''Salalah Mobiles'' is a 2014 Malayalam

romantic comedy Romantic comedy (also known as romcom or rom-com) is a subgenre of comedy and slice of life fiction, focusing on lighthearted, humorous plot lines centered on romantic ideas, such as how true love is able to surmount most obstacles. In a typica ...

film written and directed by debutant Sharath Haridas, Production controller Sanjay padiyoor starring

Dulquer Salmaan Dulquer Salmaan (born 28 July 1986) is an Indian actor, playback singer and film producer who predominantly works in Malayalam and Tamil films, in addition to Telugu and Hindi films. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in business manageme ...

Nazriya Nazim Nazriya Nazim (born 20 December 1994) is an Indian actress, producer and former television presenter who works predominantly in Malayalam films in addition to Tamil films. She has won One Filmfare Award South, one Kerala State Film Awards, a ...

, and

Jacob Gregory Jacob Gregory is an Indian-American actor who has appeared in Malayalam films. He made his film debut with ''ABCD'' (2013) directed by Martin Prakkat. He got a breakthrough role in the TV series ''Akkara Kazhchakal'', where he portrayed the char ...

. The film was produced by Anto Joseph Film Company and features music composed by

Gopi Sunder Gopi Sundar C. S. (born 30 May 1977) is an Indian music director, programmer, playback singer, songwriter, actor and performer who works prominently in Malayalam, Telugu and Tamil film industries. He started his career composing music for te ...

. The film released on 24 January 2014, received negative reviews and performed poorly at the box office.

Plot

Afzal's mother Safiyumma is so worried about him. Once, when his uncle comes from

Salalah Salalah ( ar, صَلَالَة, Ṣalālah) is the capital and largest city of the southern Omani governorate of Dhofar. Its population in 2009 was about 197,169. Salalah is the third-largest city in the Sultanate of Oman, and the largest city ...

, Oman, he tells him that he can get a job over there. Afzal rejects it saying 'working is slavery'. He tells that he want to set a mobile shop and needs fund for it. His uncle accepts it with one condition: that the shop should be named 'Salalah Mobiles'. Afzal appoints his childhood friend Binoy as his assistant. There was a bus stop in front of the shop and every morning a college going girl comes there. Afzal falls in

love at first sight Love at first sight is a personal experience as well as a common trope in literature: a person or character feels an instant, extreme, and ultimately long-lasting romantic attraction for a stranger upon first seeing that stranger. Described by p ...

. He learns that her name is Shahana and his childhood classmate and enemy Manaf has a crush on her. After some days he goes to Coimbatore to get some stock. There he meets Azhagarsamy, a genius who has made many unbelievable

applications Application may refer to: Mathematics and computing * Application software, computer software designed to help the user to perform specific tasks ** Application layer, an abstraction layer that specifies protocols and interface methods used in a c ...

. Afzal plans to purchase some of his apps. In the bar, when they were just talking Afzal calls Azhagarsamy a 'genius'. Azhagarsamy, who is so excited, gifts Afzal his mobile tapping app. Afzal returns to his place and there a virus spreads through messages and Afzal starts hearing every caller. Slowly, Manaf realizes this and, being jealous of Afzal, reveals to the police about Afzal's nature.

Cast

as Afzal *

as Shahana *

Santhanam Santhanam or Santanam ( te, సంతానం) is an Indian name that may refer to: People * K. Santhanam (1895–1980), Indian politician * Madabusi Santanam Raghunathan (born 1941), Indian mathematician * Maharajapuram Santhanam (1928–1992) ...

as Azhagarsamy *

as Binoy * Anwar Shereef as Abdul Manaf (Kozhi Manaf) * Siddique as Ajay Chacko IPS * Geetha as Safiyumma *

Narayanankutty Narayanan Kutty or Kalabhavan Narayanankutty is a Malayalam film actor. He has acted in more than 300 films. He handles mainly comedy roles. Background Narayanan Kutty was born Ernakulam. He started his career as a mimicry artist in Kalabhavan ...

as Ramachandran PC *

Tini Tom Tini Tom is an Indian actor, comedian and mimicry artist from Kerala. He works in Malayalam films and television. Early life Tini was born in North Paravoor, Kerala, India. His father Tomy T.D. is an engineer. He has a sister Tincy. Tom comple ...

as Venu Maash *

Mamukkoya Mamukkoya (born 5 July 1946) is an Indian actor known for his work in Malayalam cinema, and has also appeared in French film ''Flammens of Paradise''. He has mostly appeared in comedic roles. His unique usage of the Mappila dialect and style mar ...

as Mammad *

Jose Jose is the English transliteration of the Hebrew and Aramaic name ''Yose'', which is etymologically linked to ''Yosef'' or Joseph. The name was popular during the Mishnaic and Talmudic periods. *Jose ben Abin *Jose ben Akabya * Jose the Galilea ...

as Salauddeen *

S.P.Sreekumar S. P. Sreekumar is an Indian actor who works in Malayalam cinema and TV series. He was a former contestant of Mammoty the reality show streamed in Asianet. His first TV show was ''Chirikidathom'' on Amrita TV and later his performance as Loli ...

as Hari, Afzal's friend *

Ramesh Pisharody T. V. Ramesh (born 1 October 1983), professionally credited as Ramesh Pisharody, is an Indian stand-up comedian, impressionist, television presenter, actor and film director. He works in Malayalam television shows, stage, and cinema. Early ...

as Shajahan * Anju Sasi as a plus two student *

Janardanan Janardhanan Nair (born 5 May 1946) is an Indian actor, producer and a former Indian Airforce personnel who predominantly acts in Malayalam films. He acted in his first feature film '' Adyathe Kadha'', directed by K. S. Sethumadhavan in 1971, he ...

in a guest role as Kodaangi *

Raveendran Madhavan Raveendran ( ml, മാധവൻ രവീന്ദ്രൻ ), (born Kulathupuzha, Kollam, 9 November 1943 – died Chennai, Tamil Nadu, 3 March 2005), fondly known as ''Raveendran Master'', was a popular South Indian music composer a ...

in a guest role as Hawala dealer *

Nirmal Palazhi Nirmal Palazhi (born in Kozhikode, Kerala) is an Indian actor who has worked predominantly in the Malayalam film industry known for his work on Puthan Panam, Diwanji Moola Grand Prix and Ira. Personal life Nirmal was born and settled in K ...

* V. K. Sreeraman (Voice Character) as Shahana's estranged father * Kunjan as Munna

Production

was roped in to play the lead role. Many heroines were considered but

was finalized. Jacob Gregory who had acted alongside Dulquer in the film ABCD, was cast in a prominent role. Tamil comedian

was signed by the director to play a Tamilian, marking his Malayalam film debut. Sharath A. Haridaasan said that Santhanam plays a prominent role that manoeuvres the story to its turning point. The shoot of the film began on 17 August 2013 at

Kozhikode Kozhikode (), also known in English as Calicut, is a city along the Malabar Coast in the state of Kerala in India. It has a corporation limit population of 609,224 and a metropolitan population of more than 2 million, making it the second l ...

. The shooting locations were

Kodungaloor Kodungallur (; also Cranganore, Portuguese language, Portuguese: Cranganor; formerly known as Mahodayapuram, Shingly, Vanchi, Muchiri, Muyirikkode, and Muziris) is a historically significant town situated on the banks of Periyar (river), river ...

Kottayam Kottayam () is a municipal town in the Indian state of Kerala. Flanked by the Western Ghats on the east and the Vembanad Lake and paddy fields of Kuttanad on the west. It is the district headquarters of Kottayam district, located in south- ...

and Coimbatore.

Soundtrack

Box office

The film collected 3,196 from UK box office.

References

External links

* {{Authority control 2014 films Indian romantic comedy films Films set in Oman Films shot in Kozhikode Films shot in Thrissur Films shot in Coimbatore 2010s Malayalam-language films 2014 romantic comedy films