''Valiyaperunnal'' (''A festival of sacrifice'') is a 2019 Indian

Malayalam language 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 d ...

romantic crime comedy-drama film, the first film directed by Dimal Dennis. It was scripted jointly by Dennis and Thasreeq Abdul Salam. The film has

Shane Nigam Shane Nigam is an Indian actor who appears in Malayalam films. Having made his debut with the 2013 road film '' Neelakasham Pachakadal Chuvanna Bhoomi'' (2013), he went to receive wider attention for his performances in various successful drama ...

in the lead role, along with Himika Bose,

Joju George Joseph George, better known as Joju George (born 22 October 1977) is an Indian actor, playback singer and producer who works mainly in Malayalam cinema. He has acted in Malayalam films and worked on Tamil projects as well. In 2015, he won the ...

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 ...

, Vinayakan, Alencier, Captain Raju and

Dharmajan Bolgatty Dharmajan Bolgatty (born 1976) is an Indian actor, producer, comedian, politician and entrepreneur, who works in Malayalam films, television, and stage shows. He began his career as a comedian appearing in sketch comedies on stage, later foraye ...

in other pivotal roles. The movie was released on 20 December 2019 in India and the countries of the

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Cast

as Akkar Salavudheen * Himika Bose as Pooja *

as Perumbavoor Shivakumar *

as Hanumanth Sheonayi * Vinayakan as Himself (Cameo) * James Elia as Dysp Chemban Babu *

Atul Kulkarni Atul Kulkarni (born 10 September 1965) is an Indian actor, producer and screenwriter who works in Hindi, Marathi, Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil, English, Odia and Telugu language films. Kulkarni won the National Award for the Best Supporting A ...

as Shivaji Rao *

Raza Murad Raza Murad (born 23 November 1950) is an Indian actor who appears primarily in Hindi films. He has over 250 Bollywood film credits. Murad has also appeared in Bhojpuri and other regional-language films and on Hindi television. Early life He ...

as Khureshi *

Sudheer Karamana Sudheer Karamana (born 24 May 1971) is an Indian actor who appears mainly in Malayalam cinema. He is the son of veteran actor Karamana Janardanan Nair. Personal life He is the eldest son to actor Karamana Janardanan Nair and Jaya, at Karamana ...

as Adv.Koolour *

Anil Nedumangad Anil Nedumangad (also known as P. Anil; 30 May 1972 – 25 December 2020) was an Indian actor who appeared in Malayalam films. Acting career He made his debut in '' Thaskaraveeran'' with an uncredited appearance. His breakthrough was in the ...

as George *

Jinu Joseph Jinu Joseph (born 21 December 1975) is an Indian actor who appears in Malayalam films. He is better known for his roles in ''Sagar Alias Jacky Reloaded'', ''Chaappa Kurishu'', ''Bachelor Party'', ''Ustad Hotel'', ''Iyobinte Pusthakam'', ''Rani P ...

as Himself (Cameo) *

Nishanth Sagar Nishant Balakrishnan (born 8 June 1980), known professionally by his stage name Nishant Sagar , is an Indian actor who works primarily in the Malayalam film industry. He has performed in over 50 films as a hero, co-star and antagonist. Care ...

as Noushad * Alencier as SP Rajmohan IPS * Captain Raju as Raju Daniel (Voice Dubbed For

Kalabhavan Navas Kalabhavan Navas is an Indian stage, television, and film actor, singer, comedian, and mimicry artist.introduced to films by veteran director Balukiriyath in the film mimics action 500, along with 38 mimicry artists He is known for his roles i ...

) *

as Atlee *

Aneesh G Menon Aneesh G. Menon is a Mollywood actor, started his journey through Malayalam movies, theatre and television. He predominantly works in Malayalam cinema. He acted in very few movies yet maintained his good space in acting. Personal life Aneesh ...

as Imthiyas * Abu Salim as DRI Officer, Sherif Khan *

Prem Prakash Cheriyan Joseph, popularly known as Prem Prakash is an Indian actor who predominantly works in Malayalam television serials and a renowned producer in Malayalam movies. He is mainly known for supporting roles and character roles. He has produc ...

as Popcorn Basheer * Sarath Chandran as Muneer * Hafiz Abdul Jaleel as Koya Saahib * asha Madathil Sreekanth as Beevi

Production

''Valiya Perunnal'' was produced by Monisha Rajeev and co-produced by Shohaib Khan Hanif Rawther. At a budget of 40 million rupees, the project was financed by Anwar Rasheed under the banner of Magic Mountain Cinemas. Siju S Bava was the creative director. Vivek Harshan was the editor and Suresh Rajan was DOP. The movie's audiography was done by Sreejesh Nair and the sound design by Anish P Tom. Jayakrishnan was the production designer.

Rex Vijayan Rex Vijayan (born 26 April 1983) is an Indian composer, guitarist, singer, record producer and multi-instrumentalist from Kerala. He is best known for being co-founder and guitarist for the alternative Malayali rock band Avial. He started out hi ...

composed the music for this movie. The trailer for the film was released on 14 December 2019.

Soundtrack

The music was produced by

. The soundtrack album consists of nine songs. It features remix versions of three old songs: "Kochi-Mattancheri", "Piraanth" and "Vandu Njan". "Labbaikkallah" was a poem by the late KV Aboobacker Master. The title song, "Hey", was composed by Saju Sreenivas and produced and arranged by

. The song "Uyirullavaram" was co-produced by the Malayalam hip-hop band

Street Academics Street Academics is an Indian alternative hip-hop group from Kerala, known for their songs blending Malayalam, English and Tamil lyrics. The collective of rappers based out of various districts from their home state are noted for emphasizing on co ...

References

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{{IMDb title, id=10136880 2010s Malayalam-language films 2019 films 2019 romantic comedy-drama films Indian romantic comedy-drama films Films scored by Rex Vijayan 2019 comedy films 2019 drama films Romantic crime films