Siddy (film)

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Siddy
Directed byPious Raj
Written byPious Raj
Produced byMaheswaran Nandagopal
StarringAji John
Rajesh Sharma
Akshaya Udayakumar
I M Vijayan
CinematographyKarthik S. Nair
Edited byAjith Unnikrishnan
Music by Ramesh Narayan
Production
company
Surya film Productions
Release date
  • 7 October 2022 (2022-10-07)
CountryIndia
LanguageMalayalam

Siddy is a 2022 Malayalam-language thriller film, directed by Pious Raj for producer Maheswaran Nandagopal. The film stars Aji John and former International footballer I M Vijayan in lead roles. The debut directorial is heavily inspired by Fyodor Dostoevsky' s Crime and Punishment. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

Contents

Principal photography started in August 2021 and the film will also be dubbed into Tamil. [8]

Summary

Siddy is the journey through the life and mind of a law student who turns into a murderer.

Cast

Production

Pious Raj, an advertisement films director, [9] inspired by Fyodor Dostoevsky' s Crime and Punishment, launched himself as director as Maheswaran Nandagopal bankrolled the project. Former International footballer and actor I M Vijayan was signed [10] for an important role along with Aji John, an actor as well as director who has helmed Hotel California . [4] Composer Ramesh Narayan who does only selective films was signed for the film with Karthik S.Nair, an associate of Ravi Varman as cinematographer. [7] The film began the shooting at the time of second phase lockdown at the locations of Ernakulam, Vizhinjam harbour and Kovalam. [1] Ramesh Narayan said that he signed the film, as the director wanted him to use Hindustani music as a different genre. [8]

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