"Thankamani" in Cinemas

Janapriya Naayakan Dileep's Thankamani is produced by two giant banners in South India

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UA | 7 March 2024

Thankamani the 148^th Malayalam movie of actor Dileep is directed by Ratheesh Reghunandan, who won praise as a director with his single film "Udal". Features popular hero Dileep in Thankamani as the lead character. Neeta Pillai, who won the hearts of the Malayalees with Pappan, and Kannada-Telugu movie star Pranitha Subhash are the heroines along with a huge star cast from Malayalam and Tamil. Ajmal Ameer, Sudev Nair, Siddique, Manoj K Jayan, Kottayam Ramesh, Major Ravi, Santhosh Keezhattoor, Azees Nedumangad, Thomman Mankuva, Jibin G, Arun Sankaran, Malavika Menon, Remya Panicker, Sivakami, Ambika Mohan, and Sminu Sijo. Apart from Tamil actors John Vijay and Sampath Ram the film also stars more than fifty character artists. The movie Thankamani is produced by RB Choudary under the banner of South India's giant Super Good Films in association with Iffaar Media of Rafi Mathira. The story and screenplay for the film Thankamani are written by the director Ratheesh Raghunandan himself.

Manoj Pillai handled the cinematography of the Idukki Thankamani incident, which rocked Kerala's conscience edited by Shyam Sasidharan. The executive producer of the film is Sujith J Nair. The chief associate director of the film is Manesh Balakrishnan. The big-budget film Thankamani is also unique in that it has fight scenes arranged by four famous South Indian fight masters Rajasekhar, Stun Siva, Supreme Sundar, and Mafia Sasi.

After the super hit film 'Udal' starring popular hero Dileep, the official video song of Ratheesh Reghunandan's emotional family drama film "Thankamani" was released on 26 February 2024. The release featured the opening song "Kaathileeran Pattu Moolum" sung by V Devanand and Mridula Warrier with music composed by William Francis with lyrics penned by BT Anilkumar.

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Following the hugely successful movie "Udal" which starred the well-known hero Dileep, the character poster for Ratheesh Reghunandan's poignant family drama "Thankamani" was made public on 24 February 2024. The character poster as Arpita Nath IPS by Pranitha Subhash has been unveiled.

On October 27, the birthday of well-known hero Dileep. To commemorate the birthday, the second first-look poster for the movie 'Thankamani' has been made public. The second-look poster for Ratheesh Reghunandan's 148^th film, 'Thankamani' starring the well-known actor Dileep, has been made public.

37 years have passed, but there has still been no healing. On the anniversary of the Thankamani incident, the first look poster for the movie "Thankamani" was released on 21^st October 2023. The first look poster for Ratheesh Reghunandan's "Thankamani" the 148^th movie starring popular actor Dileep has been unveiled.

The title of Dileep's 148^th film "Thankamani" was declared on 4^th September 2023 with the tagline "The Bleeding Village". The shooting of the film started on 28^th January 2023 at the Kottayam CMS College with around 500 junior artists and the filming was completed in Erattupetta, Poonjar, Kanjirappally, Koottickal, Kuttikkanam, Peermade and Kattappana. Art director Manu Jagadh has prepared a huge set on two and a half acres of land near Kattappana to shoot some important scenes in the second schedule. Some scenes involving a thousand junior artists were shot on this set in fifteen days.

This is the 97^th film of Super Good Films which has produced around 96 films in various languages including Hindi. Godfather, the Telugu remake of Lucifer starring Chiranjeevi and Salman Khan, was recently produced by Super Good Films. This Dileep film will be the 18^th film of IFFAAR Media, which has released many foreign language films in Kerala and produced many Malayalam films. After Suresh Gopi-Joshi's 2022 blockbuster 'Pappan', it will be Dileep's 148^th film produced by Iffaar Media. This is the 148^th film of Dileep's acting career.

Pranitha Subhash, who has starred as the heroine of stars like Surya, Karthi, Mahesh Babu, Pawan Kalyan, and Upendra Rao, is also acting in Malayalam for the first time.

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The film's launch event and the switch-on ceremony were held on 27^th January 2023 at Ernakulam Crowne Plaza Hotel in a grand hall. The event was graced by director Joshiy by lighting the Bhadradeepam and was attended by many celebrities from the Malayalam film industry. The son of producer RB Choudary and a young star of Tamil cinema Jeeva did the switch-on and producer Rafi Mathira clapped first. Apart from popular hero Dileep's heroines Neeta Pillai and Pranitha Subhash, other stars and crew members of the film attended the event. The names of the main actors and technical staff of the film, which has a huge star cast, were announced at the event.

The film started shooting on 28^th January 2023 at Kottayam CMS College with around 500 junior artists. The first schedule of Dileep's 148^th film has been completed with forty days of shooting in Kottayam and Kuttikkanam on 8^th March 2023. Ajmal Ameer, Siddique, Manoj K Jayan, Kottayam Ramesh, Major Ravi, Santhosh Keezhatoor, Thomman Mankuva, Remya Panicker, Muktha, Sivakami, along with other Tamil actors John Vijay and Sampath Ram participated in the first schedule shoot. The first scheduled filming locations include Erattupetta, Poonjar, Kanjirappally, Koottickal, Kuttikkanam, and Peermade. The next schedule will start from the last week of March in Kattappana and surrounding areas. This fifty-day schedule is depicted as a period of abstinence. Art director Manu Jagadh is preparing a huge set on two and a half acres of land near Kattappana to shoot the second schedule. Some of the important scenes of the film will be shot on this set in fifteen days, with around a thousand junior artists lined up. In the second schedule, a fifty-day shoot is planned in different areas of Idukki. Apart from the first scheduled stars, other leading actresses also act in this schedule.

The music for the film 'Thankamani' is composed by William Francis with the lyrics of BT Anil Kumar.

Thankamani movie was released in theaters by Dream Big Films after legal battles on March 7, 2024. The Malayalam film Thankamani will be premiered soon on Saina Play Ott.

Teaser

Lyric Video

Penninte Peralla

William Francis .. Music, Singer
BT Anil Kumar .. Lyricist

Video Jukebox

Kaathileeran

William Francis .. Music
BT Anil Kumar .. Lyricist
V Devanand, Mridula Warrier .. Singers

Synopsis

The narrative opens with the death of an Idukki-based communist party leader, and the police are at a loss as to who killed him or why. Under the direction of Commissioner Arpitha of the City Police, some of the clues point to a possible connection between this murder and another that occurred in 1986 in Idukki's Thankamani. In Thankamani, we follow Arpitha's research to determine the link between these crimes and identify the murderer.