Kalamkaval

Kalamkaval (2025)

കളങ്കാവൽ

The Venom Beneath

Early 2010s. A routine Kerala Police inquiry in the quiet village of Kottayikonam takes an unexpected turn when a trail of seemingly minor clues unravels into a string of disturbing cases. The investigation soon crosses into Tamil Nadu, revealing unsolved mysteries that have lingered for years.

Date of release
2025-12-05
TMDB
6.3 / 10 (27)
Runtime
2h 24m
Genres
Crime, Drama
Director
Jithin K Jose

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Box office: ₹55

Kalamkaaval: The Venom Beneath is a 2025 Indian Malayalam-language psychological crime thriller film directed by debutant Jithin K. Jose, who also co-wrote the screenplay with Jishnu Sreekumar. The film is produced by Mammootty Kampany and stars Vinayakan and Mammootty along with Rajisha Vijayan, Gayatri Arun, Shruti Ramachandran and Gibin Gopinath, in supporting roles. The film's soundtrack album was composed by Mujeeb Majeed.

Production

Reports for Mammootty's upcoming film came on 25 May 2024 soon after the release of his film Turbo. It will be directed by Jithin K. Jose in his directorial debut, who previously worked as a writer in the film Kurup. Other details on crew that included were cinematographer Jomon T. John and music director Sushin Shyam.

The official title Kalamkaval was announced by makers on 15 February 2025, that has a tagline "the venom beneath." The film would also have music composer Mujeeb Majeed while the action sequences are choreographed by stunt director Action Santhosh. Last year in an interview with John Brittas, Mammootty said that the film would be another attempt at experimenting with roles he had not done before.

Filming started with a muhurth puja ceremony on 25 September 2024 in Nagercoil. Mammoooty joined the set on 2 October 2024. The film completed its shoot on 9 November 2024. It was extensively across locations in Tamil Nadu.

Rajisha Vijayan, who did her last role in Madhura Manohara Moham is one of the leading lady in her first association with Mammootty, making her comeback after 2 years. Gayatri Arun is another female lead in her second collaboration with Mammootty after One, where he played the role of the Chief Minister of Kerala. Gibin Gopinath, Shruti Ramachandran, Azees Nedumangad, Kunchan, Biju Pappan, Malavika Menon formed rest of the cast.

Director Jithin K Jose revealed that actor Prithviraj Sukumaran was initially considered for the role that Vinayakan has played. When Jithin narrated the script to Prithviraj, he suggested that in either of the roles, Mammootty could fit in. However, due to Prithviraj's busy schedule with L2 : Empuraan and other films during that time, Jithin looked for other options. It was then later Mammootty who recommended to give the role to Vinayakan.

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