Pathaam Valavu (transl. The tenth turn) is a 2022 Indian Malayalam language thriller film directed by M. Padmakumar starring Indrajith Sukumaran, Suraj Venjaramoodu and Aditi Ravi.[1] The film's script was written by Abhilash Pillai, who also wrote Night Drive (2022) also starring Indrajith Sukumaran.[2] Aditi Ravi plays a mother in the film.[3] Ajmal Ameer returns to Malayalam cinema with this film after a hiatus.[4]

Pathaam Valavu
Official Film Poster
Directed by	M. Padmakumar
Written by	Abhilash Pillai
Produced by	Dr. Zacharia Thomas Gijo Kavanal Sreejith Ramachandran, Prince Paul Nitin Keni Naveen Chandra
Starring	Indrajith Sukumaran Suraj Venjaramoodu Aditi Ravi
Cinematography	Ratheesh Ram
Edited by	Shameer Muhammed
Music by	Ranjin Raj
Production companies	United Global Media Productions Mumbai Movie Studios Pvt. Ltd.
Release date	13 May 2022 (2022-05-13)
Country	India
Language	Malayalam

Plot

SI M.Sethunath (Indrajith Sukumaran) is eager to go on leave for his wife's delivery. He is 43 and his wife's first two carriages were misconceived, so he along with family is in great tension. On the day when his leave is supposed to start, his superior Shihab Ali asks him to find and capture Solomon (Suraj Venjaramoodu) who is out on a parole and hasn't returned after his return date. Sethu goes to Solomon's house and Solomon runs away. Later in the day Solomon tries to kill some local guys and they beats up Solomon. Sethu arrives on the stop and arrests Solomon.

One the way back to the police station, Solomon narrates his story. He was an orphan and a well loved man in his village. He falls in love with a Hindu girl and they both elopes and get married. They now have a baby girl Lachumol. One day during the local church festival, Lachumol goes missing. They find the girls body the next day and postmortem report tells that the girl was raped before death. Police finds the culprits, two youngsters who are drug addicts as well and they did it under influence. The court acquits the accused due to lack of evidence as the police also helps them.

Solomon's wife Seetha tells Solomon that she wants both the culprits to be killed. Solomon kills one of them in front of the court but gets captured by their friends and relatives. Solomon is sent to jail. Now he is out on parole, he tells Sethu that this is his only chance to get revenge. But Sethu tries to calm him down and takes him to police station. Sethu's wife deliver's a baby girl.

Once Sethu returns back from leave, he goes to the jail to see Solomon. Sethu tells Solomon that he does not have to think about revenge anymore because that guy is no more. Sethu hands over a news paper report of a car accident in which the youngster was killed. Solomon says that during his last 4 years in prision no God heard him and now if his prayers are answered, then that must be by someone who is also a father of a girl. Sethu silently walks away. In a flashback, we see that Sethu hitting the bike from behind and running over him.

In the final scenes of the movie, we see Solomon getting released from jail after his term is over and reuniting with his wife who has been waiting for him.

Cast

• Indrajith Sukumaran as SI M.Sethunath
• Suraj Venjaramoodu as Soloman
• Aditi Ravi as Seetha,Soloman's wife
• Ajmal Ameer as Head Constable Varadhan
• Sudheer Karamana as Priest
• Kiara Rinku Tomy as Lachumol, Soloman's and Seetha's daughter
• Swasika as Suja, M.Sethunath's wife
• Sohan Seenulal as Constable Swami
• Aneesh G. Menon as Constable Satheesh
• Jayakrishnan as SI Antony
• Major Ravi as CI Shihab Ali
• Nisthar Ahmed as Xavier
• Abhinav Raj as Jerin Xavier
• Binu Adimali as Constable
• Shaju Sreedhar as Paul
• Edavela Babu as Anju's father
• Joy John Antony as Mahesh
• Sudheer Paravoor as Kochachan
• Nandhan Unni as Pachu
• Krittika Pradeep as Anitha, Seetha's sister
• Pria Menon as Sethunath's mother
• Thushara Pillai as Seetha's mother
• Anjana Appukuttan as Anju's relative

Production and release

The film began production in the August of 2021. The film had its theatrical release on 13 May 2022[5][6] and OTT release through ManoramaMAX on 22 July 2022.[7]

Soundtrack

Music by Ranjin Raj.[8]

Reception

V. Vinod Nair of The Times of India rated 3/5 and opined that "Patham Valavu can be a one-time watch with an interesting twist".[9] Fair Maithutty of The News Minute wrote that "Pathaam Valavu is underwhelming".[4]

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