Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum

Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum
Poster
Directed byDileesh Pothan
Written by
Story bySajeev Pazhoor
Produced bySandip Senan
Anish M. Thomas
StarringSuraj Venjaramoodu
Fahadh Faasil
CinematographyRajeev Ravi
Edited byKiran Das
Music byBijibal
Production
company
Urvasi Theatres
Distributed byUrvasi Theatres
Tricolor Entertainment[1]
Release date
  • 30 June 2017 (2017-06-30) (India)
Running time
135 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageMalayalam
Budget₹65 million [2]

Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum (transl. The mainour and the witness) is a 2017 Indian Malayalam-language crime drama film directed by Dileesh Pothan and written by Sajeev Pazhoor. The film stars Fahadh Faasil and Suraj Venjaramoodu, with Nimisha Sajayan, Alencier Ley Lopez, Vettukili Prakash, and Sibi Thomas in supporting roles. Syam Pushkaran served as a creative director of the film.[3] Bijibal composed the music[4] and Rajeev Ravi handled the cinematography.

Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum was produced on a budget of ₹65 million.[5] The film was released on 30 June 2017 in Kerala.[6] It received critical acclaim and was also a commercial success at the box office, grossing ₹179.3 million from Kerala alone[7] The Hindu included the film in their "Top 5 Malayalam movies in 2017"[8] and "The 25 best Malayalam films of the decade".[9]

The film won three National Film Awards, two Kerala State Film Awards, four Filmfare Awards South, three South Indian International Movie Awards, eight Asianet Film Awards, six CPC Cine Awards, four Vanitha Film Awards, three Kerala Film Critics Association Awards, two Asiavision Awards and one at International Film Festival of Kerala.

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  3. ^ "Syam Pushkaran: The poster boy of realism". The New Indian Express. 28 October 2017. Archived from the original on 26 September 2020. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
  4. ^ "'Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum' song is hit". Sify. 26 June 2017. Archived from the original on 27 June 2017. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
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  9. ^ "The 25 best Malayalam films of the decade". The Hindu. 19 December 2019. Archived from the original on 10 January 2020. Retrieved 23 May 2020.