Battle: Detroit Crossing) is a 2018 Indian Malayalam-language action thriller film written and directed by Nirmal Sahadev and produced by Yes Cinema Production and Lawson Entertainment.

Over the years, the film and its soundtrack has acquired a cult status due to its aesthetic making, songs and an Indo-American crossover.

Bhaskaran's son Aju has a crush on his classmate Deepika, the daughter of a corrupt banker Rajan and his wife Seema.

However, Seema leaves the house after learning from Ahmed that Aadhi is part of the gang, which led to her daughter's death.

Aadhi is directed to park a car in the lot of a building in the heart of the city where the Polish gang is to have an emergency meeting.

During the parking of the car, Aadhi finds a bomb at the rear end that will blast in a day's time.

Initially, Mamta Mohandas was cast as the female lead paired opposite Prithviraj Sukumaran, but was replaced by Isha Talwar as the former was unable to allocate dates due to her prior commitment for Carbon.

[10] Anjana George of The Times of India gave 4/5 stars and wrote "Ranam is a ferociously intriguing tale which has set a new standard to the Mollywood metro gangster narratives.

"[12] Anna M. M. Vetticad of Firstpost gave 2/5 stars and wrote "Without Prithviraj Sukumaran, Ranam would have been a run-of-the-mill crime story packaged with technical finesse.

"[14] S. R. Praveen of The Hindu wrote "The film is quite a mix, with the narrative failing to grip the audience except on rare occasions.

"[15] Litty Simon of Onmanorama wrote "Ranam can't be hailed as one memorable gangster thriller but definitely it will be among the thoughtfully crafted ones.

As Prithvi says, 'second chances are sometimes too costly' and hence probably action movie junkies shouldn't give Ranam a miss.