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MollywoodMalayalam cinema has seen a revival of sorts when it comes to cop dramas. Tnm brings you a list of recently released films in the genre.Tnm StaffFacebookIntense police procedurals, genre-bending thrillers, gripping murder mysteries – Mollywood has delivered a variety of cop dramas. Following the massive success of last year’s neo-noir thriller Nayattu, a number of films featuring headliners as cops have released in 2021 and 2022. Although older Malayalam cop dramas like Mammootty’s Inspector Balram, Mohanlal’s Mukham and Suresh Gopi’s Commissioner, among others, have remained popular for decades, Malayalam cinema has seen a revival of sorts when it comes to the genre, with films like Cold Case, Salute, Kuttavum Sikshayum and more. We bring to you a list of recently released films in the genre. Salute: This slow-burn police procedural features Dulquer Salmaan as Aravind, a Sub Inspector who is investigating an infamous double murder. Faced with...

ReviewA script that seemed to boldly disregard the image of the infallible hero appears to apply sudden brakes, realise the risks, and then go overboard in quickly sculpting a superhuman out of John Luther.CrisSince you walk into the theatre knowing that it is a thriller, the cosy warm picture of a beautiful hillside is something you know will soon fade. So you embrace the first few minutes as the cinematographer of John Luther, Roby Varghese Raj, lets you have a nice panoramic view of Munnar and its hairpin roads, and the tour bus climbing hill after misty hill, until a predictable thud breaks the spell. The thud is followed by a piercing scream, blood on the window and a body on the deck. John Luther, the man who will reach the spot and uncover the mystery is your titular character – Jayasurya in an uncharacteristically serious, barely smiling police role.

After the most talked about film of Malayalam film industry in the last year “Maheshinte Prathikaram” (“Mahesh’s Revenge”), director Dileesh Pothan and actor Fahadh Faasil come together for “Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum” (Roughly translated as “The Exhibit and the Witness”). Even though it’s only the second film from Pothan, due to the immense fan following from his previous film, which even generated a trend of finding minute details from that film and labeling it as Pothettan brilliance, there was much hype to live up to. By making the subject into a dark humor rather than the previous film, which was more of a feel-good movie, Pothan was able to satisfy and surprise his fans.

The film begins in a rural village near Alappuzha where chance encounters lead into a love affair between Prasad and Sreeja. Their inter-caste marriage prompts them to shift to Kasargod. On the bus journey, Sreeja’s...