Happy Sardar

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Happy Sardar
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Theatrical release poster
Directed by
  • Sudip Joshy
  • Geethika Sudip
Written by
  • Sudip Joshy
  • Geethika Sudip
Produced by
  • Haseeb Haneef
  • Joshvin Joy
  • Shwetha Karthik
Starring
Cinematography Abinandhan Ramanujam
Edited by Shameer Muhammed
Music by Gopi Sunder
Production
companies
  • Achicha Films
  • Desi Flicks
Distributed byE4 Entertainment
Release date
  • 28 November 2019 (2019-11-28)
Running time
153 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageMalayalam

Happy Sardar [1] is a 2019 Indian Malayalam-language romantic comedy-drama film co-written and directed by debutant directorial duo Sudip Joshy and Geethika Sudip. An Indian remake of the French film Serial (Bad) Weddings , it is the first Malayalam film directed by a couple. [2] [3]

Contents

Synopsis

Happy Singh is a happy-go-lucky young man who was born to a Punjabi father Inderpal Singh and a Malayali mother Annamma. He falls in love with Mary Kochara, the youngest daughter of Joyce Kochara and Reetha Kochara.

Happy Sardar narrates how Happy and Mary win over each other's parents and get married with their blessings. [4]

Cast

Production

Casting

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Kalidas Jayaram, Javed Jaffrey and Siddique

In February 2019, it was reported that Kalidas Jayaram will be playing the male lead along with Bollywood actor Javed Jaffrey in an important role. [7] [8] On 16 February, Jaffrey was confirmed to be playing Kalidas's father with Merin Philip as the female lead. [9] Merin was previously seen in Poomaram starring Kalidas in a supporting role. [10] Kalidas joined the sets in Patiala in March 2019. [11] Times of India reported on 19 September that Kalidas, playing a Sikh character will have Aanandam fame Siddhi Mahajankatti as the female lead. [12]

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