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Thudakkam

Action Drama Malayalam


When danger strikes, a young woman fights to survive through courage and determination.

Cast:Vismaya Mohanlal, Mohanlal, Aashish Joe Antony, Gibin Gopinath, Bobby Kurian, Kottayam Ramesh, Jaya Kurup, Jaffer Idukki, Gilu Joseph, Sivadas Kannur, Aswin Vijayan
Director:Jude Anthany Joseph
Writer:Jude Anthany Joseph, Linish Nellikkal
Editor:Chaman Chakko
Camera:Jomon T. John, Akhil George

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Vismaya Mohanlal’s Martial Arts Skills Inject Life Into a Typical Revenge Thriller

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S. R. Praveen | The Hindu

Sun, August 16 2026

Despite its familiar tropes and a forgettable cameo from Mohanlal, ‘Thudakkam’ is watchable thanks to debutant Vismaya Mohanlal’s commanding action performance

Rarely have we seen an actor’s name attached to the film’s name. The CBFC certificate for Thudakkam, directed by Judy Anthany Joseph, displays the film’s name as ‘Vismaya Mohanlal’s Thudakkam’, heralding the debut film of actor Mohanlal’s daughter. Mohanlal appears in a cameo role as a martial arts master and tells Meenu (Vismaya) that this is her ‘Thudakkam’ (beginning) and to “make your father proud”. Though Sai Kumar plays her father in the film, what is implied is not lost on anyone.

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A Middling Action-Based Message Movie

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Vishal Menon | The Hollywood Reporter India

Sat, August 8 2026

The film constantly breaks the fourth wall to make obvious statements, giving signs of being rewritten to make the film appear softer for the family audience

In the interviews leading up to the release of Vismaya Mohanlal’s Thudakkam, it’s writer-director Jude Anthany Joseph spoke about how the basic concept of the film had been in discussion, as far back as 2020. There’s been a whole host of similar films that have released since, but there’s no denying the film’s obvious lack of sheen because it has hit screens after all of those films have released. In terms of its messaging alone, Darshana Rajendran’s Jaya Jaya Jaya Jaye Hey comes to mind, with recent releases such as Blast in Tamil and Maa Inti Bangaaram adding to an unignorable feeling of déjà vu. In first viewing, Thudakkam also feels like the most dated of these films, relying on a gratingly obvious amount of self-seriousness, as though it’s the first ever film to say what it’s trying to.

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