Captain (2018 film)

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Captain
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Theatrical release poster
Directed by Prajesh Sen
Written by Prajesh Sen
Produced byT. L. George
Starring Jayasurya
Anu Sithara
Renji Panicker
Deepak Parambol
Saiju Kurup
Siddique
Cinematography Roby varghese Raj
Edited by Bijith Bala
Music by Gopi Sundar
Production
company
Goodwill Entertainments
Distributed byAnto Joseph Film Company, Popcorn Entertainments Australia
Release date
  • 16 February 2018 (2018-02-16)
Running time
144 minutes
Country India
Language Malayalam

Captain is a 2018 Indian Malayalam-language biographical sports drama film written and directed by Prajesh Sen in his directorial debut. The film is about V. P. Sathyan, former captain of the India national football team, with Jayasurya [1] portraying him. It also stars Anu Sithara, [2] Renji Panicker, [3] Siddique, [4] Deepak Parambol, Saiju Kurup, Kamal Varadoor and Lakshmi Sharma. Jayasurya won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Actor for his performance in the film.

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Cast

Production

Based on the life of former India national football team captain V. P. Sathyan, who, owning a good career history, committed suicide in 2006, Jayasurya announced the film in October 2016, with debutant Prajesh Sen as director and T. L. George of Goodwill Entertainments as producer. [6] It began filming in early April 2017 in Kozhikode. [7] A Santhosh Trophy match sequence was shot at Calicut University Stadium in Thenhipalam, during which Jayasurya injured his right leg, leading to a stay of filming for one week. [8]

Music

Songs and score were composed by Gopi Sundar. [9] The film's audio was released by minister K. T. Jaleel on 28 January 2018, by awarding it to Anitha Sathyan, V. P. Sathyan's wife. As part of the event, a football match between teams Golden 90s led by I. M. Vijayan and Captain Elevens led by Jayasurya was organised at the Safari Ground, Edappal, which was kicked off by C.K. Vineeth. [10]

Soundtrack
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Paalthira Paadum" Rafeeq Ahamed Shreya Ghoshal 4:35
2."Peythalinja Nimisham"B. K. Harinarayanan P. Jayachandran, Vani Jairam 5:18
3."Paattu Petty (Music by Viswajith)"Nitheesh Naderi, Swathy Chakraborthy P. Jayachandran 5:26
4."Nithyamurulum (Captain Theme)" Rafeeq Ahamed Gopi Sundar 5:17
Total length:20:36

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