സ്പിരിറ്റ്

സ്പിരിറ്റ് (2012)

Raghunandan (Mohanlal) is a TV show host and a budding novelist. He is a loner and a compulsive alcoholic, the latter of which resulted in his divorce from Meera (Kaniha). Despite this Meera and her husband Alexy (Shankar Ramakrishnan) are his best friends. His alcoholism however starts taking a huge toll on his life and things take a turn for the worst. At this point he meets Maniyan (Nandu) a plumber who is a bigger alcoholic than he is which makes Raghu re-evaluate his relationship with alcohol.

Erscheinungsdatum
2012-06-14
TMDB
7.1 / 10 (31)
Laufzeit
2 Std. 25 Min.
Genres
Drama
Regie
Ranjith

Besetzung

Wissenswertes

Spirit is a 2012 Indian Malayalam-language satirical black comedy film written and directed by Ranjith. The film primarily focuses on the increasing habits of alcoholism in Kerala. It was produced by Antony Perumbavoor under the company Aashirvad Cinemas. The film stars Mohanlal in the lead role, while Kaniha, Shankar Ramakrishnan, Nandu, Kalpana, Madhu, Lena and Thilakan plays supporting roles. The film features music composed by Shahabaz Aman.

Production

Ranjith previously collaborated with Mohanlal on several successful films, including Devasuram, Aaraam Thampuran and Narasimham. Following a period of estrangement, reportedly after the commercial failure of Rock N' Roll, the two reunited for Spirit after a hiatus. Ranjith stated that he chose Mohanlal for the role because he considered him the most suitable actor for the character.

Talking about the film, Ranjith explains: "I believe there are two kinds of people in Kerala. On one hand, you have intelligent, successful people who become slaves to alcohol. They cannot function without it. As a result of it, their families suffer. Many of these alcoholics have marital problems and often, physically and emotionally, abuse their spouse.

After the success of Indian Rupee, Ranjith announced his new film Leela which was an adaptation of Unni. R's short story of the same name. But the project was postponed and Ranjith began the works of Spirit. According to Shankar Ramakrishnan, who was to play the lead in Leela, "Leela has a landscape and a mindscape and the film was postponed as it requires us [the crew] to travel from Kottayam to Wayanad." Ranjith completed the film's script in a…

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