Vaashi (2022 film)

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Vaashi
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Theatrical release poster
Directed byVishnu G. Raghav
Written byVishnu G. Raghav
Story byJaniz Chacko Simon
Produced by G. Suresh Kumar
Starring
CinematographyNeil D'Cunha
Edited byArju Benn
Music by Kailas Menon
Production
company
Distributed by
  • Urvasi Theatres
  • Remya Movies
Release date
  • 17 June 2022 (2022-06-17)
Running time
128 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageMalayalam
Box office1.8 crore [1]

Vaashi is a 2022 Indian Malayalam-language courtroom drama film [2] written and directed by Vishnu G. Raghav and produced by G. Suresh Kumar and co-produced by Menaka Suresh and Revathy Suresh. The film stars Tovino Thomas and Keerthy Suresh [3] in the lead roles. The music is composed by Kailas Menon [4] with cinematography by Neil D'Cunha and editing by Arju Benn. The film released theatrically on 17 June 2022. [5] [6]

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Synopsis

Advocates Ebin and Madhavi are colleagues who fall in love. However, they find themselves on opposite sides of an IPC 375 case that also involves elements of IPC 417. Despite their personal feelings, they both fight the case with the intention of winning, which causes problems in their personal lives. Their mentor and friend, Adv. Mulloor, reminds them not to mix personal and professional lives, and eventually, they take his advice and reconcile with each other. Unfortunately, Madhavi's side loses the case, and the victim experiences a form of Stockholm syndrome. Both Ebin and Madhavi struggle to accept the moral boundaries of their profession, but they decide to keep their professional and personal lives separate. They come to realize that their love is beyond the egos of the courtroom.

Cast

Production

Principal photography began on 17 November 2021 and filming was wrapped up on 19 January 2022. [8]

Release

Theatrical

The film was released in theatres on June 17, 2022.

Home media

The film started streaming on Netflix from 17 July 2022 in Malayalam and dubbed versions of Tamil, Telugu and Kannada languages. [9] [10]

Music

Soundtrack of Vaashi is composed by Kailas Menon and lyrics by Vinayak Sasikumar. [11] The music rights of the film are owned by Think Music.

Track list

No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Yaathonnum Parayathe" Vinayak Sasikumar Sithara, Abhijith Anilkumar4:06
2."Rithuragam"Vinayak SasikumarKeshav Vinod, Sruthy Sivadas4:47
3."Hey Kanmani"Vinayak SasikumarAbhijith Anilkumar, Greeshma Tharavath3:51
Total length:12:45

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