''Autorsha'' is a 2018 Indian
Malayalam
Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry ( Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of 22 scheduled languages of India. Malayalam wa ...
-language
comedy film
A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending ( black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the o ...
directed and filmed by
Sujith Vaassudev
Sujith Vaassudev is an Indian cinematographer and film director who works predominantly in Malayalam films. He has also worked in several Tamil and Telugu films. He is best known for his works in ''Memories'' (2013), '' 7th Day'' (2014), ''Dri ...
, and starring
Anusree
Anusree (born 24 October 1990) is an Indian actress who appears in Malayalam films. She made her acting debut in the 2012 film '' Diamond Necklace'' and has acted in a number of Malayalam films in female lead roles.
Early life
Anusree was ...
as a female
auto rickshaw
An auto rickshaw is a motorized version of the pulled rickshaw or cycle rickshaw. Most have three wheels and do not tilt. They are known by many terms in various countries including auto, auto rickshaw, baby taxi, mototaxi, pigeon, jonnybee, bajaj ...
driver.
Plot
Anitha makes her living as an auto driver in
Kannur
Kannur (), formerly known in English as Cannanore, is a Cities in India, city and a municipal corporation in the state of Kerala, India. It is the administrative headquarters of the Kannur district and situated north of the major port city a ...
. Her auto rickshaw adventures with passengers, as she travels around Kannur forms the crux of the story. Anitha buys a new auto rickshaw and goes about her life. Her day to day life in the auto stand is shown but nothing is shown about her family or her house. During a wedding, Anitha meets her classmate and both of them rekindles their friendship. From there flashback shows that Anitha is actually Haseena and she had a loving family. She falls in love with an auto driver named Manoj and wants to marry him. Her father is against this, so they elope to Mangalore taking the gold her father had saved for her future. In Mangalore they rent a house and decide to sell the gold and start a bakery business. While they come home, they realise that their house has been robbed. Going to police also does not help. In a few days Manoj deserts her, and from the neighbors she learns that he has cheated many girls like this and he has planned the robbery. Disheartened she goes back to her home and father, where her sister is due getting married in a week. Fearing another scandal due to her return, her whole family kills themselves. Haseena unable to go on with her life decides to kill herself but changes her mind. She does many small jobs and saves enough money to buy an auto rickshaw, changes her name to Anitha, and starts a living.
One of her acquaintance, Shyam hosts a birthday party for his daughter and Anitha offers to cater for the function. There she sees Manoj as a guest who is also the partner of Shyam. Anitha had known that Manoj and Shyam are partners from the picture in Shyam's office and also seen them together from a previous job as a toll booth employee. She confronts him when no one is around, but he scorns her telling she is just a woman, and he aint afraid of her. He even goes to the extent and says that he will keep doing what he did to her to other girls, and his current marriage is also a sham. She then fatally poisons him. A content Anitha is seen driving off in her auto rickshaw singing to herself.
Cast
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Anusree
Anusree (born 24 October 1990) is an Indian actress who appears in Malayalam films. She made her acting debut in the 2012 film '' Diamond Necklace'' and has acted in a number of Malayalam films in female lead roles.
Early life
Anusree was ...
as Anitha / Haseena
*
Rahul Madhav
Rahul Madhav (born 29 December 1984) is an Indian actor who mainly appears in Malayalam cinema. He has also acted in Tamil and Kannada films. His notable films are '' Vaadamalli'', '' Thani Oruvan'', '' Memories'' and '' 100 Days of Love''.
A ...
as Manoj
*
Sankar Induchoodan as Rahul
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Tini Tom
Tini Tom is an Indian actor, comedian and mimicry artist from Kerala. He works in Malayalam films and television.
Early life
Tini was born in North Paravoor, Kerala, India. His father Tomy T.D. is an engineer. He has a sister Tincy. Tom compl ...
as Sub Inspector
*
Naseer Sankranthi
Nazeer Sankranthi is an Indian actor of Malayalam Cinema as well as Malayalam television shows. He rose to prominence with his humorous act of '' Thatteem Mutteem'', a popular soap opera on Mazhavil Manorama. Naseer is also a two time winner o ...
*Sunil Surya as Santhosh
*Rashid Naseer as Abbas
*Aparna Janardan as Aparna
*Anagha Naryanan as a girl at Bus stop
*Thushara Nair as Manoj’s wife
*Amar Vikas
*Dr Amar Ramachandran
*Sivadas Kannur as Shanthettan
*Shafeer Khan as Shyam
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Subeesh Sudhi
Subish Sudhi, professionally credited as Subeesh Sudhi, is a Malayalam film actor from Payyanur, Kannur, Kerala.
Personal life
After finishing his studies he moved to Ernakulam to achieve his dream to act in movies. He got his first chance in ...
*
Manju Pillai
Manju Pillai (born 11 May 1976) is an Indian actress who appears in Malayalam films and television shows. She is best known for portraying comedic roles, but has also played character roles. She has won the Kerala State Television Award for K ...
Production
''Autorsha'' is the second directorial of cinematographer Sujith Vaassudev after ''
James & Alice'' (2016).
It was scripted by Jayaraj Mithra, the creator of the satirical TV series ''Marimayam''.
The filming began on 7 March 2018 in
Kannur
Kannur (), formerly known in English as Cannanore, is a Cities in India, city and a municipal corporation in the state of Kerala, India. It is the administrative headquarters of the Kannur district and situated north of the major port city a ...
,
Kerala
Kerala ( ; ) is a state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, by combining Malayalam-speaking regions of the erstwhile regions of Cochin, Malabar, South C ...
.
References
External links
''Sujith Vaassudev''at the
Internet Movie Database
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''Official Facebook Page''
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2018 films
Films scored by Sharreth
2010s Malayalam-language films
Indian comedy films
2018 comedy films