''Kadha Paranja Kadha'' is a 2018 Indian

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-language film written and directed by Siju Jawahar, and starring Siddharth Menon, Tharushi, Shaheen Siddique,

Renji Panicker Renji Panicker (born 23 September 1960) is an Indian actor, scriptwriter, director, film producer, and journalist best known for his Malayalam films. He made his debut as a director with ''Bharatchandran IPS'' in 2005. Early life He did his ...

, and

Dileesh Pothan Dileesh Philip (born 19 February 1980), also known as Dileesh Pothan is an Indian film director, actor and producer, who works in Malayalam cinema. He made his directorial debut with the 2016 comedy drama film '' Maheshinte Prathikaaram'', star ...

. The film features music composed by Sithara Krishnakumar and Jaison J. Nair. The film was released on 9 February 2018 in theatres and digital platform in 2021 by Baburaj Asariya through his film production & distribution house Collective Frames. It was released on

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in the UK and the USA.

Cast

Santhosh Keezhattoor Santhosh Keezhattoor (a.k.a. Maranan, will die in 9/10 movies) is an Indian film & theatre actor. He had acted in many leading and supportive roles. He won acclaim though doing character roles. Before entering into the film industry, he was wo ...

* Siddharth Menon as Ebby *

Praveena Praveena is an Indian Television actress and a dubbing artist who predominantly appears in Malayalam films, she has also appeared in Tamil and Telugu films. She started her acting career through 1992 film ''Gowri''. She has received several ...

*Shaheen Siddique *Tarushi Jha as Jennifer *Pala Aravindan *Yassar as Ashraf *Dr Rajesh Raju George as Psychiatrist

Reception

Vinod Nair of ''

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'' gave the film 2.5 out of 5 stars, writing: "The storyline is reasonably good but the audience can’t always relate with the lead characters. Perhaps the lead characters could have been entrusted to more experienced actors." The film was nominated for the Golden Fox Award at the 22nd season of the

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References

External links

* 2018 films Indian drama films 2010s Malayalam-language films {{2010s-Malayalam-film-stub