Jailer (2023 Malayalam film)

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Jailer
Jailer 2023 Malayalam film poster.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed bySakkir Madathil
Written bySakkir Madathil
Produced byN. K. Mohammed
Starring
CinematographyMahadevan Thampi
Edited byDeepu Joseph
Music byRiyas Payyoli
Production
company
Golden Village Production
Distributed by
  • Indian Movie Makers
  • 72 Film Company
Release date
  • 18 August 2023 (2023-08-18) [1]
Running time
122 minutes [2]
CountryIndia
LanguageMalayalam

Jailer is a 2023 Indian Malayalam-language period drama film written and directed by Sakkir Madathil. [3] The film stars Dhyan Sreenivasan in lead role, alongside Manoj K. Jayan, Divya Pillai and Sreejith Ravi in the supporting cast. [4] Set in the 1950s, it tells the story of a prison officer who stays in a bungalow with five prisoners who were charged with different crimes and his experiments to reform them. [5] [6]

Contents

Jailer was released in theatres on 18 August 2023. [7] This movie was a box office bomb. [3]

Cast

Production

The title launch of the film was held in 2022 in Sharjah at the Come On Kerala event. [8] On 4 November 2022, Prithviraj Sukumaran unveiled the film's motion poster through Facebook. [9]

Soundtrack

Jailer
Soundtrack album by
Riyas Payyoli
Released2023 (2023)
Venue Kochi
Studio
  • K7 Studios
  • NHQ Studios
Genre Feature film soundtrack
LanguageMalayalam
Label Millennium Audios
Producer Riyas Payyoli

The film's music is composed by Riyas Payyoli, [3] with lyrics written by Nidheesh Nadery.

No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Vadum Mullapoovalla"Nidheesh Nadery Sithara 3:48
2."Ravinnin Lavala"Nidheesh NaderyRijiya Riyas3:54

Release

Theatrical

Initially, the makers of the film had announced that Jailer would be released on 10 August 2023, [10] but with the release of Tamil-language Jailer on the same date being announced, the release date was later postponed by a week. [11] [12] The film was released on 18 August 2023 across 85 theatres in Kerala and 40 theatres in GCC countries. [13] [14]


Title dispute

The film's makers had disputes over the title with Rajinikanth's Jailer . According to director Sakkir Madathil, the title Jailer was registered with the Kerala Film Chamber of Commerce (KFCC) in August 2021. [15] He had requested Sun Pictures consider changing the Tamil-language film's title when releases in Kerala. Later, both Sun Pictures and the makers of the Malayalam-language film took the title dispute to court. [16]

Reception

Critical reception

Princy Alexander of Onmanorama wrote "Overall, the dark and gloomy treatment of the film takes the sheen away from a movie made with good intentions." [17] S.R. Praveen of The Hindu wrote "Jailer seems to have been made with the intention of never giving the audience anything to cheer for... it does succeed in that endeavour." [18] Arjun Ramachandran of The South First gave the film 2.5 stars out of 5 and wrote "Jailer is a film with a novel theme but works only in parts." [19]

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