Eighteenth Step) is a 2019 Indian Malayalam-language coming of age drama film, written and directed by Shankar Ramakrishnan and produced by Shaji Nadesan under the banner of August Cinema.The film Stars Ashwin Gopinath, Akshay Radhakrishnan, Chandunadh, Ahaana Krishna, Wafa Khatheeja Rahman and Aarsha Chandini Baiju in the lead and Prithviraj Sukumaran, Arya, Mammootty and Unni Mukundan in a extended cameo roles.

[7] Manoj Kumar R of The Indian Express gave 3.5 out of 5 and wrote - The film is crammed with characters and subplots that leave you overwhelmed.

Even the bad guys get to deliver lengthy punchlines, walk in slow motion, and strike action poses.

Notwithstanding the fact that some of these stylized stunts are aesthetically shot or well-choreographed, these scenes don’t belong in a movie about school students.

The whole bunch of newcomers do show promise, lighting up the screen with their infectious energy, even as the script, written by director Shanker Ramakrishnan himself, sags.