Shylock (2020 film)

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Shylock
Shylock 2020 poster.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed by Ajai Vasudev
Written byAneesh Hameed
Bibin Mohan
Produced byJoby George
Starring
Cinematography Renadive
Edited byRiyas K. Badhar
Music by Gopi Sundar
Production
company
Goodwill Entertainments
Distributed byGoodwill Entertainments
Red Sun Art Creations
Release date
  • 23 January 2020 (2020-01-23) [1]
Running time
130 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageMalayalam
Box office₹50 Crore [2]

Shylock is a 2020 Indian Malayalam-language masala film directed by Ajay Vasudev, written by Aneesh Hameed-Bibin Mohan and produced by Joby George under Goodwill Entertainments. The film stars Mammootty in titular role, alongside and Rajkiran (in his Malayalam debut), Meena, Siddique, Kalabhavan Shajon, Baiju Santhosh, John Vijay and Hareesh Kanaran in supporting roles. The film's title is a slang term for a loan shark. [3] The music was composed by Gopi Sundar, while cinematography and editing were handled by Renadive and Riyas K. Badhar.

Contents

Shylock was released on 23 January 2020. The film received mixed reviews, became a commercial success at the box office. [4]

Plot

Boss alias Shylock , a ruthless moneylender, provides money to a film producer Prathapa Varma to produce a film. However, Varma cheats Boss by not repaying the money, which enrages him. Varma is a close friend of a corrupt Police Commissioner Felix John. Boss creates a ruckus on Prathapa Varma's film sets and abduct the film director due to which Varma sends men to kill Boss. Boss defeats everyone, including Felix's son Joel, and mocks Varma and Felix. Felix charges a fake case that Varma's son Adithyan Varma has gone missing and Boss is behind this. The police arrests Boss, but a video evidence proves that Adithyan is celebrating Holi in Nagpur with Felix's daughter Jewel.

Felix is forced to release Boss. On the way home, Varma confronts Boss and demands to know Adithyan's whereabouts. Boss reveals that after the video was telecasted, Boss kidnapped and killed Adithyan by using Varma's car claiming it as an accident. During Adityan's funeral, Felix and Varma suspect that Boss was part of a plot that they did before. Boss receives a call that an old man Ayyanar is awaken from coma, where he rushes to meet Ayyanar. When Boss's associates ask him, Boss reveals his real name as Devan and tells that Ayyanar is his brother, where he narrates his past.

3 years ago: Devan used to live with his rich family. Devan's adopted brother Velumurugan is in love with Poonkuzhali. Poonkuzhali's family declined their relationship due to caste differences. Deva and Ayyanar fights Poonkuzhali's elder brother Rangan and his henchman and convinces Poonkuzhali to marry Velumurugan. Rangan is angered by this and teams up with Felix and Prathapa Varma to exact revenge on Devan and his family. Devan leaves for Chennai for a few days. During this time, a producer asks Ayyanar for money. Ayyanar agrees, but on the condition that Devan, who aspires to be an actor, should act in the film. Rangan, Rangan's brother Felix, Varma and their henchmen arrive at Ayyanar's house and kill the producer and tries to kill Ayyanar, but Ayyanar fights their henchmen.

Rangan kills Ayyanar's wife Lakshmi and Ayyanar kills Rangan. Rangan's brother realizes that Felix and his men were cheating him and Rangan, where he gets killed by Felix. Adithyan and his henchman kill all the family members, except Ayyanar who is stabbed by Felix. Assuming Ayyanar to be dead, Felix and Varma leave. Devan returns that night, only to find his family members dead. Devan finds that Ayyanar is still alive and takes him to a hospital. The doctor says that, after a surgery, Ayyanar will be crippled for life.

Present: Felix and Varma also learn about Boss/Devan's past. Boss/Devan kidnaps Varma's and Felix's friend Chacko and Joel. They find Chacko heavily drunk, tied to a chair and Joel dead. Chacko provokes Felix by telling that Boss/Devan will kill everyone and they can't do anything. An enraged Felix kills Chacko. Boss/Devan calls him and challenges Varma and Felix for a final confrontation in his old house. They both agree to the challenge and reaches the venue, where Boss/Devan overpowers their henchman and subdues Felix. Ayyanar stabs Felix to death, while Boss/Devan kills Varma. With nobody else to trouble him, Boss/Devan takes care of Ayyanar and continues his business as Shylock along with Balakrishna Panicker and Ganapathy.

Cast

Cameo appearance

Production

Principal photography of the film began on 9 August 2019. Mammootty joined the sets a week after the shoot started. [5] [6] The film marks the debut of actor Rajkiran in the Malayalam cinema. [7] Rajkiran and Meena, who had earlier worked in Pasamulla Pandiyare , are acting together after 23 years. [8] Bibin George was chosen for an important role. [9] The art direction of the film was handled by Girish Menon. [10]

Release

The film was scheduled for release on 23 January 2020 along with a Tamil dubbed version titled Kuberan. [11] The film was dubbed in Telugu, Hindi and Kannada and released with the same title. The film's Tamil version, along with a Telugu dub, was released on Aha. [12] [13]

Music

Shylock
Soundtrack album by
Gopi Sundar
Released18 January 2020 (2020-01-18)
Recorded2019–20
Genre Film soundtrack
Length11:26
Language Malayalam
Tamil
Label Goodwill Entertainments

The music was composed by Gopi Sundar. The soundtrack was launched on 18 January 2020. [14]

No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Aaray Pirakave"Raj KiranDeepika V, Keshav Vinod3:38
2."Kanne Kanne Veesathe"Viveka Swetha Ashok, Narayani Gopan, Nanda J Devan3:25
3."Manikya Kiliye"Raj Kiran, HarinarayananSachin Raj, Allwyn Eby George, Divya S. Menon, Shaheershah4:23
Total length:11:26

Reception

Box office

The film received mixed reviews, but was commercial success, [15] [16] and collected ₹12 crore (US$1.4 million) in its first weekend. The film collected ₹22 crore (US$2.6 million) within 5 days of its release.It completed 400 special shows in 4 days and first ever 4000 housefull shows in mollywood. [ citation needed ] Shylock may earn up to ₹ 5 crore (US$600,000) in India on its first day. The film has collected ₹ 9 crore (US$1.1 million) worldwide, ₹ 3 crore (US$360,000) overseas on its first day. The film earned ₹ 3.5 crore (US$420,000) in the Kerala state. The film was opened well on the first day and got an immense occupancy at Cochin, Thiruvananthapuram. Critics claimed that the first half is purely fans stuff and also complained about the routine story but still, Mammotty fans are enjoying the film as the film is entertaining. [17] Kerala Box Office Collection is ₹ 39.71 crore (US$4.8 million), Overseas Box Office Collection ₹ 27.53 crore (US$3.3 million), Rest Of India Box Office Collection ₹ 6.9 crore (US$830,000) and Tamil dubbed version(2020) Gross ₹ 2.93 crore (US$350,000) The film collected over ₹ 70.17 crore (US$8.4 million) at the Worldwide box office against a budget of ₹ 12 crore (US$1.4 million), and is among the highest-grossing Malayalam films of all time. [18] [19] [20] [2]

Critical response

Shylock received mixed reviews from critics.

Sajin Shrijith of The New Indian Express gave 3.5/5 stars and wrote "Shylock is an exuberant celebration of Mammootty, the star, that attempts to milk his charisma to the fullest". [21] Anjana George of The Times of India gave 3/5 stars and wrote "For the fans of 'mega star Mammootty', Shylock is a treat and for the followers of actor Mammootty, this is a complete 'no'." [22]

Cris from The News Minute wrote "Yet another Mammootty 'mass' movie that numbs the mind. It is running out of boring descriptions for itself". [23] Manoj Kumar R. of The Indian Express gave 1/5 stars and wrote "You know this story. You know how things would pan out. And you know what happens to the bad guys even before the film arrives at its depressingly predictable climax". [24]

Anna M. M. Vetticad of Firstpost wrote that "To compensate perhaps for the absolute lack of novelty in the script, camerawork and all else here, multiple references are made to other films and their Tamil superstars. [25]

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