Kotthu (2022)
കൊത്ത്
Set in the rural socio-political environment of North Malabar, Kotthu follows two party workers Shanu and Sumesh and how certain party workers are honour-bound to their `acquired` political ideology of revenge killing.
- Date of release
- 2022-09-16
- TMDB
- 4.2 / 10 (5)
- Runtime
- 2h 35m
- Genres
- Drama, Thriller
- Director
- Sibi Malayil
Casting
- Asif Ali — Shanu
- Nikhila Vimal — Hissana
- Roshan Mathew — Sumesh
- Sudev Nair — ACP Indrajith
- Suresh Krishna — Ninan Punnoose
- Sreelakshmi — Gayathri
- Athul Ram Kumar — Sreejith
- V. T. Vijilesh
- Dineesh P
- Ranjith
- Dhanya Ananya — Bhanu
- Anu Mohan — Omar
Interesting facts
Kotthu (transl. Stab) is a 2022 Indian Malayalam-language political thriller film directed by Sibi Malayil and written by Hemanth Kumar. It was produced by Ranjith and P. M. Sasidharan. The film stars Asif Ali, Nikhila Vimal, Roshan Mathew, Ranjith, and Sreelakshmi in important roles. Jakes Bejoy composed the original score, while Kailas Menon composed the original songs. It also marks the comeback of Sibi Malayil after seven years. The film received mixed reviews and was a box office failure.
Production
Principal photography of the film began on 10 October 2020 at Kozhikode following the COVID-19 protocols and safety measures. Kotthu is actor Asif Ali's fourth collaboration with director Sibi Malayil after Apoorvaragam, Violin, and Unnam. The first schedule of the filming at Kozhikode was completed on 25 October 2020.
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