Director: Jis Joy
Two police officers who already dislike each other are forced into the same murder investigation — except this time, one of them is the prime suspect. Thalavan, Jis Joy's 2024 Malayalam crime thriller, builds its entire runtime around that impossible dynamic.
What is Thalavan about?
CI Jayashankar and SI Karthik have spent years clashing over rank, method, and pride inside the same police station. That rivalry turns dangerous when a body surfaces inside Jayashankar's own house, placing him at the center of a case that Karthik is now assigned to lead. Neither man trusts the other to play fair, and the investigation becomes as much about settling old scores as it is about finding out what actually happened and why. What starts as procedure quickly turns personal for both officers.
Cast & crew
Biju Menon and Asif Ali play the two rival officers, with Miya George and Anusree Nair in key supporting roles as the investigation widens beyond the station house. Dileesh Pothan, Shankar Ramakrishnan, Ranjith, and Kottayam Nazeer fill out a cast drawn largely from Malayalam cinema's current crop of character actors rather than a single star vehicle.
Context & significance
Thalavan arrives as part of a run of Malayalam police procedurals that favor institutional friction over action set pieces, and its 7.2 IMDb rating places it among the better-received entries in that run. Director Jis Joy keeps the investigation grounded in station politics and personal history rather than twists for their own sake, a choice that rewards viewers willing to sit with two unlikeable men neither side is asking you to fully root for.
Where & how to watch
Thalavan streams on K-Time with both Persian dubbing and Farsi subtitles, giving viewers a choice in how they follow the rivalry at its center. The film's page is free to read without logging in; watching it requires a K-Time account, which stays free to create. K-Time's Farsi-first interface is built for Persian-speaking audiences who want Malayalam crime cinema without hunting across scattered sources.