''Cheena Trophy'' is a 2023 Indian Malayalam-language

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film written and directed by Anil Lal in his directorial debut. The film stars Dhyan Sreenivasan, alongside Kendy Zirdo,

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, Devika Ramesh (in her debut film), Johny Antony,

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and

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Cast

* Dhyan Sreenivasan as Rajesh *Kendy Zirdo as Sheng *

as Vijayan *Devika Ramesh as Theresa * Usha as Usha * Johny Antony as Pavithran Sakhavu * KPAC Leela as Powlin/Vallyammachi *

as Das *

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as Raji *Bittu Thomas as Reji *Sijo as Shafi *Jordi Poonjar as Police Sub Inspector *Sunil Babu as Thampi *Lali as Mary * Ponnamma Babu as Lalitha * Chef Pillai as cameo role * Narayanankutty as Astrologer Shibu *Umesh S Nair as Bank Manager

Production

''Cheena Trophy'' marks the directorial debut of Anil Lal. The film is jointly produced by Anup Mohan, Ashlin Mary Joy and Lijo Ulahannan under the banner of Presidential Movies Private Limited.

Music

The music is composed by

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and Varkey. The audio rights were acquired by Manorama Music. The first song titled "Sanchari" was released on 14 October 2023, sung by Arackal Nandakumar and written by Anil Lal. Ashtaman Pillai, a visually-challenged musician, made his debut as a

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with the song titled "Choodarum".

Release

''Cheena Trophy'' was initially planned to release on 6 October 2023, but was postponed and released in theatres on 8 December 2023.

References

External links

* {{IMDb title 2020s Malayalam-language films Indian comedy-drama films 2023 directorial debut films