Parole (2018 film)
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| Parole | |
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| Directed by | Sharrath Sandith |
| Written by | Ajith Poojappura |
| Produced by | Antony D'Cruz |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Loganathan Srinivasan |
| Edited by | Suresh Urs |
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Production company | Antony D'Cruz Entertainment |
| Distributed by | Century Films |
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Running time | 150 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Malayalam |
Parole is a 2018 Indian Malayalam-language drama thriller film directed by Sharath Sandhith in his feature film debut and written by Ajith Poojappura, based on a true story. It stars Mammootty, Ineya, Miya, Siddique, Suraj Venjaramoodu and Prabhakar.[2] It began principal photography on 14 June 2017 in Bangalore. Loganathan Srinivasan was the cinematographer and Suresh Urs was the editor. Songs and score are composed by Sharreth.[3][4]
Alex "Mestri" Philippose is living a happy life with his wife Annie and son Shine, though she is epileptic. One day, he loses his temper and slaps Annie, triggering a fit which causes her to fall into a well. He fails to save her and his attempts are seen as proof that he killed her. He goes to jail. The first parole application is rejected since his son does not sign it, thinking he will be targeted next. After his sister Kathrina's death, he finally succeeds in getting parole, with the intention of seeing his son. After many attempts, he locates his son, but is distraught when he learns that he is a petty criminal, working for Sudarshan, a local drug kingpin. His son is brought in for questioning, but is taken by Sudarshan. Alex finds Sudarshan, beats him up and rescues his son.
The police officer investigating the case threaten to arrest Shine, but decides to arrest Alex instead when he is reminded that his own son, one of Shine's friends, would also be incarcerated. The movie ends with everyone realising about Alex's innocence as he goes back to jail for another crime he did not commit.
Cast
- Mammootty as Alex Mestri / Alex Philippose / Sakhavu Alex, a communist leader
- Nebish Benson as Young Alex
- Siddique as Abdu
- Suraj Venjaramoodu as Varghese
- Ineya as Annie
- Miya as Kathrina
- Lalu Alex as SP Jacob Sam
- Prabhakar as Bullet Raghavan
- V. K. Prakash as Krishnan Nair
- Alencier Ley Lopez as Sakhavu Philippose, Alex's father (a senior communist leader)
- Sudheer Karamana as Vattakannan Suku
- Juby Ninan as Rajkumar
- Sijoy Varghese as Varkkichen
- Irshad as Bennychen
- Madan Mohan as Vinod
- T. S. Raju as Sadasivan
- Padmaraj Ratheesh
- Sohan Seenulal
- Ashwin Kkumar
- Kalabhavan Haneef as Aani
- Kalasala Babu
- Krishna Kumar as Sandeep Raj
- Chembil Ashokan
- Kalinga Sasi as Kili
- Muthumani as Hazeena
- Aristo Suresh
- Harshitha Pisharady
- Ganapathi
- Vishak Nair
- Rony David
- Hariprashanth M G as Sudarshan
- Thankachan Vithura
- Emil George
Production
This is the feature film directorial debut of advertisement film maker Sharrath Sandith, who announced the film in May 2017 with Mammootty whom he had been directing for last 12 years for ad films and Miya George in cast. He said the other cast would be finalised after the filming began, and planned to shoot the film in two schedules to be in Bangalore and Kerala. The screenplay is based on a real life story.[6] The untitled film began principal photography on 14 June 2017 in Bangalore, with 25-days schedule planned there.[7][8] Mammootty plays a prisoner and Communist comrade,[9] while Juby Ninan, who also co-produced the film, and Lalu Alex appear in jail wardens' roles.[10][11] In December first, Sharrath revealed Miya's role as Mammootty's sister and stated that filming would be wrapped up in 10 days.[12]
The film was shot in digital CinemaScope and 4K cinematography was employed.[13] The filming took place in around 75 days, of which 25 days were part of prison sequences in Bangalore. Other parts were shot in and around Thodupuzha.[14]
Music
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| Released | 2018 | ||||
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack | ||||
| Length | 17:21 | ||||
| Language | Malayalam | ||||
| Label | Manorama Music | ||||
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The film has songs composed by Sharreth, Ellwyn Joshua, and Aristo Suresh.[15]
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Singer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Chuvanna Pulari" | Rafeeq Ahamed | Sharreth | Vijay Yesudas | 4:31 |
| 2. | "Ilakalai Pookalai" | B. K. Harinarayanan | Ellwyn Joshua | Vijay Yesudas, Shakthisree Gopalan | 4:03 |
| 3. | "Theyyaram Thalam" | Sreeparvathi | Sharreth | Sharreth | 2:23 |
| 4. | "Parol Kalam" | Aristo Suresh | Aristo Suresh | Aristo Suresh | 2:49 |
| 5. | "Iyya Ka Naubadu" | Shihab Ghanem | Sharreth | Jithin Raj | 3:35 |
| Total length: | 17:21 | ||||