Charminar (2018 film)

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Charminar
Charminar Malayalam 2018 Movie.jpg
Directed byAjith C. Logesh
Written byAjith C. Logesh
Produced bySirajudheen KP
Starring
CinematographyFaisal V. Khalid
Edited byRatheesh Mohan
Music byJecin George
Release date
  • 9 March 2018 (2018-03-09)(India)
Running time
120 min
CountryIndia
Language Malayalam

Charminar is a 2018 Indian Malayalam-language crime drama film written and directed by Ajith C. Logesh and produced by Sharmi Sirajudheen. The film stars Ashwin Kkumar and Hemanth Menon along with Harshika Poonacha. [1] [2]

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Plot

It's a love story set in the world of fashion and advertisement industry. The story starts with Sethu who is calling his friend Anand for his confession before his suicide. Anand was an ad filmmaker and Sethu is a fashion designer, by Sethu, Nanda also became part of ad films and pursues a great career. Sethu loves Nanda but later Nanda cheats Sethu by creating a fake story. later, Sethu calls Anand and tells him that he is going to kill Nanda and he is in hotel Charminar. Anand promises Sethu to be there in 20 minutes. When Anand comes out of the room it shows that he was in Nanda's room and he is her boyfriend. He is also in hotel Charminar. in the second half, they show that Sethu was cheated by Nanda according to Anand's plan. Anand bravely goes out of the room without being in sight of Sethu and Sethu misunderstood somebody else as Nanda's boyfriend. Sethu brings Nanda in gunpoint and Anand comes to the room. Anand was happy that Sethu misunderstood somebody else. Later, he puts Anand at gunpoint and reveals that when Nanda tried to escape, Sethu hit her and Nanda become unconscious. When Sethu calls Anand for informing this, Anand by mistake threw his phone in her room and Sethu knows that he is her boyfriend. Then Sethu and Anand fight, but unfortunately Nanda shoots Anand by mistake. Sethu mentally teases Nanda. When he leaves the room, Sethu hears the silenced gunshot and realises Nanda committed suicide. At the end, Sethu pays an employee and he bravely erases the evidence like fingerprint and cctv visual etc.. then Sethu leaves hotel Charminar. [3] [4] [5]

Cast

Production

Principal photography began on 3 October 2017 in Bengaluru, The main locations of the film were Bengaluru, Madurai and Kochi.

Soundtrack

No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)
1.NeelashalabhameJoffy TharakanGayathri Suresh, Sachin Warrier
2.Poove PooveJoffy TharakanJesin George, Neeraj Suresh
3.Adra Beat (OMKV Tribute)Abhin PhilipJesin George, Ajith C Lokesh
4.Irul ArangilJoffy TharakanJesin George, Anna Katharina

Release

The film was released on 9 March 2018 all over Kerala. [6]

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