C U Soon

Jimmy works as a Client Executive in Union National Bank in the UAE and is in a relationship with Anu, whom he met via Hangouts and Duo. Despite never meeting her in person, Jimmy introduces Anu to his mother and cousin and directly proposes to her via video call. Jimmy’s mother is curious to know more about the girl and asks Jimmy’s cousin Kevin who is software engineer for help to get more details about her. Kevin though reluctant agrees and finds basic information about Anu by hacking into her IP address. Unknown to Kevin his boss and friend Sanjana places a bug on Anu’s phone in order to understand Kevin’s sudden interest in her to which he scolds her for not respecting his privacy.

Things get complicated when Anu calls Jimmy one day to inform him that she is really hurt as her father Joseph trashed her face which led to a big injury. Jimmy who loves Anu brings her to his own home and provides her with medicine prescribed by his friend Dr. Prashanth who advises Jimmy to report the incident to police and also told him that live in relationships are illegal in UAE. Later, Jimmy confronts Anu’s father for his behavior who apologizes to him and asks for Anu's phone number. Jimmy shares it with him. Anu leaves a suicide note-video to Jimmy and goes missing. Then the Police gets involved and takes Jimmy into custody.

To prove Jimmy's innocence and solve the mystery, Jimmy's family seeks the help of Kevin. Kevin hacks her Facebook account and finds that she came to UAE via an agency as a housemaid. The owner of the agency Joseph Tharakan has a daughter also named Anu. Joseph was later known to be as pimp who forces girls from India who come to Dubai in maid visa into prostitution. Jimmy gets to know about everything through his mother and is angry with Kevin because he didn't inquire about all of this in the beginning. And Jimmy thought Anu was taking advantage of her relationship.

Kevin finds out that Anu's last known location was the Indian Consulate General in Dubai. Further checking reveals that Anu reported the prostitution racket to the officials and all those involved were caught. Anu was sent back to India. Jimmy goes to U.S to be with his mother. Kevin asks Jimmy if he still loves Anu. Kevin also speaks to Anu and he understands both still love each other. The movie ends when Kevin shares Anu's number with Jimmy and asks him to call her.

• Fahadh Faasil as Kevin Thomas
• Roshan Mathew as Jimmy Kurien
• Darshana Rajendran as Anumol Sebastian
• Saiju Kurup as Dr. Prasanth
• Maala Parvathi as Jimmy's mother
• Kottayam Ramesh as Jacob Sebastian
• Amaalda Liz as Sanjana
• Vaishnavi Venugopal as Neethu

In June 2020, Mahesh Narayanan announced that his next venture would be en experimental one, starring Fahadh Faasil in a lead role. Mahesh described the film as a small exercise using an iPhone rather than a feature film. It was also revealed that the film would be about 60-65 minutes (the final release time amounted to 1h 38min) in length, and shot in Faasil's flat.[6] Although the film got approval from the Film Employees Federation of Kerala (FEFKA), the Kerala Film Producers Association (KFPA) was opposed to the shoot with regards to the disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.[7][8] Despite this, filming was successfully completed on 21 August.

C U Soon was released on Prime Video on 1 September 2020.[4][5][9]

BBC wrote that "India's 'lockdown film' is an edgy thriller".[10]NDTV wrote that "C U Soon, frisky in pace but grounded in unwavering technique, is an affirmation of cinema's capacity to be creative and hopeful no matter how grave and protracted a crisis is".[11] The Indian Express gave the film a rating of three-and-a-half out of five stars and wrote that " Producers Fahad Faasil and Nazriya Nazim, and director Mahesh Narayanan pick up a story with disturbingly familiar outlines and impart it with fresh urgency and impact, making each frame of the 1 hour 38 minutes run time count".[12] The New Indian Express wrote that "CU Soon is an immersive experience like no other. This is a neatly written and executed film elevated to a great degree by the right cast and the right music composer".[13] Rediff gave the film a rating of three-and-a-half out of five stars and noted that "Mahesh Narayanan, by turning his passion into his subject matter, by turning machines into curtains behind which we hide and through which we reveal ourselves in surprising ways, has achieved the human scale".[14] The Times of India gave the film a rating of four out of five stars and stated that "What Take Off filmmaker Mahesh Narayanan has done is use that experimental concept of technology to tell a hard-hitting socially relevant story inspired by shocking real-life incidents such as trafficking and invasion of privacy, set in two countries and told mainly through three characters who keep you glued to the screens".[15] Baradwaj Rangan of Film Companion South wrote "The last half-hour is a cracker".[16]

The Hindu wrote that "The performances of the three lead actors gives the Malayalam film its emotional core, without which it could have remained a mere showcase of technical mastery".[17]

• C U Soon at IMDb
• Trailer on YouTube