Once Upon a Time in Kochi

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Once Upon a Time in Kochi
Once Upon a Time in Kochi.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed by Nadirshah
Written by Rafi
Produced byKalandoor
Starring Arjun Ashokan
Devika Sanjay
Mubin Rafi
Shine Tom Chacko
Cinematography Shaji Kumar
Edited by Shameer Muhammed
Music bySongs:
Nadirsha
Hesham Abdul Wahab
Background Score:
Hesham Abdul Wahab
Production
company
Kalandoor Entertainments
Release date
  • 31 May 2024 (2024-05-31)
Running time
141 minutes [1]
CountryIndia
LanguageMalayalam

Once Upon a Time in Kochi is a 2024 Indian Malayalam language comedy film written by Raffi [2] and directed by Nadirshah [3] featuring Arjun Ashokan, [4] Devika Sanjay, Mubin Rafi, Shine Tom Chacko, Johny Antony and Baiju Santhosh as the lead characters. The film was released on 31 May 2024. [2]

Contents

Premise

The film focuses on people who come out at night and get involved in wrongdoing.

Cast

Soundtrack

Once Upon a Time in Kochi
Soundtrack album by
Hesham Abdul Wahab, Nadirshah
Released2024
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Length12:43
LanguageMalayalam
Label Millennium Audios
External audio
Nuvola apps arts.svg Once Upon a Time in Kochi – Jukebox on YouTube

The songs were composed by Hesham Abdul Wahab, and Nadirshah. [5] [6] [7] [8]

Track listing
No.TitleLyricsMusicSinger(s)Length
1."Kande Njan Akashathoru" Suhail Koya Hesham Abdul Wahab Hesham Abdul Wahab4:35
2."Pande Pande" B. K. Harinarayanan Hesham Abdul Wahab Sithara Krishnakumar 2:27
3."Thooval Nilaa"B. K. Harinarayanan Nadirshah Harisankar, Dana Razik2:34
4."Zinda Song (Halloween Song)"Kunwar JunejaHesham Abdul WahabSamad Sulaiman3:07
Total length:12:43

Reception

Rohit Panikker of Times Now rated the film three out of five stars and wrote, "Once Upon A Time In Kochi is an attempt at trying to tell something new using extremely outdated narrative tropes. It starts out interesting, but tapers out into something usual and predictable. Some performances that could have stood out are let down by poor writing." [9] Arjun Ramachandran of The South First gave it two-and-a-half out of five stars and noted that "Director Nadirshah's latest outing lacks the soul and elements needed for commercial cinema and offers nothing new." [10]

Vignesh Madhu of The New Indian Express gave it one out of five stars and wrote, "First things first, it seems like the makers were unsure of how to treat the film. Once Upon a Time In Kochi is neither a comedy nor a thriller. The film being unintentionally funny throughout, it would have been more effective as a full-fledged dark comedy." [11] S. R. Praveen of The Hindu wrote, "Once Upon a Time in Kochi is a rather forgettable attempt at creating a ‘comedy thriller’ given how none of its attempts at being funny or thrilling manage to work." [1]

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  2. 1 2 "Once Upon A Time In Kochi Teaser: Arjun Ashokan in an urban police procedural". Cinema Express. 26 May 2024. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
  3. ↑ "'Once Upon A Time In Kochi' trailer: How far would one go for love?". The Times of India. ISSN   0971-8257. Archived from the original on 18 April 2024. Retrieved 27 February 2024.
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  5. ↑ "Kande Njaan Aakashathoru (From "Once Upon A Time In Kochi")". Gaana . Retrieved 29 January 2025.
  6. ↑ "Pande Pande (From "Once Upon a Time in Kochi")". Gaana. Retrieved 29 January 2025.
  7. ↑ "Thooval Nilaa (From "Once Upon A Time In Kochi")". Gaana. Retrieved 29 January 2025.
  8. ↑ "ZINDA SONG (From "Once Upon A Time In Kochi")". Gaana. Retrieved 29 January 2025.
  9. ↑ "Once Upon A Time In Kochi Review: A Used And Overused Plot That Offers Nothing New!". Times Now. 31 May 2024. Archived from the original on 1 June 2024. Retrieved 29 January 2025.
  10. ↑ Ramachandran, Arjun (31 May 2024). "Once Upon A Time in Kochi review: Arjun Ashokan shines in this poorly-written film". The South First. Archived from the original on 17 August 2024. Retrieved 29 January 2025.
  11. ↑ Madhu, Vignesh (1 June 2024). "'Once Upon a Time In Kochi' movie review: Drug tale that drags its way to a dead end". The New Indian Express. Archived from the original on 3 September 2024. Retrieved 29 January 2025.
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