Take Off (2017 film)

Take Off
Take Off Poster
Directed byMahesh Narayanan
Written byMahesh Narayanan
P. V. Shajikumar
Produced byAnto Joseph
Shebin Backer
Megha Rajesh
Starring
CinematographySanu John Varghese
Edited byMahesh Narayanan
Abhilash Balachandran
Music bySongs:
Gopi Sunder
Shaan Rahman
Score:
Gopi Sunder
Production
company
Distributed byAnto Joseph Film Company
Release date
  • 24 March 2017 (2017-03-24) (India)
Running time
139 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageMalayalam
Box office25 crore (US$3.0 million)

Take Off is a 2017 Indian Malayalam-language survival thriller film, based on the ordeal of Indian nurses in the city of Tikrit, Iraq, in 2014. The film is directed by Mahesh Narayan, in his directorial debut, and stars Kunchacko Boban, Parvathy Thiruvothu and Fahadh Faasil. It is written by Narayan and P. V. Shajikumar. The film was shot in various parts of Dubai and Kerala.

Take Off was released on 24 March 2017, and received acclaim from critics, winning the Silver Peacock - Special Jury Award for (Mahesh Narayan), and Silver Peacock for Best Actress (Parvathy) at the 48th IFFI. Parvathy also won her first Special Jury Mention at the 65th National Film Awards, her second Kerala State Film Award for Best Actress, and a second Filmfare Award for Best Actress - Malayalam. It was included in The Hindu's top 25 Malayalam films of the decade.