The story starts in the evening, as the boy is injured and unconscious and taken to hospital by his mother and family friend. At the hospital, the mother and family friend claim that the boy had fallen down the stairs in the apartment and got the head injury. Mystery starts as everyone has their version of the events and they don't seem to match each other. The police get involved and an investigation is initiated. Meanwhile, the boy breathes his last. The point of view, takes the audience through, whether the boy had an accident or is it a murder...any foul play involved, or any child abuse possible. The IPS, a lady police officer, is very suspicious about some possible 'cover-up' activities, to hush up this boy's death. The investigation keeps the audience on their toes, suspense is nail biting, make us guessing who the villain is or villains are.
Cast
Jayasurya as Aravind
Vijay Babu as Dr. Gautham
Shruti Ramachandran as Kavitha Aravind
Leona Lishoy as Latha Siddarth
Nandhu as Alphonse
Lal as Dr. Fariz
Lena as Sony
Jai Vishnu as Sarath
Shaju K S as Kumar
Srikanth Murali as Dr. Ashok
Production
Writer Francis Thomas approached E4 Entertainment in early 2018 with his script and they confirmed it as one of their upcoming projects. During the same time, Prasobh Vijayan was making his directoral debut through Lilli which was also released by a sibling banner of E4 Entertainment. Following the warm reception of Lilli, Prasobh was hired as the director for Anveshanam with Jayasurya to play the lead character. Thomas's wife, actress Shruti Ramachandran, was cast as a lead character as well. The movie was initially planned for September 2019 which was later moved to November. However, due to incomplete post-production works, the movie was further postponed and finally confirmed to be released on 31 January 2020.
Marketing
The first look of the film, along with the title and the tagline for the first time, was released through the Facebook page of Actor Jayasurya on July 26, 2019. The poster featured the actor looking out of what looks like an open window, which forms one of the many blue blocks of a building. The two-minute trailer of the movie was released on January 5, 2020. Following the trailer release, a series of character posters were released through social media.
