Diwanjimoola Grand Prix
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Directed by | Anil Radhakrishnan Menon |
Screenplay by | Anil Radhakrishnan Menon Prashant M. Nair Riyas Marath (dialogue) |
Story by | Anil Radhakrishnan Menon |
Produced by | Masood T. P. Safeer K. P. Sherin Vennemkattil |
Starring | Kunchacko Boban Nyla Usha |
Cinematography | Alex J. Pulickal DI by Liju Prabhakar |
Music by | Gopi Sunder |
Production companies | Mars Entertainment Silver Ocean Grand Pixels |
Distributed by | Central Pictures |
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Country | India |
Language | Malayalam |
Diwanjimoola Grand Prix is a 2018 Indian Malayalam-language film directed by Anil Radhakrishnan Menon.[1] The screenplay was co-written by Menon and former Kozhikode District Collector Prasanth M. Nair, fondly known as Collector Bro while dialogues are written by Riyas Marath.[1] The film features Kunchacko Boban, Nyla Usha, Nedumudi Venu, Siddique, Vinayakan, and Sudheer Karamana.[2] Sudheer Karamana reprises the role of Leaf Vasu from the director's earlier film Sapthamashree Thaskaraha, Ashokan as Rishi of Padmarajan's Thoovanathumbikal and Tini Tom as Subramanian of Ranjith's Pranchiyettan & the Saint. The film score and songs were composed by Gopi Sundar.
Plot
A newly-appointed district collector of Thrissur takes up the task of cleaning up the city of its shortcomings and rallying people for a noble cause, by bringing back a bike race at the Diwanjimoola race track after three decades. The race serves as a platform to settle old scores and unearth new heroes for those in Diwanjimoola.
Cast
- Kunchacko Boban as Sajan Joseph IAS (Reprise name from Kasthooriman)
- Nyla Usha as Effy mol
- Siddique as Jithendran
- Shaheen Siddique as Young Jithendran
- Rahul Rajasekharan as Saththan
- Ketaki Narayan as Peeli Mol
- Rajeev rajan as Elluminungi
- Jithin Paramel as Para
- Ravi menon as Alavi
- Nedumudi Venu as Davisettan
- Vinayakan as Vareedh
- Rajeev Pillai as Gunman PP Shibu
- Sijoy Varghese as Christo
- Assim Jamal as CA Kunjahammad
- Manikandan Pattambi as Anirudhan
- Hareesh Kanaran as Ganeshan
- Ashokan as Rishi (Reprise name from Thoovanathumbikal)
- Sudheer Karamana as Leaf Vasu (From Sapthamashree Thaskaraha)
- Tini Tom as Subhran (From Pranchiyettan and the Saint)
Production
Menon co-writes the film with Prashant M. Nair, the former Kozhikode district collector.[1] Principal photography commenced on 12 April 2017 in Thrissur, Kerala.[3] The film was shot in different locations in and around Thrissur town.[1] Some parts were shot in Ernakulam.[4] Many of the actors were selected after an extensive audition.[5] The film marks the debut of many of these actors.[2] A motion poster of the film was released on 18 Oct 2017 Diwali day.[6]
Critical reception
Rating the film , Meenakshy Menon of Cinema Express stated, "Diwanjimoola has the right focus, a steady flow and when the film ends, it feels complete and fills us with positivity."[7] Sanjith Sasidharan of The Times of India rated the film
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Soundtrack
The background score and songs have been composed by Gopi Sunder. The lyrics have been written by Harinarayanan.
References
- ^ a b c d "Diwanji Moola Grand Prix decoded!". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
- ^ a b "Kunchacko Boban to play a bureaucrat in Diwanji Moola Grand Prix". The Times of India. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
- ^ Mathrubhumi News (12 April 2017). Diwanji Moola Grand Prix ദിവാന്ജി മൂലയുടെ ചിത്രീകരണം ആരംഭിച്ചു. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
- ^ "Diwanji Moola Grand Prix to shoot its bike racing portions in Kochi". The Times of India. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
- ^ "Casting Call for 'Divanjimoola Grand Prix' - Auditions Are Here". Auditions Are Here. 9 January 2017. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
- ^ "Kunchacko Boban's Diwanji Moola Grand Prix motion poster features a catchy tune - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
- ^ Meenakshy Menon (5 January 2018). "Diwanjimoola Grand Prix: Has a lot going for it". Cinema Express. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
- ^ Sanjith Sasidharan (5 January 2018). "DIWANJI MOOLA GRAND PRIX MOVIE REVIEW". The Times of India. Retrieved 13 January 2018.