Oru Kuprasidha Payyan

2018 film directed by Madhupal

9 November 2018 (2018-11-09)

CountryIndiaLanguageMalayalam

Oru Kuprasidha Payyan (transl. A notorious youngster) is a 2018 Indian Malayalam-language crime thriller film directed by Madhupal and written by Jeevan Job Thomas and produced by V Cinemas International.^[1]^[2] The film stars Tovino Thomas, Nimisha Sajayan, Anu Sithara and Saranya Ponvannan in lead roles.^[3]^[4] It released on 9 November 2018 coinciding with Deepavali. The film is based on a sensational Murder case.^[5]

Plot

Ajayan is a timid young man who works in a nearby hotel. He often travels to meet Chembaga Ammal who runs a catering service and supplies idlis to the hotel where Ajayan is working. He shares a bond with Chenbakam as she treats him like her own son. Ajayan falls for Jalaja, a co-worker wish to marry each other. One dark night, a loud noise is heard from Chembaga Ammal's house around 12:30 am. It is found that Chembaga Ammal has been stabbed and she was struggling for her life. Neighbours see a person running from the spot. Chembaga Ammal died in the hospital and the police is informed about the incident. For one year, the case did not end and the culprits are not found by the local police. This led to frustration among the public and the case is transferred to the Crime Branch. Pressurized, the crime branch police decided to fix Ajayan as the culprit to solve the case. They created suitable evidence to fix Ajayan as the murderer.

Ajayan accepted the crime because of the torture that he had experienced by the police. While in remand, a convict asks him to appeal to the judge to fix a lawyer for him on his side. The court points to Hanna as the legal aid for Ajayan. Initially, she hesitates to take the case, but after unraveling the truth behind the case, she shows real interest in it. Hanna proves Ajayan innocent after a series of investigations and arguments in court. She won the case against her former senior lawyer, Santosh Narayan.

Cast

Tovino Thomas as Ajayan/Ajmal
Saranya Ponvannan as CP Chenbagam (Chembaga Ammal)
Nimisha Sajayan as Adv. Hannah Elizabeth
Anu Sithara as Jalaja
Siddique as Bharathan
Dileesh Pothan as Dr.Suresh Babu
Shwetha Menon as Doctor Renuka Subramaniam
Alencier Ley Lopez as Bhaskaran
Nedumudi Venu as Adv. Santosh Narayanan
Unnimaya Prasad as Adv. Vanaja Prakash
Sreelakshmi as Sheela
Maala Parvathi as Ajayan's stepmother
Sujith Shankar as CI Simon George
Sibi Thomas as CI Praveen Kumar
Sudheer Karamana
Balu Varghese as Jinesh
Sridevika as Adv.Anuradha Sreedhar
G. Suresh Kumar as Judge Jayadevan
Manju Vani as Neighbour
Arun as Anwar
V. K. Baiju as Rajeev
Valsala Menon as Hanna's grandmother
Madhupal in cameo
Binny Tom as Elizabeth

Production

Principal photography took place in Vadayar.^[6]

Release

The film was released on 8 November 2018.^{[citation needed]}

Accolades

Award	Category	Winner
49th Kerala State Film Awards	Best Actress	Nimisha Sajayan
42nd Kerala Film Critics Association Awards^[7]	Best Film	Oru Kuprasidha Payyan
	Best Actress	Nimisha Sajayan
	Best Sound Design	Harikumar

References

^ Sreekumar, Priya (2 December 2017). "Madhupal's Next: Oru Kuprasidha Payyan". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
^ Suresh, Meera (2 December 2017). "Madhupal's next is with Tovino Thomas". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
^ Soman, Deepa (21 February 2018). "Tovino Thomas' first look in 'Oru Kuprasidha Payyan'". The Times of India. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
^ TNM Staff (20 February 2018). "Watch: Actor Nimisha Sajayan makes parottas on the sets of her new film". The News Minute. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
^ "A murder and an acquittal: Me et Jayesh, the inspiration for 'Oru Kuprasidha Payyan'". 28 November 2018.
^ Prakash, Asha (9 February 2018). "Tovino's Oru Kuprasiddha Payyan starts rolling". The Times of India. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
^ "Kerala Film Critics Awards announced". The New Indian Express. 9 April 2019. Retrieved 29 January 2023.