Arjunan Saakshi

Arjunan Saakshi
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Ranjith Sankar
Produced by	S. Sundarajan
Written by	Ranjith Shankar
Starring	Prithviraj Ann Augustine Nedumudi Venu Jagathy Sreekumar Mukesh Vijayaraghavan Biju Menon
Music by	Bijibal
Cinematography	Ajayan Vincent
Edited by	Ranjan Abraham
Production company	S.R.T. Films
Distributed by	S.R.T. Release
Release date	28 January 2011 (2011-01-28)
Country	India
Language	Malayalam

Arjunan Saakshi (Malayalam: അർജുനൻ സാക്ഷി, Arjunan, the Witness) is a 2011 Malayalam mystery thriller film written and directed by Ranjith Sankar. It stars Prithviraj and Ann Augustine in the lead roles. The film is a thriller which deals with how we evade our responsibility to society. The film examines the vertical growth of Kochi both as a metro and a centre of crimes. It was produced by S. Sundararajan under the banner of S. R. T. Films and released on 28 January 2011. The film got positive reviews from the critics but was a failure at the box office.

Roy Mathew (Prithviraj), a young architect who has spent his entire life abroad, finally arrives in Cochin with dreams of starting a life afresh. But he soon realises that the city that he gets to live in is radically different from the one that he had seen in his dreams.

By coincidence he is mistaken for a witness to a sensational crime involving top brass of industrialists and political class. Roy has to prove not just his true self and save himself and his dear ones from the looming threat, but also set things right.

Arjunan Saakshi is the second film by Ranjith Sankar, whose previous film Passenger, another thriller, was met with positive reviews for its novelty and was a box office hit. Ranjith Sankar announced this project on December 2009 with Prithviraj in the lead. The director says that the story of Arjunan Saakshi had been in his mind quite a while when he happened to see an article about a project for a tram network in Kochi, which didn't work out. The strange title of the film find more meaning, as the film progresses, according to the director. According to Prithviraj, Arjunan Saakshi is a contemporary film. He says: "It deals with how we evade our responsibility towards society. We often blame others for everything that goes wrong, but how often do we take responsibility for our actions? We are not ready to sacrifice anything but we tend to forget that we enjoy freedom because people risked their lives to attain it for us."