Mera Naam Shaji is a 2019 Indian Malayalam-language comedy film directed by Nadirshah and produced by B. Rakesh under the banner of Universal cinemas. The film features Biju Menon, Asif Ali, and Baiju Santhosh in titular roles.[1][2] The film was written by Dileep Ponnan, while music was composed by Emil Muhammed.[3] Nikhila Vimal is the female lead and Sreenivasan also plays an important role.[4]
Lucifer is a 2019 Indian Malayalam-language action film directed by Prithviraj Sukumaran and written by Murali Gopy. Produced by Antony Perumbavoor through the production house Aashirvad Cinemas, the film marks Prithviraj’s directorial debut and features Mohanlal in the lead role, alongside a supporting cast including Vivek Oberoi, Manju Warrier, Prithviraj Sukumaran, Tovino Thomas, Indrajith Sukumaran, Saniya Iyappan, Saikumar, Kalabhavan Shajohn, and Nyla Usha. Deepak Dev composed the film’s music, and the cinematography was handled by Sujith Vaassudev.
Development of the film began in 2016 when Murali pitched a story to Prithviraj at the sets of Tiyaan in Ramoji Film City, it was when he decided to make Lucifer his directorial debut. Title of the film was taken from an unrealised project of director Rajesh Pillai which was also written by Murali with another story. Pre-production of Lucifer began in 2017 and Murali completed the final draft of the screenplay in February 2018. Principal photography began in mid-July that year and lasted till January 2019, with filming carried out in Thiruvananthapuram, Idukki, Ernakulam, and Kollam districts, and Mumbai, Bangalore, Lakshadweep, and Russia.
Lucifer was released in theatres worldwide on 28 March 2019. It was also dubbed and released in Tamil and Telugu. The film performed well at the box office. It crossed the ?50 crore mark in four days, ?100 crore mark in eight days,[2][3] and the ?150 crore mark in 21 days[4] becoming the fastest Malayalam film to reach all three milestones. It is also the first Malayalam film to gross over ?50 crore in overseas box office. Lucifer is currently the highest-grossing Malayalam film ever, grossing ?200 crore globally. Lucifer is the first installment in a trilogy and will be followed by L2: Empuraan and an untitled sequel, which are in development.
Argentina Fans Kaattoorkadavu[1] is a 2019 Indian Malayalam-language film directed by Midhun Manuel Thomas,[2] starring Kalidas Jayaram and Aishwarya Lekshmi in leading roles.[3][4][5] The film is written by Ashokan Cheruvil, John Manthrickal and Midhun Manuel Thomas. The film’s musical score was composed by Gopi Sunder.[6] It was released on 22 March 2019. This movie was a box-office disaster.[7]
Soothrakkaran (transl.?The tricky man) is a 2019 Indian Malayalam-language thriller film written and directed by Anil Rraj and produced by Tomy Varghese and Wichu Balamurali.[1][2] Co-written by Wichu Balamurali, the film stars Gokul Suresh, Niranj Maniyanpilla Raju and Varsha Bollamma in lead roles.[3][4] The music of the film is composed by Wichu Balamurali and the cinematography is handled by Anil Nair.[5] Original background score by ‘Saji Ram’. Jacob Gregory, Lalu Alex and Kailash also appear in important roles.[6] The story revolves around a series of murders that happen in a town, and how the family members of Sreedharan (Lalu Alex), Prabhakaran (Vijayaraghavan) and Balachandran (Santhosh Keezhattoor) are entangled in the same.[7] The film was released in India on 8 March 2019.
Pengalila (lit. ‘Sister leaf’) is an 2019 Malayalam–language Indian drama film written and directed by T. V. Chandran. The film portrays the emotional bond between Radha (Baby Akshara Kishor), an 8-year-old girl and Azhagan (Lal), a 65-year-old daily wage worker who comes to clean up the backyard of Radha’s house.[1][2] The film started production in August 2018.[3] It released on 8 March 2019.[4]
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