worth speaking about". V Vinod Nair of The Times of India stated "the movie fails to make the impact we expect, with the first half is just about watchable and the second half lags too much", but rated the film with 3/5 stars. A reviewer of Onmanorama called it "a serious drama trivialised by confused mix of theatrics".

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, id=13760918, title=Theerppu 2022 films 2022 thriller films Indian thriller films 2020s Malayalam-language films Indian films about revenge Films with screenplays by Murali Gopy Films scored by Gopi Sundar Films shot in Kerala Films shot in Kozhikode