Twenty One Gms
Twenty One Gms is a Malayalam-language suspense thriller film written and directed by Bibin Krishna in his debut.[1] The film stars Anoop Menon as Crime Branch DYSP Nanda Kishore who investigates a series of murders that takes place within a week.[2] Twenty One Gms also features Renji Panicker, Leona Lishoy, Anu Mohan and Ranjith featuring in major supporting roles.[3] Produced by Rinish KN under the banner of The Front Row Productions, the cinematography of the film was done by Jithu Damodar and was edited by Appu N. Bhattathiri.[4] The soundtrack was composed by Deepak Dev, with lyrics written by Vinayak Sasikumar.[5]
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Directed by | Bibin Krishna |
Written by | Bibin Krishna |
Produced by | Rinish KN |
Starring | Anoop Menon Renji Panicker Leona Lishoy Anu Mohan Ranjith |
Cinematography | Jithu Damodar |
Edited by | Appu N. Bhattathiri |
Music by | Deepak Dev |
Production company | The Front Row Productions |
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Country | India |
Language | Malayalam |
The film premiered on 18 March 2022.[6]
Plot Summary
A series of murders takes place in a city within a span of few weeks. Nanda Kishore (Anoop Menon), the DYSP of Crime Branch is tasked with the investigation. Anjali found some incriminating evidence against her hospital CEO, John Samuel and tried to leak it to an independent reporter. Knowing this, John arranged her death. Incriminating evidence later found by Kishore uncovers unethical and unauthorized pharmaceutical trials conducted on healthy patients in John's hospital. Kishore's daughter was one of the victim of these medical trials and he was recovering from her death. Kishore who had figured out the unsub and the motive of the murders, shuts his eye cause it provides him and his family "an eye for an eye" kind of justice.
Cast
- Anoop Menon as DYSP Nanda Kishore
- Leona Lishoy as Gouri Nanda kishore
- Anu Mohan as C.I Sunny
- Ranjith as Dr.John Samuel
- Chandunath G Nair as Martin
- Aji John as Jimmy
- Jeeva Joseph as Nikhil
- Bineesh Bastin as Tipper Tonny
- Manasa Radhakrishnan as Anjali
- Nandhu
- Mareena Michael Kurisingal
- Lena
- Shanker Ramakrishnan
- Renji Panicker
Filming
Pre-production work for the film started in December 2020 and was completed "within a span of 15 days".[3] Principal photography of the film commenced in January 2021 and concluded on March, carried out primarily at Kochi and Vagamon.[7]
References
- "അനൂപ് മേനോൻ നായകനായി ട്വന്റി വണ്, മോഷൻ പോസ്റ്റര് പുറത്തുവിട്ടു". Asianet News (in Malayalam). 31 May 2021.
- "ക്രൈംബ്രാഞ്ച് ഡി.വൈ.എസ്.പിയായി അനൂപ് മേനോൻ; 'ട്വൻ്റി വൺ' പൂർത്തിയായി". Mathrubhumi (in Malayalam). 31 May 2021.
- "'Twenty One Gms': When two debutants joined together to make a whodunit". The Hindu.
- "Anoop Menon's investigation thriller film '21 Grams' first look motion poster is here". The Times of India. 31 May 2021.
- "അനൂപ് മേനോൻ നായകനാകുന്ന 'ട്വൻറി വൺ ഗ്രാംസ്' ഫസ്റ്റ് ലുക്ക് മോഷൻ പോസ്റ്റർ മോഹൻലാൽ പുറത്തിറക്കി". News18 India (in Malayalam). 31 May 2021.
- "Twenty One Grams". Times of India. 18 March 2022. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
- "Twenty One Gms: Anoop Menon headlines debutant's feature". Cinema Express. 4 June 2021.