Arjunan Saakshi (2011)

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Arjunan Saakshi is a 2011 Indian Malayalam language thriller film written and directed by Ranjith Sankar. It stars Prithviraj Sukumaran and Ann Augustine in the lead roles. The film is a thriller which deals with how we evade our responsibility to society. It examines the vertical growth of Kochi both as a metro and a centre of crimes. It was produced by S. Sundararajan under the banner of S. R. T. Films and released on 28 January 2011 to a positive critical reception.

Production

Arjunan Saakshi is the second film by Ranjith Sankar, whose previous film Passenger, another thriller, was met with positive reviews for its novelty and was a box office hit. Ranjith Sankar announced this project in December 2009 with Prithviraj in the lead. The director says that the story of Arjunan Saakshi had been in his mind quite a while when he happened to see an article about a project for a tram network in Kochi, which didn't work out.

In Arjunan Saakshi, the lead character Roy Mathew is played by Prithviraj, who started working on the film much before the completion of Santosh Sivan's Urumi and Lijo Jose Pellissery's City of God. Ann Augustine, who debuted through Lal Jose's Elsamma Enna Aankutty in 2010, plays the role of an investigative journalist and a city-bred youngster Anjali Menon, who happens to get involved in certain social issues.

The film was launched on 1 November 2010 in Kochi. The filming occurred at various parts of Kochi. Ajayan Vincent handled the camera while Bijibal composed the music, with lyrics written by Anil Panachooran. The editor of the film was Ranjan Abraham. The costume designer of the film was Sameera Saneesh.

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