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{{Infobox film
| name = Cocktail
| image = Cocktail Malayalam.jpg
| caption = Official poster
| alt =
| director = [[Arun Kumar Aravind]]
| producer = Milan Jaleel
| screenplay = [[Shyam Menon]] [[Anoop Menon]] (dialogue)
| story = William Morrissey
| starring = [[Jayasurya]] [[Anoop Menon]] [[Samvrutha Sunil]] [[Fahadh Faasil]] [[Aparna Nair]] [[Innocent (actor)|Innocent]] [[Mamukkoya]]
| music = [[Ratheesh Vegha]] [[Alphons Joseph]]
| cinematography = Pradeep Nair
| editing = Arun Kumar
| studio = Galaxy Films
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2010|10|22}}
| runtime = 111 minutes
| country = India
| language = Malayalam
| budget =
| gross =
}}

'''''Cocktail''''' is a 2010 [[Malayalam language|Malayalam]] [[thriller film]] edited and directed by [[Arun Kumar Aravind]]. The film stars [[Jayasurya]], [[Anoop Menon]], and [[Samvrutha Sunil]] in the lead roles, while [[Fahadh Faasil]], [[Aparna Nair]], [[Innocent (actor)|Innocent]], and [[Mamukkoya]] play supporting roles. The film released on 22 October 2010.

The film was co-written by Anoop Menon and is an uncredited remake of the Canadian film ''[[Butterfly on a Wheel]]''.<ref name=rediff_review>[http://movies.rediff.com/report/2010/oct/25/south-cocktail-review.htm Rediff review]</ref><ref name=sify_review>[https://web.archive.org/web/20101027085045/http://sify.com/movies/malayalam/review.php?id=14958397&ctid=5&cid=2428 Sify review]</ref> It was the directorial debut of [[film editor]] Arun Kumar.

==Plot==
Ravi Abraham ([[Anoop Menon]]) is one of the key brains behind the success of a construction firm. He has rivals within and outside the office, jealous of his success. At home, he has a blissful life with his wife Parvathy ([[Samvrutha Sunil]]) and daughter Ammu. One fine morning, things go terribly wrong for Ravi and Parvathy, with a stranger ([[Jayasurya]]) who asks for a lift in their car. For the first few minutes, the stranger appears to be a naive mild guy, but his tone changes soon, and he begins to blackmail the couple, telling them that their daughter is kidnapped and with just one phone call from him, the new babysitter will kill her.

Ravi and Parvathy are forced to obey several bizarre instructions one after the other. First, the stranger asks them to withdraw the entire balance from their bank account in cash. Soon after, the stranger sets fire to the currency notes in a suitcase and throws the suitcase into a river along with their wallets. He then proceeds to ask for more money, so Ravi sells his wristwatch. As the day progresses, both Ravi and Parvathy are made to drive around and perform tasks, including leaking Ravi's firm's top secret business plans to their rival group, forcing Ravi to bargain with a sex worker Elsa. The stranger also traps them in a sleazy lodge where he begins to remove Parvathy's garments but stops short of proceeding further. At last, towards the late hours of the night, they reach the house of Ravi's boss Naveen Krishnamurthy ([[Fahadh Faasil]]). Ravi is asked to shoot Naveen if he wants to have his daughter returned alive. Ravi enters the house, and to his surprise, finds his colleague Devi ([[Aparna Nair]]) there.

Part of the drama is unveiled to the audience now: it is Devi's house, the stranger is her husband Venkatesh (Venky), and Ravi and Devi have been having an extramarital affair. In the subsequent few minutes, the audience realises that all of this was a drama plotted and enacted by Venky and Parvathy, both deeply hurt by their partners' deceit, in order to teach their spouses about the pain they themselves went through.

The last shot of the movie shows Ravi and Parvathy a year later at a hospital for the infirm. They see a paralyzed Devi, a victim of a suicide attempt, being cared for by an affectionate Venky.

==Cast==
* [[Jayasurya]] as Venkatesh
* [[Anoop Menon]] as Ravi Abraham
* [[Samvrutha Sunil]] as Parvathy, Ravi's wife
* [[Fahadh Faasil]] as Naveen Krishnamurthy, Ravi's boss
* [[Aparna Nair]] as Devi
* [[Innocent (actor)|Innocent]] as Kalyan Krishnan
* [[Mamukoya]] as Hakkim Seth
* [[Kani Kusruti]] as Elsa, the prostitute
* [[Lena (actress)|Lena]] as the doctor
* [[Joju George]] as Anand, Ravi's colleague
* [[Esther Anil]] as Ravi's daughter
* Janardhan Athri as the singer

==Box office==
Even though ''Cocktail'' could not manage a bumper initial,{{clarify|date=June 2018}} the movie picked up after a couple of days of the release. It has the dubious distinction of raising a controversy about the box-office performance. In a box-office analysis, [[Sify]] said that the film did not do well.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110101150834/http://www.sify.com/movies/top-10-malayalam-actors-of-2010-imagegallery-malayalam-km4lKwadegb.html#galname sify.com]</ref> However, an article in Expressbuzz.com, published some days after its release, said that the film is a "sleeper hit" and had a "dream run at the box office".<ref>Parvathy S Nair (18 November 2010). [http://expressbuzz.com/entertainment/news/cocktail-a-dream-run-at-the-box-office/224160.html "Cocktail, a dream run at the box office"]{{dead link|date=August 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}. Expressbuzz.com. Retrieved 7 January 2011.</ref>

==Soundtrack==
The soundtrack of the film was composed by [[Alphons Joseph]] and [[Ratheesh Vegha]]. The album features seven songs written by [[Anil Panachooran]] and Santhosh Varma.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://musikmelody.net/index.php/category/malayalam-music/page/2/ |title=Archived copy |access-date=2010-10-27 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723213028/http://musikmelody.net/index.php/category/malayalam-music/page/2/ |archive-date=23 July 2011 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
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{{Track listing
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| title1 = Neeyaam Thanalinu | extra1 = [[Vijay Yesudas]], Thulasi Yatheendran | music1 = [[Ratheesh Vegha]] | lyrics1 = [[Anil Panachooran]]
| title2 = Vennilavinumivide | extra2 = [[Alphons Joseph]] | music2 = [[Alphons Joseph]] | lyrics2 = Santhosh Varma
| title3 = Parayatharo | extra3 = Sayanora | music3 = Alphons Joseph | lyrics3 = Santhosh Varma
| title4 = Neeyam Thanalinu | extra4 = [[Rahul Nambiar]] | music4 = Ratheesh Vegha | lyrics4 = [[Anil Panachooran]]
| title5 = Theme Music 1 | note5 = Instrumental | music5 = Ratheesh Vegha
| title6 = Theme Music 2 | note6 = Instrumental | music6 = Ratheesh Vegha
| title7 = Theme Music 3 | note7 = Instrumental | music7 = Ratheesh Vegha
}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|1821373|Cocktail}}
{{ArunKumarAravind}}

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[[Category:2010 films]]
[[Category:2010s Malayalam-language films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:2010 crime thriller films]]
[[Category:2010s road movies]]
[[Category:Indian road movies]]
[[Category:Indian remakes of British films]]
[[Category:Malayalam-language films]]
[[Category:Films with screenplays by Anoop Menon]]
[[Category:2010s mystery thriller films]]
[[Category:Malayalam films remade in other languages]]
[[Category:2010 directorial debut films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Arun Kumar Aravind]]

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