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| Directed by | Jose Thomas |
| Produced by | Job G. Oommen |
| Written by | Babu Janardhanan |
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Biju Menon Innocent Poojitha Menon Iniya Suresh Krishna Hareesh Perumanna |
| Music by | Ratheesh Vegha |
| Edited by | John Kutty |
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Job G. Films
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| Distributed by | Jo & Jo |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Malayalam |
Swarna Kaduva (English: The Golden Tiger) is a 2016 Indian Malayalam-language satirical film directed by Jose Thomas, starring Biju Menon in lead role. The script is written by Babu Janardhanan. Critics consider the film to be following a similar thread from 2011 film, Indian Rupee and in comedy relief factor tops Thoppil Joppan. The film was released on 4 November 2016.
Rinichen is a self made right-hand man of businessman Lonappan. Over the years he takes advantage of Lonappan for solving shady problems. When everything seems to boilover at the he uses the opportunity and asks Lonappan to help him settle elsewhere with a jewellery shop. Rinichen who had a hard life and was from once well known family starts care evermore for money & status and life starts to make him pay for karmic debts of his unethical previous engagements. The rest of the film explores whether Rinichen will rebound or go further down the rabbit hole.
The music and background score for the film is composed by Ratheesh Vegha, the lyrics is written by Santhosh Varma.
The film was earlier scheduled for a release on 28 October 2016, but to avoid competing with Pulimurugan, it was rescheduled to 4 November 2016. The film released in 104 screens in Kerala.
In Kerala, the film collected ₹2.10 crore on its opening day. The film collected ₹1.6 lakhs in the first weekend from US box office.