Theevram

Theevram (2012)

തീവ്രം

Harsha Vardhan is out to avenge his wife's murder. But it will be a tough job when Alexander, the police officer of the city, is very cautious of what is happening around.

Date of release
2012-11-16
TMDB
6.3 / 10 (28)
Runtime
2h 15m
Genres
Crime, Action, Thriller
Director
Roopesh Peethambaran

Casting

Interesting facts

Theevram (transl. Extreme) is a Malayalam-language neo-noir crime thriller film written and directed by Roopesh Peethambaran in his directorial debut, and starring Dulquer Salmaan, Shikha Nair, Sreenivasan, Vinay Forrt, Vishnu G Raghav, Riya Saira and Anu Mohan. The film is produced by V.C. Ismayil under the banner of VCI Movies and features music composed by Roby Abraham, while cinematography is handled by Hari Nair and editing by Kapil Gopalakrishnan. The film was distributed by Lal Jose under the banner of LJ Films. Audiography was done by M. R. Rajakrishnan.

Production

Dulquer joined Theevram after rejecting yet another promising film in the name of 'June' due to a date clash. The director had announced the film in December 2011. It was previously titled 'Maya'. The film features a fresh music director, Roby Abraham. The film is produced by V C Ismail, under the banner of VCI Movies. The film's distributor is the director Lal Jose.

During the planning of the film in late December, Fahad Fazil was cast to play the lead, but he had to drop the film due to a date clash. The director also had a difficult time finding many actors to play the characters in the film.

The film started its shoot on 5 August 2012 at Kochi after the pooja ceremony which had directors Siddique, Anwar Rasheed and the lead actor Dulquer Salmaan lit the ceremonial lamp. Hari Nair is the director of photography. It is shot at various locations in and around Ernakulam, Alappuzha and Chalakudy.

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