''Shibu'' is a 2019 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 film directed by duo directors Arjun Prabhakaran and

Gokul Ramakrishnan Gokul Ramakrishnan is an Indian film director and script writer who works in the Malayalam cinema, Malayalam film industry. Film career He made his directional debut ''32aam adhyayam 23aam vaakyam'' (2015), directed along with Arjun Prabhakar ...

, written by Praneesh, and produced by Kaargo Cinemas. It features Karthik Ramakrishnan,

Anju Kurian Anju Kurian is an Indian actress and model who appears mainly in Malayalam and Tamil films. She is best known for her roles in the Malayalam films '' Kavi Uddheshichathu'' (2016), '' Njan Prakashan'' (2018) and ''Igloo'' (2019). Career She sta ...

Lukman Avaran Lukman Avaran (born 22 May 1990) is an Indian actor who primarily works in Malayalam cinema. His debut film is '' Dayom Panthrandum'' (2013) was the first theatre-released film in his career. Lukman acted the lead role in the film '' Operation J ...

Salim Kumar Salim Kumar (born 10 October 1969) is an Indian actor, comedian, director and writer in Malayalam cinema. Mostly known for his comic and comedy roles, Salim Kumar is considered one of the best and most prominent comedians in the history of Mala ...

, and

Biju Kuttan Biju Kuttan (born 13 May 1976) is an Indian actor and comedian who appears in Malayalam films. As of June 2021, he has acted in more than 70 Malayalam films. Biju Kuttan is born in North Paravur, Ernakulam. He completed most of his schooling ...

in lead roles.

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 ...

composed the music for the film. It was released on 19 July 2019. Film is loosely based on a hard-core fan of Actor

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Plot

Shibu is a young guy from an aspiring small town. He tries hard to achieve his dreams, but gets rejected by all. Then he hears about a film institute and he manages to convince his family to let him join the institute. There, instead of learning about cinema, he gets confused. He quits the film institute and tries to make a zero budget film casting his brother in law as the hero and chooses supporting actors from random people he meets. But the shoot goes wrong and turns into chaos and an actor is accidentally killed by Shibu. Then he desperately tries to cover up the murder. Meanwhile, he meets with a girl named Kalyani in a match-making meet and how their aspirations brings them together forms the rest of the story.

Cast

Production

The film has music by Sachin Warrier. Sachin wrote about it, "‘Omal Kanmani’ composed by

Bijibal Bijibal Maniyil is an Indian music composer and playback singer who works predominantly in Malayalam films. In a career spanning more than twenty years, he has composed for more than 150 feature films, several television commercials and a few d ...

sir from the 2015 movie ‘ 32aam Adhyayam 23aam Vaakyam’ is a song that's close to heart among the ones I’ve sung so far. The directors of the movie, Arjun and Gokul came to me to narrate a story recently, and I had a lot of fun listening to it. I believe it'll turn out to be an interesting film. Super happy to associate with Arjun and Gokul, as a composer in their second film" said Sachin Warrier. Arun Gopi director of

starer movie

Ramaleela ''Ramaleela'' () is a 2017 Indian Malayalam-language political thriller film written by Sachy and directed by debutant Arun Gopy. It stars Dileep, Radhika, Prayaga Martin, Mukesh, Kalabhavan Shajon, Vijayaraghavan and Siddique. The film is ...

released first look poster of the film in April 2019. Actor

released trailer of the film in June 2019.

Soundtrack

Lyrics are written by

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 ...

and Vinayak Sasikumar, all music is composed by

and Vignesh Baskaran.

Release

The film was released on 19 July 2019 across 80 screens in Kerala.

Critical reception

The film received mixed reviews, with 2.5 stars out of 5 from Anandh Vishnu of ''

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'', while Deepika Jayaram in ''

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'' gave it 2 stars out of 5, criticising the story and the actors' performances.

References

External links

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