Shylock is a 2020 Indian Malayalam-language masala film directed by Ajay Vasudev, written by Aneesh Hameed-Bibin Mohan and produced by Joby George under Goodwill Entertainments. The film stars Mammootty in titular role, alongside and Rajkiran (in his Malayalam debut), Meena, Siddique, Kalabhavan Shajon, Baiju Santhosh, Bibin George and Hareesh Kanaran in supporting roles. The film’s title is a slang term for a loan shark.The music was composed by Gopi Sundar, while cinematography and editing were handled by Renadive and Riyas K. Badhar.

Shylock was released on 23 January 2020. The film received mixed reviews, became a commercial success at the box office.

Plot
Boss alias Shylock, a ruthless moneylender, provides money to a film producer Prathapa Varma to produce a film. However, Varma cheats Boss by not repaying the money, which enrages him. Varma is a close friend of a corrupt Police Commissioner Felix John. Boss creates a ruckus on Prathapa Varma’s film sets and abduct the film director due to which Varma sends men to kill Boss. Boss defeats everyone, including Felix’s son Joel, and mocks Varma and Felix. Felix charges a fake case that Varma’s son Adithyan Varma has gone missing and Boss is behind this. The police arrests Boss, but a video evidence proves that Adithyan is celebrating Holi in Nagpur with Felix’s daughter Jewel.

Felix is forced to release Boss. On the way home, Varma confronts Boss and demands to know Adithyan’s whereabouts. Boss reveals that after the video was telecasted, Boss kidnapped and killed Adithyan by using Varma’s car claiming it as an accident. During Adityan’s funeral, Felix and Varma suspect that Boss was part of a plot that they did before. Boss receives a call that an old man Ayyanar is awaken from coma, where he rushes to meet Ayyanar. When Boss’s associates ask him, Boss reveals his real name as Devan and tells that Ayyanar is his brother, where he narrates his past.

3 years ago: Devan used to live with his rich family. Devan’s adopted Son Velumurugan is in love with Poonkuzhali. Poonkuzhali’s family declined their relationship due to caste differences. Deva and Ayyanar fights Poonkuzhali’s elder brother Rangan and his henchman and convinces Poonkuzhali to marry Velumurugan. Rangan is angered by this and teams up with Felix and Prathapa Varma to exact revenge on Devan and his family. Devan leaves for Chennai for a few days. During this time, a producer asks Ayyanar for money. Ayyanar agrees, but on the condition that Devan, who aspires to be an actor, should act in the film. Rangan, Rangan’s brother Felix, Varma and their henchmen arrive at Ayyanar’s house and kill the producer and tries to kill Ayyanar, but Ayyanar fights their henchmen.

Rangan kills Ayyanar’s wife Lakshmi and Ayyanar kills Rangan. Rangan’s brother realizes that Felix and his men were cheating him and Rangan, where he gets killed by Felix. Adithyan and his henchman kill all the family members, except Ayyanar who is stabbed by Felix. Assuming Ayyanar to be dead, Felix and Varma leave. Devan returns that night, only to find his family members dead. Devan finds that Ayyanar is still alive and takes him to a hospital. The doctor says that, after a surgery, Ayyanar will be crippled for life.

Present: Felix and Varma also learn about Boss/Devan’s past. Boss/Devan kidnaps Varma’s and Felix’s friend Chacko and Joel. They find Chacko heavily drunk, tied to a chair and Joel dead. Chacko provokes Felix by telling that Boss/Devan will kill everyone and they can’t do anything. An enraged Felix kills Chacko. Boss/Devan calls him and challenges Varma and Felix for a final confrontation in his old house. They both agree to the challenge and reaches the venue, where Boss/Devan overpowers their henchman and subdues Felix. Ayyanar stabs Felix to death, while Boss/Devan kills Varma. With nobody else to trouble him, Boss/Devan takes care of Ayyanar and continues his business as Shylock along with Balakrishna Panicker and Ganapathy.