Aanakkallan

Aanakkallan is a 2018 Indian Malayalam-language comedy thriller film directed by Suresh Divakar and written by Udaykrishna. The film stars Biju Menon, Anusree, Siddique in the leading roles. It was produced under the banner of Saptha Tarang Cinema.

Plot
Esthappan is a DySP, who has married Nancy  from a wealthy household, without the approval of her parents. He is assigned with the duty of finding the mystery behind a skeleton which was found from Ananthapuram Palace.

Pavithran, a thief claims he knows the identity of the murderer. Esthappan's wife's house is near the palace, so he sees this as an opportunity to mend his relationship with the family and solve the case with the help of Pavithran. They together attempt to figure out the identity of the murderer.

"PAST" : Neelima is a banker and is married to Pavithran. Aniruddhan (Pavithran's childhood friend) and Suryanarayanan (a rich builder, who is Aniruddhan's relative) convince Pavithran to start a catering unit which would yields huge profits within a year. The catering unit would have 3 partners - Aniruddhan, Pavithran and Suryanarayanan and each partner needs to invest money. Pavithran mortgages his land and house to raise the money. Suryanarayanan and Aniruddhan inform Pavithran that there is a shortage of ₹30 lakhs which would take a week to arrange and they may lose the business deal. Neelima places fake gold at the bank and hands over ₹30 lakhs to her husband and Aniruddhan on the assurance that ₹30 lakhs would be returned within a week to the bank. Both Aniruddhan and Suryanarayanan cheat Pavithranan and abscond with the money. Unable to withstand the criticism Neelima who was 6 months pregnant commits suicide.

"PRESENT" : Pavithran and Kallan Rammu kills Aniruddhan and hides his body in the palace. Finally, the film end with Pavithran killing Suryanarayanan and Pavithran surrenders to the police.

Cast

 * Biju Menon as Pavithran/Chackochi
 * Anusree as Neelima Kurup, Pavithran's wife
 * Siddique as Aana Esthappan DYSP
 * Suresh Krishna as C.I Bruselee Rajan
 * Bala as Suryanarayanan, the main antagonist
 * Sarayu as Nancy, Thomas Esthappan wife
 * Shamna Kasim as Rosy Thomas
 * Hareesh Kanaran as Eesho
 * Sudheer Karamana as "Goonda" Korah
 * Suraj Venjaramoodu as "Kallan" Rammu
 * Dharmajan Bolgatty as Darmaputran
 * Indrans as Balachandran Nair, Pavithran's Uncle
 * Bindu Panicker as Thresyakutty, Thomas's wife
 * Sai Kumar as Paraykal Thomas
 * Chembil Ashokan as Achutha Kurup
 * Kailash as Aniruddhan
 * Anil Murali as S.I Govindan
 * Priyanka as Suzy
 * Shivaji Guruvayoor as DGP Devarajan
 * G.Suresh Kumar as C.P Ramachandran, Chief Minister
 * Edavela Babu as Mathukutty

Music
The music for the film is composed by Nadirsha and Bijibal. Lyrics were by Rajeev Alunkal and Harinarayanan.

Release
Aanakkallan released on 18 October 2018.

Reception
The Times of India gave the film a rating of 3.0/5 and Mathrubhumi gave the film a rating of 3.5/5.