''Vaashi'' is a 2022 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 written and directed by Vishnu G. Raghav and produced by G Suresh Kumar and co-produced by Menaka Suresh and Revathy Suresh. The film stars

Tovino Thomas Tovino Thomas (born 21 January 1989) is an Indian actor and film producer who prominently works in Malayalam films. He made his debut in 2012 with the film ''Prabhuvinte Makkal''. His breakthrough roles were in the films ''ABCD'' (2013), '' 7t ...

and

Keerthy Suresh Keerthy Suresh (born 17 October 1992) is an Indian actress who appears predominantly in Tamil and Telugu films, in addition to a few Malayalam films. She was recognised as Forbes 30 under 30 in 2021.She won the National Film Award for Best Act ...

in the lead roles and has music composed by Kailas Menon. The film released theatrically on 17 June 2022.

Synopsis

Adv. Ebin and Adv. Madhavi are colleagues who fall in love. However, they find themselves on opposite sides of an IPC 375 case that also involves elements of IPC 417. Despite their personal feelings, they both fight the case with the intention of winning, which causes problems in their personal lives. Their mentor and friend, Adv. Mulloor, reminds them not to mix personal and professional lives, and eventually, they take his advice and reconcile with each other. Unfortunately, Adv. Madhavi's side loses the case, and the victim experiences a form of

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. Both Adv. Ebin and Adv. Madhavi struggle to accept the moral boundaries of their profession, but they decide to keep their professional and personal lives separate. They come to realize that their love is beyond the egos of the courtroom.

Cast

Production

Principal photography began on 17 November 2021 and filming was wrapped up on 19 January 2022.

Release

Theatrical

The film was released in theatres on June 17, 2022.

Home media

The film started streaming on

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from 17 July 2022 in

and dubbed versions of

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and

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languages.

Music

Soundtrack of ''Vaashi'' is composed by Kailas Menon and lyrics by

Vinayak Sasikumar Vinayak Sasikumar (born 13 June 1994) is an Indian lyricist, who works in Malayalam cinema. Personal life He was born in Trivandrum, Kerala to S. Sasikumar and Asha Sasikumar. At the age of 12, he started writing poetry. Later, he moved to Ch ...

. The music rights of the film are owned by

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Track list

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 13913068 2020s Malayalam-language films 2022 films Indian courtroom films Indian legal drama films