Oru Vadakkan Selfie

''Oru Vadakkan Selfie'' () is a 2015 Indian Malayalam-language road-comedy film directed by G. Prajith and scripted by Vineeth Sreenivasan. The film features Nivin Pauly, Manjima Mohan, Aju Varghese, Neeraj Madhav and Vineeth Sreenivasan. The music was composed by Shaan Rahman. It was released on 27 March to positive reviews, and became one of the biggest grossing Malayalam films of the year. Some news media and the Kerala Film Producers Association called it the first successful Malayalam film of 2015. This movie marks the debut of Manjima Mohan as an actress in Malayalam movie; earlier, she played a child in films including '' Priyam'' and '' Sundara Purushan''.

Plot

Umesh Manohar is a 21-year-old carefree engineering student who has 42 back papers to clear. His close pals are Shaji and Thankaprasad. Wanting to find a quick way to earn money and fame, he decides to try his hand at movies, and wants to assist none other than the renowned South-Indian director Gautham Vasudev Menon. Shaji suggests that Umesh make a short film and upload it on the internet, but the result is utter failure, after losing the camera in an accident. Umesh's father orders him to help him to run his small shop. To avoid such a bleak future, Umesh catches the next train to Chennai from his home town of Thalassery, Kannur. On the train, he sees Daisy, his neighbour back home. Umesh tries to woo Daisy throughout the journey but miserably fails. He lies to his friends that they are having an affair, tricks her into posing for a selfie with him, and sends it to Shaji.

After spending six days in Chennai, realizing that he is not cut out for the struggle to enter the film industry, he returns to his town in Thalassery, where he finds a slew of people waiting for his return. He learns that his hometown is hot with news of his elopement with Daisy. The selfie clicked by him had created a big problem among his family and neighbours. He finds out that Shaji had been the one who told them. He returns to Chennai immediately with Shaji to find her and prove his innocence, where they meet a private detective named Jack Tracker, with whom he had fought earlier with when chasing Daisy.

With the help of Jack, Umesh finds Daisy, and later, it is revealed that she is in love with a man called Harinarayan and wants to marry him. She also tells them that she had known him and communicated through social media like Facebook and emails but had never met him. Later, Umesh, Daisy, Shaji, and Jack set out to find Hari, and they travel to his hometown Pazhani. The gang later manages to go to Hari's house with the help of a farmer, who is also a Keralite. It is revealed that Hari had committed suicide a year before, as his friend and business partner John Mathew Bhaskar had cheated him in their business venture. John then used Hari's online accounts to cheat others.

Jack then reveals that he is an officer from Tamil Nadu CBCID (Crime Branch Crime Investigation Department) economic investigation wing, his real name is Nivin, and he did all this to find the brains behind the online money fraud. He also says that the true intention of the guy in the Internet is to cheat young women and steal their money. After the set of confusions being cleared, Umesh, Daisy, and Shaji go back to Kerala. A few months later, Umesh meets Nivin at a resort, where he says Umesh that the cybercell group had found the real culprit, John. Nivin then lets Umesh to vent out his anger on John for cheating innocent girls as what he did to Daisy. Umesh is then shown walking to a nearby table and asking whether the man sitting there is John. The movie ends with the man answering yes and Umesh smashing a bottle on his head.

Cast

* Nivin Pauly as Umesh Manohar
* Manjima Mohan as Daisy George
* Vineeth Sreenivasan as Jack Tracker/Nivin
* Aju Varghese as Shaji
* Neeraj Madhav as Thankaprasad (Thankamma)
* Vijayaraghavan as Manoharan
* Sreelakshmi as Umesh's mother
* P. Sukumar as George, Daisy's father
* Maala Parvathi as Daisy's mother
* Revathy Sivakumar as Umesh's sister
* Bhagath Manuel as Shylesh
* Santhosh Keezhattoor as Mohan
* Harikrishnan

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