Mazhayathu

Mazhayathu[2][3]
Directed by	Suveeran
Written by	Suveeran
Produced by	Spellbound Filmc Inc
Starring	Nikesh Ram Aparna Gopinath Nandhana Varma Manoj K Jayan Shanthi Krishna Sunil Sukhada Santhosh Keezhattoor Sivaji Guruvayoor
Narrated by	Nandhana Varma
Cinematography	Muralikrishnan
Edited by	Vijayakumar
Music by	Gopi Sunder
Production company	Spellbound Release
Distributed by	Spellbound Release
Release date	25 May 2018 (2018-05-25)[1]
Running time	133 minutes
Country	India
Language	Malayalam

Mazhayathu is a 2018 Indian Malayalam-language coming of age family drama film written and directed by Suveeran.^[4] Produced under the banner Spellbound Films Inc. The film features an ensemble cast consisting of Nikesh Ram, Aparna Gopinath, Nandhana Varma, Shanthi Krishna, Manoj K Jayan, Sunil Sukhada, Santhosh Keezhattoor, Nandhu, Sivaji Guruvayoor, Sreeya Remesh and Reshmi Boban.

Plot[]

The story revolves around a Malayali middle-class family consists of Venugopal ( played by Nikesh Ram ),^[5] Anitha (played by Aparna Gopinath), and their daughter Sreelakshmi alias Ummi (played by Nandhana Varma).The couple, Venugopal and Anita, though there are usual tiffs between the husband and the wife, lead a healthy family life. Anita strives to be independent and tries to find a job for herself to be so. Venugopal is a government employee. Venugopal's love for his daughter Ummi knows no bounds. As far as Ummi is concerned she needs her father's help for every single thing she does. One day, an incident shakes the whole family and the happy life ends. Venugopal fails to make out the reason for people's angry reactions on seeing him. He is thunder struck on realizing the reason for the reaction of the people. The present day news stories appear in different media in Kerala which are replete with related cases add which fueling to spreading rumours.

Cast[]

Production[]

Development[]

After the success of Athithi in Tamil, this is the second movie under production by Spellbound Films Inc. Their third movie is under production simultaneously in Tamil titled "MichaelPatty Rasavum Dubai Rosavum", which is ready to release in May 2018. This movie was initially heard that, Mammootty was engaged to do the male lead Venugopal's role with another production company. But, the project didn't happen because the production company backed off due to Mammootty's poor performance in the box office for his recent movies. Then, Suveeran contacted, spellbound films and contracted to do the movie.

Filming[]

The filming of Mazhayathu^[6] started on 30 August 2017 in a village named Kuttiady in Vadakara. The shoot went on for 30days in Vadakara and then the crew moved to Kannur district to complete the later part. In Kannur the shoot went on for 15days and few scenes were shot in Ernakulam and Chennai. Then the post production work started by end of November, 2017.

Music[]

The soundtrack features two songs composed by Gopi Sunder. There's two beautiful tracks composed by Gopi Sundar despite the market rumor of him composing songs which has resemblances to hit songs in other languages. The Audio was released on 16 April 2018 in Crowne Plaza Hotel Dubai.

Track list[]

Release[]

The film was released on 25 May 2018^[8] The film received mixed reviews. But, the whole mood and making of the movie gave a different experience to the viewers.^[9]

Critical reception[]

Times of India Rating 3/5^[10] Book my show users have reviews as four stars where critics reviewed it for 3stars and 69% likings towards the movie^[11] IMDB rated the movie with 7.3stars^[3]

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