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Minnal Murali
First look poster
Directed byBasil Joseph
Written byArun Anirudhan
Justin Mathew
Produced bySophia Paul
StarringTovino Thomas
Guru Somasundaram
CinematographySameer Thahir
Edited byLivingston Mathew
Music byScore:
Sushin Shyam
Songs:
Shaan Rahman
Sushin Shyam
Production
company
Distributed byNetflix
Release date
  • 24 December 2021 (2021-12-24)
Running time
158 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageMalayalam

Minnal Murali is an upcoming 2021 Indian Malayalam-language superhero adventure comedy film directed by Basil Joseph and produced by Sophia Paul, under the banner of Weekend Blockbusters.[1]

The film was set for a theatrical release in late-2020, but was postponed multiple times due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In September 2021, the makers announced that the film will be released directly through the streaming platform Netflix on 24 December 2021, as a result of non-existent theatrical releases due to COVID-19 pandemic.[2] The film will be dubbed and released in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Hindi languages.[3][4]

Premise

Jaison is a tailor who gains superpowers after being struck by lightning but must take down an unexpected foe if he is to become the superhero his hometown needs.

Cast

Production

Development

In January 2019, Tovino Thomas announced that he will collaborate with Basil Joseph for the second time after Godha (2017), for a superhero film titled Minnal Murali and Sophia Paul bankrolled this project under the Weekend Blockbusters banner.[10][11] The concept poster of this film was revealed on 21 January 2019, coinciding with the actor's birthday,[12] and it is the first superhero film produced in the Malayalam movie industry. Basil Joseph worked on the script for the film, while Tovino became busy on his commitments in the upcoming projects. As Tovino completed works on his films, in late-October 2019, Basil Joseph started pre-production works of the film and script reading sessions had consequently began.[13] Arun Anirudhan and Justin Mathew co-wrote the script of the film.[14]

Basil took supervision of the computer graphics-aspect during the film's scripting stage. In an interview with The Times of India, he said that "I will be working closely with the VFX team in the pre-production stage for developing the storyboards as well as understanding what is possible before we start shooting the movie".[15] Tovino Thomas said that the film falls on the comedy genre, despite being a superhero film and will be "enjoyable to all kinds of audiences".[16] He also said that "the team had planned to present the fantasy element convincingly and realistic in some manner", by saying "If you search online, you would find several instances of those struck by a lightning, experiencing differences in their lives like being able to make a bulb glow for a second or their watches stopping. So, when high voltage courses through the body its dynamics change somewhat. In that way, it's also a realistic movie."[16]

Casting

During July 2019, Aju Varghese was roped in as one of the cast members in pivotal role.[17] Varghese shared a casting call for the film's lead actress, and invited applications from the age of 20 and 28.[17] In the process, the team had cast Femina George as the heroine, whose character named as "Bruce Lee" Biji.[18][6] Tamil actor Guru Somasundaram joined the film in a pivotal role.[15] Hollywood stunt choreographer Vlad Rimburg was roped in to supervise the action sequences.[19] The technical crew consisted of cinematographer Sameer Thahir, Shaan Rahman and Sushin Shyam as the music directors and Livingston Mathew handling the editing of the film.[13] Tovino Thomas trained immensely for his role in this film.[20]

Filming

The film began production in December 2019 with a puja ceremony and principal photography subsequently began.[13] The team planned to shoot major sequences in Wayanad and Alappuzha districts.[13] After completing major schedules in Alappuzha, the team headed to Wayanad to shoot the sequences further, where few portions were shot in Manathavady during February 2020.[21] The schedule was halted due to the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown in India announced in March 2020. The shoot was resumed a year later in March 2021 in Karnataka, where a huge church set has been replicated, similar to that of a set erected in Kalady by the art direction team, which was vandalised by right-wing groups in May 2020.[22] The team continued their shooting progress in Hassan during the same month,[23] but was halted in April 2021 after Tovino Thomas got diagnosed with COVID-19, and adding to the factors were, the second wave of the pandemic, with cases uprising in Kerala.[24] The team resumed shooting in July 2021, when the Kerala government granted permissions to resume film shoots, but was halted immediately as the team found to be violating the COVID-19 protocol.[25] The shooting of this film was wrapped up on 25 July 2021, with the producer Sophia Paul confirming this in an Instagram post.[26] Post-production works simultaneously began and the film's final edit was ready by mid-September 2021.[27]

Vandalism of film set

It might be a joke, troll, publicity, or politics for some people. It was like a dream for us. Just before the lockdown the set was erected. We had been working to release the film for two years. For many days the art director and team struggled under the hot sun to construct the set, for which the producer's hard-earned money was spent. It was built after having obtained all necessary permissions. The atrocity occurred at a time when everyone needs to stand together. I had never expected that this would happen in Kerala. I'm Shocked

Basil Joseph on the vandalism of the church set by right-wing groups.[28]

On 24 May 2020, a temporary church that had been built as part of the film's set near Kalady was vandalized by right-wing groups. The set was made at a cost of around ₹50 lakh. Several activists of Antharashtra Hindu Parishad (AHP) and Bajrang Dal took credit for destroying the Church-replica by posting on their social media pages about it.[29] AHP's general secretary, Hari Palode, said in a Facebook post that members of AHP, along with members of Bajrang Dal, had demolished the temporary church set as it was placed opposite to a temple. Palode also congratulated the district president of Bajrang Dal, Ernakulam for taking part in the "service work" of razing the church.[30][31]

Six men, including the leader of Rashtriya Bajarang Dal, have been arrested. All of the accused were levied with sections including seeking to create communal disharmony and robbery.[32][22] The prime accused in the case, who was previously arrested, was accused of 3 murder cases and many murder attempts.[33] Many from the Malayalam film industry criticized the vandalism. Kerala's chief minister, Pinarayi Vijayan, said that Kerala is no place for games of the communal forces.[34] The vandalism of the film set had incurred financial losses for the production team.[35]

Music

The film score is composed by Sushin Shyam while the songs are composed by Sushin Shyam and Shaan Rahman.[36]

Release

Streaming

Minnal Murali was initially set for theatrical release had to be rescheduled multiple times in response to the closures of theatres due to COVID-19 pandemic lockdown in India.[5]

In July 2021, Netflix acquired the digital streaming rights of the film and planned to stream the film only after 45 days of its theatrical run.[37] However, following the impact of COVID-19 lockdown and the escalation of costs due to the delayed production, the film's producer Sophia Paul opted for a direct-to-streaming release,[38] which was officially confirmed by Netflix on September 2021.[2][39][40] On 24 September, the producers announced that Minnal Murali will release worldwide on 24 December 2021,[4][41] coinciding with Christmas Eve, and will be dubbed and released in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Hindi, along with the original version. Netflix has acquired the streaming rights for 40 crores which is the highest streaming rights for any Malayalam movie.

Marketing

On 31 August 2021 the makers released the teaser trailer for the film which received positive response from critics and audiences.

On 25 September 2021, coinciding with the third edition of Tudum festival sponsored by Netflix, a featurette titled World of Minnal Murali, which has Tovino Thomas and Basil Joseph, sharing an interview about the film was premiered during the live event.[42][43]

Netflix premiered the film's trailer on 28 October 2021.[44][45]

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