7th Day is a 2014 Indian Malayalam-language neo-noir action thriller film directed by Syamdhar (in his directorial debut) and written by Akhil Paul.[1] It stars Prithviraj Sukumaran as David Abraham, a 42-year-old IPS officer who is on a trail of an unnatural case.[2] The film also features Tovino Thomas, Anu Mohan, Vinay Forrt, Yog Japee, Janani Iyer and Praveen Prem in substantial roles. 7th Day was a commercial success of the year at the box office.[3][4][5][6][7]
| 7th Day | |
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| Directed by | Syamdhar |
| Written by | Akhil Paul |
| Produced by | Shibu G. Suseelan |
| Starring | Prithviraj Sukumaran Tovino Thomas Vinay Forrt Janani Iyer Yog Jappe Anu Mohan Praveen Prem |
| Cinematography | Sujith Vaassudev |
| Edited by | Johnkutty |
| Music by | Deepak Dev |
Production company | Movie Junction |
| Distributed by | August Cinema |
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Running time | 134 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Malayalam |
Plot
editThe story starts with a monologue by David Abraham (Prithviraj Sukumaran), IPS during the night of Christmas. When he leaves a party, he gets involved in an accident with Shan (Vinay Forrt) and Vinu (Anu Mohan). David takes them to the hospital to treat Vinu's injury which he sustained while falling off the bike. From the hospital Vinu escapes, to Shan's horror. David starts to suspect that there is something wrong. But Shan says there is no problem and David drops him at his place. Then he notices that Vinu has dropped his wallet in his jeep.
Shan recounts the story of his friends - Ebineser aka Aby (Tovino Thomas), Jessica aka Jessy (Janani Iyer), Cycle (Praveen Prem) and Vinu. Vinu runs an internet cafe. Cycle is the son of a gulf-returnee with a lot of financial problems. Shan is a local correspondent for a newspaper. Aby and Jessica grew up together in an orphanage, and Vinu has a special interest for Jessica and Jessica to him. One day, Vinu's internet cafe is raided by the police looking for some stuff. Since they couldn't find anything, the police returns without saying anything to Vinu. That night, Vinu's house is raided by a goon named Charlie (Yog Japee), who is commissioned by Christopher Moriarty, a fearsome gangster with a near mythical reputation, to locate a missing sum of Rs. 1crore 75lakhs. They suspect that Vinu took the money from them and gives 36 hours to surrender the money to him.
Later David receives a call from a local travel agent that someone has given him a fake note of thousand rupees to book a bus ticket to Bangalore. David catches him from the bus and it turns out it is Cycle who was trying to get out of the town. Using Cycle, David locates his other friends - Vinu and Jessica. Aby is nowhere to be seen. David asks Vinu to recount the happenings of the night of his suicide. Though at first he tells them a lie, under pressure Vinu tells David that Aby had planned everything and stole the cash so he could kill Vinu because of his secret love for Jessica, but Jessica and Cycle were hearing all this. Jessica said she could not forgive him for trying to kill Vinu. With guilt Aby tells them that the money is in the vehicle and commits suicide by jumping off a waterfall. Coincidentally Aby's blood group was the same as Vinu's and they both had the same tattoo, so they decide to use Aby's suicide to fake Vinu's death.
After their confession David reveals that Aby was a carrier for Christopher and the money in the bag was grade one counterfeit cash. David gave them the option of either leaving the money on the table so that he can report it as an abandoned bag of counterfeit money and that no one would ever disturb them about it or arrest them and take them to the court for planned murder. They chose the first option and handed the money over to David and left. When they left, however, Shan stops the car and questions the true identity of David Abraham, and the simple option given to them. They have a light-bulb realization that David Abraham IPS doesn't exist and that David is actually Christopher Moriarty.
Cast
edit- Prithviraj Sukumaran as David Abraham IPS / Christopher Moriarty
- Tovino Thomas as Aby Ebineser
- Vinay Forrt as Shan Shahar
- Janani Iyer as Jessie
- Anu Mohan as Vinu Ramachandran
- Praveen Prem as Cyril Samuel aka Cycle
- Joy Mathew as P.T.R. Bhattathiri
- Baiju V K as C.I Victor
- Yog Japee as Charlie
- Lakshmi Priya as Lab Technician
- Shobha Mohan as Vinu's mother
- Sreedevi Unni as Sr. Veronica
- Gayathri
- Sunil Sukhada as Security Simon
Soundtrack
editThe songs of the film were composed by Deepak Dev and the film Includes 3 Songs.
Release
editThe film was released on 12 April 2014.[8]
Box office
edit7th Day was a commercial success. In Kerala, It earned ₹40 crore in distributor's share during its 50-day run.[9]
References
edit- ^ "Prithviraj to play a cop in 'Seventh Day'". Sify. 22 December 2013. Archived from the original on 25 December 2013. Retrieved 30 January 2014.
- ^ "Prithviraj to play police officer in 7th Day". Hindustan Times. 16 December 2013. Archived from the original on 17 December 2013. Retrieved 30 January 2014.
- ^ "Khaki is the word". Bangalore Mirror. 18 December 2013. Retrieved 30 January 2014.
- ^ "7th Day Malayalam movie review". 12 April 2014.
- ^ "7th Day Movie Review {3.5/5}: Critic Review of 7th Day by Times of India". The Times of India.
- ^ "7th Day". Sify. Archived from the original on 26 February 2015.
- ^ "7th Day movie review: Watch this flick for actors' brilliance". July 2014.
- ^ Vijay George (22 April 2013). "On location: 7th Day - On the seventh day..." The Hindu. Retrieved 30 January 2014.
- ^ "Kerala Box-Office â€" April 10 to June 15 â€" Summer Hits". Sify. 17 June 2014. Archived from the original on 21 July 2018. Retrieved 10 April 2020.