Vettah
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| Vettah | |
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 First Look Poster | |
| Directed by | Rajesh Pillai |
| Written by | Arunlal Ramachandran |
| Produced by | Haneef Mohammed Rajesh Pillai |
| Starring | Kunchacko Boban Manju Warrier Indrajith Sukumaran Sandhya Deepak Parambol |
| Cinematography | Anishlal |
| Edited by | Abhilash Balachandran |
| Music by | Shaan Rahman[2][3] |
| Distributed by | Red Rose Creations |
Release date | 26 February 2016[1] |
Running time | 2hrs |
| Country | India |
| Language | Malayalam |
Vettah (English: Hunt) is a 2016 Indian Malayalam-language thriller film directed and co-produced by Rajesh Pillai.[4][5][6] The film stars Kunchacko Boban, Manju Warrier, Indrajith Sukumaran and Sandhya.[7][8][9] The script is written by Arunlal Ramachandran with A. V. Anoop co-producing the film. [10] The director, Rajesh Pillai died the day after the film was released.[11]
Plot
The story revolves around two members of the Indian Police Service (IPS), Commissioner Sreebala (Manju Warrier) and Assistant Commissioner Xylex Abraham (Indrajith), who investigate the disappearance of an actress. Sreebala and Xylex arrest Melvin (Kunchacko Boban), a legal assistant, as the prime suspect. During the interrogation, Melvin reveals he killed both the actress and her companion. However, he claims he has forgotten where he buried the bodies, leaving the police officers forced to negotiate with him in order to close the case. Melvin also says that he lost his daughter 4 years before leaving his wife, Sherin a drug addict, who committed suicide. Melvin later confesses to Sreebala and Xylex that his wife did not commit suicide. Instead, she was killed by himself after he found her in an extra marital affair with Evin, the companion of actress Uma, whom was also killed along with Evin.
It is later revealed the victims were only kidnapped and not killed. Sreebala also learns that Melvin is a psychic patient who was redirecting both her and Xylex. Later, Sreebala and Xylex gets trapped in a game where it happens to affect their personal life. Melvin successfully misleads Xylex and makes him think that his wife is also having an affair with another man. Whereas Sreebala is in a quest to find the truth behind her father's accident. Her father happens to be like a autistic person after that. Sreebala later learns that her father's assassination was planned by Xylex.
Xylex on the other hand kills the boyfriend of his wife who later turns out to be her best friends husband. It is also revealed that they were not having an affair. Xylex happens to regret for the sin done by him. Sreebala also learns that Xylex was not the real man behind the plan of killing her father.
After a series of mishaps, Melvin reveals that his daughter Angel was a poor student especially in her studies and often used to get locked in a kennel by her principal and the owner of her school, who happens to be the man who was killed by Xylex when he thinks that his wife is having an affair.
It is also revealed that Melvin's wife was murdered by the owner of the school when he tries to explain his deed of locking her daughter in a kennel. Sreebala also accidentally kills a lady while driving in a woods along with Xylex and Melvin who later turns out to be the principal.
Finally, it is revealed that Melvin used both Xylex and Sreebala for his revenge. Later, Melvin gets arrested for one year for kidnapping Uma and her companion.
Cast
- Kunchacko Boban as Melvin Philip
- Manju Warrier as Sribala IPS, Kochi City Police Commissioner.
- Indrajith Sukumaran as Xylex Abraham IPS, Assistant Commissioner of Police
- Sandhya as Sherin Melvin
- Sanusha as Uma Sathyamoorthi
- Mithun Ramesh as Emil
- Deepak Parambol as Rony Varghese
- Prem Prakash as Philip a.k.a Appachan
- Vijayaraghavan as CI Sreenivasan
- Rony David as Rajeev
- Kottayam Nazir as Sainudheen
- Santhosh Keezhattoor as Security Guard
- Akshara Kishor as Angel Melvin
- Baby Nandana Sajan as Sribala's daughter
- Akash Keralan
- Irshad
- Jith Pirappancode
Production
Vettah was announced by director Rajesh Pillai on 20 October. The announcement stated that Indrajith Sukumaran, Kunchacko Boban and Manju Warrier would be the lead actors, and that Bhama, Vijayaraghavan, Prem Prakash and Deepak Parambol were considered for other roles.[5] Bhama was later replaced by Sandhya.[9] Initially, Jayasurya was considered for the role of ACP Silas Abraham IPS, but it was later confirmed that this character would be portrayed by Indrajith Sukumaran.
Principal photography started on 7 October at Ernakulam.[10] First schedule finished by the first week of November. Second schedule started on 11 December at Punalur, Kollam.[12]
Rights
Satellite Rights : Surya Tv
Box office
By the end of 28 days,[relevant? – discuss] the film had grossed approximately ₹6.54 crore (US$780,000).[13]
References
- ^ http://www.filmibeat.com/malayalam/news/2016/manju-warrier-vettah-release-date-is-out-216239.html
- ^ Sidhardhan, Sanjith (25 September 2015). "Vettah will be mindblowing: Shaan Rahman". The Times Of India. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
- ^ George, Anjana (24 October 2015). "Shaan Rahman to compose for 'Vettah'". The Times Of India. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
- ^ Sudhish, Navamy (24 September 2015). "A Mind-boggling Hunt". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
- ^ a b Sidhardhan, Sanjith (20 September 2015). "Rajesh Pillai's next titled Vettah". The Times Of India. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
- ^ James, Anu (25 September 2015). "Kunchacko Boban-Manju Warrier starrer psychological thriller 'Vettah' to go on floors". International Business Times. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
- ^ Jayaram, Deepika (23 October 2015). "Manju in high voltage cop look in Vettah". The Times Of India. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
- ^ Prakash, Asha (28 September 2015). "Bhamaa and Indrajith join Vettah". The Times Of India. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
- ^ a b Prakash, Asha (10 October 2015). "Kadhal Sandhya replaces Bhamaa in Vettah". The Times Of India. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
- ^ a b Jayaram, Deepika (8 October 2015). "Manju's Vettah kicks off!". The Times Of India. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
- ^ http://www.sify.com/movies/vettah-review-watchable-review--qc1gM3ajahgaj.html
- ^ Sidhardhan, Sanjith (11 December 2015). "Vettah begins filming in Thenmala". The Times Of India. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
- ^ Anu James (6 April 2016). "Kerala box office: Here is the collection report of 'King Liar,' 'Kali,' 'Vettah,' 'Paavada,' 'Puthiya Niyamam'". International Business Times. Retrieved 20 April 2016.