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{{short description|2021 Indian film}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Operation Java
| image =
| alt =
| caption =
| director = Tharun Moorthy
| producer = Padma Uday
| writer = Tharun Moorthy
| starring = [[Balu Varghese]]<br>[[Vinayakan]]<br>[[Shine Tom Chacko]]<br>Lukman
| music = [[Jakes Bejoy]]
| cinematography = Faiz Siddik
| editing = Nishadh Yusuf
| studio = V Cinemas International
| distributor = Sree Priya Combines
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2021|02|12}}
| runtime = 146 minutes
| country = India
| language = [[Malayalam]]
| budget =
| gross =
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'''''Operation Java''''' is a 2021 Indian [[Malayalam]]-language [[police procedural]] film written and directed by Tharun Moorthy (in his feature film debut). It stars an [[ensemble cast]] including [[Balu Varghese]], [[Shine Tom Chacko]], [[Vinayakan]], and Lukman. The story details an investigation undertaken by a cyber cell police station in [[Kochi]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=COVID-19: 'Operation Java' team in panic after police close dubbing studio in Kochi|url=https://english.mathrubhumi.com/movies-music/movie-news/covid-19-operation-java-team-in-panic-after-police-close-dubbing-studio-in-kochi-1.4864079|access-date=2021-01-30|website=Mathrubhumi|language=en}}</ref> The film was released on 12 February 2021. ''Operation Java'' was the first successful Malayalam film of 2021. This film received positive reviews from critics.

==Plot==
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The film is based on real life cases and portrays an investigation undertaken by a cyber cell police station in [[Kochi]] over the period of a year and half. Antony and Vinay Dasan joins the team as temporary employs in the cyber cell and helps the team solve cases using their skills.

== Cast ==
* [[Balu Varghese]] as Anthony George
* Lukman as Vinaya Dasan
* [[Irshad (actor)|Irshad]] as Prathapan
* [[Vinayakan]] as Ramanathan
* Binu Pappu as Joy
* [[Shine Tom Chacko]] as CI Jacob Mani
* Mamitha Baiju as Alphonsa
* [[Prasanth Alexander]] as Basheer
* Dhanya Ananya as Janaki, Ramanathan's wife
* [[Dinesh Prabhakar]] as Johnny
* [[Johny Antony]] as Baburaj
* [[P. Balachandran]] as Balachandran
* [[Mathew Thomas]] as Jerry
* Anju Mary Thomas as Anjali, Jerry's love interest
*[[Vinitha Koshy]]
*Rithu Manthra as Kavitha David
*Jose
*Sanjay K Nair as Sanjay
*Vinod Bose as Ravi
*Deepak Vijayan as Aneesh
*Parvathy
*Althaf Salim
*Akhil as Dany
*Jaiz as Jaiz
*Sufi as Aravind
*Sminu as Antony's mother
*Dilshana Dilshad as Maya (Ramanathan's daughter)
*Shiny Zara
*Anil Kumar
*Sunil Meleppuram
*Manikandan as Driver Baburaj
*Sreeja Ajith as Jerry's mother
*Eldho Raju
*Ramesh Chandran

==Production==
Tharun Moorthy was a former assistant professor of Computer Science and Engineering in a college who turned into an advertisement filmmaker. ''Operation Java'' is the [[feature film]] directorial debut of Moorthy who also wrote the screenplay.<ref name=filming>{{Cite web|title=Aiming for grittiness|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/malayalam/2020/nov/27/aiming-for-grittiness-2228472.html|access-date=2021-01-30|website=[[The New Indian Express]]}}</ref> It was screenwriter [[John Paul Puthusery]] who invited Moorthy to make a feature film after seeing a [[short film]] he scripted. Moorthy described the film as an investigative thriller, based on real-life cases that follows an investigation by a team over a period of an year-and-a-half.<ref name=release>{{Cite web|title=Real-life inspired investigative thriller Operation Java scheduled for February 12 theatre release|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/news/real-life-inspired-investigative-thriller-operation-java-scheduled-for-february-12-theatre-release/articleshow/80289659.cms|access-date=2021-01-30|website=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref> It takes place in 2015 - 2017 period. The film was produced by V Cinemas International<ref name=filming/>

Principal photography took place at [[Thiruvananthapuram]], [[Vaikom]], and [[Tamil Nadu]]. A location in [[Kakkanad]] served as the police station.<ref name=filming/> Faiz Siddik was the cinematographer.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-03-07|title='Operation Java' comes to an end|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/operation-java-comes-end-119728|access-date=2021-01-30|website=[[The News Minute]]}}</ref> Filming was wrapped in early March 2020.<ref>{{cite news|author=TNN|title=It's pack up time for team Operation Java|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/news/its-pack-up-time-for-team-operation-java/articleshow/74439246.cms|date=2 March 2020|access-date=30 January 2021|work=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref> Dubbing of the film was held at a studio in [[Kochi]] in June 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Operation Java teaser has gritty feel of police thriller|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/news/operation-java-teaser-has-gritty-feel-of-police-thriller/articleshow/80370187.cms|access-date=2021-01-30|website=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref>

==Release==
The film was earlier scheduled to be released in May 2020, but after the [[COVID-19 pandemic]] surged in India the release was postponed. Moorthy was adamant that the film should be released on theares first as many of the film's crew ncluding him were debutants and they wanted their first film to be watched in theatres. ''Operation Java'' was released in theatres on 12 February 2021.<ref name=release/>

== References ==
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==External links==
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[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Malayalam-language films]]
[[Category:2020s Malayalam-language films]]
[[Category:2021 films]]
[[Category:2021 drama films]]

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