Manja (film)

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Manja
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Directed by Bijoy Urmise
Screenplay byBijoy Urmise
Story byBijoy Urmise
Produced byRammohan S. Menon
Starring Niyas Backer
Shammi Thilakan
Ashokan
Joy Mathew
CinematographyRajesh K. Narayanan
Edited byMentos Antony
Music by Sejo John
Jessin Georgeh
Production
company
Lal Media Arts
Distributed byM Talkie Cinema
Release date
  • 28 February 2014 (2014-02-28)
Running time
110 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageMalayalam

Manja is a 2014 Malayalam comedy film written and directed by Bijoy Urmise. This is the first film directed by Binoy Urmise. It stars Niyas Backer in lead role and Shammi Thilakan, Ashokan and Joy Mathew in supporting roles. [1]

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Plot

The film revolves around the central character Jackson, who is a hard working, simple young guy from a village. His greatest desire is to become a film star. His journey to achieve the goal in life and some interesting incidents is the main plot of the film.

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Soundtrack

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Genre Film
Language Malayalam

The film features songs composed by Sejo John and Jessin Georgeh and written by Santhosh Varma(Urulunnu Shakadam) and Bijoy Urmise.

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References

  1. "Manja review. Manja Malayalam movie review, story, rating".