''Lal Bahadur Shastri'' is a

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directed and scripted by Rejishh Midhila. The film is about three strangers who come across during their journey of life. It revolves around how they influence each other. The movie stars

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in the title roles of Lal, Bahadur and Shasthri respectively while débutante Sandra Simon plays the female lead. The music of the film is composed by

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and the lyrics are penned by Santhosh Varma. The film is produced by Jose Simon and Rajesh George.

's son Adwaith made his début in the film. He plays the childhood version of

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Plot

Lal is a simple good hearted young man who is search for a job, Bahadhur is a former panchayath president who have an obsession towards liquor and women, and Shasthri is a young farmer who struggles to get some document approved from a Government sector. The three men, who are total strangers travels to

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in a

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bus. Bahadhur buys a lottery ticket from a boy and the boy gives another ticket to Lal as he doesn't have change. The trio part ways after reaching Ernakulam; but later come to know that the lottery ticket which Lal got has won one crore rupees. Then Lal, Bahadhur and Shasthri join hands and goes in search of the missing ticket. This forms the crux of the story.

Cast

as Sree Lal *

as Bahadur *

as Darmajan Shastri *Sandra Simon as Thara *

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as C. P. Damodharan *

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as Lal's father *Parvathy as Lal's mother *Nobi as Balan *Liimal G Padath as Assistant Director *

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as Sreekuttan, the lottery selling boy *Kavitha Nair as Teacher *Pradeep Kottayam as Thara's father *

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as Arjun *Adwaith Jayasurya as Lal's childhood *Lakshmipriya as Agricultural officer *Aiswarya Nath

Critical reception

Lal Bahadur Shastri got mixed to good reviews from critics."Friends media" gave four out of five stars for the film and stated that the film is a clean entertainer "Live media" gave a rating of 4.5/5 for the movie while "The Cinima Company" gave 3 out of 5 and said "LBS is a one time watchable film without much expectation that won't make you bored". LemonMovieMedia rated this as a nice one time watchable movie, without much twists and turns. Lay back, relax and watch though it doesn’t offer anything exceptional or new. Akhila Menon of "FilmiBeat" gave 2.5/5 and concluded "A one time watch".

Release

The film released around 80 screens in Kerala. Released on 21 November, distributed by Vendhar Movies in Kerala and Humming Minds Entertainment distributed in outside Kerala

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 4112402
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