With three months more in the year 2024, the Malayalam film industry has produced a plethora of flicks; both satiable and the opposite. As per Hitchcock’s Suspense Theory, human minds are always keen to watch an effort that should be able to engage and intrigue. For this, an efficient investigation storytelling is necessary. And who could better build the narrative than a police officer?
Till now, the number of cop stories in Malayalam cinema has been a decent four (4) including ‘Thalavan’, which is En route for OTT release on the 10th of September. The other three movies include ‘Anweshipin Kandethum’, ‘Thundu’ and ‘Golam’ respectively. All these three were commercially successful films.
‘Anwshippin Kandethum’ (Eng. Seek and you shall find) showcases the investigation cycle of different rape cases happening in the state and this is supervised by Inspector Anand played by actor Tovino Thomas along with his colleagues. However, he undergoes a lack of support and coordination from his superiors, and this leads to his parallel investigation which thereby changes its track to a character-driven narrative mode. The culmination seems that the character has to do much more with the same pattern. The movie is streaming on the Netflix platform.
‘Thundu’ (Eng. Paper bit) is much more of an internal conflict in the behavior of two police officers who have the same meter of ego and the main character of the film, Baby John played by actor Biju Menon, attempts the promotion test by cheating and fraudulent means. Even though this is not something supportive, the negligence of the system and cunningness of the character can be utilized for the better rejig of law-and-order force. The movie can be watched on Netflix.
‘Thalavan’ (Eng. The head) showcases two police officers who are characters CI Jayasankar and Inspector Karthik which are played by actors Biju Menon and Asif Ali which is set up in the dilemma of hierarchical difference but can be brought effective for prevalent assignments based on their profile. The movie will be released on the Sony LIV OTT Platform.
‘Golam’ (Eng. The sphere) is more of a business crime investigation conducted by a young Assistant Superintendent of Police named Sandeep IPS played by actor Ranjith Sajeev where the story has a plot-driven narrative. However, the character can be brought into other important cases with a vibrant team like the ones discussed above albeit this officer has one more important assignment to do. This movie is streaming on Amazon Prime Video.