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| Directed by | Jeethu Joseph |
| Written by | Jeethu Joseph |
| Produced by | P K Muralidharan Santha Murali |
| Starring | Prithviraj Sukumaran S. P. Sreekumar Meghana Raj Miya George |
| Cinematography | Sujith Vaassudev |
| Edited by | Johnkutty |
| Music by | Sejo John Anil Johnson |
Production company | Anantha Visions |
| Distributed by | Murali Films & Tricolor Entertainments |
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Running time | 143 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Malayalam |
Memories is a 2013 IndianMalayalam-languagecrime-thriller film written and directed byJeethu Joseph. The film starsPrithviraj Sukumaran,S. P. Sreekumar,Meghana Raj,Miya George,Vijayaraghavan,Suresh Krishna,Rahul Madhav andVanitha Krishnachandran. The film was co-produced by P. K. Muralidharan and Santha Murali under the banner of Anantha Visions.[1] The film revolves around a drunkard police officer Sam Alex, who is forced into investigating a series of murders.
Memories was released on 9 August 2013 to positive reviews from critics and was a commercial success.
The film has earnedcult status and is regarded as one of the finest and most entertaining crime thrillers inMalayalam cinema. It was remade in Tamil asAarathu Sinam. The climax is adapted from the Hollywood filmKiss the Girls (1997)
Sam Alex is theSP ofKerala Police, who is heavily dependent onalcohol to ease the loss of his family. Sam was a peaceful family guy, leading a good life with his family. His beloved wife, Teena, and daughter were murdered by a terrorist right in front of his eyes. He kills him and as a result, turns into an alcoholic. Sam's superior officer,IG Aravindaksha Menon, requests him to proceed with a parallel investigation in a case involving the disappearance and possible kidnapping of several young married men, since the present police team is not able to make any progress in the case.
Sam refuses to do this. Later, his mother, Marykutty, requests him to take up the investigation. Sam soon gets into the case files and consults thepost-mortem documents and the doctors who conducted it. Soon, Sam makes a breakthrough in the case. Another two kidnappings happen, and all this leads to Sam's conclusion of the killer. The killer is an eccentric person, who has a limp and a short right leg, and either hates or loves women. The killer leaves certain clues inscribed by a sharpsurgical knife on the chest of the victims.
This serves Sam's thinking of what kind of person the killer is and who is his next target. Upon careful examination of the words inscribed in the body of the victims, Sam uncovers that the words are actuallyAramaic, the languageJesus used for communication. The words are later found to point to biblical proverbs, thus helping Sam lead to the conclusion that the killer is insane and assumes the victims gave up their lives for the sins committed by their respective wives. He calls the wives for an inquiry and tells them that they had a link with a guy named Anand, who studied with them a certain years back, but there was no evidence of such a person. Sam concludes that Anand changed his identity and is living under a new name, Peter, and identity.
Sam realizes that there is a final target that Anand will not miss and will disappear after that. He eventually finds out that the target is his brother, Sanju, and his wife, Anitha, is the last link in the connection. Sam finds out with the help of his colleague and other evidence that Anand has a property nearKottayam. He goes there to save Sanju. After killing Anand, Sam gives up drinking, and he finally moves on and adopts Anand's sister Parvathi's daughter.
Memories was released on 9 August 2013.
The film had been remade intoTamil asAarathu Sinam with Arulnithi in lead.
Sify.com rated the film as "Good", stating that "Memories is an engaging film that has been well made."[2] Gayathry ofOneindia.in says that "Memories is undoubtedly an entertaining investigation movie."[3] Aswin ofThe Times of India says that "Memories is an engaging watch, courtesy a good plot and a cast that does justice to the plot."[4] Indiaglitz.com says that "Memories is a thriller which may find space among the list of well crafted suspense thrillers in Mollywood.[5] Nowrunning.com rated the film as "Above Average", stating that "Memories is a decent entertainer and stunning thriller in which plot twists abound, and the ambiance is laced with intrigue."[6]
The music for the film was composed bySejo John and the background score byAnil Johnson.
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| Released | 2013 (2013) | |||
| Recorded | 2013 | |||
| Genre | Film soundtrack | |||
| Language | Malayalam | |||
| Producer | P K Muralidharan Santha Murali | |||
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| No. | Title | Lyrics | Artist(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Thirayum Theeravum" | Sejo John | Vijay Yesudas | |
| 2. | "Memories" | Shelton Pinheiro | Shelton Pinheiro |
