Malayalam film Cocktail, directed by newcomer Arun Kumar, is an inspired version of the Canadian film Butterfly on a Wheel, starring Pierce Brosnan.The screenplay, credited to Menon, just focuses on these three characters and their interplay. The other characters have fleeting appearances. But, a few do stay with us like Fahadh Faasil as the cool foreign-educated boss, Kani as the streetwalker, Innocent as Venky's uncle and Mammookoya as a pawnshop owner.

The movie did well in box office bringing in team of Anoop menon- Jayasurya to the screen. The movie is a rip off from the English movie Butterfly Effect(that every action has a consequence to be paid in the future)starring Pierce brosnan and Gerard Butler. The movie but was a bold attempt to bring in a different theme to the screen. Malayalam movie ends with wife of Jayasurya ending up in coma stage after the shock while English movie ends with Gerard butlers(malayalam Anoop menon) wife leaving him. Also some added scene was Anoop menons character being asked to bring a prostitute from street to their car. Other than that I think no difference.

The movie is a very decently done remake of Shattered. The acting performances were immensely awesome and the suspense s were mostly edge of the seat stuff. Jayasurya as usual drew audiences onto him. In fact all three actors were phenomenal. Its a shocker. In split-seconds this movie instantly changes from a soft-drama to a razor-sharp thriller is absolute master piece. What attracts is the fact that its unlike most malayalam movies being released these days with unwanted bravery acts and invalid songs with Tamil touch. I would recommend to rather make movies like cocktail and continue the legacy of good stories in malayalam movies.I would definitely recommend this movie and would rate this movie to be some really well done remakes.

It's another ordinary day in the life of Ravi Abraham (Anoop Menon), successful architect and his wife Parvathy (Samvrutha), until their daughter is kidnapped and a stranger Venkatesh (Jayasurya) threatens to topple everything that they hold dear to. In the course of the next several hours, the couple is assigned a series of daunting tasks which would ruin their very existence.Arun Kumar's directorial debut Cocktail is a malayalam movie which is a scene-by-scene adaptation of Butterfly on a Wheel; a Canadian thriller directed by Mike Barker in 2007. The makers of Cocktail have obviously been a bit too stirred by the Pierce Brosnan starer, and hence do not attempt to make too many diversions from the chill points that the original screenplay had.Overall this movie is a spine chilling experience, the shots are well taken,good back ground score, nice editing, superb dialogs and excellent acting by each actors irrespective of the length of their roles.The best part is that this film is creating a revelation in the malayalam film history , hats off to this real trend setter.