Robin Hood (2009 film)

Robinhood : Prince Of Thieves, simply known as Robin Hood, is a 2009 Indian Malayalam-language neo-noir action film directed by Joshiy, written by Sachi-Sethu and produced by Santha Murali and P. K. Muralidharan under Anantha Vision. The film stars Prithviraj Sukumaran in the lead role, alongside Narain, Jayasurya, Biju Menon and Bhavana.

Robin Hood was released on 24 September 2009 to mixed reviews from critics and became commercially successful at the box office.

Premise
Venkatesh Iyer, an entrance coaching professor, moonlights as a robber and robs ATMs of the Imperial Bank of India (IBI) to exact revenge against T. Nandakumara Menon, Chairman of IBI. However, Venkatesh's troubles escalates when an covert cop Felix and Roopalakshmi, a senior systems manager of IBI, are assigned to capture him for the robberies.

Cast

 * Prithviraj Sukumaran as V. Siddharth / Venkatesh Iyer
 * Narain as Alexander Felix IPS, specialising in cyber crime (voiceover by Sarath Das)
 * Jayasurya as ACP Harris Mohammed IPS
 * Biju Menon as T. Nandakumara Menon, Chairman of IBI Bank and 2Day Builders
 * Bhavana as Roopalakshmi
 * Samvrutha Sunil as Abhirami Sundaram*P. Sreekumar as G. Sundaram, IBI Bank Zonal Manager and Abhirami's father
 * Lena as Meera
 * Salim Kumar as Nassar
 * Janardhanan as G. Vaidyanathan IAS, Siddharth's father
 * Jaffar Idukki as Sunny
 * Nandu Poduval as Govindan, Minister's P.A
 * Shobha Mohan as Radhika, Siddharth's mother
 * T. P. Madhavan as Minister Manjooran
 * Pratheesh Nandan as Jithesh
 * Pawan as a local goon
 * Chali Pala as CI Sukumaran
 * Anil Murali as CI Gopi
 * Sudhi Koppa as Anil
 * Vysakh as a channel reporter

Soundtrack
Music: M. Jayachandran; lyrics: Kaithapram Damodaran


 * "Jaalam Maayaajaalam" - Shaan, Abu Murali
 * "Parannu Vanna Painkili" - Benny Dayal, Achu, Suchithra
 * "Ponnalle" - Jassie Gift
 * "Priyanu Matram" - Shweta Mohan, Vijay Yesudas

Reception
Paresh C Palicha of Rediff gave 2/5 stars and wrote "Robinhood falls short of expectations and will depend on Prithviraj's fans to make it a success."