Thattassery Koottam

Thattassery Koottam is a 2022 Indian Malayalam-language romantic comedy thriller film written by Santosh Echikkanam, directed by Anoop Padmanaban and produced by Dileep under the banner of Graand Production. The film features Arjun Ashokan, Ganapathi S. Poduval, Aneesh Gopal, Unni Rajan P. Dev, Priyamvada Krishnan, Vijayaraghavan in lead roles along with Siddique, Mamukkoya, Dileep, Vineeth Tattatil David supporting roles.

Thattassery Koottam
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Anoop Padmanaban
Written by	Santhosh Echikkanam
Produced by	Dileep
Starring	Arjun Ashokan Dileep Ganapathi S. Poduval Aneesh Gopal Priyamvada Krishnan
Production company	Graand Production
Release date	11 November 2022 (2022-11-11)
Country	India
Language	Malayalam
Budget	3 core ₹
Box office	50 lakhs

Cast

• Arjun Ashokan as Sanjay Thattashery Jewellery Owner
• Ganapathi S. Poduval as Abbas,Sanju's friend
• Aneesh Gopal as Kalesh, Sanju's friend
• Unni Rajan P. Dev as Subu, Sanju's friend
• priyamvada Krishnan as aathira Sanju' Love interest
• Vijayaraghavan as Krishnan
• Dileep as Iqbal, Abbas's Elder Brother,and Sanju's friend (cameo appearance)
• Siddique
• Mammukoya as Usman, Thattashery Jewellery (Security Guard) Iqbal's and Abbas's Father
• Prayaga Martin as herself (cameo appearance) in Thattashery Jewellery
• Surjith Gopinath
• Vineeth Tattatil David as Abdhulla /Kalan abdhu

Production

The First look of the film was released in January 2020^[1].Later the trailer was released^[2]

Release

The Film was released on 11 November 2022 in theatres and started digital stream ZEE5 from 13 January 2023.^[3]

Reception

V Vinod Nair critic of The Times of India stated that "Overall a light-hearted, time-pass movie." and gave 3 stars out of 5 ^[4].Saraswathy Nagarajan critic of The Hindu wrote that "Arjun Ashokan comes good, but the all-too-familiar tropes disappoint"^[5].Sanjith Sidhardhan critic of OTTplay gave 2.5 rating out of 5 and wrote that " Arjun Ashokan's Thattassery Koottam would have been a decent watch, had it the same tempo and mood that made its first half fun. The second half is all over the place."^[6]

A critic from Mathrubhumi noted that "the slow moving first half, the pace and mood of the story changes as we reach the second half."^[7]

Critic from The Indian Express^[8] and Manorama Online^[9] gave mixed reviews.