Neru (film)2023
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 Theatrical release poster designed by Rosemary Lillu | |
| Directed by | Jeethu Joseph |
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| Produced by | Antony Perumbavoor |
| Starring | Mohanlal Anaswara Rajan |
| Cinematography | Satheesh Kurup |
| Edited by | V. S. Vinayak |
| Music by | Vishnu Shyam |
Production company | Aashirvad Cinemas |
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Running time | 152 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Malayalam |
| Budget | 10 Crore |
| Box office | 65 Crore |
Neru (pronounced [n̪eːɾə]; transl. Truth) is a 2023
Indian Malayalam-language courtroom drama film directed by Jeethu Joseph, who also co-wrote the screenplay with Santhi Mayadevi. It was produced and distributed by Antony Perumbavoor of Aashirvad Cinemas. The film stars Mohanlal along with Priyamani, Anaswara Rajan, Siddique, Sankar Induchoodan, Santhi and Jagadish in the supporting roles. The music was composed by Vishnu Shyam.
Principal photography took place between August and October 2023 in and around Thiruvananthapuram. It was released in theatres worldwide on 21 December 2023
Neru opened to positive reviews from critics with critical acclaim directed at Mohanlal, Siddique and Anaswara Rajan for their performances. The movie marked the return of critical and commerical success for Mohanlal after a string of dissapointments. In addition, the movie is performing extremely well in box office with a worldwide collection of 65 crores till date, making it among the list of highest-grossing Malayalam films of all time. It also marked yet another successful collaboration between Jeethu Joseph and Mohanlal.
Plot[edit]
Sara, a blind girl is raped. The police lose hope as there is no scope of identifying the offender. Sara, with her sculptor skills, make a statue of her rapist and based on the similarities, they arrest Michael Joseph, son of a Mumbai based business man. Michael's parents hire Advocate Rajashekhar and the former is granted bail, but Sara's family decides to fight. CI Paul Vargheese, the investigating officer, suggests Vijayamohan, a brilliant lawyer who has not attended trials for many years now due to a past incident, as a special public prosecutor. He attempts various tactics to bring justice to the blind girl.
How Vijayamohan brings justice to Sara forms the rest of the story.
Cast[edit]
- Mohanlal as Advocate Vijayamohan, Special Public Prosecutor
- Priyamani as Advocate Poornima, Rajashekhar's Daughter
- Anaswara Rajan as Sara Mohammed, Blind Sculptor
- Sankar Induchoodan as Michael Joseph
- Siddique as Advocate Rajashekhar, Defense Lawyer and Poornima's Father
- Jagadish as Mohammed, Sara's Stepfather
- K. B. Ganesh Kumar as CI Paul Varghese
- Santhi Mayadevi as Advocate Ahaana, Vijayamohan's Junior (Old)
- Haritha G Nair as Advocate Aswathy, Vijayamohan's Junior (New)
- Sreedhanya as Parveen, Sara's Mother
- Harikrishnan as Jayachandran, Michael's Friend
- Aditi Ravi as Nikhila Jayachandran, Jayachandran's Wife
- Nandhu as Public Prosecutor (Cameo Appearance)
- Mathew Varghese as Judge
- Sabitta George as Ancy, Micheal's Mother
- Dinesh Prabhakar as Robin
- Krishna Prabha as Doctor
- Kalesh Ramanand as Vinod, Michael's Friend
- Poojappura Radhakrishnan as Vijayamohan's Clerk
- Prashant Nair as CI Martin Joseph
- Ramadevi
- Resmi Anil as Seema, Mohammed's House Servant
- Antony Perumbavoor as Mohammed's Neighbour
- Santhi Antony as Mohammed's Neighbour
- Kalabhavan Jinto as Junior Advocate
- Chef Pillai
- Anup Achuthath Unnikrishnan as Advocate
