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Shibu (film)
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Wikipedia article
'Shibu' is a 2019 Indian Malayalam-language film directed by duo directors Arjun and Gokul, written by Praneesh, and produced by Kaargo Cinemas. It features an ensemble cast led by Karthik, Anju Kurian, Salim Kumar, and Biju Kuttan. Sachin Warrier composed the music for the film. It was released on 19 July 2019.
Plot
Shibu (Karthik Ramakrishnan) is a young guy from a small town who is an aspiring film maker. 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 (Anju Kurian) in a match-making meet and how their aspirations brings them together forms the rest of the story.
Production
In 2018, Arjun and Gokul, who debuted with the movie 32aam Adhyayam 23aam Vaakyam is all set to start working on their next project. Titled 'Shibu' The film has music by Sachin Warrier. Sachin wrote about it, "Omal Kanmani composed by Bijibal sir from the 2015 movie 32aam Adhyayam 23aam Vaakyam is a song that's close to heart among the ones Ive 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" says Sachin Warrier. Arun Gopi director of Dileep starer movie Ramaleela released first look poster of the film in April 2019. Actor Dileep released trailer of the film in June 2019.
Cast
* Karthik Ramakrishnan as Shibu
* Anju Kurian as Kalyani
* Salim Kumar as Dr. Thomas
* Biju Kuttan as Prahladhan
* Lukman Lukku as Habeeb
*Vinod kovoor as Producer
*Unni Rajan P Dev as Antappan
*Sneha as Kalyanis friend
* Aiswarya Padmakumar as Suhara
*Rajesh Sharma as Satheesh Kupleri
*Kannan Sagar as Bhuvanan
*Badra as Shibu's Mom
*Kshama Krishnan as Sheeba
*Sharan as Siddique
*Sundarpandiyan as Police Officer
* Kochu Preman as Eastman Narayanan
*Naseer Samkranthi as Kambikaadu
*Abhirami as Sandhya
*Gopika as Suhara's Friend
*Anagha as Kalyani's Friend
*Roslyn as Short film actress
*Shyni Sara as Kalyani's mother
*Janish Jinu as Kuttan
*Jaleel as Jaleel
*Ajith as Suhail
*Rajesh Paravoor as Attender
*Pavithran as Police Constable
*Rajesh Panavalli as Marriage Broker
*Gokul Ramakrishnan as Cameo appearance in the title song
Soundtrack
Lyrics are written by Manu Manjith and Vinayak Sasikumar, all music is composed by Sachin Warrier 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 'Samayam', while Deepika Jayaram in 'Times of India' gave it 2 stars out of 5, criticising the story and the actors' performances.References
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