God's Own Country (2014 film)

God's Own Country
Film poster
Directed by	Vasudevan Sanal
Written by	V. Praveen Kumar Anish Francis Arun Gopinath
Produced by	Haseeb Hanif Anto Joseph
Starring	Fahadh Faasil Isha Talwar Sreenivasan Lal
Cinematography	Arun James Arvind Krishna
Edited by	Ratheesh Raj
Music by	Gopi Sundar
Release date	9 May 2014 (2014-05-09)
Country	India
Language	Malayalam

God's Own Country is a 2014 Indian Malayalam-language film directed by Vasudevan Sanal. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]} The film was initially titled RED (Rare Emotional Day). ^{[5] [6]}

Plot synopsis

God's Own Country is a three interwoven story. A taxi driver (Lal) desperately seeking money for his daughter's operation, Manu Krishna (Fahadh Faasil) travelling to Kerala to earn bail money for his wife, Asha (Isha Talwar). And, a public prosecutor (Sreenivasan) striving to punish a rapist.

Cast

• Fahadh Faasil as Manu Krishna
• Isha Talwar as Asha, Manu's wife
• Sreenivasan as Advocate Mathan Tharakan
• Lal as Muhammed
• Nandu as Vakkachan
• VK Sreeraman
• Vijayakumar as CI
• Manikuttan as Sakkeer
• Mythili as Abhirami
• Baby Gadha as Manu's daughter
• Lena as Serena
• Vishnupriya as Lekha
• Usha as Muhammed's wife
• Anju Aravind as Mathan Tharakan's wife
• Lakshmipriya as Pushpa
• Santhakumari as Vakkachan's mother
• Molly Kanamaly (supporting role)
• Sudheer Karamana as Kunjikka
• Prashanth Alexander as Nandu
• Faisal Fareed as Sharjah Police Officer
• Daya Ashwathy as Reporter

Soundtrack

Gopi Sundar composed the music. Jassie Gift sang the song "Chalanam". ^[7]

Track name	Singers	Lyrics
" Mannil Pathiyum"	Vineeth Sreenivasan, Divya S Menon	Anu Elizabeth Jose
" Chalanam Chalanam"	Jassie Gift	Arun Gopinath

Reception

The Times of India gave the film a rating of three-and-a-half out of five stars and wrote that "The movie, which has a few parallel narratives, has that deeply evocative humane quotient which makes each of its characters not just the leads, but also pure human beings". ^[8] Rediff gave the film two out of five stars and stated that "God's Own Country is over-written -- characters explain everything in words when a mere change of expression would do". ^[9]

References

1. "Fahadh was very patient with the 2 year old baby: Vasudev Sanal - Times of India". The Times of India . 30 May 2014.
2. "God?s Own Country". Sify . Archived from the original on 25 January 2022.
3. "I was a bit worried before doing the action scene: Mythili - Times of India". The Times of India . 22 May 2014.
4. "Fahadh to play a dad next! - Times of India". The Times of India . 3 January 2014.
5. "Isha Talwar to romance Fahadh Faasil - Times of India". The Times of India . 26 October 2013.
6. "Fahadh's movie renamed as God's Own Country - Times of India". The Times of India . 27 December 2013.
7. "Jassie Gift sings in God's Own Country - Times of India". The Times of India .
8. "God's Own Country Movie Review {3.5/5}: Critic Review of God's Own Country by Times of India". The Times of India .
9. "Review: God's Own Country is cliched and predictable".

External links

• God's Own Country at IMDb