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Sand City
File:Sand City1222.png
Promotional Poster
Directed byShankar
Written byM.I.Vasanthkumar
Story byMuraliraman
P.N.Prasad (Dialogues)
Produced byM.I.Vasanthkumar
StarringPrajin Padmanabhan
Gautham Krishna
Thanishka
Varuna Shetty
Jijesh Menon
Vinod Kumar (VK)
Sakshi Sharma
Jaise Jose
Dubai Kannan
Caravan Arun
CinematographyJ.Sreedhar
Music byRenil Gowtham
Release dates
2nd January, 2015
Running time
131 minutes 35 seconds.
LanguageMalayalam

Sand City is a 2015 Malayalam language Indian feature film directed by Shankar starring Prajin Padmanabhan, Gautham Krishna, Thanishka, Varuna Shetty, VK, Jaise Jose, Jijesh Menon and Shankar himself.[1][2][3]

The film has been written and produced by M.I.Vasanthkumar and has been made in Tamil language as Manal Naharam.[4]

Sand City has been released on January 2nd, 2015 with positive response.

Plot

Sand City explores the lives and predicaments experienced by people from India at Arab countries for better dream and fortunes, leaving behind their loved ones at home. The story takes place in Dubai.[5]

Cast

Filming

The preliminary schedule of the film took place in Chennai in March 2013 and the crew left for Dubai as the major story unfolds in Dubai, with most part of the film being shot there. "The 50-day shooting was very tough and challenging", said Shankar to a daily.

Audio Launch

Sand City 's audio was launched on October 15 at The Oberoi, Dubai attended by the entire cast and crew of Sand City. Apart from the team, actor Risa Bava also spoke on the occasion.[9]

Soundtrack

Untitled
No. Song Singers Lyrics
1 Oru Yatra Mozhi... Anwar Sadath Neha Gayal
2 Usharaiah Usharu... Anitha Tamil Amudhan
3 Theechoodi Theechoodi... Sulfiq (Dubai) Rinil Gowtham
4 Njan Oru Minnal Kodi.. Sulfiq (Dubai) Chitoor Gopi
5 Manasil Mazhaiyai... Anoop Shankar & Sitara Sibi Padiyera

Reception

Movietoday appreciated Sand City as a the real example of a film which has been dedicated to the Gulf Malayalees. The technical aspect of the film like cinematography, songs and stunning visuals was aptly praised. They recommended the film for the realistic picturisation of Gulf and the life of Gulf Malayalees and rated 3.25/5 stars.[10] Onlookersmedia too appreciated the film summing it as "Sand city is a one time watchable small film for film lovers".[11] Muyals.com praised director Shankar mentioning that "he needs a good applause as he created a good film with good theme and a group of talented youths. Sand City will mark Shankar’s name in the list of good directors" and summed up as "Overall the film stands as a watchable one with a good story and presentation; consisting lots of positive factors in it".[12]

References

  1. ^ "Kairali news bite Sand City Audio Launch At Dubai". youtube. Retrieved 2014-10-23.
  2. ^ "Sand City music launched in Dubai". khaleejtimes. 2014-10-22. Retrieved 2014-10-23.
  3. ^ "Sand City music launched in Dubai". en-maktoob.news.yahoo. 2014-10-23. Retrieved 2014-10-23.
  4. ^ "Oruthalai Ragam fame Sankar is directing his first Tamil Movie Manal Nagaram". tamilomovie. 2013-12-13. Retrieved 2014-01-15.
  5. ^ "Shankar directs Tamil film". deccanchronicle. 2013-12-16. Retrieved 2014-01-02.
  6. ^ Prathibha Joy (2013-07-09). "Tejaswini to debut in three industries". timesofindia. Retrieved 2013-08-05.
  7. ^ Prathibha Joy (2013-07-10). "Tejaswini to debut in Kollywood". timesofindia. Retrieved 2013-08-05.
  8. ^ "Tejaswini Prakash At Sand City Audio Launch". filmymalayalam. 2014-10-15. Retrieved 2014-10-23.
  9. ^ "Actor Shankar's directorial Sand City to release". Mathrubhumi. 2014-10-17. Retrieved 2014-10-20.
  10. ^ "Sand City Movie Review". movietoday. 2015-01-02. Retrieved 2015-01-03.
  11. ^ "Sand City Movie Review". onlookersmedia. 2015-01-02. Retrieved 2015-01-03.
  12. ^ "Sand City Film Review". muyals.com. 2015-01-03. Retrieved 2015-01-03.