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Jailer | |
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Directed by | Sakkir Madathil |
Written by | Sakkir Madathil |
Produced by | N. K. Mohammed |
Starring | |
Cinematography | Mahadevan Thampi |
Edited by | Deepu Joseph |
Music by | Riyas Payyoli |
Production company | Golden Village Production |
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Running time | 122 minutes [2] |
Country | India |
Language | Malayalam |
Jailer is a 2023 Indian Malayalam-language historical thriller 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]
Jailer was released in theatres on 18 August 2023. [7] This movie was a box office bomb. [3]
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]
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Soundtrack album by Riyas Payyoli | |
Released | 2023 |
Venue | Kochi |
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Genre | Feature film soundtrack |
Language | Malayalam |
Label | Millennium Audios |
Producer | Riyas Payyoli |
The film's music is composed by Riyas Payyoli, [3] with lyrics written by Nidheesh Nadery.
No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Vadum Mullapoovalla" | Nidheesh Nadery | Sithara | 3:48 |
2. | "Ravinnin Lavala" | Nidheesh Nadery | Rijiya Riyas | 3:54 |
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]
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]
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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