Freedom (2025 film)

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Freedom
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Theatrical release poster
Directed by Sathyasiva
Written bySathyasiva
Produced byPandiyan Parasuraman
Starring M. Sasikumar
Lijomol Jose
CinematographyN. S. Uthayakumar
Edited by N. B. Srikanth
Music by Ghibran Vaibodha
Production
company
Vijaya Ganapathy's Pictures
Running time
129 minutes [1]
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Freedom is a 2025 Indian Tamil-language action drama film written and directed by Sathyasiva. It is produced by Pandiyan Parasuraman under the banner Vijaya Ganapathy's Pictures. The film stars M. Sasikumar and Lijomol Jose in the lead roles. [2] [3]

Contents

The film previewed on 10 July 2025 and was set to release theatrically the same day before getting delayed due to financial issues.

Cast

Production

In early-February 2024, it was reported that M. Sasikumar and Lijomol Jose will be appearing their next in the film titled Freedom, directed by Kazhugu (2012) and Savaale Samaali (2015) fame Sathyasiva, reuniting with Sasikumar after Naan Mirugamaai Maara (2022). [5] Featuring Sasikumar and Lijomol as Srilankan refugees, the film features Sudev Nair as the antagonist alongside Malavika Avinash, Bose Venkat, Mu Ramasamy, Saravanan, Ramesh Khanna and others in key roles. [6]

The film is produced by Pandiyan Parasuraman under Vijaya Ganapathy's Pictures. [7] The music for the film is composed by Ghibran Vaibodha, while cinematography is handled by N. S. Uthayakumar and editing by N. B. Srikanth. [8] On 23 June 2025, the production house officially confirmed about the wrapping of the filming process. [9]

Music

Freedom
Soundtrack album by
Genre Feature film soundtrack
LanguageTamil
Label Trend Music
Producer Ghibran Vaibodha
Ghibran Vaibodha chronology
JSK: Janaki V v/s State of Kerala
(2025)
Freedom
(2025)
Singles from Freedom
  1. "Aagayam Ambuttayum"
    Released: 8 November 2024
  2. "Aariro Arariro"
    Released: 30 June 2025

The film has music composed by Ghibran Vaibodha in his second collaboration with Sathyasiva and third with Sasikumar. [10] The first single "Aagayam Ambuttayum" was released on 8 November 2024. [11] The second single "Aariro Arariro" was released on 30 June 2025. [12]

Track listing
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Aagayam Ambuttayum" Snehan Pradeep Kumar  
2."Aariro Arariro" Mohan Rajan Vaikom Vijayalakshmi  

Release

Theatrical

Freedom was scheduled to release on 18 July 2025 [13] but got postponed indefinitely without announcing a release date. [14] Earlier the film was scheduled for 10 July, but got postponed to the next week, [15] and then to the current date due to the financial issues faced by the production house. [16] The film is planned to be released in Tamil and along with the dubbed versions of Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam and Hindi languages. [17]

Reception

Reviewing the film at its preview show on 10 July 2025, Abhinav Subramanian of The Times of India gave 2.5/5 stars and wrote "Freedom is a historical document that exposes a dark corner many prefer to ignore. It's not the most gripping film, but it's interesting enough to make you look up the real story of those 43 inmates." [18]

See also

References

  1. "Freedom (15)". British Board of Film Classification . 4 July 2025. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
  2. "Sasikumar, Lijomol Jose film with Sathyasiva titled 'Freedom'". The Hindu. 8 February 2024. ISSN   0971-751X. Archived from the original on 27 December 2024. Retrieved 11 May 2025.
  3. "Sasikumar starrer Freedom makers release special poster". Cinema Express. 11 October 2024. Retrieved 21 May 2025.
  4. "சசிகுமார் நடித்த Freedom படத்தின் முக்கிய அறிவிப்பு விரைவில்... | An important announcement about the film Freedom starring Sasikumar will be made soon..." Maalai Malar (in Tamil). 6 May 2025. Retrieved 11 May 2025.
  5. M, Narayani (10 February 2024). "Sasikumar-Lijomol Jose film titled Freedom". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 21 May 2025.
  6. "Sasikumar and Lijomol to be seen as Sri Lankan refugees". The Times of India. 10 February 2024. ISSN   0971-8257 . Retrieved 21 May 2025.
  7. "Sasikumar's next titled 'Freedom'; first look revealed". The Times of India. 8 February 2024. ISSN   0971-8257. Archived from the original on 17 April 2024. Retrieved 11 May 2025.
  8. Kumar, Akshay (9 May 2025). "Sasikumar's Freedom gets a release date". Cinema Express. Archived from the original on 9 May 2025. Retrieved 11 May 2025.
  9. Kumar, Akshay (23 June 2025). "Sasikumar's Freedom wraps filming". Cinema Express. Retrieved 23 June 2025.
  10. M, Narayani (9 February 2024). "Sasikumar's next with Lijomol Jose titled Freedom". Cinema Express. Retrieved 21 May 2025.
  11. M, Narayani (9 November 2024). "First single 'Aagayam Ambuttayum' from Sasikumar-Lijomol Jose's Freedom out". Cinema Express. Retrieved 21 May 2025.
  12. "'Aariro Arariro' from Sasikumar's Freedom is a powerful lullaby rendered by Vaikom Vijayalakshmi". Cinema Express. 1 July 2025. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
  13. "Sasikumar says Freedom will release in theatres next week". Cinema Express. 11 July 2025. Retrieved 11 July 2025.
  14. Kumar, Akshay (17 July 2025). "Sasikumar-Lijomol's Freedom release rescheduled indefinitely". Cinema Express. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
  15. "Sasikumar's Freedom release postponed". Cinema Express. 10 July 2025. Retrieved 10 July 2025.
  16. "Freedom release date out: Sasikumar-Lijomol Jose film set for July release". OTTPlay. Retrieved 11 May 2025.
  17. Kumar, Akshay (9 May 2025). "Sasikumar's Freedom gets a release date". Cinema Express. Retrieved 21 May 2025.
  18. "Freedom Movie Review: Confined by Its Own Righteousness". The Times of India. Retrieved 11 July 2025.