''Charminar'' is a 2018 Indian
Malayalam
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crime
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drama
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film written and directed by Ajith C. Logesh and produced by Sharmi Sirajudheen. The film stars Ashwin Kumar and
Hemanth Menon
Vineeth Suresh (born 19 April 1989) popularly known as Hemanth Menon by his stage name, is an Indian actor who predominantly works in Malayalam
Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the uni ...
along with Harshika Poonacha.
Plot
It's a love story set in the world of fashion and advertisement industry. The story starts with Sethu who is calling his friend Anand for his confession before his suicide. Anand was an ad filmmaker and Sethu is a fashion designer, by Sethu, Nanda also became part of ad films and pursues a great career. Sethu loves Nanda but later Nanda cheats Sethu by creating a fake story. later, Sethu calls Anand and tells him that he is going to kill Nanda and he is in hotel Charminar. Anand promises Sethu to be there in 20 minutes. When Anand comes out of the room it shows that he was in Nanda's room and he is her boyfriend. He is also in hotel Charminar. in the second half, they show that Sethu was cheated by Nanda according to Anand's plan. Anand bravely goes out of the room without being in sight of Sethu and Sethu misunderstood somebody else as Nanda's boyfriend. Sethu brings Nanda in gunpoint and Anand comes to the room. Anand was happy that Sethu misunderstood somebody else. Later, he puts Anand at gunpoint and reveals that when Nanda tried to escape, Sethu hit her and Nanda become unconscious. When Sethu calls Anand for informing this, Anand by mistake threw his phone in her room and Sethu knows that he is her boyfriend. Then Sethu and Anand fight, but unfortunately Nanda shoots Anand by mistake. Sethu mentally teases Nanda. When he leaves the room, Sethu hears the silenced gunshot and realises Nanda committed suicide. At the end, Sethu pays an employee and he bravely erases the evidence like fingerprint and cctv visual etc.. then Sethu leaves hotel Charminar.
Cast
* Ashwin Kumar as Sethu
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Hemanth Menon
Vineeth Suresh (born 19 April 1989) popularly known as Hemanth Menon by his stage name, is an Indian actor who predominantly works in Malayalam
Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the uni ...
as Anand
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Harshika Poonacha
Harshika Poonacha is an Indian actress born on 1 May 1993 who mainly works in Kannada and Bhojpuri films. She rose to fame with the 2008 Kannada film ''PUC''.
Career
Harshika Poonacha started her career at the age of 15 by acting in ''PUC'' (20 ...
as Nanda
* Sirajudeen as william joy
* Guinness Manoj as hotel employee
Production
Principal photography
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Personnel
Besides the main film personnel, such as a ...
began on 3 October 2017 in Bengaluru, The main locations of the film were Bengaluru, Madurai and Kochi.
Soundtrack
Release
The film was released on 9 March 2018 all over
Kerala
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References
External links
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2010s Malayalam-language films
2018 crime drama films
Indian crime drama films
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