Theevram -dulQuer 3rd film

Theevram (Malayalam: തീവ്രം, English: Extreme) is a 2012 Malayalam crime thriller written and directed by Roopesh Peethambaran in his directorial debut, and starring Dulquer Salmaan, Shikha Nair, Sreenivasan, Vinay Forrt, Vishnu Raghav, Riya Saira and Anu Mohan. The film is produced by V.C Ismayil under the banner of VCI Movies and features music composed by Roby Abraham, whilst cinematography is handled by Hari Nair and the editing by Kapil Gopalakrishnan. Distribution of the film is done by Lal Jose under the banner of LJ Films. Audiography was done by M. R. Rajakrishnan. The film is loosely based on two sensational murders that happened in Bangalore - the 2003 B. V. Girish murder case and 2005 BPO employee Pratibha rape and murder case.

The film is a dark thriller which will have a socially relevant message and two plots, one set in the present and the other about five years back. It is about the outburst of a young man towards the legal system.The film was released on 16 November 2012. The film got mixed reviews from critics as well as audience. It was heavily criticised for its strong advocation of capital punishment, a jab at rarest-of-rare-case arguments, and a tirade against rights activists. The movie employees the non-linear format narrative for the entire period

PLOT:
With the happening of a crime the movie has opened. Then comes an investigation officer Alexander (Sreenivasan), and an assistant (Vinay Forrt). Alexander unlike the assistant, is an officer who doesn't believe in torturing the accused people to prove crimes. He is touted as one of the toughest cops in the service to get deceived. Though he is a man who even fears to witness a live postmortem, he is intelligent enough to prove crimes. He proves this one too without much problems. Parallel to this, we are shown another crime. Harsha Vardhan (Dulquer Salmaan) is a man of mystery. He lives lonely in a big house, and teaches music to one kid. Apart from the role of a mucisian he has one more role to play in life – that of a sadist killer. The film takes a "U" turn post interval, which zoomed in to story that took place four year back. There we can see Harsha as an aspiring young musician. The struggles that he has to face in the initial years of his career are shown here. Not only in his career, but also in his life too he was seen struggling to maintain his relationship with the lover. Then his wife is murdered and how he plans to set revenge on the one who murdered his wife.

CAST:

• Dulquer Salmaan as Harsha Vardhan, as a music composer who is in search of a chance in a film.
• Shikha Nair as Maya
• Sreenivasan as C.I. Alexander, a police officer
• Vishnu Raghav as Dr. Roy Philip
• Riya Saira as Nimmy
• Vinay Forrt as Ramachandran
• Anu Mohan as Raghavan
• Janardhanan
• Unni Mukundan as Himself (Cameo)
• Aashiq Abu as Himself (Small Role)

FILMING:The film started its shoot on August 5, 2012 at Kochi after the pooja ceremony which had directors Siddique, Anwar Rasheed and the lead actor Dulquer Salmaan lit the ceremonial lamp. Hari Nair is the director of photography. It is shot at various locations in and around Ernakulam, Alappuzha and Chalakudy.