Night Drive (film)
Night Drive is a 2022 Indian Malayalam-language thriller film directed by Vysakh, starring Indrajith Sukumaran, Anna Ben, and Roshan Mathew.[1][2][3][4][5][6] The movie depicts the story of a young couple and how they land in trouble when they meet with an accident.
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Directed by | Vysakh |
Written by | Abhilash Pillai |
Produced by | Neeta Pinto Priya Venu |
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Cinematography | Shaji Kumar |
Edited by | Sunil S. Pillai |
Music by | Ranjin Raj |
Production company | Aan Mega Media |
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Country | India |
Language | Malayalam |
Box office | 5.6 crore |
Premise
The plot is about a young couple who are out on a drive where they meet with an accident. It leaves them in a triangle between a cop who investigates the accident and the corrupt political hegemony who are in pursuit of them.
Cast
- Indrajith Sukumaran as CI Benny Moopan
- Anna Ben as Riya Roy
- Roshan Mathew as Georgy
- Siddique as Minister Rajan Kurup
- Kalabhavan Shajon as Chacko
- Muthumani as Police Commissioner Sharanya
- Kailash as Balu Krishnan
- Sudheer Karamana as Jamal
- Alexander Prasanth as Pranchi
- Ranji Panicker as Riya's father (Cameo Role )
- Sreevidya Mullachery as Ammini Ayyappan
- Srikant Murali as Dr. Firoz
- Santhosh Keezhattoor as Pappan
- Shaju K.S. as Anil Nair Channel Head
Release
The film was first scheduled to released on March 2021 but was postponed due to Covid-19 Pandemic. The film was theatrically released on 11 March 2022.
Critical Response
V Vinod Nair of The Times of India gave wrote that "If you are looking for a good thriller to kick off your weekend, Night Drive is the film for you".[7] Behindwoods wrote that it "is watchable but highly predictable thriller for the weekend".[8] The Indian Express opined that "The whole narrative style feels outdated and the sudden heroism thrust upon Roshan shows how filmmakers like Vysakh cannot come out of the formulaic thought process".[9] OTT Play stated that "Though Night Drive starts off as an atypical Vysakh thriller and eventually veers towards the director's familiar territory, the refreshing casting choices do the film a world of good in making it entertaining".[10]
References
- Antony, Meriya (December 10, 2021). "Night Drive: First look of Vysakh's next out".
- "Vysakh's Night Drive gets a clean U certificate". Sify.
- "Roshan Mathew- Anna Ben starrer Night Drive to hit theatres on March 11 - Times of India". The Times of India.
- "Roshan Mathew-Anna Ben's Night Drive gets first look". The New Indian Express.
- "Roshan Mathew, Anna Ben, and Indrajith Sukumaran to star in Vysakh's Night Drive". The Times of India.
- "WATCH | Trailer of Roshan Mathew-Anna Ben thriller Night Drive out". The New Indian Express.
- "Night Drive Movie Review: An engrossing, edge-of-seat thriller". The Times of India.
- "Night Drive (aka) Night Dirive review". Behindwoods. March 15, 2022.
- "Night Drive movie review: Vysakh's Roshan Mathews-Anna Ben vehicle feels outdated". March 13, 2022.
- "Night Drive movie review: Roshan Mathew, Anna Ben, Indrajith's unpredictability steer this slick thriller". OTTPlay.