Oozham

2016 Indian film

Oozham : It's Just A Matter Of Time

Theatrical release poster

Directed by| Jeethu Joseph
Written by| Jeethu Joseph
Produced by|

* G. George
* Anto Padinjarekkara

Starring|

* Prithviraj Sukumaran
* Anson Paul
* Jayaprakash
* Pasupathy
* Balachandra Menon
* Neeraj Madhav
* Divya Pillai
* Tony Luke
* Irshad

Cinematography| Shamdat Sainudeen
Edited by| Ayoob Khan
Music by| Anil Johnson

Production
company

Fine Tune Pictures

Distributed by| Central Pictures Release & Tricolor Entertainment

Release date

* 8 September 2016 (2016-09-08)

Running time

| 139 minutes[1]
Country| India
Languages| Malayalam
Tamil
Box office| ₹ 15.25 crores

Oozham : It's Just A Matter Of Time (transl. Turn : It's Just A Matter Of Time) is a 2016 Indian action thriller film written and directed by Jeethu Joseph.[2][3] The film stars Prithviraj Sukumaran, Anson Paul, Jayaprakash, Balachandra Menon, Pasupathy, Neeraj Madhav and Divya Pillai.[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 brother to avenge the deaths of their family members from the corrupt scientist who got them killed.

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

## Plot

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Kovai Krishnamoorthy is a 24×7 health inspector in Tamil Nadu, whose son Surya works as a demolition expert in the US. While in a video chat 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 find the reason 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 a video in 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's 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 office to expose Marcus, but they learn that the ACP N. Venkatachalapathy is actually Marcus's henchman and was also there in one of the goons on the day when his family was killed.

The trio begins to trail them where they kills 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 Chathuranga, an ex-bomb squadron of the Sri Lankan Army who is now a freelancer and an explosive expert to protect them. 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 the killer 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's 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 Surya's own Remote Controlled bomb where Marcus and team heads some distance to see them die and triggers the bomb. The bomb doesn't explode and they lately realize that the bomb is its Remote control itself. The Remote control explodes which kills Anand, Marcus and his henchmen while Surya and others leave, thus avenging their injustice.

## Cast

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* Prithviraj Sukumaran as Surya Krishnamoorthy
* Jayaprakash as Wilfred Marcus
* Pasupathy as Captain Anand Chathuranga
* Anson Paul as Edward Marcus
* Balachandra Menon as Kovai Krishnamoorthy
* Neeraj Madhav as Ajmal, Krishnamoorthy's adopted son
* Divya Pillai as Gayathri
* Rasna Pavithran as Aishwarya Krishnamoorthy
* Tony Luke as Andrew Marcus
* Kishor Satya as SP Parthasarathy IPS
* Seetha as Subulakshmi Krishnamoorthy
* Irshad as SP Mohammed Riyas IPS
* Dinesh Prabhakar as Selvam
* Anand as Karthikeyan

## Crew

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

## Production

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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]

## Title

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The title "Oozham" is designed as a spider caught in a web, symbolizing the entrapment of victims according to the basic story.

## Release

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

### Box office

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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

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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.

## External links

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* Oozham at IMDb

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Films directed by Jeethu Joseph

* Detective (2007)
* Mummy & Me (2010)
* My Boss (2012)
* Memories (2013)
* Drishyam (2013)
* Papanasam (2015)
* Life of Josutty (2015)
* Oozham (2016)
* Aadhi (2018)
* Mr. & Ms. Rowdy (2019)
* Thambi (2019)
* The Body (2019)
* Drishyam 2 (2021)
* Drushyam 2 (2021)
* 12th Man (2022)
* Kooman (2022)
* Neru (2023)
* Nunakuzhi (2024)
* Ram (upcoming)

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