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Promotional poster
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Directed by | Aashiq Abu |
Produced by | O. G. Sunil |
Written by | Abhilash S Kumar Syam Pushkaran |
Starring |
Rima Kallingal Fahadh Faasil |
Music by |
Bijibal Rex Vijayan (BGM) |
Cinematography | Shyju Khalid |
Edited by | Vivek Harshan |
Production
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Film Brewery
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Distributed by | PJ Entertainments Europe |
Release date
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Running time
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122 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Malayalam |
Budget | ₹2.5 crore (US$370,000) |
Box office | ₹5.2 crore (US$770,000) |
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Soundtrack album by Rex Vijayan | ||||
Genre | Film soundtrack | |||
Language | Malayalam | |||
Label | Manorama Music | |||
Producer | Rex Vijayan | |||
Rex Vijayan chronology | ||||
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22 Female Kottayam, also known as 22FK, is a 2012 Malayalam-language Indian thriller film directed by Aashiq Abu and starring Rima Kallingal and Fahadh Faasil in the lead roles. It was set and filmed in Bangalore. The story concerns the travails of 22-year-old nurse Tessa (Rima Kallingal) from Kottayam who was raped and who takes revenge on her tormentors. The revenge scene is inspired from War Witch.
It released on 13 April 2012, and received positive reviews from critics. It was also well received at the box-office. Rima Kallingal won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Actress for the film.
Tessa (Rima Kallingal) is a nursing student in Bangalore with plans of traveling to Canada for a career. She meets Cyril (Fahadh Faasil) from the travel consultancy agency working towards setting up her visa. They soon fall in love and start living together. Tessa loves him with all her heart and takes their relationship and living together seriously.
One day while at a pub, a guy misbehaves with Tessa and Cyril beats him up badly. The guy tries to take revenge on Cyril and searches for him. Cyril goes into hiding with the help of his boss Hegde (Prathap Pothen). Hegde arrives at Cyril's home to inform Tessa about the situation. Then he asks her plainly "Can I have sex with you?" A shocked Tessa is then brutally attacked and raped. When Cyril finds out what happened, he becomes violent and wants to kill Hegde. Tessa calms him down saying that she does not want to make the incident worse than it is; she instead wants to get to Canada at the earliest. Once Tessa recovers from her injuries, Hegde visits her again to ask for forgiveness. He comes while Cyril is not around and rapes her for a second time. Tessa decides not to travel abroad and plans to murder Hegde.