Working Class Hero is a film production company partnered by

Dileesh Pothan Dileesh Philip (born 19 February 1980), also known as Dileesh Pothan is an Indian film director, actor and producer, who works in Malayalam cinema. He made his directorial debut with the 2016 comedy drama film '' Maheshinte Prathikaaram'', st ...

& Syam Pushkaran. The company was launched in 2018 with first project being

Kumbalangi Nights ''Kumbalangi Nights'' is a 2019 Indian Malayalam-language drama film directed by Madhu C. Narayanan. The directorial debut was written by Syam Pushkaran and jointly produced by Fahadh Faasil and Nazriya Nazim under their production house Fa ...

in 2019 co-produced with Fahadh Faasil and Friends. Their latest production is Joji (Co-produced by Bhavana Studios with Fahadh Faasil & Friends)

Films

Kumbalangi Nights (2019)

Kumbalangi Nights ''was'' directed by Madhu C. Narayanan and was written by Syam Pushkaran which was jointly produced by

Fahadh Faasil Fahadh Fazil (8 August 1982) is an Indian actor and film producer who predominantly works in Malayalam cinema and has appeared in few Tamil and Telugu films. He has acted in more than 50 films and has received several awards, including a Nati ...

and

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, an ...

under their production house Fahadh Faasil and Friends, in association with

and Syam Pushkaran under Working Class Hero. The film starred actors

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 ...

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 ...

and Sreenath Bhasi, along with newcomers

Anna Ben Anna Ben is an Indian actress who works in Malayalam cinema. The daughter of screenwriter Benny P. Nayarambalam, she made her acting debut with ''Kumbalangi Nights'' in 2019. Anna has since starred in the dramas ''Helen'' (2019) and ''Kappela ...

and

Mathew Thomas Mathew Thomas (born 16 October 2002) is an Indian actor who appears in Malayalam films. He is known for portraying Franky in his debut movie '' Kumbalangi Nights'', Jaison in ''Thanneer Mathan Dinangal'' and Jomon in ''Jo and Jo''. Early life ...

Shyju Khalid Shyju Khalid is an Indian cinematographer, film director, and producer who works in Malayalam films. Shyju Khalid made his debut as cinematographer with ''Traffic'' (2011). His notable works are '' 22 Female Kottayam'' (2012), '' Idukki Gold' ...

did the cinematography for the film, while the soundtrack and score were composed by Sushin Shyam. The film received multiple awards and was selected by various film festivals in India and around the world.

Joji (2021)

Joji is the second project of the company, directed by

and is written by Syam Pushkaran. The theme of the film is inspired from the William

Shakespeare William Shakespeare ( 26 April 1564 – 23 April 1616) was an English playwright, poet and actor. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's nation ...

’s epic tragedy "''

Macbeth ''Macbeth'' (, full title ''The Tragedie of Macbeth'') is a tragedy by William Shakespeare. It is thought to have been first performed in 1606. It dramatises the damaging physical and psychological effects of political ambition on those w ...

" in an independent way.'' The film stars

Baburaj Mohammad Sabir Baburaj was an Indian music composer. He is often credited for the renaissance of Malayalam film music. Baburaj has rendered music to many evergreen Malayalam film songs. Early years Baburaj was born on 9 March 1929 in Kozhikod ...

Shammi Thilakan Shammi Thilakan is an Indian actor and dubbing artist who is active in Malayalam films. He is the son of veteran actor Thilakan. He lent his voice for Napoleon in ''Devasuram'', Prem Nazir in ''Kadathanadan Ambadi'' and for Nassar in ''Ghaza ...

and

Unnimaya Prasad Unnimaya Prasad (Malayalam: ഉണ്ണിമായ പ്രസാദ്) is an Indian actress, assistant director and producer who works in Malayalam cinema. She worked as the casting director of '' Maheshinte Prathikaram'' (2016), and as as ...

in the lead roles. The film is produced by Bhavana Studios in association with Working Class Hero and Fahadh Faasil and Friends company. The film was announced on October 3rd 2020, along with the title poster. The film was released on April 7th 2021 as an Amazon Direct Release in 240 countries around the world. Dileesh Pothan won the award for the Best Director for ''Joji in 52nd Kerala State Film Awards'', Syam Pushkaran won the award for the Best Adapted Screenplay for ''Joji’''s script based on Shakespeare’s ''Macbeth''. Unnimaya Prasad's performance in ''Joji'' won her the Best Character Actor (Female) award. While Justin Varghese won award for the Best Background Score

Palthu Janwar (2022)

Palthu Janwar is directed by Sangeeth P Rajan, written by

Vinoy Thomas Vinoy Thomas is an Indian writer who writes in Malayalam. Known for his novels, ''Karikkottakkari'' and ''Puttu'' as well as for his short stories such as ''Ramachi'', Thomas is a recipient of the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Story and Kerala ...

and Aneesh Anjali.

Basil Joseph Basil Joseph (born 28 April 1990) is an Indian film director and actor who works in the Malayalam film industry. He directed three films, ''Kunjiramayanam'' (2015), ''Godha'' (2017) and ''Minnal Murali'' (2021). All three films were a huge suc ...

will be playing the lead role while actors

Indrans Indrans is an Indian actor and former costume designer, who appears in Malayalam films.His mentor was Shiyas M S, a law college student. He started his film career as a costume designer and actor in 1981 and got a breakthrough in 1994 with the ...

Johny Antony Johny Antony is an Indian film director and actor, known for making comedy films in Malayalam cinema. He is from Changanassery in Kottayam district, Kerala. He worked for about a decade as an associate to directors Thulasidas, Thaha, Taha, Kama ...

Shammy Thilakan Shammi Thilakan is an Indian actor and dubbing artist who is active in Malayalam films. He is the son of veteran actor Thilakan. He lent his voice for Napoleon in ''Devasuram'', Prem Nazir in ''Kadathanadan Ambadi'' and for Nassar in ''Ghaza ...

, Sruthy Suresh, Jaya Kurup, Athira Harikumar, Thankam Mohan, Steffy Sunny, Vijayakumar, Kiran Peethambaran, Siby Thomas, and Joji John will be in the pivotal roles. The cinematography department is handled by

Renadive Renu, professionally credited as Renadive is an Indian cinematographer, who works in Malayalam cinema. Early life Born in Kunnamkulam, on 30 August 1979 as the son of Kallayil Vijayaraghavan, a photographer and Shyamala Vijayaraghavan. Renu hol ...

while the editing is by Kiran Das. The Music for the movie is composed by

Justin Varghese Justin Varghese (born 10 October 1983) is an Indian music composer, music producer, and sound engineer who works predominantly in the Malayalam cinema industry. He is known his works in ''Thanneer Mathan Dinangal'' (2019), '' Joji'' (2021) an ...

. The film is set for an Onam Theatrical Release by Bhavana Release.

Thankam (2022)

Thankam is an upcoming Malayalam crime drama film directed by Saheed Arafath and penned by Syam Pushkaran. The film is jointly produced by

, and Syam Pushkaran. In the title poster, it was announced that

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 ...

Aparna Balamurali Aparna Balamurali (born 11 September 1995) is an Indian actress who primarily works in Malayalam films along with a few Tamil films. She is known for her roles in ''Maheshinte Prathikaaram'' (2016), '' Sunday Holiday'' (2017) and '' Soorarai P ...

and

will be in the lead roles. However, the production was postponed due to the

COVID-19 pandemic The COVID-19 pandemic, also known as the coronavirus pandemic, is an ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The novel virus was first identif ...

. The filming of the movie began on May 29th 2022 with

Vineeth Sreenivasan Vineeth Sreenivasan (born 1 October 1984) is an Indian playback singer, actor, film director, screenwriter, producer, lyricist, creative director and dubbing artist. He predominantly works in the Malayalam cinema. He is the son of actor an ...

and

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 ...

in the lead which were the originally planned cast initially.

Filmography

Accolades

References

External links

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