''Praana'' () is a 2019 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

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film directed by

V. K. Prakash V. K. Prakash (born 12 October 1960) is an Indian film director and actor. He makes films, music videos, and commercials, and works predominantly in Malayalam, but has also directed Telugu, Marathi, Kannada and Hindi films. Prakash's debut featu ...

and written by Rajesh Jayaraman.

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 ...

is the person appearing in the film, who plays an English writer.

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 ...

and

Amrit Pritam Amrit Pritam is a National Film Award winning sound designer and a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, popularly known as the Oscar, as well as the Motion Picture Sound Editors. He is the recipient along with Resul Pooku ...

was the sound designers and

P. C. Sreeram P. C. Sreeram ISC (born 26 January 1956) is an Indian cinematographer and film director who works in Indian films. He is also the president of Qube Cinemas, a digital cinema technology company. He is an alumnus of the Madras Film Institute. ...

was the cinematographer.

Louis Banks Louis Banks (born Dambar Bahadur Budaprithi on 11 February 1941) is an Indian film composer, record producer, keyboardist, and singer. He has often been referred to as the 'Godfather of Indian jazz'.Ratheesh Vegha Ratheesh Vega ( ml, രതീഷ് വേഗ) is a composer, singer, and musician who works in Malayalam language, Malayalam films. His debut as a film music composer was in the 2010 hit film ''Cocktail (2010 film), Cocktail''. Career Rathees ...

provided the music for the film. The film was released on 18 January 2019.

Plot

Based on a series of events in the life of an English writer, Tara Anuradha, who dwells in the horrors of her own fears as she focuses on social issues. The movie also deals with intolerance and injustice that is prevailing in the contemporary society.

Production

Nithya Menen was fluent in

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Kannada Kannada (; ಕನ್ನಡ, ), originally romanised Canarese, is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by the people of Karnataka in southwestern India, with minorities in all neighbouring states. It has around 47 million native s ...

and

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languages, which helped in shooting the multilingual film. The shooting was done in a hill station in South India. The shooting commenced on 2 October 2018 and was extensively shot in

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Music

Louis Banks Louis Banks (born Dambar Bahadur Budaprithi on 11 February 1941) is an Indian film composer, record producer, keyboardist, and singer. He has often been referred to as the 'Godfather of Indian jazz'.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 ...

. Arun Vijay composed the original

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and the song "Titliyon Sa" penned by lyricists P. K. Anilkumar in Hindi, Anusha Akasam in Telugu, Harinarayanan B. K. in Malayalam, and Nagarjuna Dixit-HSN Raju in Kannada. Shilpa Raj sung the song in all four languages. She also sang the

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title song "Praana" composed by

Ratheesh Vegha Ratheesh Vega ( ml, രതീഷ് വേഗ) is a composer, singer, and musician who works in Malayalam language, Malayalam films. His debut as a film music composer was in the 2010 hit film ''Cocktail (2010 film), Cocktail''. Career Rathees ...

Release

The Malayalam version of the film released on 18 January 2019, receiving mixed to positive reviews.

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 8016662 2019 multilingual films 2019 films 2010s Malayalam-language films 2010s Telugu-language films 2010s Kannada-language films 2010s Hindi-language films Indian thriller drama films One-character films Indian multilingual films 2019 thriller drama films Films directed by V. K. Prakash