Orange Valley

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Orange Valley
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Directed byRK Dreamwest]
Screenplay byRK Dreamwest
Story byRK Dreamwest
Produced byJohnson Thankachan
George Varkey
StarringBibin Mathai
Deepul
Baiju Balan
Vandhitha Manoharan
Mohan Ollur
Ala Lakshman
Sandeep Vettiyampadi
CinematographyNithin K Raj
Music byRhithik S Chand
Production
company
Dreamwest Global India Pvt. Ltd.
Release date
  • 1 June 2018 (2018-06-01)
CountryIndia
Language Malayalam

Orange Valley is a 2018 Indian-Malayalam language thriller-drama film directed by RK DreamWest and starring Bibin Mathai, Diphul Mathew, Baiju Balan, Vandhitha Manoharan. Ala Lakshman and Mohan Ollur. Johnson Thankachan and George Varky produced the movie.

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Summary

Orange Valley [1] [2] [3] [4] tells the story of a young couple falling in love after an unexpected and short rendezvous. But their fate takes a sharp turn with the sudden intervention of a third person. It develops into an enchanting drama in the backdrop of the plight of poor plantation workers, trade union strikes, and the incursion of a revolutionary movement. People with their lives torn, still resilient and forgiving as the embodiments of love itself.

Cast

Production

Dreamwest Global India Pvt. Ltd., a new entrant in film industry decided to launch themselves in film production with an all-new starcast film titled as Orange Valley. The primary cast was selected through audition and many members were chosen from ActLab Film and television Institute, Kochi, Kerala. Actor Bibin Mathai, [5] [6] who rose to fame with the short film Ente Hridayathinte Vadakku Kizhakke Attathu was signed to play a lead role. The principal photography of the film started on 14 November 2017 at Munnar and the film was completed in a 28 days single schedule. Ottapalam and Veli, Thiruvananthapuram are the other locations of the film.

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