Varaal (film)

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Varaal
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വരാൽ
Directed by Kannan Thamarakulam
Story by Anoop Menon
Produced byPA Sebastian
Starring
CinematographyRavi Chandran
Edited byAyoob Khan
Music byGopi Sunder
Production
company
Time Ads Entertainment
Release date
  • 14 October 2022 (2022-10-14)
CountryIndia
LanguageMalayalam

Varaal is a 2022 Indian Malayalam-language political drama film written by Anoop Menon and directed by Kannan Thamarakulam. The film stars Anoop Menon, Prakash Raj and Sunny Wayne in lead roles. It is produced by PA Sebastian under the banner of Time Ads Entertainment.

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Cast

Production

The title poster was reveled by Mohanlal ,Manju Warrier, Tovino Thomas and Joju George. [3] [2] The film main filmed in Ernakulam, Thiruvananthapuram and Peerumedu. [3] The film got U/A censored. [1] The film was released on 14 October 2022.

Reception

V Vinod Nair critic of Times of india gave 2.5 out of 5 and stated that "You don’t feel any connection with the characters, and while you are waiting for the thrilling suspense at the end, it ends in a whimper". [4] S.R.Praveen of The Hindu critic wrote that "Anoop Menon’s political thriller gets neither the politics nor the thrills right". [5] Crics of The News Minute gave 2 stars out of 5 and stated that "Varaal is bearable if you squirm through the beginning and block out the cringeworthy one-liners, otherwise, not so much". [6] Critics from Mathrubhumi [7] and Indian Express [8] gave mixture of reviews.Critic from Samayam gave 4 out 5 ratings. [9]

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References

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