''Rosapoo'' ( ''Rose Flower'') is a 2018
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
comedy-drama film
Comedy drama, also known by the portmanteau ''dramedy'', is a genre of dramatic works that combines elements of comedy and drama. The modern, scripted-television examples tend to have more humorous bits than simple comic relief seen in a typical ...
produced by Shibu Thameens under
Thameens Films
Thameens Films is an Indian film production company based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. It was founded in early 2000 by Shibu K, who is also running Thameens Maax Theatre & Thameens Release for distribution of movies mainly Tamil & Malayalam movies. ...
. The film stars
Biju Menon
Biju Menon (born 9 September 1970) is an Indian actor who predominantly appears in Malayalam films, and also has a few Tamil cinema, Tamil and Telugu cinema, Telugu film credits. He made his debut in the 1994 Malayalam film ''Puthran''. In a car ...
and
Neeraj Madhav
Neeraj Madhav (born 26 March 1990), also known by his stage name NJ is an Indian actor, rapper and dancer who predominantly works in Malayalam films. Neeraj is most popular for his role as Moosa Rehman in the Amazon prime web series ''The Fami ...
in the lead roles along with
Soubin Shahir
Soubin Shahir (born 12 October 1983) is an Indian actor and director who works in Malayalam cinema. He began his film career as an assistant director in 2003 and worked under several directors. Soubin made his acting debut in 2013 with a suppo ...
,
Anjali,
Alencier Ley Lopez and
Vijayaraghavan
Vijayaraghavan (born 20 December 1951) is an Indian actor who predominantly works in Malayalam cinema. He is popular for his character roles. He is the son of popular drama and cinema artist N. N. Pillai. He got his break by playing the icon ...
. The film is directed by Vinu Joseph. The film's music is composed by
Sushin Shyam
Sushin Shyam is an Indian music composer who works predominantly in the Malayalam film industry. He is also the keyboardist of the Indian folk metal band The Down Troddence. He started gaining popularity in 2018 with the films ''Varathan'' and ...
. The film was based on a story written by Vinu Joseph. The film portrays the porn movie market that boomed in the 2000–2010 decade.
Plot
The story is centred around a small village in
Kochi
Kochi (), also known as Cochin ( ) ( the official name until 1996) is a major port city on the Malabar Coast of India bordering the Laccadive Sea, which is a part of the Arabian Sea. It is part of the district of Ernakulam in the state of K ...
. Shajahan is a businessman who is suffering a loss in his brick and mortar business and tries his hand into many small businesses with his friend Ambrose to earn some money. The idea of businesses from agarbatheese to egg and them to porn movie is the idea of their friend Bhanu. Shahjahan had been taking money for all the businesses from money lender Velayudhan for their business ventures. In order to solve thee previous dues he takes further a lot of money from his in the name of a movie. They find an actress and a writer with the help of Sajeer. The movie actress falls in love with Ambrose in between the shoot. Later Shajahan and Ambrose gets cheated by Sajeer as he conspires with the theatre owners to get the whole profit. Shajahan and Ambrose learn of the cheating only after the film becomes a hit.
Cast
Soundtrack
The original soundtrack is composed, programmed, and
arranged
In music, an arrangement is a musical adaptation of an existing composition. Differences from the original composition may include reharmonization, melodic paraphrasing, orchestration, or formal development. Arranging differs from orchest ...
by
Sushin Shyam
Sushin Shyam is an Indian music composer who works predominantly in the Malayalam film industry. He is also the keyboardist of the Indian folk metal band The Down Troddence. He started gaining popularity in 2018 with the films ''Varathan'' and ...
.
References
External links
* {{IMDb title, 7002122
2018 films
2010s Malayalam-language films
Films about pornography
Indian comedy-drama films
Films shot in Kochi
Films scored by Sushin Shyam
Films set in the 2000s