Paleri Manikyam: Oru Pathirakolapathakathinte Katha

Paleri Manikyam: Oru Pathirakolapathakathinte Katha

A midnight murder story

2009•2h 35m•7.3/10

CrimeDramaMystery

Ratings

🎬TMDb

7.3/10(15)

In 1950, a young woman named Manikyam was found dead in the village of Paleri. Around 52 years later, Haridas, a private investigator, tries to unravel the truth about her death.

Open in PickFlick

Production

Varnachithra Bigscreen

Language

ML

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Mammootty

Mammootty

Haridas / Murikkumkunnath Ahammad Haji / Khalid Ahammad

Mythili

Mythili

Manikyam

Shweta Menon

Shweta Menon

Cheeru

Gowri Munjal

Gowri Munjal

Sarayu

Sreenivasan

Sreenivasan

Keshavan

Siddique

Siddique

Balan Nair

Muhammad Musthafa

Muhammad Musthafa

Younger Keshavan

Vijayan V. Nair

Vijayan V. Nair

Velayudhan

Suresh Krishna

Suresh Krishna

DySP Y Madhavan

Sasi Kalinga

Sasi Kalinga

DySP Mohandas Manalath

T Damodaran

K. P. Hamsa

Sreejith Ravi

Sreejith Ravi

Pokkan

Maala Parvathi

Maala Parvathi

Judge

T. A. Razzaq

T. A. Razzaq

Ghazal Singer (Cameo)

Kozhikode Vikraman Nair

Kozhikode Vikraman Nair

Balan Parakkal

Balan Parakkal

Kunjikannan

Recommended

Farewell, My Lovely

Farewell, My Lovely

Private eye Philip Marlowe is hired by ex-con Moose Malloy to find his girlfriend, a former lounge dancer. While also investigating the murder of a client and the theft of a jade necklace, Marlowe becomes entangled with seductress Helen Grayle and discovers a web of dark secrets that are better left hidden.

Farewell, My Lovely

1975

6.6

Blindfire

Blindfire

A police officer who while responding to a violent hostage call, kills the African American suspect only to later learn of his innocence. Sensing this was a set-up, and facing repercussions, he must track down the person responsible while examining his own accountability and the ingrained racism which brought him to this point.

Blindfire

2020

6.8

Brake

Brake

A Secret Service Agent is held captive in the trunk of a car and endures high-speed mental and physical torture as terrorists attempt to extract needed information for their sinister plot.

Brake

2012

5.8

Vice Squad

Vice Squad

An unlikely Hollywood hooker helps a detective set a trap for a mutilator pimp.

Vice Squad

1982

6.2

In the Blood

In the Blood

When her husband goes missing during their Caribbean vacation, a woman sets off on her own to take down the men she thinks are responsible.

In the Blood

2014

5.8

Convict

Convict

Set in the dark and old Parramatta prison built by the original convicts our lead character Ray a war veteran finds himself serving 18 months for manslaughter after defending his fiance. He soon realizes that the prison boss has it in for him and does everything possible to break Ray even going after his fiance.

Convict

2014

6.5

Crime and Punishment

Crime and Punishment

Former student Raskolnikov is pushed to murder when struggling to pay the rent on his apartment. When the murder is being investigated by the police, Raskolnikov struggles between trying to hide his guilt and the pressure to confess.

Crime and Punishment

1935

6.2

Until Death

Until Death

Anthony Stowe is a dirty cop who is hooked on heroin—and everyone hates him. After a serious accident, he is placed into an induced coma, but emerges from it a better person who wants to put things right.

Until Death

2007

5.9

Walking Tall: Lone Justice

Walking Tall: Lone Justice

In Dallas, witnesses against a drug-lord are murdered in a safe-house.The testimony of FBI agents becomes the only chance to keep him in prison. They are lodged in another safe-house, but the place is invaded and the agents are executed. However, Kate is only wounded, and her boyfriend Nick believes there is a traitor in the agency and takes her to his ranch to protect her life.

Walking Tall: Lone Justice

2007

5.8

Dear Mr. Gacy

Dear Mr. Gacy

A chronicle of the interaction between college student Jason Moss and the object of his obsession, serial killer John Wayne Gacy.

Dear Mr. Gacy

2010

5.9

The Ghoul

The Ghoul

A homicide detective goes undercover as a patient to investigate a psychotherapist he believes is linked to a strange double murder. As his therapy sessions continue the line between fantasy and reality begins to blur.

The Ghoul

2017

6.0

Zulu

Zulu

As a child, Ali Neuman narrowly escaped being murdered by Inkhata, a militant political party at war with Nelson Mandela's African National Congress. Only he and his mother survived the carnage of those years. But as with many survivors, the psychological scars remain.

Zulu

2013

6.7

Similar Movies

Down

Down

After the elevators at a New York City skyscraper begin inexplicably malfunctioning, putting its passengers at risk, mechanic Mark Newman and reporter Jennifer Evans begin separate investigations. Newman gets resistance from superiors at his company, which manufactured the elevator, while additional elevator incidents cause several gruesome deaths. The police get involved and suspect that terrorists are responsible, but a far stranger explanation looms.

Down

2001

5.1

Mystery Street

Mystery Street

When a young woman's skeletal remains turn up on a Massachusetts beach, Barnstable cop Peter Moralas teams with Boston police and uses forensics, with the help of a Harvard professor, to determine the woman's identity, how she died, and who killed her.

Mystery Street

1950

6.8

Dolemite

Dolemite

Dolemite is a pimp who was set up by Willie Greene and the cops, who have planted drugs, stolen furs, and guns in his trunk and got him sentenced to 20 years in jail. One day, Queen B and a warden planned to get him out of Jail and get Willie Green and Mitchell busted for what they did to him.

Dolemite

1975

5.9

Zatoichi on the Road

Zatoichi on the Road

Zatoichi is sworn to protect the life of a young girl and without any real allies finds himself in the middle of a bloody turf war.

Zatoichi on the Road

1963

6.9

Doppelganger

Doppelganger

After being implicated in a murder, a young woman flees New York City and moves to Los Angeles, where she rents a room from a writer. They begin an affair, but it seems she's been followed by a homicidal duplicate of herself.

Doppelganger

1993

4.9

Jawbreaker

Jawbreaker

When an exclusive clique of teenage socialites accidentally murder their best friend on the morning of her birthday, the three girls responsible conspire to hide the truth.

Jawbreaker

1999

6.4

In Cold Blood

In Cold Blood

After a botched robbery results in the brutal murder of a rural family, two drifters elude police, in the end coming to terms with their own mortality and the repercussions of their vile atrocity.

In Cold Blood

1967

7.5

Rage!

Rage!

In an attempt to be rehabilitated, a rapist goes to therapy while in prison.

Rage!

1980

8.0

Boomerang!

Boomerang!

When a kindly priest is murdered while waiting at a street corner in a quiet Connecticut town, the citizens are horrified and demand action from the police. All of the witnesses identify John Waldron, a nervous out-of-towner, as the killer. District Attorney Henry Harvey is then put on the case and faces political opposition in his attempt to prove Waldron's innocence.

Boomerang!

1947

7.1

Capone

Capone

Young Al Capone catches the eye of Johnny Torrio, a criminal visiting New York from Chicago. Torrio invites Capone to move to Illinois to help run his Prohibition-era alcohol sales operation. Capone rises through the ranks of Torrio's gang and eventually takes over. On top, he works to consolidate his power by eliminating his enemies, fixing elections to his advantage and getting rich. In his spare time, Capone courts the principled Iris Crawford.

Capone

1975

5.9

Warriors of Horseshoe 3: Redemption

Warriors of Horseshoe 3: Redemption

After the death of his brother at the hands of the Master of Shaolin Horseshoes, an enraged hunter seeks a path of vengeance.

Warriors of Horseshoe 3: Redemption

Kappiri Thuruthu

Kappiri Thuruthu

The story of the film goes through the time of H. Mehboob, who tell us the story of the slavers and Jews, who worked for the Dutch and Britishers who ruled over India. It tells us the songs of Cochin that go beyond caste, creed and nation.

Kappiri Thuruthu

2016

PickFlick Assistant

Hi! I'm your PickFlick Assistant. Ask me about movies, TV shows, OTT sources, or anything about PickFlick.

Powered by CopilotKit