Kaashh

Kaashh is a 2012 Indian Malayalam-language crime comedy film written and directed by debutant filmmakers Sujith and Sajith starring Rajeev Pillai. The film is about the abduction of an industrialist's daughter by a team of four friends. The film was a box office failure.^[1]

Kaashh
Directed by	Sujith-Sajith
Written by	Sujith-Sajith Vamanapuram Mani
Produced by	Sunil
Starring	Rajeev Pillai Bineesh Kodiyeri Basil Mehul James
Cinematography	S. B. Prijith
Edited by	Vivek Harshan
Music by	Sandeep Pillai
Production company	Oh My God Cinemas
Distributed by	Shenoy Cinemax
Release date	26 October 2012 (2012-10-26)
Running time	110 minutes
Country	India
Language	Malayalam

Cast

• Rajeev Pillai as Sarath
• Bineesh Kodiyeri
• Basil
• Mehul James as Shambu^[2]
• Vineeth Kumar
• Innocent as Devasia
• Mamukkoya as Manager
• Geetha Vijayan
• Lakshmi Priya
• Suraj Venjarammoodu as a trickster
• Dharmajan as the pizza boy
• Jayan as Jayasankar
• Tini Tom as Karunan
• Chembil Ashokan as the moneylender
• Leenna Panchaal as Jayasankar's daughter
• Sankar R Nair as Stephen

Production

This film marked the directorial debut of Sujith S. Nair, who previously worked as an assistant to Mohan Raghavan for T. D. Dasan Std. VI B (2010).^[1]

Critical reception

The film received mixed to negative reviews upon release. Paresh C. Palicha of Rediff.com rated the film and stated, "Kaashh has some glaring gaps in the narrative" and is "an average film despite having a young team of actors who have done their best."^[3]