''Cochin Shadhi at Chennai 03'' is a 2020 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 film directed by Manjith Divakar. The film stars

R. K. Suresh R. K. Suresh is an Indian Tamil film producer and actor who heads the production company, Studio 9. In 2015, Suresh debuted as an actor, working in Bala (director), Bala's ''Tharai Thappattai'' and M. Muthaiah's ''Marudhu''. He is currently th ...

, Akshatha Sreedhar Shastry, Neha Saxena, and

Vinoth Kishan Vinoth Kishan is an Indian actor who has appeared in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam language films. He made his debut as a child artiste in Bala's ''Nandha'' (2001), before playing villain in '' Naan Mahaan Alla'' and '' Vidiyum Munn''. Career ...

as leading cast members. The film follows main character Shadika on her journey to Chennai where she encounters trouble along the way. The film was simultaneously shot in

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as ''Vanmurai'' (Violence).

Cast

as ACP Ameer Yousaf * Neha Saxena as Zareena Thomas *

Charmila Charmila (born 2 October 1974) is an Indian actress who predominantly works in Malayalam cinema. Apart from movies in Malayalam, she acted in Tamil, Telugu and Kannada movies. She completed almost 38 films in the Malayalam film industry. Earl ...

as Lakshmi *

as Auto Renjan *

Shivaji Guruvayoor Shivaji Guruvayoor (born 28 May 1961) is an Indian actor who works in Malayalam cinema. He started his film career with the film '' Arabikkatha''.He is known for his negative roles and character roles. Personal life He is married to Lilly and ...

as Bus Driver *Akshita Sridhar as Shadika * Vigil Varghese

Production

The film is based on a real-life incident that happened in

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: a teenage girl boards the wrong bus, initiating a series of interesting events. Filming was originally planned to be only shot in

, but was also shot in

Release

Regarding the Malayalam version, ''

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'' gave the film a rating of one-and-a-half out of five stars and stated that "Cochin Shadhi At Chennai 03 is a cringe-fest you can avoid without a second thought. It has nothing new to offer, making it stale wine in an old bottle". Regarding the Tamil version, ''

Maalaimalar ''Maalai Malar'' is a daily evening Tamil newspaper. It is owned by Daily Thanti group. It was founded by S. P. Adithanar in 1977 at Coimbatore. Maalai Malar has twelve editions published from Chennai, Vellore, Dindigul, Thanjavur, Tirunelve ...

'' praised the story, music, and cinematography while criticizing the screenplay.

References

External links

* *{{IMDb title, 11497366, Vanmurai 2020s Tamil-language films 2020s Malayalam-language films