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Flask (2025, Malayalam Feature Film)
Written & Directed By: Rahul Riji Nair
Lead Cast: Saiju Kurup, Suresh Krishna and Sidharth Bharathan
The arrogant District Judge Venkitesh Balaji and his naive Personal Security Officer Jyothi Kuttan are abducted and held hostage by a Maoist Group demanding release of their leader in jail. As both men face the impending death, their hierarchy equations change and it becomes a fight for survival.
Kigara Kavya (2025, Malayalam Animation Short Film)
Written & Directed By: Rahul Riji Nair
In 1671 Cochin, the lives of an African man and a local woman become deeply intertwined amidst the realities of the era. Their connection is tested and ultimately broken by a significant act of separation occurring at the bustling port. Centuries later in 2020, individuals bearing a striking resemblance meet in the same city, hinting at a timeless resonance or echo of their past. Inspired by the Kerala Mural Art style, this 2D Animation Short Film tells a timeless story of love across two timelines.
Showcase: Web Series
Jai Mahendran (2024, Malayalam)
Created & Written By: Rahul Riji Nair | Directed By: Srikanth Mohan
Lead Cast: Saiju Kurup, Suhasini Maniratnam, Miya & Rahul Riji Nair
A manipulative and cunning Deputy Tehsildar becomes a victim of a power play whose benefits he once enjoyed. To save his job and reclaim his reputation he has to now sabotage an entire political and bureaucratic system to his advantage.
Kerala Crime Files [Season 1] (2023, Malayalam)
Producer: Rahul Riji Nair
Lead Cast: Lal & Aju Varghese
A team of six policemen led by Sub-Inspector Manoj is on a chase to solve a murder in a suburban lodge room, with just one clue - a fake address, Shiju, Parayil Veedu, Neendakara, from a lodge register.
Showcase: Feature Films
Keedam (2022, Malayalam)
Written & Directed By: Rahul Riji Nair
Lead Cast: Rajisha Vijayan & Sreenivasan
Radhika Balan, a cybersecurity expert takes on a gang of criminals with the aid of technology as the law-and-order machinery turns inoperable when her privacy is at stake.
Kho Kho (2021, Malayalam)
Written & Directed By: Rahul Riji Nair
Lead Cast: Rajisha Vijayan & Mamitha Baiju
Maria Francis, an ex-athlete sets out on a mission to form a “Kho-Kho” (an indigenous tag sport from India) team from an island village school for girls where she is appointed as a Physical Trainer. She has to fight not only the primordial mind-set of the villagers and the authorities, but also her own demons from the past to make this possible.
Kalla Nottam (2019, Malayalam)
Written & Directed By: Rahul Riji Nair
Lead Cast: Vasudev Sajeesh Marar, Suryadev Sajeesh Marar & Vinitha Koshy
Winner: 67th National Film Awards - Best Malayalam Film
Golden Royal Bengal Tiger Award for Best Indian Film
Two boys steal a Camera kept for surveillance in a store aspiring to make a cinema. But their plans go astray and their attempts to abandon the Camera fails. They end up on wrong side of their actions leading to an irrecoverable loss.
Dakini (2022, Malayalam)
Written & Directed By: Rahul Riji Nair
Lead Cast: Pauly Valsan, Sarasa Balussery, Savithri Sreedharan, Sethu Lakshmi, Aju Varghese and Chemban Vinod.
Four feisty grandmothers form an unconventional gang to rescue their friend after he gets entangled with a dangerous local gangster. Armed with more nerve than combat skills, they hatch a hilariously audacious plan to take on the underworld figure.
Ottamuri Velicham (2017, Malayalam)
Written & Directed By: Rahul Riji Nair
Lead Cast: Vinitha Koshy & Deepak Parambol
Winner: Kerala State Film Award for Best Film 2017
Sudha, a newly married, underprivileged woman is trapped in a claustrophobic hilltop home with a color-shifting, ever-present light and a domineering husband, musters the courage to fight for her survival and seek revenge amidst isolation and trauma.
The Brag Board
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National Film Award
2019 - 67th National Film Awards - Best Malayalam Film : Kalla Nottam
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Kerala State Film Awards
2017 - Kerala State Film Award for Best Film : Ottamuri Velicham
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Kerala Film Critics Award
2020 - Special Jury Award : Kho Kho
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International Awards
2021 - Golden Royal Bengal Tiger Award for Best Feature Film, 26th Kolkata International Film Festival: Kalla Nottam
2021 - Best Screenplay, Yellowstone International Film Festival: Kalla Nottam
2020 - Best Film Innovation Award, Indian Film Festival of Cincinnati: Kalla Nottam
2018 - German Star of India [Best Feature Film], 15th Indian Film Festival Stuttgart: Ottamuri Velicham
2018 - Second Best Feature Film, Chicago South Asian Film Festival: Ottamuri Velicham
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Nominations
2020 - Best Film, Indian Film Festival of Cincinnati: Kalla Nottam
2020 - Best Screenplay, Indian Film Festival of Cincinnati: Kalla Nottam
2020 - Best Screenplay, New York Indian Film Festival: Kalla Nottam
2018 - Best Film, New York Indian Film Festival: Ottamuri Velicham
2018 - Best Director, New York Indian Film Festival: Ottamuri Velicham
2018 - Director's Vision Award, 15th Indian Film Festival Stuttgart: Ottamuri Velicham
2018 - Oxfam Award for Best Film on Gender Equality, Mumbai Film Festival: Ottamuri Velicham