Checkmate
Movie Details:
| Countries | India |
| Language | Malayalam |
| Genre | Thriller, Drama |
| Release date | August 9, 2024 |
| Running time | 2hr 5min |
| Certificate | U/A |
| Starring | Anoop Menon Lal Rekha Harindran Rajalekshmy Viswam Nair Anjali Mohanan |
| Directed by | Ratish Sekhar |
| Written by | Story & screenplay: Ratish Sekhar Dialogues: Dhanya Suresh Menon Ratish Sekhar |
| Produced by | Lindo Jolly Paul Karukapillil Ranjit Sekharan Nair |
| Cinematography by | Ratish Sekhar |
| Edited by | Prejish Prakash Ratish Sekhar |
| Music by | Ruslan Perezhilo (original score) Ratish Sekhar |
| Production Company | Seed Entertainments Kerala Times Entertainments. |
| Distributor | Good Fellas in Film |
Cast & Characters:
- Anoop Menon as Philip
- Lal as Don
- Rekha Harindran as Jessy / Maya
- Swapneel Batra as Dr. Zara Mallik
- Sowmya Rajan as Ellie
- Noel Ramos as Officer Christopher Powell
- Randy Borruso as Stroke
- Anjali Mohanan as Atty. Anjali Menon
- Rajeev Chirayil Puthenveetil as Raj
- Lindo Jolly
- Anil Mathew ThattaruParambil as Roy
- Saji Sebastian as Therapist
- Anup Panthaloor as Alex
- Shyam Krishna as Charlie
- Sunith John as Sam
- Rajalekshmy C as Annie
- Viswam Nair as Vinay
- Frank Forzano as Senator / Wedding guest
- Shivkumar Sivadas as Det. Samuel
- Anthara Shivkumar as Nancy Cordez
- Meghana Nair as Sarah
Storyline:
In a tangled web of power and love, the lives of a pharmaceutical company CEO, a failed Don, a grieving widower, and a shrewd lawyer intersect when a mysterious woman is kidnapped, sparking a chain of events in New York City’s underbelly.