''Cheena Trophy'' is a 2023 Indian

Malayalam Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian languages, Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry (union territory), Puducherry (Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of ...

-language

comedy-drama Comedy drama (also known by the portmanteau dramedy) is a hybrid genre of works that combine elements of comedy and Drama (film and television), drama. In film, as well as scripted television series, serious dramatic subjects (such as death, il ...

film written and directed by Anil Lal in his directorial debut. The film stars Dhyan Sreenivasan, alongside Kendy Zirdo,

Jaffar Idukki Jaffar Idukki is an Indian actor, impressionist, and comedian, who predominantly works in the Malayalam cinema. Started his career with the 2007 film '' Kaiyoppu'', he has acted in about hundred films and has performed in a number of comedy sta ...

, Devika Ramesh (in her debut film),

Johny Antony Johny Antony is an Indian film director and actor, known for making comedy films in Malayalam cinema. He is from Changanassery in Kottayam district, Kerala. He worked for about a decade as an associate to directors Thulasidas, Taha, Kamal an ...

, K. P. A. C. Leela and

Sudheesh Sudheesh (born 7 December 1972) is an Indian actor and director who predominantly works in Malayalam film industry. He won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Character Actor in 2021. Personal life Sudheesh is the only son of T. Sudhakaran ...

Cast

* Dhyan Sreenivasan as Rajesh *Kendy Zirdo as Sheng *

as Vijayan *Devika Ramesh as Theresa * Usha as Usha *

as Pavithran Sakhavu * KPAC Leela as Powlin/Vallyammachi *

as Das *

Varada The Varada River (Verada River) is a river in central Karnataka, India. It originates in Varadamoola . It is a tributary of the Tungabhadra River. Geography The Varada river originates near Vardamoola in Sagara of Karnataka. It flows thr ...

as Raji *Bittu Thomas as Reji *Sijo as Shafi *Jordi Poonjar as Police Sub Inspector *Sunil Babu as Thampi *Lali as Mary *

Ponnamma Babu Ponnamma Babu is an Indian actress best known for her work in Malayalam cinema. She has acted in more than 300 films, TV serials and comedy shows. She made her debut in ''Padanayakan'' in 1996. Personal life Ponnamma was born to Mathai and ...

as Lalitha * Chef Pillai as cameo role *

Narayanankutty Narayanan Kutty or Kalabhavan Narayanankutty is a Malayalam film actor. He has acted in more than 300 films. He handles mainly comedy roles. Background Narayanan Kutty was born Ernakulam. He started his career as a mimicry artist in Kalabhavan ...

as Astrologer Shibu *Umesh S Nair as Bank Manager

Production

''Cheena Trophy'' marks the directorial debut of Anil Lal. The film is jointly produced by Anup Mohan, Ashlin Mary Joy and Lijo Ulahannan under the banner of Presidential Movies Private Limited.

Music

The music is composed by

Sooraj Santhosh Sooraj Santhosh (born September 19, 1987) is an Indian singer, songwriter, and composer. He straddles the worlds of independent music and playback singing, moving smoothly between the two. Santhosh is the recipient of a Kerala State Film Award ...

and Varkey. The audio rights were acquired by

Manorama Music Manorama Music is a music company based out in Kerala, India. The label has produced and distributed film soundtracks, devotional songs, classical music, traditional chants, Vedas, poems, music albums etc. They also release Cartoon series like K ...

. The first song titled "Sanchari" was released on 14 October 2023, sung by Arackal Nandakumar and written by Anil Lal. Ashtaman Pillai, a visually-challenged musician, made his debut as a

playback singer A playback singer, as they are usually known in South Asian cinema, or ghost singer in Western cinema, is a singer whose performance is pre-recorded for use in films. Playback singers record songs for soundtracks, and the performers lip-sync the ...

with the song titled "Choodarum".

Release

''Cheena Trophy'' was initially planned to release on 6 October 2023, but was postponed and released in theatres on 8 December 2023.

References

External links

* {{IMDb title 2020s Malayalam-language films Indian comedy-drama films 2023 directorial debut films