Parole (2018 film)

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Parole
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Theatrical release poster
Directed by Sharrath Sandith
Screenplay byAjith Poojappura
Produced byAntony D'Cruz
Starring
Cinematography Loganathan Srinivasan
Edited by Suresh Urs
Music by
Production
company
Antony D'Cruz Entertainment
Distributed byCentury Films
Release date
  • 6 April 2018 (2018-04-06) [1]
Running time
150 minutes
Country India
Language Malayalam

Parole is a 2018 Indian Malayalam-language drama thriller film directed by Sharath Sandhith in his feature film debut and written by Ajith Poojappura, based on a true story. It stars Mammootty, Ineya, Miya, Suraj Venjaramoodu, Siddique and Prabhakar. [2] It began principal photography on 14 June 2017 in Bangalore. Loganathan Srinivasan was the cinematographer and Suresh Urs was the editor. Songs and score are composed by Sharreth. [3] [4]

Contents

Parole was released on 6 April 2018 in India. [1] [5]

Plot

Alex "Mestri" Philippose is living a happy life with his wife Annie and son Shine, though she is epileptic. One day, he loses his temper and slaps Annie, triggering a fit which causes her to fall into a well. He fails to save her, and his attempts are seen as proof that he killed her. He goes to jail for her murder.

The first parole application is rejected since his son does not sign it, thinking he will be targeted next. After his sister Kathrina's death, he finally succeeds in getting parole, with the intention of seeing his son.

After many attempts, he locates his son, but is distraught when he learns that he is a petty criminal, working for Sudarshan, the local drug kingpin. His son is brought in for questioning, but is taken by Sudarshan. Alex finds Sudarshan, beats him up and rescues his son.

The police officer investigating the case threaten to arrest Shine, but decides to arrest Alex instead when he is reminded that his own son, one of Shine's friends, would also be incarcerated.

The movie ends with everyone finding out about Alex's innocence as he goes back to jail for another crime he did not commit.

Cast

Production

This is the feature film directorial debut of advertisement film maker Sharrath Sandith, who announced the film in May 2017 with Mammootty whom he had been directing for last 12 years for ad films and Miya George in cast. He said the other cast would be finalised after the filming began, and planned to shoot the film in two schedules to be in Bangalore and Kerala. The screenplay is based on a real life story. [6] The untitled film began principal photography on 14 June 2017 in Bangalore, with 25-days schedule planned there. [7] [8] Mammootty plays a prisoner and Communist comrade, [9] while Juby Ninan, who also co-produced the film, and Lalu Alex appear in jail wardens' roles. [10] [11] In December first, Sharrath revealed Miya's role as Mammootty's sister and stated that filming would be wrapped up in 10 days. [12]

The film was shot in digital CinemaScope and 4K cinematography was employed. [13] The filming took place in around 75 days, of which 25 days were part of prison sequences in Bangalore. Other parts were shot in and around Thodupuzha. [14]

Release

On 29 March, due to a delay in obtaining the clearance certificate from the Animal Welfare Board of India, which had to be submitted to the Central Board of Film Certification to attain the film's censor certificate, the original release date of 31 March 2018 [5] was pushed to 6 April. [1]

Critical reception

Sanjith Sidhardhan of The Times of India rated the film three in a scale of five and said, "Parole has the elements that would appeal to a family audience – action, drama and sentiments – but a taut script and trimmed first half would have made it an even more engaging venture." [15]

Financial Express wrote that "Mammootty wins hearts as Sakhavu Alex in this melodrama" and labelled the film as "entertaining". [16]

Anna M. M. Vetticad of Firstpost rated 1 out of 5 stars and said, "Parole is not Mammootty’s worst, but if you have seen him at his best, you have to wonder what on earth he is thinking when he picks scripts these days – or whether he is thinking at all.". [17]

Sify said, "With a script that is melodramatic to the core, the film looks old fashioned and follows a narrative pattern that would have been fine, maybe some decades back". [18]

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