Sevenes is a 2011

Malayalam Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian languages, Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry (union territory), Puducherry (Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of ...

-language

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written by Iqbal Kuttipuram and directed by

Joshiy Joshiy (born 18 July 1952) is an Indian film director and screenwriter who works predominantly in Malayalam cinema and also directed Tamil language, Tamil, Hindi, Telugu language, Telugu and Kannada-language films. Joshiy made his directorial ...

. The cast includes

Kunchacko Boban Kunchacko Boban (born 2 November 1976) is an Indian actor and film producer who works in the Malayalam film industry. He is referred to as Chackochan, and during the early 2000s, he was called "chocolate boy" because of his romantic image. He ...

, Asif Ali,

Nivin Pauly Nivin Pauly (born 11 October 1984) is an Indian actor and producer who works predominantly in Malayalam films. He is the recipient of two Kerala State Film Awards, three Filmfare Awards South, two Kerala Film Critics Association Awards, and ...

, Rejith Menon,

Aju Varghese Aju Kurian Varghese (born 11 January 1985), better known as Aju Varghese, is an Indian actor, producer and singer who appears in Malayalam cinema. He made his debut in 2010 in '' Malarvadi Arts Club'', directed by his collegemate Vineeth Sr ...

, Vineeth Kumar, and Mithun Ramesh in lead roles and Nadia Moidu,

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* Bhama Kalapam (disambiguation) * ...

, Sampath Ram, and Joju George in supporting roles. The film centres on seven young men who play sevens football, popular in Malabar. The shooting began in April 2011 at

Kozhikode Kozhikode (), also known as Calicut, is a city along the Malabar Coast in the state of Kerala in India. Known as the City of Spices, Kozhikode is listed among the City of Literature, UNESCO's Cities of Literature. It is the nineteenth large ...

district.

Plot

Shyam and his six other friends, including Suraj, Shaukath, Arun, Linto, Vijeesh, and Sharath, always play together in their sevens football team. In an attempt to cement their place in the more famous ''Kozhikode Strikers Club'', they take on an opponent player, Aravindan, leading to serious head injuries. Gravely hurt by the plight of Aravindan, they now try to arrange the necessary amount for his

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by taking up a

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by a

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named Habib. As days go by, they come across new financial problems and in between take part inadvertently in the

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of a

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king's son. Within hours, the hunters now turn out to be the ones being hunted by the mafia ruling the city.

Cast

Music

The film score and soundtrack were composed by Bijibal. The soundtrack consists of three tracks, including one theme music track, with lyrics written by Rafeeq Ahamed and Santhosh Varma. ; Track listing

References

External links

* {{Joshiy 2010s Malayalam-language films 2011 action films 2011 films Indian action films Films scored by Bijibal Indian association football films Sports action films Films shot in Kozhikode Films directed by Joshiy