Take Off is a 2017 Indian Malayalam-language survival thriller film, based on the ordeal of Indian nurses in the city of Tikrit, Iraq, in 2014. The film is directed by Mahesh Narayan, in his directorial debut, and stars Kunchacko Boban and Parvathy Thiruvothu. Fahadh Faasil appears in an extended cameo in the film. It is written by Narayan and P. V. Shajikumar. The film was shot in Dubai and Kerala.
Take Off was released on 24 March 2017, and received acclaim from critics, winning the Silver Peacock - Special Jury Award (for Mahesh Narayan), and Silver Peacock for Best Actress (Parvathy) at the 48th IFFI. Parvathy also won her first Special Jury Mention at the 65th National Film Awards, her second Kerala State Film Award for Best Actress, and a second Filmfare Award for Best Actress - Malayalam. It was included in The Hindu's top 25 Malayalam films of the decade.
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Sameera is a nurse in Kerala who is moving to Iraq for better salary. Her husband, Faizal and family members were not supportive of her wish to work to pillar her family who are struggling to repay loans they have taken for her nursing education. Their differences come to a head they get divorced, leaving her son Ibrahim under Faizal's care. Shaheed, a colleague from work, understands all her problems and wishes to marry her. Though Sameera is initially hesitant about another marriage, the two get married before moving to Iraq. They along with a group of 19 nurses of the same hospital move to Iraq to join Tikrit Teaching College, which is an Iraqi government hospital.