Take Off (2017 film)

Take Off
Take Off Poster
Directed byMahesh Narayanan
Written byMahesh Narayanan
P. V. Shajikumar
Produced byAnto Joseph
Shebin Backer
Megha Rajesh
Starring
CinematographySanu John Varghese
Edited byMahesh Narayanan
Abhilash Balachandran
Music bySongs:
Gopi Sunder
Shaan Rahman
Score:
Gopi Sunder
Production
company
Distributed byAnto Joseph Film Company
Release date
  • 24 March 2017 (2017-03-24) (India)
Running time
139 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageMalayalam
Box office₹25 crore (US$3.0 million)[1]

Take Off is a 2017 Indian Malayalam-language survival thriller film, based on the ordeal of Indian nurses in the city of Tikrit, Iraq, in 2014.[2][3] The film is the directorial debut of editor Mahesh Narayan,[4] starring Kunchacko Boban, Parvathy Thiruvothu, Fahadh Faasil and Divya Prabha.[5] It is written by Mahesh Narayan and P. V. Shajikumar. The film was shot in various parts of Dubai and Kerala.[6]

Take Off was released on 24 March 2017, and received praise at the box office, winning the Silver Peacock - Special Jury Award for (Mahesh Narayan), and Silver Peacock for Best Actress (Parvathy) at the 48th IFFI.[7] Parvathy also won her first Special Jury Mention at the 65th National Film Awards, her second Kerala State Film Award for Best Actress, and a second Filmfare Award for Best Actress - Malayalam. It was included in The Hindu's top 25 Malayalam films of the decade.[8]

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  2. ^ Jayaram, Deepika (27 January 2017). "The trailer of Take Off is trending now". The Times of India. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  3. ^ "If you liked Akshay Kumar's Airlift, you will love Take Off trailer. Watch video". The Indian Express. 17 January 2017. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  4. ^ Jayaram, Deepika (27 February 2017). "Mahesh Narayanan's directorial debut is titled Take Off". The Times of India. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  5. ^ Suresh, Meera (21 February 2017). "Take Off is a thriller, but with emotions". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  6. ^ Sidhardhan, Sanjith (27 January 2017). "Team Take Off to shoot final schedule in Dubai". The Times of India. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  7. ^ Manoj Kumar R. (29 November 2017). "IFFI 2017: Parvathy, first Malayalam actor to win the silver peacock, gets emotional on stage". The Indian Express. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
  8. ^ "The 25 best Malayalam films of the decade". The Hindu. 19 December 2019. Retrieved 29 May 2020.