Cicada (2024 film)

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Cicada
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Directed bySreejith Edavana
Written bySreejith Edavana
Produced byVandana Menon, Gopakumar P
Starring Rajith Menon
Gayathri Mayura
Jaise Jose
CinematographyNaveen Raj
Music bySreejith Edavana
Production
companies
Theerna Films and Entertainment
Release date
  • August 9, 2024 (2024-August-09)
LanguageMalayalam

Cicada is a 2024 Malayalam survival thriller film written and directed by Sreejith Edavana. [1] Meghana Raj Sarja and Prajwal Devaraj announced the movie in Kannada. [1] The film stars Rajith Menon, Gayathri Mayura, and Jaise Jose. [2] The film was released on 9 August 2024.

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Cast

Music

The film's music is composed by Sreejith Edavana, known for his work on Thirimali, Shikari Shambu, and Madhura Naranga , among others. The movie features six tracks in four language. [3] [4]

Production

The film is produced by Vandana Menon and Gopakumar P under the banner of Theerna Films and Entertainment. Srinath Ramachandran, Kevin Fernandez, Salman Faris, Gauri Timbal, Praveen Ravindran and others are co-producers. [5] [6]

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