Janakan

Janakan
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Sanjeev N.R
Produced by	M. C. Arun Nair & Sudeep Karat
Written by	S. N. Swami
Starring	Mohanlal Suresh Gopi Priya Lal Biju Menon
Music by	M. Jayachandran Gireesh Puthenchery (Lyrics)
Cinematography	Sanjeev Shankar
Edited by	B. Murali Sangeeth kollam
Production company	Line of Colours
Distributed by	Maxlaab Entertainments
Release date	8 April 2010 (2010-04-08)
Running time	150 minutes
Country	India
Language	Malayalam

Janakan (English: Father) is a Malayalam crime thriller film starring Mohanlal & Suresh Gopi, directed by Sanjeev N. R. The film was written by S. N. Swami. It was released on 8 April 2010 in Kerala and is distributed by Maxlab Entertainments.

Suresh Gopi plays the role of Vishwam, a man who has been convicted of the murder of those who raped his only daughter. Seetha, aka Anu (Priya Lal), is the heroine. She plays a college-going girl. Mohanlal plays Soorya Narayanan, an advocate who comes to the innocent man’s rescue. Soorya is one of the best lawyers in the entire country and is known to have a way with words. Soorya Narayanan takes it upon himself to release Vishwam from the clutches of the judiciary, because he is convinced of the man’s innocence.

Biju Menon and Harisree Ashokan play Monai and Pazhani, Vishwam’s accomplices in the film. Jyothirmayi and Kaveri play supporting roles. Vijayaraghavan, Ganesh Kumar and Vijayakumar lend support to the leading cast. Sampath Raj and Krishna Nair is doing the villain role.

Director N. R. Sanjeev, also known as Saji Paravoor, had previously worked on movies like Mazha, Makante Achan, Sethurama Iyer CBI, Mahasamudram, Nerariyan CBI and Yes Your Honour, and had assisted several well-known directors. The script was written by S. N. Swami, the man behind the CBI series. Sajeev Shanker was the cinematographer and editing was by B. Murali. The music was composed by music director M. Jayachandran and lyrics were by Gireesh Puthenchery. Mahadevan Thampi is the still photographer of this movie.