Pakida

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2015}} {{Use Indian English|date=October 2015}} {{Infobox film | name = Pakida | image = Pakida film.png | caption = Theatrical release poster | director = Sunil Karyattukara | writer = Rajesh Rajendran<br />Sreejith N. | producer = Sagar Shereef<br />Kartha Seagulf | starring = Asif Ali<br/>Biju Menon<br/>Malavika Nair | music = Bijibal | cinematography = Sameer Haq | editing = Manoj | studio = Sagar & Seagulf Productions | distributor = Sagar Cinema Release | released = {{Film date|2014|02|14|df=y}} | runtime = | country = India | language = Malayalam | gross = }} '''''Pakida''''' ({{Translation|Dice}}) is a 2014 Indian Malayalam-language road movie directed by Sunil Karyattukara, written by Rajesh Rajendran and Sreejith N., and starring Asif Ali and Biju Menon with Malavika Nair, Shine Tom Chacko, Aju Varghese, Vishnu G Raghav, and Anjo Jose in supporting roles. The film was released on 14 February 2014.

==Plot== {{more plot|date=June 2021}} Five friends - Aadhi, Rafeeq, C. P., Pauly, and Balu - are graduates in automobile engineering and are close to each other. Aadhi has a love affair. He meets a middle-aged man, George Koshy Anthrapper, who walks with the help of a walking stick. Aadhi accompanies Anthrapper on a journey to Rameswaram. They come across Sunny and a Tamil girl, Kani.

==Cast== * Asif Ali as Aadhi * Biju Menon as George Koshy Anthraper * Shine Tom Chacko as Sunny * Malavika Nair as Kani * Aju Varghese as Maathan * Vishnu G Raghav as Rafik * Anjo Jose * Sajid Yahiya as Sherif * Apoorva Bose as Pooja * Renji Panicker Sreekumar * P. Balachandran as Adhi's father * Balaji Sarma as Xaiver * Assim Jamal as Stephen

==Production== Pakida is the second movie of Sunil Karyattukara after ''Chacko Randaaman''.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20131005003116/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-06-24/news-and-interviews/40165669_1_biju-menon-road-movie-madurai Asif, Biju team up for a road movie], Pakida</ref> Filming was carried in Tamil Nadu and Kochi, Kerala.<ref>{{cite news |last1=George |first1=Vijay |title=On Location: Pakida - Thrill of the road |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/cinema-columns/on-location-pakida-thrill-of-the-road/article5096361.ece |access-date=19 June 2021 |work=The Hindu |date=2013-09-05}}</ref>

==Soundtrack== The music was composed by Bijibal with lyrics by Rafeeq Ahamed, Jophy Tharakan, and Nillai Jayanthi. {| class="wikitable" !Track !Title !Singer(s) !Length |- |1 |"Aaranaara" |Najim Arshad, Vinod Menon |3:56 |- |2 |"Ee Poo Veyilil" |Soumya T. R. |3:12 |- |3 |"Item Song" |Anuradha Sriram | |}

==Release== The film was released in theatres on 14 February 2014.<ref>{{cite news |title=Pakida Movie Review {2.5/5}: Critic Review of Pakida |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movie-reviews/pakida/movie-review/30514667.cms |access-date=19 June 2021 |work=The Times of India}}</ref>

==References== {{reflist|30em}}

==External links== * {{IMDb title|id=tt3567368|title=Pakida}}

Category:2014 films Category:Indian thriller films Category:2014 Malayalam-language films Category:2014 Indian films Category:2014 thriller films