Nayattu (2021 film)

Praveen Michael rejoins the police force in a new station as a CPO. A local political goon named Biju, who is related to police officer CPO Sunitha, is summoned for being a constant trouble-maker. Praveen and his senior officer ASI Maniyan get into a scuffle with the goon and locks him up in the cell, but is later released without charges due to political influence of his Dalit party. After a wedding party, Maniyan and Praveen are drunk, joined by Sunitha who accepts a lift. With Maniyan's nephew Rahul as driver, they get into a collision with a motorbike. They move to assist after realizing that the bike rider Jayan is a friend of Biju.

Rahul flees from the scene immediately after which the trio get spotted by civilians. They attempt to rescue Jayan, who is announced dead on arrival, sending the Biju’s mob into a rage, forcing the trio to flee to their station. At the station, Maniyan realizes that they will be accused of murder and arrested soon, resulting in the trio fleeing and on the run. With political pressure mounting on the police to frame them, they retreat to Munnar to seek asylum with an old acquaintance of Maniyan. The CM gets involved in the matter due to an impending by election where the support of Dalit organization is crucial for victory. A squad of senior police officers, lead by SP Anuradha are sent in pursuit of the fugitives.

Anuradha and his squad manages to locate the runaways, but cannot launch an assault due to the strategic location of their hiding place. In the city, the police decides to stage a drama with the allowance of the CM. They announce that all three police officers are arrested and parades dummies with face covered to the media. When the squad finally makes the move, Praveen and Sunitha runs, only to find Maniyan hanging dead in a building with a suicide video note in his mobile phone as a dying declaration. Due to the previous dummy arrest, the squad is in trouble. The CM threatens to place the blame on the police department, ordering them to clean up the mess.

Praveen tries to escape to safeguard the suicide video, but is captured and is arrested along with Sunitha and is brought to the police club along with Maniyan’s body. The police officers stage Maniyan's suicide in the police custody and compels the other two to give corroborating statements, which make Maniyan responsible for the death of the Dalit youth and thus making them free of the crime. Praveen and Sunitha both refuse, where they are given time to change their mind till they reach the court. They are later placed in custody and transported to court in a police van as the voting for the by-elections take place.

• Kunchako Boban as CPO Praveen Michael
• Joju George as ASI Maniyan
• Nimisha Sajayan as WCPO Sunitha
• Jithu Asharef as Inspector SHO
• Jaffar Idukki as Chief Minister
• Yama Gilgamesh as Crime Branch SP Anuradha IPS
• Anil Nedumangad as Crime Branch DYSP Santhosh
• Vinod Sagar as Moorthi
• Hakkim Shajahan as Hakkim
• Abhilash Vijay as Crime Branch Officer Kishore
• Samson Matthew Valiyaparambil as Chief Secretary
• Seju K. Eapen as IG, Crime Branch
• Ajit Koshy as DGP
• Ghanshyam Nair as ADGP
• Rajendran as Local SP
• Manohari Joy as Praveen's Mother
• Dineesh. P as Biju
• Arafaath Ansaari as Praveen's Friend
• Sminu Sijo as Maniyan's Wife
• Ajayan Adat as a doctor
• Jineesh Chandran as Rahul

Principal photography of the film began before the COVID-19 pandemic in India and stopped during lockdown period. The filming resumed by the end of September and was completed in October 2020.[5][6][7]

Music was composed by Vishnu Vijay.

Nayattu[8]
Soundtrack album by Vishnu Vijay
Released	19 April 2021
Recorded	2020-2021
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Length	10:25
Language	Malayalam
Label	123 Musix
Producer	Vishnu Vijay
Vishnu Vijay chronology
Ambili (2019) Nayattu[9] (2021) Bheemante Vazhi (2021)
External audio Audio Jukebox on YouTube

The movie was released on 8 April 2021.[10][11]

• Nayattu at IMDb