Bazooka

Bazooka (2025)

ബസൂക്ക

A cop and a businessman team up on a mission to capture a serial killer, using a series of elaborate games to track him down.

Date of release
2025-04-10
TMDB
4.0 / 10 (3)
Runtime
2h 34m
Genres
Action, Thriller, Crime
Director
Deeno Dennis

Casting

Interesting facts

Bazooka is a 2025 Indian Malayalam-language action thriller film written and directed by Deeno Dennis in his directorial debut. It is produced by Yoodlee Films and Theatre of Dreams, starring Mammootty and Gautham Vasudev Menon.

Production

In March 2018, it was reported that Deeno Dennis, son of veteran scriptwriter Kaloor Dennis, would direct a film starring Mammootty in the lead role. Dennis is known for scripting 24 of Mammootty' films from Aa Rathri to Ezhupunna Tharakan. It would mark Deeno's debut as a director.

Four years later, on 2 June 2022, production manager N. M. Badusha announced through social media that the film would be bankrolled by Dolwin Kuriakose and Jinu V. Abraham under the banner of Theatre of Dreams. At the same time, Nimish Ravi was signed on as the cinematographer. Jinu revealed to OTTplay that the film was not the project that Deeno had planned in 2018.

In March 2023, Gautham Vasudev Menon was signed to play a prominent role. In May 2023, Iswarya Menon and Divya Pillai were chosen to play major female roles. The other female actors include Bhama Arun and Gayathiri Iyer. Siddharth Bharathan was cast in a significant role who later associated with Mammootty in Bramayugam. Sumith Naval, known for appearing in early Amal Neerad films, is making a comeback and joined the cast in July 2023.

It was reported that the filming would begin by the end of April 2023 and was expected to be completed by July–August, with 90–100 days of shooting in Coimbatore, Kochi and Bengaluru. Filming was later postponed following the death of Mammootty's mother. Principal photography began on 10 May 2023 with a puja ceremony at the Samudrika Convention Centre in Willingdon Island. Mammootty joined the sets on 12 May 2023.

The final shooting schedule started on 21 February 2024 progressing in Kochi, primarily filming the scenes featuring Gautham Vasudev Menon. It was reported that shooting concluded after 90 days on 22 March 2024. However, the filmmakers revealed that some scenes involving Gautham Vasudev Menon were yet to be completed, with plans for a short 2-3 day schedule.

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