Shylock (2020 film)

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Shylock
Shylock 2020 poster.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed byAjai Vasudev
Written byAneesh Hameed
Bibin Mohan
Produced byJoby George
Starring
CinematographyRenadive
Edited byRiyas K Badhar
Music byGopi Sundar
Production
company
Distributed byGoodwill Entertainments
Red Sun Art Creations
Release date
  • 23 January 2020 (2020-01-23)[1]
Running time
122 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageMalayalam
Box office₹50 crore[2]

Shylock is a 2020 Indian Malayalam-language action-thriller[3] film directed by Ajai Vasudev.[4][5] The film stars Mammootty, Rajkiran, Meena, Siddique, Kalabhavan Shajon, Baiju Santhosh, and Hareesh Kanaran. Shylock is a slang term for a loan shark.[6] The film is written by newcomers Aneesh Hameed and Bibin Mohan and was released on 23 January 2020.

Plot[]

Boss, a ruthless moneylender gives Prathapa Varma, a film producer money for the film. But Prathapa Varma cheats him by not repaying the money, which angers Boss. Varma is a friend of Felix John, Commissioner of police. Boss causes mayhem on the sets of Prathapa Varma's film due to which he sends men to kill Boss. But Boss manages to defeat everyone and mocks Prathap and Felix.

Felix makes a fake case that Prathapa Varma's son Adithya Varma has gone missing and Boss is behind this. The police arrest Boss and harms him but a video evidence proves that Prathapa Varma's son is celebrating Holi in Nagpur. Felix is forced to release Boss. On the way home Prathapa Varma blocks him. Boss reveals that after the video was taken he had actually kidnaped Adhitya and brutally beat him up and ran a car over him thus killed him. During Adhitya's funeral Felix and Prathapa Varma doubt that Boss was part of a plot that happened a long time ago. Boss confirms this. His associates question him but Boss keeps quiet. He receives a call saying something. Boss goes to a house where an old man named Ayyanar is waking up but Boss calms him down by showing the video of Adhitya dying. His associates once again question him. Boss reveals that Ayyanar is his brother. Boss then reveals his past.

Boss's real name was Devan. Devan used to live with his large family. Devan's cousin is in love with a woman named Poonkuzhali. Poonkuzhali's family declined their relationship due to caste differences. Devan and Ayyanar fights Poonkuzhali's elder brother Rangan's henchman and convince Poonkuzhali to marry Devan's cousin. Rangan angered about this teams up with Felix and Prathapa Varma to get revenge on Devan and his family. Devan has to go to Chennai for a few days. During this time a producer asks Ayyanar for money. Ayyanar agrees but on a condition that Devan who wants to be an actor should act in the movie. Just then Rangan, Rangan's brother, Felix, Prathapa Varma and their henchmen kill the producer and fights with Ayyanar. Rangan hits a steel Rod on Ayyanar's wife, Lakshmi's head and she dies. In revenge, Ayyanar kills Rangan by stabbing in his throat. Felix who sees this laughs at it and tells it to his men that Ayyanar completed their last work. Rangan's brother realises that Felix and his men were cheating him and Rangan. When he shouts at Felix and his gang, Felix kills him. Adhitya Varma and his henchman kill all the family members except Ayyanar who is stabbed. They think he is dead and go away. Devan returns that day to see his family members dead. He sees that Ayyanar is still alive and takes him to a hospital. The doctor says that everyone except Ayyanar is dead but Ayyanar will be crippled for life.

Back to the present, Felix and Prathapa Varma also find out about Boss's past. Boss kidnaps Prathapa's and Felix's friend a director. Boss also kidnaps Felix's son. They find the director heavily drunk and strapped to a chair and Felix's son dead. Angered, Felix kills the director and then Boss calls him. Boss challenges Prathapa Varma and Felix to a fight in his old house. They both agree to the challenge and goes to Boss's old house where after a big fight Boss manages to kill all of Varma's and Felix's henchman and beats up Felix. Ayyanar who is sitting on a chair watching all this stabs Felix to death while Boss kills Prathapa Varma. Finally with no one else to kill Boss then lives to take care of Ayyanar.

Cast[]

Production[]

Principal photography of the film began on 9 August 2019. Mammootty joined the sets a week after the shoot started.[7][8]

The film marks the debut of actor Raj Kiran in the Malayalam film.[9] Raj Kiran and Meena who had earlier worked in Pasamulla Pandiyare (1997) is acting together after 23 years.[10] Actor Bibin George was chosen for an important role.[11]

The art direction of the film was done by Girish Menon.[12]

Release[]

The film was scheduled for release on 23 January 2020. The film was dubbed in Tamil and Telugu and released as Kuberan on the Aha streaming platform.[13][14]

Music[]

Shylock
Soundtrack album by
Gopi Sundar
Released18 January 2020 (2020-01-18)
Recorded2019-20
GenreFilm soundtrack
Length11:26
LanguageMalayalam
Tamil
LabelGoodwill Entertainments

The film's music is composed by Gopi Sundar. The soundtrack was launched on 18 January 2020.[15]

No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Aaray Pirakave"Raj KiranDeepika V, Keshav Vinod3:38
2."Kanne Kanne Veesathe"VivekaSwetha Ashok (Playback Singer), Narayani Gopan, Nanda J Devan3:25
3."Manikya Kiliye"Raj Kiran, HarinarayananSachin Raj, Allwyn Eby George, Divya S. Menon, Shaheershah4:23
Total length:11:26

Reception[]

Box office[]

The film was released on more than 1200 screens worldwide was commercial success,[16][17] and collected ₹12 crore (US$1.7 million) in its first weekend.[18] The film collected ₹22 crore (US$3.1 million) within 5 days of its release.[18] The film collected ₹50 crore at the Worldwide box office.[2][19]

Critical response[]

Sajin Shrijith of The New Indian Express gave 3.5 out of 5 stars stating "Shylock is an exuberant celebration of Mammootty, the star, that attempts to milk his charisma to the fullest".[20] Anjana George of The Times of India gave 3 out of 5 stars stating "For the fans of 'mega star Mammootty', Shylock is a treat and for the followers of actor Mammootty, this is a complete 'no'."[21]

Cris from The News Minute rated 3.5 out of 5 and wrote: "Yet another Mammootty 'mass' movie that numbs the mind. It is running out of boring descriptions for itself".[22] Manoj Kumar R. of The Indian Express rated 1 out of 5 star and said: "You know this story. You know how things would pan out. And you know what happens to the bad guys even before the film arrives at its depressingly predictable climax".[23]

Anna M. M. Vetticad of Firstpost rated 0.25 out of 5 stars and wrote that "To compensate perhaps for the absolute lack of novelty in the script, camerawork and all else here, multiple references are made to other films and their Tamil superstars.[24]

References[]

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  14. ^ Warsi, Asid. "Mammotty's "Shylock" (Telugu Dubbed Version) Now Streaming Online on Aha Video | Bioscope". Retrieved 6 December 2020.
  15. ^ "Mammoottys Shylock: Bar Song Video Is Out!". Filmibeat. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
  16. ^ "'Anjaam Pathira' To 'Trance', Here Are The Top Five Malayalam Releases Of 2020". The Times of India. 30 December 2020.
  17. ^ "Mollywood in 2020: Chackochan, Prithviraj and Mammootty shine, Mohanlal fans waiting". International Business Times. 28 December 2020.
  18. ^ Jump up to: a b "'Shylock' Box Office collection: The Mammootty flick has been dominating since day 1". Republic World. 1 February 2020. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
  19. ^ Nikhil Pandey (4 March 2020). "Mammootty starrer 'Masterpiece' to be dubbed in Russian, reveals director Ajai Vasudev". Republic TV.
  20. ^ "Shylock review: A loving, Petta-style tribute to Mammootty". The New Indian Express. 24 January 2020. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
  21. ^ "Shylock Movie Review : A mass movie for Mammootty fans". The Times of India. 24 January 2020. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
  22. ^ Cris (23 January 2020). "'Shylock' review: Yet another Mammootty 'mass' movie that numbs the mind". The News Minute. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
  23. ^ R., Manoj Kumar (23 January 2020). "Shylock movie review: This Mammootty-starrer is a snoozefest". The Indian Express. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
  24. ^ Vetticad, Anna M. M. (24 January 2020). "Shylock movie review: Mammootty uses this insufferable film to announce that he's still The Boss". Firstpost. Retrieved 29 June 2020.

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