Jai Mahendran | |
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Genre | Drama |
Written by | Rahul Riji Nair |
Directed by | Srikanth Mohan |
Starring | |
Music by | Sidhartha Pradeep |
Country of origin | India |
Original language | Malayalam |
No. of episodes | 6 |
Production | |
Producer | Rahul Riji Nair |
Cinematography | Prasanth Raveendran |
Editor | Christy Sebastian |
Camera setup | Multi-camera |
Running time | 31–33 minutes |
Production company | First Print Studios |
Original release | |
Network | SonyLIV |
Release | 11 October 2024 |
Jai Mahendran is an Indian Malayalam-language drama streaming television series directed by Srikanth Mohan and written by Rahul Riji Nair. [1] [2] Produced under First Print Studios, starring Saiju Kurup and Miya George in lead roles. [3] as Priya Mahendran. It premiered on SonyLIV on 11 October 2024. [4]
The series was announced on SonyLIV. [5] The principal photography of the series commenced in April 2023. [6] The filming was wrapped in June 2023. [7] The trailer of the series was released on 28 September 2024. [8]
The series was initially scheduled to release on 9 February 2024, [9] but was later moved to 11 October 2024. [10]
Latha Srinivasan of Hindustan Times [11] and Anandu Suresh of The Indian Express reviewed the series. [12] Akhila Menon of OTTPlay gave the series 3/5 stars. [13]
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