Oozham (2016 film)
Oozham () is a 2016 Indian Malayalam-Tamil action thriller film written and directed by Jeethu Joseph. The film stars Prithviraj Sukumaran, Neeraj Madhav, Anson Paul, Jayaprakash, Divya Pillai and debutant Rasna Pavithran. Shamdat Sainudheen handled the cinematography. The film is Shot similarly in Malayalam and Tamil". Oozham" revolves around a demolition expert who teams up with his fiancée and adopted brother to avenge the deaths of their family members from the corrupt scientist who got them killed. The film released on 8 September 2016. Plot. Surya Krishnamurthy aka Surya is the son of a Krishnamurthy, who is  24×7 health inspector. Surya works in US as a demolition expert. He returns to the homeland for his sister's engagement. After returning to the US, while video chatting with his sister, he sees the murdering of his whole family by some goons, which Surya sees this through the video chat. This devastating incident shakes him up. On the same day, his fiancée, Gayathri's brother Parthasarathy, a Superintendent of police is also killed. Surya, along with his adopted brother Ajmal, an ex-software engineer, and Gayathri set out for vengeance against a pharmaceutical company owned by Clinical pharmaceutical scientist  Wilfred Marcus and his sons Edward and Andrews, who destroyed their family, where they kill them with their particular skill sets. Production. After completing Life of Josutty (2015) director Jeethu Joseph announced his next film entitled "Oozham" which features Prithviraj Sukumaran in the lead. The film marks the second collaboration of Jeethu and Prithviraj who had worked earlier in the 2013 crime thriller film "Memories". Release. The film released on 8 September 2016 in 97 screens in Kerala. Box office. The film collected 1.25 crore in the opening day from Kerala box office. The first 4 days weekend collection is  estimated at 4.45 crore. The film grossed 15.25 crore in 25 days run from Kerala box office.