Kurup is a fugitive Sukumara Kurup-based criminal thriller film directed by Srinath Rajendran and released in 2021 in Malayalam. It stars Dulquer Salmaan, and the music and songs were composed by Indrajith Sukumaran, Sobhita Dhulipala, Shine Tom Chacko, Sunny Wayne, Bharath Srinivasan, Shivajith, Surabhi Lakshmi, and Vija Sushin Shyam.

Cast of Kurup

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  • Sudhakara Kurup / Gopi Krishnan / Alexander Gotmoshy are played by Dulquer Salmaan.
  • DYSP Indrajith Sukumaran Krishna Das (Krishna Das) is
  • Sharadamma / Sharadha Kurup is played by Sobhita Dhulipala.
  • Shine Bhasi Pillai/Pillaichan is played by Tom Chacko.
  • Peter George is played by Sunny Wayne.
  • Sabu Bharath Srinivasan as Izaakh Tovino is played by Shivajith Padmanabhan.
  • Thomas in the role of Charlie

Primary photography began on September 1, 2019 and ended in February 2020, with locations such as Palakkad, Mumbai, Thrissur, Mangaluru, Ahmedabad, Mysuru, Bhopal, and Dubai being used. Kurup is the first Indian film to use non-fungible token (NFT) collectibles, and it was released on November 12, 2021. It garnered favourable reviews from reviewers and the general public at its initial release. It was the highest-grossing Malayalam film of 2021 and the third-highest-grossing Malayalam film of all time.

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Kurup is based on Sukumara Kurup, a real-life criminal who has been on the run for over four decades. Dulquer Salmaan portrays the criminal genius who fakes his death to address his financial problems with insurance money in the big-screen dramatisation of the crime, which has become something of an urban legend in Kerala.

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Kurup is based on a crime and one of India’s longest manhunts that has captivated a state’s interest. Dulquer Salmaan takes on the role of Sukumara Kurup, a man who has eluded arrest for over four decades and has become a folk hero in the process. This isn’t the first time a film about the killer has been created; Malayalam films NH 47 (1984) and Pinneyum (2016), as well as Hindi film Moh Maya Money (2016), have all done so. However, because of Dulquer’s celebrity, the 37-year-old murder case has found a new attention in a new generation.

Kurup’s creators have been chastised by some for ‘glamorising’ a cold-blooded murder for the purpose of big-screen amusement. That is a discussion for another day. But, for some reason, the directors felt it was worth it to risk everything for this film, since they must have found something more valuable in it than an elusive criminal.

Kurup was accused in 1984 of murdering a man named Chacko and then collecting insurance money from his body. Despite the fact that his associates were captured by Kerala Police, Kurup was never apprehended. And director Srinath Rajendran and his writing team have attempted to illustrate how one of Kerala’s most wanted fugitives has become a folk hero. The question is whether they were effective in conveying all the nuances.

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Gopi Krishna Kurup (Dulquer Salmaan) is a frequent criminal with a natural proclivity for breaking the norms. After failing to pass Class 12, he joins the Indian Air Force to try his luck. He finally gets a spot at the training camp after several efforts. He isn’t beyond taking advantage of military privileges to earn a fast cash. In the aftermath of the 1971 India-Pakistan war, Kurup even takes some of the country’s armaments.

And as his ambition grows, he fakes his own death to get out of his IAF obligations. He changes his name to Sudhakara Kurup and travels to the Gulf, where he creates a fortune. Kurup might have quietly thanked his lucky stars and retired to his newfound money with his wife and children. Greed, on the other hand, leads him to push his luck even farther.

Kurup goes to Kerala with the intention of faking his death once more in order to collect Rs 8 lakh in insurance money. He enlists the services of three additional persons, including his brother-in-law Bhasi Pillai, who is portrayed by Shine Tom Chacko, who is in excellent form. Despite his brief presence, Shine’s portrayal of a bad and irresponsible drunk leaves you pleased. Bhasi and his associates kill a hitchhiker in cold blood to further Kurup’s scheme during one of the drunken evenings.

At first, we only get a glimpse of Kurup via the memories of his family and friends. Yes, he’s a criminal. But he is revealed to be more. He is Sunny Wayne’s Peter’s best buddy, and Sobhita Dhulipala’s Sharada’s kind and faithful boyfriend. The filmmakers’ concern with the style of narration has blinded them to the reality that they are not conveying the narrative as engagingly as they could be.

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It’s a crime that the creators snuck a great concept about a larger-than-life malevolent phantom into the movie’s footnote. Kurup eventually takes on the appearance of an urban legend. Instead of half-heartedly re-telling the facts about Kurup and his crime that is freely available to the public, the filmmakers failed to recognise and explore such a wealth of material.