''Kolaambi '' () is an 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

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 ...

written and directed by

T. K. Rajeev Kumar Thazhathupurakkal Karunakara Panicker Rajeev Kumar (born 20 September 1961) is a National Award-winning Indian director of Malayalam films, from Trivandrum. He is the winner of five Kerala State Film Awards for Best Film, Director, Story Writer ...

, starring

Nithya Menen Nithya Menen (born 8 April 1988) is an Indian actress and singer who has acted in more than 50 feature films and in six different languages: Malayalam, Hindi, Tamil, Kannada, English, and Telugu.In her acting career, Nithya has won three Film ...

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 ...

, Rohini,

Sijoy Varghese Sijoy Varghese (born 6 March 1971) is an Indian actor and advertising filmmaker. He has been involved in advertising and cinema for 20 years. As an actor he has portrayed characters in Malayalam films including: Bangalore Days, Avatharam, Jam ...

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 is produced by Roopesh Omana under the production house Nirmalyam Cinema.

Resul Pookutty Resul Pookutty (born 30 May 1971) is an Indian film sound designer, sound editor and audio mixer. He won the Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing, along with Richard Pryke and Ian Tapp, for ''Slumdog Millionaire''. Pookutty has worked in Hind ...

handles the sound recording, while music is composed by

Ramesh Narayan Ramesh Narayan (born 3 November 1959) is an Indian classical vocalist, composer and music producer who works predominantly in Malayalam cinema. He belongs to the Mewati gharana of Hindustani classical music. Narayan began his initial traini ...

and cinematography is done by

Ravi Varman S. Ravi Varman (born 9 May 1972) is an Indian cinematographer, filmmaker, producer and writer. He has predominantly worked in films of Indian languages such as Tamil, Malayalam and Hindi. Known for his realistic and poetic framing sense, Rav ...

. Production design is done by

Sabu Cyril Sabu Cyril is an Indian film production designer. Having worked in 116 feature films and 2500 add films. He has won four National Film Award for Best Production Design, four state awards, six Filmfare Award for Best Art Direction (including sout ...

. ''Kolaambi'' was selected in Indian Panorama, at 50th

International Film Festival of India The International Film Festival of India (IFFI), founded in 1952, is one of the most significant film festivals in Asia. Held annually, currently in the state of Goa, on the western coast of the country, the festival aims at providing a common pla ...

, Goa, held from 20 November to 28. It was premiered at the festival. The film was released on 24 December 2021.

Cast

Nithya Menon Nithya Menen (born 8 April 1988) is an Indian actress and singer who has acted in more than 50 feature films and in six different languages: Malayalam, Hindi, Tamil, Kannada, English, and Telugu.In her acting career, Nithya has won three Film ...

as Arundhati *

as Abdul Khader *

as Sudharshan *

as Sanjay Tharakan * Rohini as Sundarambal * Siddharth Menon as Solomon *

Baiju Santhosh Baiju Santhosh Kumar, commonly referred to as Baiju, is an Indian actor who works in Malayalam films. He began his acting career in 1981, as a child artist in the film ''Maniyan Pilla Adhava Maniyan Pilla''. Since then he has acted in more than ...

as Moulavi * Aristo Suresh as Aampli Naanu * Suresh Kumar as Varghese *

Manju Pillai Manju Pillai (born 11 May 1976) is an Indian actress who appears in Malayalam films and television shows. She is best known for portraying comedic roles, but has also played character roles. She has won the Kerala State Television Award for K ...

as Lawyer *

Asha Aravind Asha Aravind is an Indian model and film actress active in the Malayalam film industry. Personal life She was born at Changanassery, Kottayam. She is married to Aravind Ananthakrishnan Nair and has a daughter Akshaya. Acting career She star ...

as Anju Sudharshan *

P. Balachandran Padmanabhan Balachandran Nair (2 February 1952 – 5 April 2021) was an Indian writer, playwright, scenarist, director, and actor. He was known for his work in Malayalam literature and Malayalam cinema. Career Balachandran is best known for ...

as Kamal Pasha *

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 ...

as Alphonse *

Jayakrishnan Jayakrishnan (born 11 April 1974) is an Indian film and television actor known for his work in the Malayalam industry. Often regarded as Immortal Star JK by the Malayalam film fanatics for his unaging appearance for decades. He was introduced a ...

as Jacob George * Poojapura Radhakrishan as Beeran *

Vijay Yesudas Vijay Yesudas (born 23 March 1979) is an Indian playback singer and actor. He has sung over 1000 film songs. Vijay works predominantly in the South Indian film industry, mostly in Malayalam, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, and Hindi. He is the son of ...

as Himself (

cameo appearance A cameo role, also called a cameo appearance and often shortened to just cameo (), is a brief appearance of a well-known person in a work of the performing arts. These roles are generally small, many of them non-speaking ones, and are commonly eit ...

)

Production

Kolaambi marks the 25th film and directorial come back of director T. K Rajeev Kumar after nearly six years.

was brought in for sound recording.

was signed as the cinematographer and

as the production designer. Nithya Menen was chosen for the role of biennale artist, marking her second collaboration with

after ''

Thalsamayam Oru Penkutty ''Thalsamayam Oru Penkutty'' (''A Girl On Live'') is a 2012 Indian Malayalam satirical comedy drama film directed by T. K. Rajeev Kumar, starring Nithya Menon, Shweta Menon, and Unni Mukundan in the lead roles. Cast *Nithya Menon as Manjula Ay ...

''. Principal photography of the film was commenced at

Thiruvananthapuram Thiruvananthapuram (; ), also known by its former name Trivandrum (), is the capital of the Indian state of Kerala. It is the most populous city in Kerala with a population of 957,730 as of 2011. The encompassing urban agglomeration populati ...

on 18 October 2018.

Soundtrack

Accolades

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 9182478 2019 films Indian musical drama films Films shot in Thiruvananthapuram 2010s Malayalam-language films 2010s musical drama films 2019 drama films Films directed by T. K. Rajeev Kumar