A.R.M - Ajayante Randam Moshanam

A.R.M - Ajayante Randam Moshanam (2024)

അജയന്റെ രണ്ടാം മോഷണം

Set in the Northern Kerala in 1900, 1950 and 1990, Three generations of heroes Maniyan, Kunjikelu and Ajayan, try to protect the most important treasure of the Land.

Date of release
2024-09-12
TMDB
6.6 / 10 (23)
Runtime
2h 27m
Genres
Action, Adventure, Drama
Director
Jithin Laal

Casting

Interesting facts

A.R.M is a 2024 Indian Malayalam-language action adventure fantasy film directed by Jithin Laal, written by Sujith Nambiar, and produced by Magic Frames and UGM Entertainment. The film stars Tovino Thomas in triple roles alongside Basil Joseph, Krithi Shetty, Surabhi Lakshmi, Aishwarya Rajesh, Kabir Duhan Singh, Harish Uthaman, Jagadish, Aju Varghese, Biju Kuttan, Rohini, Shivajith, and Sudheesh in prominent roles.

Production

On 1 January 2020, coinciding with New Year's, Tovino Thomas officially announced through his social media pages that he would collaborate with Jithin Laal for an upcoming film, Ajayante Randam Moshanam. Tovino will be seen in triple role for the first time as Maniyan, Ajayan and Kunjikelu; characters from three different timelines; 1900, 1950, and 1990.

According to Jithin Laal, ARM took him six years to make taking inspirations from fantasy fiction, folktales, and children's stories. He mentioned some of the earlier Malayalam films in similar genre such as My Dear Kuttichathan, Sakshal Shreeman Chathunni, and Ananthabadram which explores fictional world. Sujith Nambiar wrote the script with additional writing by Deepu Pradeep as they developed it during the COVID pandemic.

The technical team consists of cinematographer Jomon T John, music director Dhibu Ninan Thomas, and editor Shameer Muhammed. Mohanlal gave the voice role of cosmic creator.

In August 2022 Krithi Shetty was reported to play the leading lady in the film who is making her Malayalam cinema debut. Aishwarya Rajesh and Surabhi Lakshmi have been cast as the other female leads. Rohini, Harish Uthaman, Pramod Shetty, Basil Joseph and Hareesh Peradi were cast to play important roles.

It began filming on 11 October 2022 with a planned schedule of 125 days. The makers revealed that around 45 days would be allotted for shooting fight sequences that are mostly Kalari-oriented. The second schedule of the film commenced in Cheruvathur in Kasaragod with Krithi Shetty joining the set. Filming was wrapped up on 11 March 2023, lasting 118 days. Majority of the film's shooting took place in Kasaragod, Kerala.

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