''Alone'' is an upcoming Indian

Malayalam Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry (Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of 22 scheduled languages of India. Malayalam was des ...

-language

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directed by

Shaji Kailas Shaji Kailas (born 8 February 1965) is an Indian film director and screenwriter known for his works in Malayalam cinema. Shaji got a breakthrough with the comedy film ''Dr. Pasupathy'' (1990). He is best known for his action films with mainl ...

, written by Rajesh Jayaraman, and produced by

Antony Perumbavoor Malekudy Joseph Antony, better known as Antony Perumbavoor is an Indian film producer, Film distributor, distributor, movie theatre, cinema exhibitor and actor, who works in Malayalam cinema, Malayalam film industry. He began his career as a ch ...

through

Aashirvad Cinemas Aashirvad Cinemas is an Indian film production company based in Kochi, Kerala. It was established in 2000 by Antony Perumbavoor, since then, it has produced over 30 Malayalam films, starring Mohanlal. Since 2009, the company co-operates with th ...

. It stars

Mohanlal Mohanlal Viswanathan (born 21 May 1960), known mononymously as Mohanlal, is an Indian actor, film producer, playback singer, film distributor, and director who predominantly works in Malayalam cinema besides also having sporadically appeare ...

as Kalidas, the only character who appears in the film, the film also features some voice roles. 4 Musics composed the film's

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. Principal photography was completed in 18 days from September to October 2021.

Cast

plays Kalidas, who works for

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. He is the only actor appearing in the film. ;Voice cast *

Prithviraj Sukumaran Prithviraj Sukumaran (born 16 October 1982) is an Indian actor, director, producer and playback singer primarily working in Malayalam cinema. He has also done Tamil, Telugu and Hindi films. He acted in more than 100 films in a variety of rol ...

* Siddique *

Nandhu Nandalal Krishnamoorthy better known by his stage name Nandu is an Indian actor primarily working in Malayalam films. Although he has been in the industry for more than 30 years, he is acclaimed for his performance in Mohanlal' s ''Spirit'', dir ...

Production

Development

said that ''Alone'' was developed after

put forward a proposal to make a "small film" during the

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to help unemployed workers in film industry during the pandemic. For which, producer

enquired for potential stories, to whom Kailas suggested a single character film about a man named Kalidas who gets trapped in

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during the pandemic while travelling from

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. Mohanlal and Kailas were collaborating for a film after 12 years. The screenplay was written by Rajesh Jayaraman. The title was announced on 4 October 2021. By then, filming had already begun. The title comes with the tagline "real heroes are always alone".

Filming

Principal photography of the film began on 27 September 2021. Filming was concluded on 22 October. The whole filming process was completed in 18 days. Kailas took the project after he had begun the production of ''

Kaduva ''Kaduva'' () is a 2022 Indian Malayalam language masala film directed by Shaji Kailas, written by Jinu V. Abraham and produced by Prithviraj Productions and Magic Frames. It stars Prithviraj Sukumaran in the title role alongside Vivek Oberoi ...

'' and was shot during its break.

Abinandhan Ramanujam ''Abinandhan Ramanujam'' is an Indian cinematographer who hails from Chennai, Tamil Nadu. He is working in Malayalam, Tamil and Hindi films. Early life Abinandhan Ramanujam was born in Chennai. He was graduated from L.V. Prasad Film and TV A ...

and Pramod K. Pillai was the cinematographers. Production design was done by Santhosh Raman. Kailas' son Jagan Shaji Kailas worked as an

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in the film. Mohanlal began

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in May 2022.

Music

Initially,

Jakes Bejoy Jakes Bejoy (born 27 May 1984) is an Indian film score composer, music producer, and singer. He predominantly works in Malayalam cinema, but has also worked in Tamil, Telugu and Hindi languages. He started his film musical career as a singer, i ...

was attached as the music composer, however, he was replaced by 4 Musics.

Release

In November 2021, it was reported that ''Alone'' would be releasing on a

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platform. In June 2022, Kailas revealed that the film would be releasing on an OTT platform in August 2022. On 21 October 2022, a teaser of the film was released announcing the film will have a theatrical release.

References

External links

* {{Aashirvad Cinemas Upcoming Malayalam-language films 2020s Malayalam-language films One-character films Films set in apartment buildings Films shot in Kochi Films directed by Shaji Kailas Aashirvad Cinemas films