''Orayiram Kinakkalal'' is a 2018 Indian

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comedy thriller Comedy thrillers are a hybrid genre that draw subject matter generally from comedy Comedy is a genre of dramatic works intended to be humorous or amusing by inducing laughter, especially in theatre, film, stand-up comedy, television, radio, ...

film directed by Pramod Mohan. The screenplay was written by Kiran Varma and Mohan, with dialogues co-written by Hrishikesh Mundani. The film stars

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Roshan Mathew Roshan Mathew (born 22 March 1992) is an Indian actor who works in Malayalam, Hindi and Tamil films. He began his career with numerous theatre productions based in Chennai and Mumbai. These include ''The Glass Menagerie'' directed by Rajit Kap ...

, Sharu Varghese,

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, and

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. ''Orayiram Kinakkalal'' was released on 7 April 2018.

Synopsis

Sreeram, an Ex NRI gets involved in a quick money making plan along with few other characters. Faced with unexpected turns of event, the story unfolds revealing different shades of each characters and how much they are willing to lose to fulfill their dreams. An unusual ride for a common man who is bound by family and law/crime.

Cast

as Sreeram *

as Jaison * Sharu Varghese as Sherin *

as Shajahan P. K. *

as Venu *

as Preethi *

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as Lalaji *

Sreeram Ramachandran Sreeram Ramachandran is an Indian actor who works in Malayalam films, TV series, short films, music albums and web series Career Sreeram made his movie debut in 2010 through '' Malarvadi Arts Club,'' directed by Vineeth Sreenivasan. His seco ...

as Gautham * Parthavi as Paaru * Suresh Krishna as Abraham Mathan * Krishna Kumar as Stephen * Ann Benjamin as Leena Mathan (Abraham Mathan's wife) * Shaun Xavier as Deepu

Production

''Orayiram Kinakkalal'' is the debut feature film directorial of Pramod Mohan, who has previously worked in television shows. The film is a comedy thriller. Principal photography began on 10 December 2017 at

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. The film was produced by

Renji Panicker Renji Panicker (born 23 September 1960) is an Indian actor, screenwriter, director, film producer, and journalist known for his works in Malayalam films. He made his debut as a director with '' Bharatchandran IPS'' in 2005. Early life He di ...

. The production was done under the banner of Jayaraj Motion Pictures by Josemon Simon. Josemon Simon is the overseas distributor for the film ''Orayiram Kinakkalal''. The movie is distributed by Renji Panicker Entertainment

Music

The film features songs composed by Ranjith Meleppat,

Sachin Warrier Sachin Warrier is an Indian playback singer and composer in the Malayalam film industry from Kerala. He became notable with the song "'' Muthuchippi Poloru''" from the film '' Thattathin Marayathu''. He made his debut with the movie '' Malarva ...

, and Aswin Ram; the score was composed by

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. Lyrics for the songs were written by Santhosh Varma and

Manu Manjith Manu Manjith is an Indian lyricist and poet in Malayalam language. He is also doctor in Homeopathy Psychiatry. He began his film career with the Malayalam film ''Ohm Shanthi Oshaana'' in 2014. Since then, he has brought out many chart-toppers inc ...

Release

The film was released on 6 April 2018.

References

External links

* * {{IMDb title, tt7253450 2018 films 2010s Malayalam-language films Indian comedy thriller films