Salalah Mobiles
| Salalah Mobiles | |
|---|---|
 Theatrical-release poster | |
| Directed by | Sharath A. Haridaasan |
| Produced by | Anto Joseph |
| Written by | Sharath A. Haridaasan |
| Starring |
Dulquer Salmaan Santhanam Nazriya Nazim Siddique V. K. Sreeraman |
| Music by | Gopi Sunder |
| Cinematography | Satheesh Kurup |
| Edited by | Zian Sreekanth |
Production company |
Anto Joseph Film Company |
| Distributed by | PJ Entertainments Europe, Tricolor Entertainment Aus/Nz/Singapore |
Release dates |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Malayalam |
Salalah Mobiles is a 2014 Malayalam romantic comedy film written and directed by debutant Sharath A. Haridaasan, starring Dulquer Salmaan, Nazriya Nazim and Jacob Gregory. The film was produced by Anto Joseph Film Company and features music composed by Gopi Sunder. The film released on 24 January 2014, received negative reviews and performed poorly at the box office.[1][2]
Plot
Afsal (Dulquer Salmaan) is a lazy fellow who sleeps till 11AM. His mother Safiyumma (Geetha) is so worried about him. Once, when his uncle comes from Salalah, Oman, he tells him that he can get a job over there. Afsal rejects it saying 'Working is slavery'. He tells that he want to set a mobile shop and needs fund for it. His uncle accepts it with one condition that the shop should be named 'Salalah Mobiles'. Afsal appoints his childhood friend Binoy (Jacob Gregory) as his assistant. There was a bus stop in front of the shop and every morning a college going girl (Nazriya Nazim) comes there. Afsal falls in love at first sight. He comes to know that her name is Shahana and his childhood classmate and enemy Manaf has a crush on her. After some days he goes to Coimbatore to get some stock. There he meets Azhagarsamy (Santhanam), a genius who has made many unbelievable applications. Afsal plans to purchase some of his apps. In the bar, when they were just talking Afsal calls Azhagarsamy a 'genius'. Azhagarsamy, who is so excited, gifts Afsal his mobile tapping app. Afsal returns back to his place and there this virus spreads through messages and Afsal starts hearing every callers. Slowly, manaf realizes this and, being jealous of Afsal, reveals to the police about Afsal's nature
Cast
- Dulquer Salmaan as Afsal
- Nazriya Nazim as Shahana
- Jacob Gregory as Binoy
- Anwar Shereef - Abdul Manaf
- Santhanam as Azhagarsamy
- Siddique as Ajay Chacko IPS
- Geetha as Safiyumma
- Narayanankutty as Ramachandran PC
- Tini Tom as Venu Maash
- Mamukkoya as Mammad
- Jose as Salauddeen
- S.P.Sreekumar as Hari, Afsal's friend
- Ramesh Pisharody as Shajahan
- Janardanan in a guest role as Kodaangi
- Raveendran in a guest role as Hawala dealer
- V. K. Sreeraman (Voice Character) as Shahana's estranged father
- Kunjan as Munna
Production
Dulquer Salmaan was roped in to play the lead role.[3] Many heroines were considered but Nazriya Nazim was finalized.[4] Jacob Gregory who had acted alongside Dulquer in the film ABCD, was casted in a prominent role.[5] Tamil comedian Santhanam was signed by the director to play a Tamilian.[6] Sharath A. Haridaasan said that Santhanam plays a prominent role that manoeuvres the story to its turning point.[7]
The shoot of the film began on 17 August 2013 at Kozhikode.[8] The shooting locations were Kozhikode, Kodungaloor, Kottayam and Coimbatore.[9]
Soundtrack
| Salala Mobiles | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soundtrack album by Gopi Sunder | ||||
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack | |||
| Language | Malayalam | |||
| Gopi Sunder chronology | ||||
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| Track Name | Singers | Lyrics |
|---|---|---|
| "La La Lasa" | Nazriya Nazim, Abi.H.M, Gopi Sunder | Sharath.A.Haridaasan, Traditional |
| "Eeran Kaattin" | Shreya Ghoshal | B.K.Harinarayanan |
| "Rasoolallah" | Gopi Sunder, Mohammed Maqbool Mansoor | Alankode Leelakrishnan |
| "Eee Mohabathin" | Gopi Sunder, Mithun Jayaraj | Santhosh Varma |
References
- ↑ Akhila Menon (December 4, 2014). "Which Is The Best Malayalam Movie Of 2014". filmibeat.com.
- ↑ M. P. Praveen (December 27, 2014). "Tinsel town: The year of the underdogs". The Hindu.
- ↑ Dulquer Salmaan reverts to his local ways. Metromatinee.com (18 August 2013). Retrieved on 12 January 2014.
- ↑ Nazriya is Dulquar's heroine. Nowrunning.com (10 July 2013). Retrieved on 12 January 2014.
- ↑ Nazriya is Dulquer's heroine in 'Salalah Mobiles'. Sify.com (23 July 2013). Retrieved on 12 January 2014.
- ↑ "Santhanam also on The Shop of Salala Mobiles".
- ↑ Soman, Deepa (29 December 2013) Santhanam to enter M-Town !. Timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved on 12 January 2014.
- ↑ "Dulquer-Nazriya starrer Salala Mobiles from today". Metromatinee.com. Retrieved 17 August 2013.
- ↑ "Dulquer with Nazriya in Salala Mobiles". Deccan Chronicle. 12 July 2013. Retrieved 17 August 2013.