Extreme) is a Malayalam-language neo-noir crime thriller film[1] written and directed by Roopesh Peethambaran in his directorial debut, and starring Dulquer Salmaan, Shikha Nair, Sreenivasan, Vinay Forrt, Vishnu Raghav, Riya Saira and Anu Mohan.

[2] The film is produced by V.C Ismayil under the banner of VCI Movies and features music composed by Roby Abraham, while cinematography is handled by Hari Nair and the editing by Kapil Gopalakrishnan.

[4][5] The movie opens with a crime where a young man is beaten to death with a club in front of his fiancé.

Parallel to this, Harsha Vardhan, a man of mystery, lives lonely in a big house, and teaches music to a girl named Sophie.

Once the severed parts are found, the case heats up further, and Alexander realizes that it's a well planned murder, only after he finds Harsha had left the city without any notice.

Harsha, as an aspiring young musician, struggles not only in his career, but also in his life to maintain his relationship with his lover Maya.

Harsha leaves for Chennai, and while he is away, Raghavan kidnaps Maya, kills her and buries her severed head to avoid suspicion.

Harsha gets devastated by the loss of Maya and gets furious upon finding that first of all, Raghavan was given life imprisonment instead of the death penalty, and secondly, he got freed before time.

Then in the present, Nimmy and Roy are shown watching the news, which proves the system's failure in finding out the dead body's identity and that the case would go on with further investigations.

Harsha Vardhan has the brutal mental outlook of an angry young man making the character Dulquer Salmaan was chosen to play a tough role with Negative shades.

[12] Rediff.com rated the film 2.5/5, writing, "Theevram's interesting plot keeps its viewers gripped but leads to the lukewarm ending.

"[13] Now Running rated the film 2.3/5, writing that, "The cumulative chill that you expect to work wonders in Roopesh Peethambaran's 'Theevram' is not there.