''Appan'' is a 2022

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

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...

co-written and directed by Maju and jointly produced by Josekutty Madathil, and Ranjith Manambarakkat under the banners of Sunny Wayne Productions and Tiny Hands Productions. The film stars Wayne as a

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, with Ananya, Alencier Ley Lopez,

Grace Antony Grace Antony is an Indian actress, model and classical dancer who works in the Malayalam film industry. Her debut film was '' Happy Wedding'' (2016) at the age of 18. She rose to fame after her performance in the Mollywood hit film ''Kumbalang ...

, and

Pauly Valsan Pauly Valsan is an Indian actress who has been acclaimed for acting in Malayalam films and plays. She debuted in Malayalam film industry with the supporting roles in the 2008 movie '' Annan Thambi'' In 2017, she won the Kerala State Film Award fo ...

featuring in major supporting roles. The cinematography of ''Appan'' was done by Pappu and was edited by

Kiran Das Kiran Das (born 1 June 1983) is an Indian film editor who predominantly works in Malayalam cinema. He is a recipient of the Kerala State Film Award for Best Editor in 2019 for the movie Ishq (2019 film). His other notable works include J ...

. The soundtrack was composed by

Dawn Vincent Dawn Vincent is an Indian music composer, mixing engineer, and sound designer. He is a graduate from Film and Television Institute of India, Pune. He is also an accomplished pianist certified from Trinity College London. He works predominantly in ...

Plot

Njoonju a rubber tapper lives with his father, mother, wife and his son in a small village. Ittychan, his father is a narcissistic, cruel womaniser who harasses, abuses, and tortures his wife, Kuttyamma and Njoonju despite being bedridden. All his family members await for his death. The villagers who had bitter experience of his behavior in the past makes plan to kill him. He even manipulates his family members to live with their next-door neighbour and prostitute, Sheela.

Cast

Sunny Wayne Sujith Unnikrishnan (born 19 August 1983), known by his stage name Sunny Wayne is an Indian actor who predominantly works in Malayalam cinema Malayalam cinema is an Indian film industry of Malayalam-language motion pictures. It is based ...

as Njoonju * Alencier Ley Lopez as Ittychan, Njoonju's father *

as Kuttyamma, Ittychan's wife * Ananya as Rosy, Njoonju's wife *

as Molykutty, Njoonju's younger sister *

Vijilesh Karayad Vijilesh Karayad is an Indian actor works in malayalam cinema, known for his performances in '' Maheshinte Prathikaaram'', ''Varathan'', '' kothth'' and Krishnankutty Pani Thudangi. Early life and career Vijilesh grew up in Karayad in the Kozhik ...

as Boban, Molykutty's husband *Radhika Radhakrishnan as Sheela *Anil K. Sivaram as Varghese, Ittychan's friend *Drupad Krishna as Abel, Njoonju's son *Geethi Sangeetha as Latha ,a neighbour *Unni Raja as Suku *Shamsudheen Makarathodi as Jhonson *Ashraf as Kuriako

Filming

The film began

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in September 2021 at

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in Kerala, where the film was extensively shot. Filming was completed in 50 days.

Release

Initially the film was planned to be released in theatres. Later the film was released through the

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platform on 27 October 2022.

References

{{Reflist 2022 films 2022 drama films Indian drama films 2020s Malayalam-language films Indian direct-to-video films 2022 direct-to-video films SonyLIV original films Films about dysfunctional families Films shot in Idukki