Balti

Balti (2025)

ബൾട്ടി

A star kabaddi player's life takes a dangerous turn when he's pulled into the criminal underworld.

Date of release
2025-09-26
TMDB
5.2 / 10 (6)
Runtime
2h 31m
Genres
Action, Drama
Director
Unni Sivalingam

Casting

Interesting facts

Balti is a 2025 Indian action drama film written and directed by Unni Sivalingam Produced by STK Frames and Binu George Alexander Productions, the film stars Shane Nigam, Shanthanu Bhagyaraj, and Preethi Asrani with Alphonse Puthren and Poornima Indrajith in supporting roles. Although the film primarily in Malayalam, it's setting was in the Kerala-Tamil Nadu border, hence the film also contains significant dialogue in Tamil. The film also marked Shanthanu's comeback in Malayalam cinema after 16 years.

Production

On 4 July 2024, Shane Nigam announced that his 25th film would be directed by debutant Unni Sivalingam and produced jointly by Santhosh T. Kuruvilla and Binu George Alexander. The film would be shot simultaneously in Malayalam and Tamil. Tentatively titled Shane Nigam 25 and Production No. 14, the technical crew includes cinematographer Alex J. Pulikkal, editor Shivkumar V.

The official title, Balti, was announced on 11 June 2025. The following month, Sai Abhyankkar was revealed to score the music, in his film debut. Although he had previously signed on for Benz, Karuppu and Dude, this film would release before. In December 2024, Shanthanu Bhagyaraj and Preethi Asrani were announced being cast, with the latter pairing opposite Shane.

Principal photography began with an inaugural puja ceremony on 12 December 2024 at a film city in Coimbatore with the cast and crew. Filming was set to take place at Coimbatore, Palakkad and Pollachi for around 90 days. Principal photography wrapped by 25 March 2025, with filming having lasted 92 days, as planned.

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