The Thriller

The Thriller
Dharan Kumar
Production company	Ananda Bhairavi
Release date	17 November 2010 (2010-11-17)
Country	India
Language	Malayalam

The Thriller is a 2010 Indian Malayalam-language crime thriller film written and directed by B. Unnikrishnan. It stars Prithviraj Sukumaran, Catherine Tresa, Siddique, Lalu Alex, Prajin, Mallika Kapoor and Sampath Raj in pivotal roles. It was released on 17 November. Later on, it was dubbed in Hindi under the same title.^[1][2][3] The film is based on the murder case of renowned banker Paul Muthoot.

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 media of Kerala for more than three months. The case had attracted attention for its mysterious planning and execution. Niranjan meets 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 find out that there is a big crime racket behind Simon's murder. Niranjan also need to have enmity with Martin Dinakar, who is a headache in Niranjan's investigation. The rest of the film follows how Niranjan try to bring the real culprit of the murder case. ^[4]

Cast

Production

The Thriller was the fifth consecutive super star project of

. [1] In The Thriller, he teams up with Prithviraj, constantly hailed by 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.^[1] 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.^[1]

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, he is the first time playing a role that has him investigating a specific case.^[1] 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 runnerup Katherine plays the female lead in the film. Mallika Kapoor also plays an important character. Tamil actor Sampath Raj has been cast in a negative role.^[1]

The first schedule of The Thriller is taking place in and around Thiruvananthapuram, Kovalam and Vizhinjam. The second schedule of the film is likely to take place in a foreign country. ^[5]

Soundtrack

References

External links

• Official website ^{[dead link]}
• The Thriller at
  IMDb