Arjunan Saakshi is a 2011 Malayalam drama thriller film written and directed by Ranjith Sankar. It stars Prithviraj and Ann Augustine in the lead roles.The film is a thriller which deals with how we evade our responsibility to society. The film examines the vertical growth of Kochi both as a metro and a centre of crimes. It is produced by S. Sundararajan under the banner of S. R. T. Films and released on 28 January 2011. The film got positive reviews from the critics but was a failure at the boxoffice.

Roy Mathew (Prithviraj), a young architect who has spent his entire life abroad, finally arrives in Cochin with dreams of starting a life afresh. But he soon realises that the city that he gets to live in is radically different from the one that he had seen in his dreams.

By coincidence his individuality is misundertood for a witness to a sensational crime involving top brass of industrialists and political class. Roy has now got to prove not just his true self but also save himself and his dear ones from the looming threat but also set things right.

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August 15 is a 2011 Malayalam crime thriller film directed by Shaji Kailas, written by S. N. Swamy, and starring Mammootty. The film is produced by M. Mani and was released on March 24, 2011.



The film is a sequel to the 1988 film August 1, which was directed by Sibi Malayil, and written by S. N. Swamy.



Following from August 1, Mammootty plays the character of the Crime Branch officer Perumal who investigates into an attempt of assassination on the Chief Minister of Kerala on the 15th of August, the Independence Day of India.

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Nadakame Ulakam  is a 2011 Malayalam-language comedy film directed by Viji Thampi and starring Mukesh, Vinu Mohan, Sarayu, and Saranya Mohan in the lead roles. Its songs are composed by veteran music director Johnson with lyrics penned by Kaithapram Damodaran Namboothiri. The film released on 25 February to negative reviews.

Omanakkuttan (Mukesh), is a Bank Manager by profession. But he is very interested stage plays and he himself has directed and acted in many plays. He is approached by a film crew from town headed by Pavan (Suraj Venjaramoodu), to produce their debut venture. Omanakuttan who is a cinema aspirant, agrees to finance the film after he was offered the lead role. Eventually, he learns that neither Pavanan nor his associates know anything about film making. Omanakkuttan decides himself to script and direct the film. He completes the film successfully with a limitted cast but fails to find a distributor. To find a distributor, Omanakkuttan goes to Chennai but fate had something else planned for him there. His bag is stollen and when chasing the thief, he is hit by a car. Fortunately the car was that of an accomplished film producer and distributor (Siddhiq). After hearing the story of Omanakkuttan, he decides to distribute the film, which became a super hit in the box office.

 

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Payyans is a 2011 Malayalam slapstick comedy film written and directed by Leo Thaddeus.It stars Jayasurya, Rohini, Anjali, Lalu Alex and Lal in pivotal roles. The film's score is composed by Rahulraj whilst the songs are composed by Alphons Joseph.The film is produced by Kammu Vadakkan and distributed by Beebah Creations and Sayujyam Cine Release. It narrates the story of a reckless youth who is forced to act his age and take responsibility for his actions.

The film explores the relationship between a mother and a child. The central character Josy (Jayasurya) is brought up all by his mother (Rohini) after his father's (Lalu Alex) "disappearance". Apparently, Josy's problems start with the disappearance of his father. He drops out from the college to start his own business. But he does not succeed in his venture because of the lifestyle he leads. The film takes a turn when his long-lost father enters the picture and attempts to bring his life into a proper way.

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Makeup Man is a 2011 Malayalam film directed by Shafi. The film stars Jayaram and Sheela in the lead roles, and features Kunchako Boban and Prithviraj in guest appearances. Vidyasagar composed the music, with lyrics penned by Kaithapram.

The film has Jayaram as Balu, a Master in Business Administration, who is amidst losses after floating an event management company. He is in such deep debt that he has to enter his own house after dark like a theif to avoid bumping into his many creditors. It is in this dismal situation that he is forced to take care of Soorya (Sheela), who is madly in love with him and has fled from her home before her marriage to be with him. Balu’s only company in the city is a film production manager Kichu Manjaly (Suraj Venjarammoodu), who arranges their stay in the hotel room allotted for a new heroine of the movie. Confusions galore follows and Soorya is forced to act as the new face and soon she is selected as the heroine of the new film ’Cindrella’ by director Siddharth, which is under production. The director changes her name to 'Anamika' and in order to stay close with her, Balu takes the role of her personal makeup man. After that the couple manages to escape one difficult situation after other, until things take a severe spin just before the intermission.

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Khaddama  is a 2011 Malayalam drama film co–written and directed by Kamal. It stars Kavya Madhavan in the title role, with Sreenivasan, Biju Menon, K. P. A. C. Lalitha, Sukumari, Suraj Venjaramood, Lena, Jaffer Idukki, Muralikrishnan and Manu Jose playing other pivotal roles. Produced by P. V. Pradeep under the banner of Anitha Productions, it features songs composed by Bennet Veetraag, background music by M. Jayachandran, cinematography by Manoj Pillai, and editing by K. Rajagopal.

The title of the film is a colloquial version of Arabic word for servant "Khadima" . The film narrates the story of the immigrants in the Gulf, through exploring the life of a housemaid in Saudi Arabia (Kavya Madhavan). It is scripted by K. Girishkumar and Kamal, based on a reportage by K. U. Iqbal. Iqbal's feature, published in Bhashaposhini, was inspired by real–life incidents of a Kerala–born housemaid. Principal photography of the film began in October 2010, and took place mainly in the Middle East. After a special screening for industry people in the last week of January, the film made its theatrical debut in Kerala on 4 February 2011. The film's release was banned across Middle East.

The film was well received by film critics, with most of them applauding it as a realistic film. The performance of Kavya Madhavan has been rated as one of the best in her career, while the film itself is regarded as the best one in Malayalam with a Gulf-centric theme.

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Traffic is a 2011 Malayalam thriller film written by brothers Bobby and Sanjay and directed by Rajesh Pillai. The film features an ensemble cast consisting of Sreenivasan, Rahman, Kunchako Boban, Asif Ali, Anoop Menon, Vineeth Sreenivasan, Sandhya, Roma and Remya Nambeesan.The film has its narrative in a hyperlink format. The film opened on January 7, 2011 to universal acclaim. A multi-narrative thriller that intertwines multiple stories around one particular incident and, inspired from an actual event that happened in Chennai. Owing to its critical and commercial success, Traffic is to be remade into Tamil and Hindi cinema under the same title.

On September 16, superstar Sidharth Shankar (Rahman) is getting ready for the release of his new film. On the same day, Traffic Constable Sudevan (Sreenivasan) joins back on duty, after being suspended from service for taking bribes. The day is special for Dr. Abel (Kunchako Boban) who is celebrating his first wedding anniversary. Raihan (Vineeth Sreenivasan), an aspiring television journalist, is starting his first job with an interview with Sidharth Shankar the very same day.

On September 16, at a crowded traffic junction in Kochi, Raihan and Rajeev (Asif Ali), traveling in a bike is fatally hit by a speeding car at the signal. Raihan was all set to interview the superstar, Siddharth Shankar. Also at the junction, in another car, was the surgeon Dr. Abel.

Raihan goes into comma and is declared brain dead although he is kept alive using ventilator. Meanwhile, Siddharth’s ailing daughter's condition becomes worse and she urgently needs a heart transplant. At first Raihan's parents does not agree to take their son of the ventilator and donate their son's heart but Rajeev and Raihan's girlfriend persuades them into it. Now that the heart is available, the problem was with transporting it from Kochi to Palakkad. No chartered flights or helicopters were available and so the heart has to be taken by road. Someone has to drive the 150 kilometers in under two hours during the rush traffic.

City Police Commisoner Ajmal Nazar (Anoop Menon) is asked to carry out the mission. He initially refuses considering the complexity and risk involved in the mission. But finally he heeds to the persuasion of Dr.Simon D'souza (Jose Prakash). Sudevan, being an experience driver who has driven as an escort for ministers, volunteers to be the driver of the Jeep because he wanted to regain the name he lost due to the bribe incident. Accompanying them on this mission is Dr Abel and Rajeev.

Everything goes smoothly for sometime. But at a point the police team loses contact with the vehicle and it mysteriously disappears. Later it was understood that before the mission commenced, Dr Abel had hit and run his wife when he discovered her affair with his best friend. Abel tries to sabotage the mission in an attempt to escape, but Sudevan and Rajeev manages to convince him to save the girl's life. All goes well and they reach the hospital in time to save the girl's life.

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