Anjaam Pathiraa

Anjaam Pathiraa
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Midhun Manuel Thomas
Written by	Midhun Manuel Thomas
Produced by	Ashiq Usman
Starring	Kunchacko Boban Sreenath Bhasi Sharaf U Dheen
Cinematography	Shyju Khalid
Edited by	Saiju Sreedharan
Music by	Sushin Shyam
Production companies	Ashiq Usman Productions Manual Movie Makers
Distributed by	Central Pictures
Release date	10 January 2020 (2020-01-10) (India)
Running time	144 minutes[1]
Country	India
Language	Malayalam
Box office	est. ₹50 crore[2][3]

Anjaam Pathiraa (transl. The Fifth Midnight) (promoted as Midnight Murders outside Kerala and Internationally) is a 2020 Indian Malayalam-language crime thriller film^[4][5] written and directed by Midhun Manuel Thomas. The film stars Kunchacko Boban, Sharaf U Dheen, Sreenath Bhasi, Unnimaya Prasad, Jinu Joseph and Abhiram Radhakrishnan. Sushin Shyam composed the music, while Shyju Khalid was the cinematographer.

Anjaam Pathiraa was dubbed in Telugu and Hindi as Midnight Murders and Police Story and was released on Aha and Goldmines Telefilms. The film received positive reviews from critics where it went on to emerge as the highest-grossing Malayalam film of 2020 and was remade in Bengali in 2021 as Mukhosh. Following the film's success, Midhun Manuel Thomas has announced a sequel titled Aaaram Pathiraa (transl. The sixth midnight).

Parts of the plot were based on real events: such as the Psycho Simon character was taken from the 2017 Nanthancode massacre where a psychopathic son killed his entire family; and Ripper Ravi character is based on Ripper Chandran, a notorious serial killer in Kerala during late 1980s.