Oozham : It's Just A Matter Of Time
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJeethu Joseph
Written byJeethu Joseph
Produced by
  • G. George
  • Anto Padinjarekkara
Starring
CinematographyShamdat Sainudeen
Edited byAyoob Khan
Music byAnil Johnson
Production
company
Fine Tune Pictures
Distributed byCentral Pictures Release & Tricolor Entertainment
Release date
  • 8 September 2016 (2016-09-08)
Running time
139 minutes[1]
CountryIndia
LanguagesMalayalam
Tamil
Box office₹ 154 million

Oozham : It's Just A Matter Of Time (transl. Turn : It's Just A Matter Of Time) is a 2016 Indian Malayalam-language action thriller film written and directed by Jeethu Joseph.[2][3] The film stars Prithviraj Sukumaran, Anson Paul, Neeraj Madhav, Jayaprakash, Divya Pillai, Balachandra Menon and debutant Rasna Pavithran.[4][5] Shamdat Sainudheen handled the cinematography. The film was shot simultaneously 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.

Oozham was released on 8 September 2016.[6] The film was remade in Marathi as Grey starring Vaibhav Tattvawadi in the lead role.

Plot

Kovai Krishnamoorthy is a 24×7 health inspector in Tamil Nadu, whose son Surya works in US as a demolition expert. While video chatting with his sister Aishwarya and mother Subbalakshmi, Surya witness some goons murdering his whole family and is left devastated. On the same day, Surya's girlfriend Gayathri's brother SP Parthasarathy is also killed. Surya, along with his adopted brother Ajmal, an ex-software engineer and Gayathri set out to investigate behind the killings. Ajmal remembers that Krishnamoorthy has stored something in his email account which would lead them to deduce about the killings.

They checks the account and learns that Krishnamoorthy and Parthasarathy were investigating about an epidemic outbreak in Tamil Nadu, where they learn that Wilfred Marcus, the owner of a pharmaceutical company called Alpha Remedies is the mastermind behind Krishnamoorthy and Parathasarthy's deaths as they were about to expose his involvement in spreading the outbreak and providing medicines for profits. After learning this, Surya, Ajmal and Gayathri heads to the Commissioner's office to provide the evidence, but they learn that ACP N. Venkatachalapathy is actually in cahoots with Marcus and was also present on the day when his family was killed.

The trio begins to trail them, where they kill Venkatachalapathy in his residence using a bomb implanted on his TV and also kills the company's general manager Karthikeyan at his office in the same way. Marcus realizes that someone is tailing them and decide to hire "Captain" Anand Chaturanga, an ex-bomb squadron of the Sri Lankan Army and an explosive expert to investigate. Gayathri pretends to befriend Marcus's younger son Andrew and manages to kill him by using the same explosive implanted as a phone. After checking the details of the persons who were eliminated by Marcus, they concludes that Surya is behind all this. Anand, Marcus and his elder son Edward heads to leave for Australia, but Surya manages to bomb Edward's car with a magnetic bomb, thus killing him.

Meanwhile, SP Mohammed Riyas is appointed to investigate the killings, where he learns about Krishnamoorthy and Parthasarathy's murder has a connection with Marcus and deduce that Surya is after Marcus's life and tries to arrest him, but Surya manages to warn him to not interfere in his way. Anand and Marcus announces a reward of ₹10 million to find Surya, where a doctor gives away Ajmal and Gayathri's location to Marcus, while Anand tails Surya at his hideout in Coimbatore and manages to capture him. The trio are strapped with a bomb where Marcus heads some distance to see them die and triggers the bomb, but the bomb doesn't explode and they later realizes that Marcus triggered an explosive in Surya's bag, which is in Marcus's car. The bomb explodes which kills Anand, Marcus and his henchmen, while Surya and others leave, thus avenging their injustice.

Cast

Crew

  • Director and writer – Jeethu Joseph
  • Producers – G. George and Anto Padinjarekkara
  • Director of Photography – Shamdat Sainudeen
  • Music director – Anil Johnson
  • Editor – Ayoob Khan
  • Lyricist – Santhosh Varma
  • Art director – Saburam
  • Costume designer – Linta Jeethu
  • Makeup designer – Ranjith Ambady
  • Visual Effects – Tony Macmyth
  • Production Controller – Vinod Managalath

Production

After completing Life of Josutty, 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.[7][8]

Release

The film released on 8 September 2016 in 97 screens in Kerala.[9]

Box office

The film collected ₹1.25 crore in the opening day from Kerala box office.[10] The first 4 days weekend collection is estimated at ₹4.45 crore.[11] The film grossed ₹15.25 crore in 25 days run from Kerala box office.[12]

References

  1. ↑ "Oozham (12A)". British Board of Film Classification. 5 October 2016. Archived from the original on 6 October 2016. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
  2. ↑ James, Anu (4 February 2016). "Prithviraj Sukumaran-Jeethu Joseph join hands for 'Oozham'; actor releases first look poster". International Business Times.
  3. ↑ Sidhardhan, Sanjith (5 February 2016). "Prithviraj-Jeethu Joseph's movie titled Oozham". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 22 November 2022. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
  4. ↑ "Prithviraj, Jeethu to team up for Oozham". Deccan Chronicle. 5 February 2016. Archived from the original on 24 April 2016. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
  5. ↑ Suresh, Meera (23 May 2016). "'Thrilled to play Prithviraj's sister'". The New Indian Express. Archived from the original on 29 May 2016. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
  6. ↑ Sidhardhan, Sanjith (12 February 2016). "Oozham will be Prithviraj's Onam release". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
  7. ↑ Sidhardhan, Sanjith (5 February 2016). "Prithviraj-Jeethu Joseph's movie titled Oozham". Times of India. Archived from the original on 22 November 2022. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
  8. ↑ "Prithviraj, Jeethu to team up for Oozham". Deccan Chronicle. 5 February 2016. Archived from the original on 24 April 2016. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
  9. ↑ James, Anu (8 September 2016). "Prithviraj's 'Oozham' movie review: Live updates on Jeethu Joseph's film". International Business Times. Archived from the original on 10 September 2016. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
  10. ↑ James, Anu (10 September 2016). "Kerala box office: Check day 2 collection of 'Oppam','Oozham' and 'Iru Mugan' at Kochi multiplexes". International Business Times. Archived from the original on 13 September 2016. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
  11. ↑ James, Anu (12 September 2016). "Kerala box office: Check 'Oppam' and 'Oozham' first weekend collection report". International Business Times. Archived from the original on 10 January 2017. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
  12. ↑ James, Anu (6 October 2016). "Kerala box office: Here's collection report of Onam releases Oppam, Oozham, WTCJ, Iru Mugan". International Business Times. Archived from the original on 9 October 2016. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
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