Mayaanadhi

Mayaanadhi (2017)

മായാനദി

A shady money deal goes wrong and in the aftermath Mathan ends up killing a police officer. Meanwhile in Kochi, his old flame Aparna an aspiring actress is struggling to prop up her career. Mathan meets up with Aparna and tries to rekindle the past, even as the police hunt for him gets intense.

Date of release
2017-12-22
TMDB
7.6 / 10 (48)
Runtime
2h 15m
Genres
Drama, Romance
Director
Aashiq Abu

Casting

Interesting facts

Mayaanadhi is a 2017 Indian Malayalam-language romantic thriller film directed and co-produced by Aashiq Abu, and written by Syam Pushkaran and Dileesh Nair. The film stars Tovino Thomas as a criminal on the run and Aishwarya Lekshmi as an aspiring actress. Their troubled love and struggle for survival form the basic plot of the film. It released on 22 December 2017 to widespread critical acclaim from critics. The film was praised for the way it tackled with sexuality and was included in The Hindu 's top 25 Malayalam films of the decade.

Production

The film is jointly scripted by Dileesh Nair and Syam Pushkaran both of whom have previously associated with Aashiq Abu in several films. The seed for the film came from director-cinematographer Amal Neerad, a friend of Aashiq and Syam. Neerad narrated in one of their meetings something that he had heard while living in Bombay. Neerad himself had initially wanted to direct the story for his short film in the 5 Sundarikal anthology.

Tovino Thomas was announced as the male lead for the film in February 2017. Aashiq wanted to cast a new face as the female lead and model-turned-actress Aishwarya Lekshmi was selected through audition. Aishwarya had already debuted in films early in the year playing the female lead in Njandukalude Nattil Oridavela.

The shooting of the film started in May 2017. The first schedule was shot in Madurai and Kodaikanal and the second leg of shooting was completed in Kochi. Other locations include Bekal and Dhanushkodi.

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