The Reporter (film)

The Reporter is a 2015 Indian Malayalam mystery thriller-romance film directed by Venugopan. The film stars Kailash, Samuthirakani, Ananya, and Abhinaya. It completed shooting in 2012 but had a late release in 2015. The plot of the movie is loosely based on Soumya homicide and emphasizes how being silent about a crime is a crime in itself.

Plot
Eby Mathew was engaged to Sara, who falls prey to one of the most brutal cases of rape and subsequent homicide. The fate of Sara would have been different if the other passengers of the same train were not so ignorant of the glimpses of the unusual. They also prevent Ravi Pillai, a fellow passenger (and a friend of Eby, although he doesn't know that Sara was the victim), from responding.

Grief-stricken Eby feels the passengers are as guilty as the criminal, although they are not culprits in the eyes of the law. With the help of Ravi Pillai, he kidnaps each of them to seek revenge but finally lets them go when they regret their misdeed.

Production
The film marks the second collaboration between Samuthirakani, Ananya, and Abhinaya after Naadodigal (2009). The first schedule was shot at Guruvayoor.

Music
The film's soundtrack was composed by Sharreth. The lyrics of these songs are written by Vayalar Sarath Chandra Varma.

Reception
Veeyen of Nowrunning wrote that "'The Reporter is weakly scripted, poorly shot and dimly directed. There is little shine it, and even lesser bite".